Sherwood Uniting Church – 100 Years of History (1914 – 2014)
1914 – 2014 SHERWOOD UNITING CHURCH Cnr Sherwood Road and Thallon Street, Sherwood 4075 PO Box 249, Sherwood 4075 Ph. 07 3379 1329 WEBSITE www.sherwood.unitingchurch.org.au For where two or more are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 SHERWOOD UNITING CHURCH Cnr Sherwood Road and Thallon Street, Sherwood 4075 First Wesleyan / Methodist Church inPO Sherwood Box 249, Sherwood District 4075 Ph. 07 3379 1329 WEBSITE www.sherwood.unitingchurch.org.au Sherwood Uniting Church – a 100 years of history The Early History During 1886 in the residence of the late Mr Thomas Johnston, there was held on 8th October, a meeting to consider the advisability of establishing a Wesleyan Church in Sherwood. Present were the Reverends W Halse Rogers and B Dinning who addressed the meeting. A committee consisting of Thomas Johnston, Thomas Payne, Oliver Judd, A. Appleton, W. Wood, Thomas G. Johnston, James Johnston and James Shanks, was appointed to secure a site and promote the erection of a church. A week later, it was reported that the sum of £25 was promised toward £36 required to secure a suitable allotment in Skew Street and it was resolved to purchase the site. On 25th October, it was reported that the Orangemans Hall, in Hall Street, had been secured for services and Sunday school. Mr J. Shanks was appointed the Superintendent of the Sunday school. On 16th May 1887, a meeting was held to consider a scheme for building a church. Mr. T. Johnston’s tender for a building 20 feet by 22 feet was accepted.
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