PRESENT LEADERS OF THE BERLIN CHURCH: Bishop John Owen Smith Dr. Delma Hagood, Dist. Supt. Rev. Wayne Hopper, Charge Pastor Dr. George Clary, Jr., Pastor BERLIN MET HOD 1ST CHURCH James R. Thompson, Sunday School Supt.

TRUSTEES: North Georgia Conference United Methodist Church Horace Neely 1973 Arthur M. Knight 1973 Augusta District Gracewood ChargeMartin Thompson - .. 1971 Harley D. Josey 1971 7971 C. Douglas Flakes 1972

ANNUALMrs. Horace Neely: Communion Steward. HOMECOMING

TRUSTEES: September I, 1827 VAY

James Netherland Dan i e I Howe 1I Sunday - April 25, 1971 Edmund Parker Wi I I i am B. Green Last Sunday In April Wi 11 iam Gunn.

TRUSTEES: Apri I 3, 1924 "WELCOMEIN THE NAME OF CHRIST"

A. R. Napier J. R. Coil ins J. R. Gepfert W. A. Shaw

M. R. Coil ins YEA R: 1827

BUILDING COMMITTEE: 1873 L 0 CAT ION: Here - On the very spot Robert Ell iott Absolum Napier John Modsette where this church is located_ Wi 1I iam Wa 1ke r Henry Bishop James Dunford James Buck Thomas Atkins Lewis Collins EVE N T: Methodist work began Henry Dickinson Alexander Walker Ms. Ann B. Clark

All of us here at the Berlin Church are hoping and prayingPresent sanctuary dedicated by Bishop George Foster that this old and historic Church of ours may have an evenPie rce in 1877. brighter future than its noble past.

BUILDERS: John Trobridge, Z. W. Collins

I 1971 - HOMECOMING DAY: April 25, 1971

10:00 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL

11 :00 a.m. MORNING WORSHIP

Prelude: Mrs. George Clary, Pianist Call to Worship: No. 696, No. 70 I Hymn No. I: "0 For A Thousand Tongues to Sing" Affirmation of Faith: No. 739 Pastoral Prayer: The Lord's Prayer - Response Special Music Words of Welcome and Announcements Homecoming Day Offering (For Bui Iding Fund) Presentation of Guest Preacher Hymn No. 137: "Spirlt of Faith, Come Down" rlome:oming Day Sermon by: Rev. Harvey Lambert

(Former Pastor of OUr church, now Pastor a t Craw for dv i I Ie, Ge 0 rg i a . )

Prayer The Invitation to Chr istian Disciple~hip

Hymn: No. 119 - IIJust As I Am" Benediction

About 12:30 p.m.: HOMECOMING DINNER

We invite al I of our fr iends to stay and share the fellowship of this occasion With us

:00 p.m. HOMECOMING SERVICE

Brief Song Service: Special Music Notes on the 'History of Berlin Church' Brief Sharing Period.

BENEDICTION

We hope to complete our parsonage at Berl In before another Homecoming. We are paying cash as we bui Id; our offering today goes for this purpose.

Your generous support is much appreciated.

Next year we here at the Ber! in Church hope to operate a week-day kindergarten.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Annual Charge Conference: Sunday, May 30th, at 7:00 p.m. at Berlin.

REVIVAL AND VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: Middle of July,

HISTORY OF BERLIN CHURCH:

Last year after the Homecoming bulletin was printed we learned more about the 'History of Berlin Church l

The original deed for one acre of land at present location was dated September I. 1827.

Walter Clark, in his book A Lost Acadia (page 89), says that Bel lin Chu f ch was erected Ilat sOme da te in the 1830's II This is as close as we can get now to the original beginning of this church

The church must have declined, because we have records that in 1873 it was revived In 1877 the present sanctuary was completed and dedicated

The second deed for additional property is dated April 3,1924 It was evidently the work of J R. Collins who surveyed the new lot of 2.67 acres and made the plat which is attached to the deed

The church is now in the process of trying to get a third deed to provide additional land.

A LIST OF PASTORS SINCE 1940:

I E. P. Eubanks 9. O. J. Withrow 2. Lloyd Jarkson 10. L. G. Cowart 3 George Chambers I I. C. C. Stuart 4 Char les Davis 12 Glen Radford S. E. E. Cad Ie 13. John Preston 6. John Brackman 14 Harvey Lambert* 7 C. l. Booth 15. George Clary 8. W. O. Dinkins

*Our guest preacher.

See back page for names of other persons connected with the IHistory of Berlin Church l .

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