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Jefferson Center United Methodist Church offers an intimate worship opportunity in a distinctly rural environment, carrying on the traditions of family and neighbor in the countryside. Please join us for Sunday worship at 9:00 a.m.






Where Is Jefferson Center Church?

It's located southwest of Stuart in rural Adair County at the corner of 130th Street and Quebec Avenue. Or in other words, drive 2 miles south of Stuart and 4 miles west. Just follow the church sign.

The Jefferson Center Cemetery is approximately 1 and one half miles west of the church.

The first religious services in Jefferson Township of the Methodist Episcopal Church were held in the home of a resident in 1857. Later, services were held in the schoolhouse two miles south of the present site. It became known as the Wahtawah Church and was served by a circuit rider serving several other churches. In 1882 a building was erected where the present church now stands. It was dedicated September 10, 1882. A new building was built and dedicated in November 1914. This building was lost to a fire in November 1942. Services were held in the Jefferson Township Hall, one mile west, while the present building was being built. This church building was dedicated March 26, 1944.

Jefferson Center Church Map

Church Staff & Committees

Listed below are staff and committee members. If you have new ideas, suggestions or questions, contact the members listed. If you have gifts or talents you would like to share, please feel free to volunteer. Become involved, join us in Christian service.



ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
ChairpersonMartin Cummings
Lay LeaderLee Linn
SecretaryMalynda Cummings
TreasurerLaurie Cummings
Work Area rep.Megan Kading/Evelyn Powell
SPRC Rep.George Shepherd
Chair of TrusteesLee Linn
Chair of Comm. on FinanceGene Kading
AuditorGeorge Shepherd
Lay Member to Ann. Conf. 

COMMITTEE ON LAY LEADERSHIP (NOMINATING)
Includes Pastor Kathy Sides and Lay Leader Lee Linn
Class of 2005Class of 2006Class of 2007
Annette VarleyBob LinnMartin Cummings
Betty ShepherdLeonard DrakeGene Livingston

TRUSTEES
Class of 2005Class of 2006Class of 2007
Martin CummingsAnnette VarleyLee Linn-Chairperson
Carl GilmanCurt BeaneBob Linn

PARISH STAFF-PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE
*indicates Jefferson Center members
Includes Lay Leaders, Lay Members to Annual Conference
Class of 2005Class of 2006Class of 2007
Bev CaveDiana PauleyGeorge Shepherd*
Lori Cummings*Linda SudbrockHope Wilhelm
Warren VarleyDiane DunahooDebbie Miller

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
ChairpersonGene Kading
Lay LeaderLee Linn
Chair of Ad. CouncilMartin Cummings
SPRC repLaurie Cummings
Chair of TrusteesLee Linn
Financial secretaryLee Linn
TreasurerLaurie Cummings
Lay member of annual conference 
At-Large MemberGeorge Shepherd
At-Large MemberLeonard Drake

PARSONAGE COMMITTEE
Verne Thornburg, Curt Beane, Susan Kading, Phyllis Wertz, Lee Linn




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Jefferson Center United Methodist Church
1298 Quebec Avenue
Stuart, Iowa 50250

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303 5th Street
Menlo, Iowa 50164

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219 NW 2nd Street
Stuart, Iowa 50250
Phone: (515) 523-1078

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