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Wyandotte Glenwood United Methodist Church Records, 1932-2015

History Note: During the summer of 1930, the First United Methodist Church of Wyandotte saw a need for religious services to serve the people living across the tracks on Wyandotte's west side. The Four Square Class took on the project of creating a Sunday School in the needed area. A decade later a group of First Church members who were active in the Glenwood Community Sunday School took the lead in organizing the Glenwood Community Methodist Church. After meeting in temporary facilities for years, the first Sanctuary was completed in 1949. The church continued its work until merging with First Church in 2015.

Scope Note: In addition to a History File on the church, the collection contains a fairly complete set of minutes of the Official Board, Administrative Board, Church Council, and Trustees; some records of the Sunday School that led to the organization of the church, and files on church committees and projects.

Extent: 22.9 linear feet (ca. 45,800 pages)

Access Restrictions: The collection is open to research.

Restrictions on Use: Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.

Finding aid created by William H. McNitt, August 2016 (revised July 2017; September 2021)

Appointments List

• 1940-1945: Russell W. Sursaw • 1945-1949: Presto Glenmore “Glen” Trembath • 1949-1950: L. LaVerne Finch • 1950-1952: Presto Glenmore “Glen” Trembath • 1952-1954: Albert E. Hartoog • 1954-1959: Albert E. Hartoog & Roger P. Arnett • 1959-1961: Roger P. Arnett & George MacDonald Jones • 1961-1965: Janis Laupmanis • 1965-1967: William H. Fraser • 1967-1973: Albert Claire Wolf • 1973-1977: Ellis A. Hart • 1977-1983: Robert N. Hicok • 1983-1991: Arthur V. Norris • 1991-August 1994: Cleon F. Abbott • December 1994-2005: Robert Duggan • 2005-2013: Suzanne B. Walls • 2013-2015: Keith Lenard

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Box 1 Wyandotte Glenwood • Administrative Board • 1969-1970 • 1971-1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976-1978 • 1979-1984

Box 2 Wyandotte Glenwood • Administrative Board • 1985-1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990-1991 • 1992-1995 • 1996-1997 • 1998-1999 • 2000 • Administrative Council, 2001 • Anniversary (40th/50th), 1980 • Anniversary (50th/60th), 1990

Box 3 Wyandotte Glenwood • Anniversary (60th/70th), 2000 • Anniversary (80th), 2010 • Audit Reports, 1989-2010 • Bicentennial Homecoming, 1984 • Budgets o 1963-1983 o 1984-2000 • Building Committee Minutes o 1962-1964 o 1982 • Building Crusade o Correspondence, 1949-1957 o Minutes and Correspondence, 1963 • Building Fund and Loan Correspondence, 1945-1950

Box 4 Wyandotte Glenwood • Building Program, 1963 • Bulletins o 1940-1941

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o 1942 o 1943 o 1944 o 1945 o 1946 o 1947

Box 5 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o 1948 o 1949 o 1950 o 1951 o 1952 o 1953 o 1954 o 1955 (none received for 1956-1959)

Box 6 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o 1960 o 1961 o 1962 o 1963 o 1964 o 1965

Box 7 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January-June 1966 o July-December 1966 o January-June 1967 o July-December 1967 o January-June 1968 o July-December 1968

Box 8 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January-June 1969 o July-December 1969 o January- o July- o January- o July-

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Box 9 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January- o July- o January- o July- o January- o July-

Box 10 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January- o July- o January-June 1976 o July-December 1976 o January-April 1977 o May-August 1977

Box 11 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o September-December 1977 o January-April 1978 o May-August 1978 o September-December 1978 o January- o May-

Box 12 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o September-December 1979 o January- o May- o September- o January- o May-

Box 13 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o September- o January-April 1982 o May-August 1982 o September-December 1982 o January-June 1983 o July-September 1983 o October-December 1983

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Box 14 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January-March 1984 o April-June 1984 o July-August 1984 o September-October 1984 o November-December 1984

Box 15 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January-February 1985 o March-April 1985 o May-July 1985 o August-October 1985 o November-December 1985 o 1986

Box 16 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o 1987 o 1988 o 1989 o 1990 (none received for 1991) o January-June 1992

Box 17 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o July-December 1992 o January-June 1993 o July-December 1993 o January-June 1994 o July-December 1994

Box 18 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January-April 1995 o May-August 1995 o September-December 1995 o June-September 1996 (none received for January-June) o October-December 1996 o January-March 1997

Box 19 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o April-June 1997

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o July-September 1997 o October-December 1997 o January-March 1998 o April-June 1998 o July-September 1998 o October-December 1998

Box 20 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o January-March 1999 o April-June 1999 o July-September 1999 o October-December 1999 o January-March 2000 o April-June 2000

Box 21 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o July-September 2000 o October-December 2000 (none received for 2001-2004) o January-February 2005 o March-April 2005 o May-July 2005 o August-December 2005 o January-June 2006

Box 22 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o July-December 2006 o January-June 2007 o July-December 2007 o January-June 2008 o July-December 2008 o January-June 2009 o July-December 2009

Box 23 Wyandotte Glenwood • Bulletins o 2010 o 2011 o 2012 o 2013 o 2014 o 2015

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Box 24 Wyandotte Glenwood • Celebration Sunday, 1 November 1987 (Glenwood-Epworth Merger) (Videotape) • Children's Society of Christian Service, 1946-1949 • ChristNet, 2004-2015 (homeless shelter) • Church Addition, 1954-1956 • Church Council o 2002-2004 o 2005 o 2006-2008 o 2009 o 2010-2011 o 2012 o 2013-2015

Box 25 Wyandotte Glenwood • Church Conferences o 1968 o 1969 o 1970 o 1971-1972 o 1977-1979 (none received for 1973-1976) o 1980-1983 o 1984-1985 o 1986 o 1987 o 1988 o 1989

Box 26 Wyandotte Glenwood • Church Conferences • 1990-1991 • 1992-1994 • 1995-1999 • 2000-2002 • 2003-2004 • 2005-2007 • 2008-2010 • 2011-2012 • 2013

Box 27 Wyandotte Glenwood • Church Conferences • 2014 • 2015

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• Church Construction • Church Correspondence during the Planning and Building Years, 1941-1951 • Church Deeds • Church Policies • Church Records (Baptisms, Marriages, Membership, and Death), 2005-2014 • Commission on Missions, 1964-1965 • Committee on Lay Leadership, 1963-2004 (nominations) • Consecration Service, 1964 • Construction Costs • Cookbook

Box 28 Wyandotte Glenwood • Council on Ministries, 1969-1997 • Digital Files on Church History (UMW, etc.) [Flash Drive] • Directories o 1965-1970 o 1971-1973 o 1975-1979 o 1980-1985 o 1986-1989 o 1990-1994 o 1995-2000

Box 29 Wyandotte Glenwood • Directories o 2001-2007 o 2008-2015 • Directories – Photo o 1970-1989 o 1995-2011 • Downriver Cluster Council on Ministries o 1977-1979 o 1980-1981 o 1982 o 1983-1984 o 1985-1987

Box 30 Wyandotte Glenwood • Downriver Cluster Council on Ministries o 1988-1990 o 1991-2007 • Education/Sunday School Meetings o 1978 and 1986-1989 o 1994-1998

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o 1999-2000 o 2001-2008 • Endowment Fund Committee, 1988-2002 • Epworth Parsonage • Evangelism Committee o 1989-1999

Box 31 Wyandotte Glenwood • Evangelism Committee o 2000-2008 • Finance Committee o 1962 and 1967-1975 o 1976-1979 o 1980-1984 o 1985-1992 o 1993-1999 o 2000-2002 o 2003-2004

Box 32 Wyandotte Glenwood • Finance Committee o 2005-2006 o 2007-2015 • Financial Reports o 1970-1972 o 1973-1976 o 1977-1980 o 1981-1983 o 1984-1987 o 1988-1989 o 1990-1992

Box 33 Wyandotte Glenwood • Financial Reports o 1993-1994 o 1995-1996 o 1997-1998 o 1999-2002 o 2003-2006 • Former Pastors • Funerals, 1984-2013 • Glenwood Homecoming – Bicentennial (Audiotape) • Glenwood’s Nonagenarians, 2003

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Box 34 Wyandotte Glenwood • Harmony and Faith Circles, 1999-2011 • History File • History File – Anniversaries • Idea Project Committee, 2006-2007 • Lay Personnel Handbook and Employment Orientation Guide, 2005 • Lenten Services, 1991-1993 • Letters to Members, 1949-1983 • Martha Circle, 1947-1964 • Membership o Certificates of Baptism, 1973-1998

Box 35 Wyandotte Glenwood • Membership o Certificates of Transfer, 1975-2005 o Family Information Sheets, 1990 (2 folders) o Lists and Reports, 1970-2015 • Memorial Committee, 1965 and 1984-2014 • Miracle Sunday, 1991 • Miscellaneous Reports, 1945-1954 • Newsletters o 1961 o 1962

Box 36 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o 1963 o 1964 o 1965 o 1966 o 1967 o 1968 o 1969 o 1970 o 1971

Box 37 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o 1972 o 1973 o 1974 o 1975 o 1976 o 1977

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o 1978 o 1979 o 1980 o 1981 o 1982

Box 38 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o 1983 o 1984 o 1985 o 1986 o 1987 o 1988 o 1989

Box 39 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o January-July 1990 o August-December 1990 o 1991 o January-June 1992 o July-December 1992 o January-June 1993 o July-December 1993

Box 40 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o January-June 1994 o July-December 1994 o 1995 o 1996 o January-June 1997 o July-December 1997 o January-June 1998

Box 41 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o July-December 1998 o 1998 Sunday School o January-June 1999 o July-December 1999 o 1999 Sunday School o 2000 (none received for 2001-2004) o 2005

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o 2006

Box 42 Wyandotte Glenwood • Newsletters o 2007 o 2008 o 2009 o 2010 o 2011-2013 o 2014-2015 • Non-Profit Corporation Reports, 1944-2015 • Official Board (includes quarterly reports) o 1940-1941 (includes pre-organization meetings) o 1942-1943

Box 43 Wyandotte Glenwood • Official Board o 1944-1945 o 1946-1947 o 1948-1949 o 1950 o 1951 o 1952 o 1953 o 1954

Box 44 Wyandotte Glenwood • Official Board o 1955 o 1956 o 1957 o 1958 o 1959 o 1960 o 1961 o 1962 o 1963

Box 45 Wyandotte Glenwood • Official Board o 1964 o 1965 o 1966 o 1967 o 1968

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o 1969 • Parsonage, 1946-1951 • Parsonage Annual Reviews, 1997-2013 • Parsonage Information Report, 1994

Box 46 Wyandotte Glenwood • Pastor Parish Relations Committee o 1969-1980 o 1981-1985 o 1986-1999 o 2000-2004 • Pastor’s Reports, 1945-1949 • Photographs o Church Activities, 2005-2010 (and a few from the 1990s) (2 folders)

Box 47 Wyandotte Glenwood • Photographs o Church Activities, 2005-2010 (and a few from the 1990s) (1 folder) o Faith Circle, 2003-2017 • Policies and Procedures, 1997-2008 • Puppet Ministry o 1996-2005 o 2006-2010 • Quarterly Conference Reports o 1958-1959 o 1960-1961 • Re-Vision Plan, 1997-1999 • Retreats, 1978-1984 • Scrapbook, 1947-1956 (see Oversize) • Staff Parish Relations Committee o 2005-2006 o 2007-2010

Box 48 Wyandotte Glenwood • Staff Parish Relations Committee o 2011-2012 o 2013-2015 • Stewardship, 1997 • Sunday School o Attendance, 1936-1941 • Board Minutes, 1932-1937 • Trustees o Annual Reports, 1961-2013

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o Minutes ▪ 1945-1951 ▪ 1952-1955 ▪ 1964-1969 ▪ 1970-1974 ▪ 1975-1979 ▪ 1980-1982

Box 49 Wyandotte Glenwood • Trustees o Minutes ▪ 1983-1984 ▪ 1985-1988 ▪ 1989-1990 ▪ 1991-1992 ▪ 1993-1997 ▪ 1998-2001 ▪ 2002-2005 ▪ 2006-2010 ▪ 2011-2015

Box 50 Wyandotte Glenwood • United Methodist Men o 1955-1969 o 1970-1972 o 1973-1975 o 1987-1988 o 1989-2014 • United Methodist Women o Handbooks ▪ 1982-1995 ▪ 1996-2007 ▪ 2008-2015

Box 51 Wyandotte Glenwood • United Methodist Women o Minutes ▪ 1973-1974 ▪ 1975-1976 ▪ 1977-1979 ▪ 1980-1982 ▪ 1983-1984 ▪ 1985-1986 ▪ 1987-1988 ▪ 1989-1991

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Box 52 Wyandotte Glenwood • United Methodist Women o Minutes ▪ 1992-1993 ▪ 1994-1996 ▪ 1997-1999 ▪ 2000-2002 ▪ 2003-2004 ▪ 2005-2008 ▪ 2009-2010 ▪ 2011-2012 ▪ 2013-2015

Box 53 Wyandotte Glenwood • United Methodist Women o Scrapbooks ▪ 1973-1987 ▪ 1988-1991 ▪ 1993-1994 ▪ 1995-1996 ▪ 1997-1998 ▪ 1999-2012

Box 54 Wyandotte Glenwood • Wills and Bequests, 2001 • Woman’s Society of Christian Service o Minutes ▪ 1940-1946 ▪ 1947-1950 ▪ 1951-1953 ▪ 1954-1956 ▪ 1957-1958 ▪ 1959 ▪ 1960 ▪ 1961-1963

Box 55 Wyandotte Glenwood • Woman’s Society of Christian Service o Minutes ▪ 1964-1965 ▪ 1966-1967 ▪ 1968 ▪ 1969 ▪ 1970 ▪ 1971-1972

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o Scrapbooks ▪ 1938-1943

Box 56 Wyandotte Glenwood • Woman’s Society of Christian Service o Scrapbooks ▪ 1944-1946 ▪ 1946-1951 ▪ 1952-1973 • Woman’s Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guild - Charter Members, 1968 • Workshop o Goal Setting, 15 September 1985 o New Possibilities for Ministry, 1985 • Worship Committee o 1983-1999 o 1999-2004 o 2005-2014 • Yearbooks, 1942-1945

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