Membership: Our membership is 80 with an average worship attendance of 62. We have many long term members. We are friendly and actively serve our community. Worship Service: Our Sunday worship service is at 11:00 AM. It is a traditional and open service. Worship provides inspiration, support, encouragement, and joy for all ages. We have very good music, with an organ and piano with a 20 member choir. Communion is offered the first Sunday of every month and is open to all. All children are invited to come forward for the weekly children's sermon. After the children's sermon, children age 4 through 4th grade are excused for supervised activities in children's church. We have full time child care by a trained child care provider during Sunday school and worship service for children under age 4. After the service everyone is invited downstairs for refreshments and fellowship. Church School: From 9:45 to 10:45 Christian education classes are offered for all ages which provide Bible based study which can be applied to every day life. An annual Vacation Bible School for all children in the community is provided during a week in the summer. Adult Bible Study Opportunities: Adult Christian education class is offered from 9:45 to 10:45 every Sunday. Woman's Bible study is offered every Monday from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. United Methodist Women: UMW meets at 12:00 noon on the second Monday of each month. Women meet for a potluck lunch and to participate in education, mission outreach, and supportive fellowship. United Methodist Men: UMM meets at 8:30 AM every Saturday over coffee. Choir: Rehearsal is every Wednesday at 7:30 PM and is open to all (regardless of voice skill). Prayer Chain: Special concerns are addressed through prayer. Prayer chain contacts are posted in the fellowship hall. Community Potluck Supper: Held in the fellowship hall at 6:00 PM 1st and 3rd Thursdays. Everyone in the community is invited for food and fellowship. Newspaper Recycle: Saturday at 8:00 AM and Tuesday at 9:00 AM at community recycle center. Church Camp: Rainier UMC has a very strong camping program through our conference. There are eight sites and a wide variety of camp programs. Church Organization: The programs of the church are coordinated through an Administrative Council comprising the following work areas: Education, Worship, Evangelism, Finance, Social Concern, Pastor-Parish Relations, Missions, Nominating, and Trustees. Special Events : Women's Spring Luncheon, Mother-Daughter Banquet, Father-Son Banquet, Holiday Bazaar, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, World Day of Prayer. Area Outreach: Thursday Community Potluck (social interaction and meals for community), newspaper recycle, Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Thursday Needlework Group, Grief/Loss Workshop. Monthly collection for HOPE (local food bank). Support for Community House on Broadway (Longview, WA), Senior Center, blood bank, polls, Library Board, tutoring at local school, Chamber of Commerce, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Aerobics class, Garden Club, Welfare Dept., Head Start Council, Accountants Workshop Local Church History: In the latter part of the 19th century, Methodists first met in homes in the area. Later they met in a log house built on property donated to the church on the corner of "B" Street and 3rd. The log church building also doubled as a school. After 1897 the Methodists shared a new church build by the Congregational Church. In 1902, starting with a donation of $50 from the Ladies Aid, the present parsonage was built. Three years later under Pastor H. S. Kemp the church at the present location was constructed. The church has continued through its 100 years of history to be center for worship, Christian education, fellowship, and service.