Methodist Church, Weston, Oregon
2008
Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States
Methodist Church, Weston, Oregon. Original identifier: 140-07. The church was founded in 1877 by a local circuit rider with 11 people who started meeting in one of the member's home. The church building was constructed on East Main Street the following year, and then expanded in 1910 to include Sunday School rooms, a kitchen, bathroom, furnace room, and storage area. In 1968, the name was changed to the Weston United Methodist Church. At one point Weston had a population of more than 1,600 people and there were close to 50 people worshipping on Sundays at the church, but as the town's population dropped to just 700 people, the church had just five or six members worshipping with them regularly. When the church member numbers then dropped to the point they could share a pastor with Milton-Freewater Wesley United Methodist Church, the congregation decided to turn the old parsonage into a mission project. They have always rented the parsonage out below market value. On Dec. 23, 2017, with nine people gathered, the church celebrated 140 years of service to Weston before parting ways and closing its doors for Sunday services. The United Methodist Church of Weston closed its doors on December 23, 2017, and has since become a residence.
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- Description
- Methodist Church, Weston, Oregon. Original identifier: 140-07. The church was founded in 1877 by a local circuit rider with 11 people who started meeting in one of the member's home. The church building was constructed on East Main Street the following year, and then expanded in 1910 to include Sunday School rooms, a kitchen, bathroom, furnace room, and storage area. In 1968, the name was changed to the Weston United Methodist Church. At one point Weston had a population of more than 1,600 people and there were close to 50 people worshipping on Sundays at the church, but as the town's population dropped to just 700 people, the church had just five or six members worshipping with them regularly. When the church member numbers then dropped to the point they could share a pastor with Milton-Freewater Wesley United Methodist Church, the congregation decided to turn the old parsonage into a mission project. They have always rented the parsonage out below market value. On Dec. 23, 2017, with nine people gathered, the church celebrated 140 years of service to Weston before parting ways and closing its doors for Sunday services. The United Methodist Church of Weston closed its doors on December 23, 2017, and has since become a residence.
- Date
- 2008
- Subject
- Churches
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Identifier
- weston0090
- Contributor
- Weston Public Library
- Type
- StillImage
- Publisher
- Northwest Digital Heritage
- Item sets
- Weston Historic Photo Archive
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