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LOGTOWN METHODIST CHURCH HEV, P. E. HaTCH, FASTOR HOMECOMING SERVICE SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1963 10:30 A.M.
The Prelude
The Call To Worship
The Invocation
We 1coho	Lamar	Otis
Hymn	“Holy,	Jioly, Holy"	6
The Affirmation Of Faith
Silent Meditation
Prayer followed by Lord’s Prayer
""he Responsive Reading
..he Gloria Fatri
Greetings from Former Pastors	Henry	Otis
Scripture Lesson
Special Music "The Lord Is My Shepherd"Humphreys
Solo by Mrs. Barbara Osbourn Nester, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Percy Osbourn Accompanied by Miss Sylvia Rody, grand-daughter of Mrs, Ethel Marshal Presentation of Tithes and Offerings The Doxology
The Sermon	"Worship*1	Rev.	J.D.	Slay
District Superintendent of the Meridian District and our Pastor in 1934-35.
Hymn	"Blest Be The Tie"	67
""he Benediction ,io Fostlude
Ushers:	Roy Baxter Austin Baxter
All guests and members are asked to sign the Guest Book either at the Church or at the Gym.
Basket lurches will be spread at the Logtown School Gymnasium after services, and all are invited to join in this period of fellowship.
HISTORY OF LOGTOV/N METHODIST CHURCH
Although there is no record in the files of the Mississippi Conference Historical Committee of a Church at Logtown before lCo'O, this Church does date back several years before that time. About 1G75, or nearly 90 years ago, Mr. Henry Weston, prominent pioneer lumberman of the community situated on the banks of Pearl River, realized that it should have a Church. He was instrumental in bringing to Logtown, Rev. Inman W. Cooper, who although only 20 years of age, had already shown promise in his chosen field.
The first Church in logtown was built by Mr. Weston and the lumber company bearing his name on a piece of land given to the Methodist Church by the family of Mr. Henry Carre, the same location where our Church still stands. For many years the original church was known as Cooper*s Chapel, in honor of its first pastor who organized it.
Except for Rev. Cooper, we have no record of the names of the pastors of the Church prior to 1680, but since that time there have been 42 pastors serving it.
For many years our Church and its organizations were quite active and this can be directly credited for the almost complete absence of crime in the community, even during the years when the mills were in full production and Logtown had a population of nearly 2,000. The young people of the community in by-gone days were lively in the Epworth League for many years, and the W.S.C.S. i3 still busy with their regular meetings and church duties The Sunday School was well attended until it was discontinued because of limited membership. Mr. J.S.Otis was Superintendent for 43 years with Mr. D.R. Weston assuming that office for- 20 years.
Logtown Methodist Church has done much for four generations in molding the raster and lives of its members and .of othero who cane uacler its influence.. We are also proud of ora pastors who served our church at the beginni.-g of their Christian ministry and then went ovi to large, chvrrshos and aor>c iniror-v.ar.t dutie®,