From ‘The South Australian Methodist’, 19 March 1948, comes the report of a triple memorial window that will be unveiled at the Prospect North Methodist Church (now Prospect Road Uniting Church). The report says “The window is the gift of the relatives of the six young men of the church who paid the supreme sacrifice […]
14Nov
Looking Back… 60 years ago – SA Methodist Historical Society
November 14, 2017 by
From The South Australian Methodist – 15 November 1957 News on the South Australian Methodist Society after their 1957 Annual meeting. In 1977, the South Australian Methodist Society became the UCA Historical Society in South Australia (this organisation).
08Nov
Looking back… 70 years ago – All Saints Uniting Church (Plympton)
November 8, 2017 by
From the ‘South Australian Methodist’ – 11 November 1947 70 years ago Plympton Methodist Church was getting ready to celebrate its centenary… Now known as All Saints Uniting Church regular worship (and many other groups) still happen at the site. Happy 170th anniversary!
31Oct
Looking back… 50 years ago – Downlingville Uniting Church
October 31, 2017 by
From the South Australian Methodist – 03 November 1967 Dowlingville Uniting (then Methodist) Church was built in 1879, so 50 years ago would have celebrated its 88th birthday. Another 50 years on, and the church still has regular worship services attended by people from the surrounding farming communities (some of whom are descendants of the […]
18Oct
Looking back… 60 years ago – Spicer Memorial Church
October 18, 2017 by
> From The South Australian Methodist – 20 October, 1957 Sixty years ago the Spicer Uniting Church (then Methodist) Sunday School celebrated its 74th anniversary.
11Oct
Looking back… 60 years ago
October 11, 2017 by
From The South Australian Methodist – 13 October, 1957 Times have changed – in 1957, the state Methodist Conference had papers and proceedings published in a bound book. Now, as we get ready for the SA Presbytery & Synod meeting next month, we will be downloading our papers from the Synod website, and most of […]
04Oct
Looking back… 60 years ago
October 4, 2017 by
From The South Australian Methodist – Friday 4 October 1957… 60 years ago, Naracoorte Uniting Church (then Methodist) were getting ready to move into their brand new building. The photos are from documents in the History Centre’s collection – the ‘new’ church shown in the early 1960s from a Stewardship information […]