Marquette
District
Detroit Annual Conference
Pastor: |
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Rev. Saundra
Clark |
Sunday
Worship : |
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9:00 am |
Sunday
School |
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10:15 am |
WELCOME TO THE NEWBERRY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WEBSITE.
Having come from the beginnings
of the town in 1883, being founded and promoted by missionary
monies, today the doors of the Newberry United Methodist
Church (NUMC) swing constantly to and fro with the activities
of its mission service to each other, the community, the
nation and the world. Its love is felt throughout the community;
it stands as a witness to the love of Jesus Christ, which
motivates it to care. It is a church that thinks it is friendly
and its friendliness is visible. Its great desire is to
have every person of the church, and whoever comes through
its doors, be involved enough to experience the love in
the active life of the church, working, playing, and fellowshipping
together.
CONTENTS
Gallery
News
History
GALLERY
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NEWBERRY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH PLANS CELEBRATION OF 125 YEARS IN MINISTRY
Click here
for more information.
NEWBERRY UMW
The Newberry UMW meets on the third Wednesday of each month
at 11:00a.m. Everyone is asked to bring a sandwich to share.
This year they are using the study book entitled Women
of the Bible . Anyone is invited to participate.
UMW
The UMW meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 11:00
am. Everyone is asked to bring a sandwich to share. This
year we are using a study book on "Women of the Bible".
CARE BEARS
Please take Bears --- it’s winter and they’re
multiplying instead of hibernating!
They have been soaking up
all of our love, our love for the Lord,
our praises, our reading of God’s word, our prayers.
Take a bear to worship and then take the bear to someone
who needs a gift of comfort.
Please sign the care bear
list in the office to avoid duplication.
FREE COMMUNITY MEALS
On Wednesday, February 14, 2007, the Newberry UMC celebrated
the second year of offering their “free community
meals”. They truly enjoy this program and hope to
continue it for many years to come. They strive to serve
tasty, nutritional meals with a kind smile and words and
with God’s love. At “specialty meals”
like Christmas, Thanksgiving and St. Patrick’s Day,
there may be as many as 170 meals served. These include
both sit down and take out dinners. They serve from 4:00-6:00,
and plenty of parking is available. A ramp inside the north
door and an elevator chair make the dining area and rest
rooms available to all. All are invited to join us for our
once a month get-togethers. Call the church (906) 293-5711,
for specific dates.
HISTORY
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The Newberry Methodist
Church had its beginnings in September 1883, just two years
after the Marquette-Mackinaw Rail Road was completed.
At the Detroit Annual Conference on
September 18, 1883, a new district was created, the Sault
Ste. Marie District, and our first Methodist minister, Gary
M. Bigelow, was appointed. Included was one hundred dollars
in missionary money to start a church for the Newberry-Dollarville
charge. These are two small communities about one mile apart
located in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan near
the Tahquamenon River. The first church, built within one
year, was on Newberry Avenue. The original building has
been The Newberry News headquarters since a new church was
completed and dedicated on October 5, 1890 at 110 West Harrie
Street, just one block West of Newberry Avenue.
The first parsonage was built on the
east end of the church lot on West Harrie Street in approximately
1885 and later moved to make room for the new church building
mentioned above. A new parsonage was completed in 1908 at
201 West McMillan Avenue and remained in use until the present
parsonage, located right next door to the church, was donated
by Mr. Phillip Hamilton in loving memory of his wife in
1981.
Many changes occurred in the years
to follow. The dedication of our Christian Education Building
took place in 1962. This was a very welcome addition as
our Sunday school grew to 200 students with the “baby-boomers”
following WWII and space was needed for social functions
as well. Following that was the replacement of our church
with the current building in 1980. Shortly to come was the
office addition and then the bell tower in 1982.
Along with the erection of our current
church building in 1980 another historical event took place.
We joined with six other Methodist churches in a surrounding
radius of 55 miles to form God’s County Cooperative
Parish. One of the founders is Rev. Audrey Dunlap who is
a continuing member of our congregation. Rev. Dunlap has
just completed a historical book on the first 25 years of
G.C.C.P.
For over sixty years the congregation
has been making and selling our well known pasties which
have a unique history all their own in the Upper Peninsula.
Also in 1982 began the Ecumenical Marketplace Bible School
which proved to be very successful and popular and continued
through 2003.
We look forward to a long and continued
history of the Newberry United Methodist Church and invite
all to join us in the spiritually growing experience.
Newberry United
Methodist Church
110 W. Harrie St.
Newberry, MI 49868
(906)293-5711
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