First United Methodist Church of Rising Star

First United Methodist Church of Rising Star (HM1OKJ)

Location: Rising Star, TX 76471 Eastland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 5.734', W 98° 58.01'

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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 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.
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HM NumberHM1OKJ
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Marker Number1893
Year Placed1984
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 12th, 2015 at 9:02pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 503129 N 3551029
Decimal Degrees32.09556667, -98.96683333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 5.734', W 98° 58.01'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 5' 44.04" N, 98° 58' 0.6" W
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Area Code(s)254
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 105 S Anderson St, Rising Star TX 76471, US
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