DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE

HISTORICAL MARKER

The Bell County Sesquicentennial Committee plans to bury a Time Capsule with artifacts to be opened in one hundred years - be we Methodists, thanks to our ancestors, have a wonderful artifact here in our church, and it is to honor those farsighted Methodists who served here in years past, that we dedicate this Methodist Historical Marker today.

  1. To the original members whose offerings and labor built the church originally....
  2. To the citizens who placed the Bell which still rings every Sunday..
  3. To the members who placed the Organ that fills our sanctuary with beautiful music - and those who have provided its' upkeep through the years...
  4. To the families who placed the beautiful windows and the kneeling pillows...
  5. To the members who furnished the original Communion service and baptismal font....
  6. To the members who have furnished the various altar furnishings....
  7. To all the members through the years who have sung in the choir....
  8. To those who have contributed all the song books and choir robes...
  9. To those who have supported the many mission programs...
  10. To all the Pastors who have served here over the 150 years.....
  11. To all the present members who have pledged to carry on.....
  12. To the future generations who will serve here in the traditions so well established 150 years ago.

CLOSING PRAYER:

To quote from the Centennial Celebration of the church:

"May those who follow after us have the same courageous leadership as we of the first century have had, never forgetting that God still rules the Universe and honors the labor of those who serve him."

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