Introduction
In the Beginning
The Beginning of Methodism
The First Methodist Church Building: 1883-1895
The Second Methodist Church Building: 1895-1917
The Third Methodist Church Building 1917-1964
The Fourth Methodist Church Building: 1964 to the Present
The Addition of Heritage Hall
The Church Renovation Project: 1999-2000
The Church Bell
The Time Capsule
Little Children's Daycare
Sunday School Superintendents
In Closing
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For 12 years, Methodists worshipped in a long, one room, white frame building. It faced the east, with two doors in the east facade. The land on which it stood was donated by the railroad and was located at the corner of Labadie and Austin. The church would occupy this parcel of land for the next 72 years. In keeping with tradition, the men and boys entered by the south door and sat on the south side of the building, while the women and girls entered by the north door and sat on the north side. John W. Womack was the pastor.
Beside the charter members previously named, local preacher the Rev. Cyrus W. Campbell, who spent his early life in South Texas and who furnished the irons with which Santa Anna was bound when captured, labored faithfully in the construction of the first building. The Rev. Campbell was the first to be buried in the present DeLeon Cemetery. Others members included the families of Pat Ferguson, Bob Holland, Dr. R.D. Redden, J.E. Stephens, Wm. Logsdon, J. I. Campbell, and many others whose names cannot be recovered. During these years DeLeon was on the Dublin District and probably on the Comanche Circuit.
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