History - Princeton United Methodist

History of Princeton United Methodist Church
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175 Celebration – May 2, 2010
The Outreach Ministry continues to give their time by providing lunch once-a-month for the
homeless at the Our Daily Bread kitchen, as well as continue to support Dr. and Mrs. Marvin
Wolford, missionaries in Zaire, and the United Methodist Children’s’ Home. We are thankful
for this ministry and what it has done for people in need. Our Youth Ministry has recently hired
a new coordinator.
Amy Selleck, a student at The University of Georgia, has been working with our children and
youth this fall and we are excited about the activities that she has planned for the upcoming
months. Vacation Bible School was again a success with 30-35 children attending. The
Scouting Program continues to be very active.
The Golden Age Group meets on a regular basis with good fellowship. Glenn states that “you
would never know that they are our senior citizen”. Wednesday Night suppers are well received.
Fifty to sixty people participate each Wednesday for a “home-cooked” meal that’s hard to beat.
Our United Methodist Men and United Methodist Women are active groups. We appreciate our
men and women of the church for their many countless hours of work. With the help of an
endowment given to the church, we have been able to purchase a new twenty-five passenger bus
for various groups to use when planning trips. This is truly a blessing from heaven, for we have
been in need of a vehicle for groups to make trips together and now that prayer has been
answered.
Rev. Peggy and Bill Lowe have again provided our church with wonderful leadership. Her
spiritual sermons and words of wisdom have given the members of Princeton a pastor to count
on when the need arises. Bill continues to bless the choir with his wonderful voice and provides
a smile to each and every member when greeted. Someone once said that Princeton was just a
small church full of family related members. To some degree this maybe true, but if you take the
family within this church and add in the enthusiasm and friendship of everyone else, you end up
with a church full of love and smiles, which is what I truly believe the Lord would want if H e
had the opportunity to tell us.”
1998 Report as prepared to the Annual Charge Conference.
Glenn Townsend, Administrative Council Chair, began his report by “thanking everyone for the
support given the leaders of the church by working and participating in all of the activities which
were planned and completed.” Thanks was given for the work and prayer that have gone into
your jobs and the loving spirit with which you have performed them. Journey Through
Christmas was a huge success. John and Marianne Stipe were chairpersons of this event which
was received with tremendous participation by our church and the community. We expanded
our presentation to three evenings of viewing to allow more viewers to see the wonderful story of
Christmas. Over 350 car/bus loads of viewers from the Athens and surrounding areas had an
opportunity to view our program.
Our Outreach Ministry gives their time by providing lunch once a month to the homeless at the
Our Daily Bread kitchen. We support the Wolford’s, missionaries in Zaire, and the United
Methodist Children’s Home. Our youth and children ministries have struggled in a small way
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