HISTORY OF HAYGOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

175^th Anniversary Celebration

May 19, 20, 2007

• 1607 – Jamestown founded
• 1624 – Virginia created as a royal colony
• 1703 – John Wesley is born
• 1738 – Wesley’s Aldersgate Experience
• 1776 – Declaration of Independence
• 1781 – Revolutionary War ends
• 1784 – Methodist Episcopal Church established in United States
• 1787 – U. S. Constitution is ratified
• 1800 – United Brethren in Christ Church established
• 1832 – The First Church: Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church established in Princess Anne County
• 1842 – Old Donation Episcopal Church congregation closes
• 1844 – Church split; Name changed to Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1861 – Civil War begins
• 1865 – Civil War ends
• 1868 – Second Ebenezer Church sanctuary built
• 1886 – Festival Hall (Little Red Schoolhouse) built
• 1890 – Atticus Haygood elected Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Atlanta
• 1896 – Second church building moved off site to become parsonage; New church (present chapel) built; Name changed to Haygood Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1917 – U.S. enters World War I
• 1918 – World War I ends
• 1939 – Churches merge and church becomes Haygood Memorial Methodist Church
• 1941 – U. S. enters World War II
• 1943 – Sunday School building added to Chapel
• 1945 – World War II ends; Festival Hall is removed
• 1948 – Second parsonage is built
• 1956 – Brick Sunday School wing is built
• 1964 – Present brick Sanctuary is built
• 1968 – Third parsonage is built; Merged churches form the United Methodist Church
• 1982 – Haygood’s 150^th Anniversary celebrated
• 1985 –Sunday School building removed; office and Sunday School wings added
• 1992 – Renovation of Chapel started
• 1996 – 100^th Anniversary of the Third Church (the Chapel) was celebrated
• 2007 – 175^th Anniversary of Ebenezer-Haygood congregation celebrated