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Aurelia Methodist Church Through Decades Of Growth
The Aurelia Methodist Church traces its 1939 1963 developments including name changes from Methodist Episcopal to Methodist Church, a 1952 remodel, four education rooms added in 1952 1953 church board reorganization, major memorial gifts funding enhancements, 1960 20th anniversary of the Woman's Society, organ dedications in 1963, parsonage improvements, land option pursued for a new church, and a 373 member roll with a 195? budget around 15 570. The narrative credits volunteers and past pastors shaping the congregation over two decades.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Epworth League
Methodist Youth Fellowship
QO. C. Waddell
Eunice Bruce Stephens
Brashares
Our Church
Clara Swain
India
Commission On
Commission On Education
Commission On Missions
Commission On Finance
Wayne Hilmer
George Johnson
Ralph Peterson
Raymond Nelson
Art Ohlson
Glen Loucks
Verna Lockin
Woman's Society
Fellowship Hall
Woman’s Society
Baldwin Electronic Organ
Westensee
Waddell
Volun
Aurelia
Church Board
Carl Fuhrman
Ervil Rapp
L. R. Morton
Don Smith
H. H. Pruett
Methodist Men’s Brotherhood
Sunset Knoll
Charles Haigh
Forrest Flowers
Ernest Stanworth