1926 - First United Methodist Church of Rising Star - Rising Star, TX
N 32° 05.737 W 098° 58.010
14S E 503129 N 3551035
Built in 1926, the current sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Rising Star is at 100 S Anderson St, Rising Star, TX.
Waymark Code: WMZTXX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2019
Views: 2
A 1984 Texas Historical Marker in front of the church provides some history:
Rising Star was only a sparsely settled community when schoolteacher James Irby organized this congregation in 1879. The Rev. L.S. Chamberlain of Sipe Springs led the first service, which was attended by Irby, his wife Sallie, and Dennis Bond, in a small log building east of the present town. The congregation worshiped at several locations before 1888, when member Lucy L. Anderson donated a plot of ground for the building of a small frame structure at the present site, where the church held worship services and Sunday school classes for nearly forty years.
In 1903 the Rev. D.A. McGuire was appointed to serve the First Methodist Church of Rising Star and became the fellowship's first full-time pastor. The 1920 oil boom brought new members into the church, resulting in the need for larger facilities. The current church building was completed in 1926 during the pastorate of the Rev. Fizer M. Noe.
For more than one hundred years, the First United Methodist Church of Rising Star has provided the community with significant service and leadership. Its emphasis on Christian education and mission work has produced a number of ministers and missionaries from among its members.
Year of construction: 1926
Full inscription:
First Methodist Church
Fizer M. Noe, Pastor
F.C. Falls
H.S. Childress
J.E. Robertson
Building Committee
Rev. L.A. Webb, P.E.
G.C. Douglass, Contractor
1880 1926
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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