Church Historians’ Workshop

Posted under: Uncategorized May 5, 2010 | Comment Now

North Carolina Conference Archives and History Commission
The North Carolina Conference Historical Society
Church Historians’ Workshop
October 2, 2010 – First UMC, Wilson, NC

For more info and registration, click here.

AMERICAN METHODISM PROJECT

Posted under: research December 10, 2009 | Comment Now

bookopenAn electronic resource Project has been created and is managed by 13 UM seminaries on internet using the Archives.org website. At present they are placing close to 100 books into the archives that will be available to everyone.  Many resources are available on this website for local church historians. Go directly to the archives.org project with this link.

Annual Conference 125 Years Ago

Posted under: Uncategorized June 19, 2009 | Comment Now

Was held  November 1884

Front Street Church, now Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, NC.

— the fourth window of the church was designated the bar of the Conference
—only 16 lay delegates attended
—Conference was held for 6 days
—Standing committees were nominated
—a collection was taken for the Orphanage in Oxford
—endowment fund for financial relief  for Trinity College (now Duke University) was proposed and accepted
—Our Districts were: Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Salisbury, New Berne, Statesville, Shelby, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Warrenton, Washington, Trinity College
—Sung at the closing: “Bless’d be the dear uniting love, That will not let us part.”

 

William Walter Rose, photo taken 1887 .

Among those Ordained Elder in 1884William Walter Rose, among those Ordained Elder in 1884