Christ United Methodist Church
318 N. Union Street
Westfield, IN 46074
318 N. Union Street
Westfield, IN 46074
WORSHIP TIMES:
Sundays @ 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School @ 9:30 a.m. for all ages
~ ABOUT US ~
A Brief History of Christ UMC |
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| 1832 | Westfield founded |
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| 1850 | Methodists begin meeting in homes in Westfield |
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| 1865 | The mortgage of the Congregational Church is taken over by the newly formed Westfield 1st Methodist (Westfield City Hall today) |
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| 1884 | 1st Sunday School is formed |
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| 1920 | Westfield 1st becomes a station - we receive our first pastor [A.C. Hoover] (we had been on a circuit) |
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| 1940 | Women's Society (UMW forerunner) and Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) are formed |
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| 1941 | The first Annual Fish Fry |
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| 1968 | The Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist merge to form the United Methodist Church |
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| 1971 | Our Preschool begins |
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| 1974 | purchased the 7 acres north of Penn Street and began construction on a building (our current location) |
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| 1975 | Eagletown, Jolietville, and Westfield Methodist churches merge to form Christ UMC |
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| 1977 | First service is held in the new sanctuary |
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| 1986 | The Education Wing is built |
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| 2002 | The Family Life Center (FLC) is completed |
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| 2006 | Rev. Mark Wesler arrives |
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| 2008 | Worship moves to the FLC in preparation for a new worship space |
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| 2009 | The former sanctuary is renovated to become The Gathering Place |
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