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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1958
Page
5
A long OCR style listing names sponsors and merchants in Odessa with addresses on Grant North Lincoln Grant and Andrews highways. Entries include Armstrong Music Co First National Bank of Odessa Lairsen's Paul Moss Cobb's Department Store Sears Food Markets McDonald Buick Monarch Laundry Woodlock Furniture and others.
Methodists began meeting in Odessa in September 1900 and formed a charter roll in January 1901 under Rev. T. L. Lallance with 38 members. The group met in Ector County courthouse, later occupied a Baptist church, joined a circuit with Monahans Grandfalls and Barstow, built their first building in 1908, and later provided a parsonage in Odessa.
In 1925 the Odessa and Barstow circuit served 95 members with over eleven hundred families in the charge. The yearly offerings totaled substantial funds and the property is worth about three quarters of a million dollars. The church supports programs for children, youth, and young married couples and participates in world missionary work. It helped build nearby Methodist churches and maintains a church school class and choir, inviting others to worship.
A sermon explores God’s power to graft the disconnected back to the spiritual vine. It compares fallen branches to humans estranged from God and cites John 15 4 5 Psalm 1 3 Hosea 14 and Revelation 12 2 to urge faith humility and reliance on Christ for renewal and healing.
The Odessa Churches and local firms pledge a message of renewed faith in Ector County. Their shared dedication calls for greater church attendance and spiritual renewal across the community.
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