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CHURCHES - Methodist
Diamondhead Methodist, Diamondhead, MS.
Main Street Methodist, 162 Main Street, Bay St. Louis CHURCH TO CELEBRATE 100TH ANNIVERSARY FOR SANCTUARY - On Sunday, Sep 29, Main Street United Methodist Church’s congregation will celebrate 100 years of worshiping in its sanctuary.
The 11 a.m. worship service will include special music by the Main Quartet and the Chancel Choir as well as historic hymns for congregational singing.
This will occur on Laity Sunday, a Sunday set aside each year to pay tribute to the laity of the United Methodist Church.
Several lay persons will participate in the service and will be dressed in period dress.
Following the worship service, there will be a potluck dinner in the multipurpose building with historical exhibits/narrators.
In 1852 a new Methodist Church was organized in the city of Shieldsborough(Bay St. Louis), affected by E. D. Pitts, who was a preacher, but also teacher in schools at Napoleon and Shieldborough.
Services were held in a small building at the comer of Second and Main streets. The building was given to the church in 1859 by J. B. Toulme. It was named St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Van Carpenter, pastor of Main Street United Methodist, Main Street, Bay St. Louis, said the public is invited to join the anniversary celebration.
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MAIN STREET METHODIST CHURCH
The church was begun in 1852 in the town of Shieldsboro, now Bay St. Louis, by E. D. Pitts, a local school teacher and preacher. It was originally St John’s Methodist Episcopal Church South and is now Main Street United Methodist Church.
The land and existing building was donated by John B. Toulme to two women trustees of the church, one being his daughter-in-law. The land adjoining the church was donated by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. And Mrs. John V. Toulme. A parsonage built on this land in 1892 was replaced by the Edicational /Day Care Center in 1973.
The present church building was erected in 1895; the parking lot in 1987; the Multipurpose Building in 1993; the Office/Sspecial Sservices rooms in 1998.
The church celebrated its building’s 100 anniversary in 1995.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The Rev. Joseph Bullen was the first Presbyterian missionary to the Chickasaw Indians in Mississippi.
On Dec 13,1949, the first official meeting for establishing a Presbyterian Mission was held in Bay St. Louis and on Jan. 8,1950 the first service was held.
In May 1953 a renovated Army barracks/Art Studio building on De Montluzin Street was bought and converted to a church. In March 1957 the Presbyterian Mission became the First Presbyterian Church of Bay St. Louis.