History
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Our Current Story
Our Current Story Continues. Originally founded September 1,1881, we continue to grow and support the southwest district of the Iowa UMC. The members of the church wrote out their favorite scripture verses which are preserved under the floor of the new sanctuary. The Carson United Methodist Church is a church built on the Word of…
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CARSON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PASTORS
J. W. Martin 1879-1880 R. J. Osborn 1880-1881 E. M. H. Fleming 1881-1882 W. A. Wiseman 1882-1883 Fletcher Brown 1883-1886 Reverend McGuire 1886-1889 George Wright 1889-1893 W. M. Mercer 1893-1896 A. H. Rusk 1896-1897 W. L. Douglas 1897-1899 J. F. Davis 1899-1901 D. Shenton 1901-1902 J. S. Stephens 1902-1903 George Thompson 1903-1904 George Wood 1904-1906…
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The First 100 Years!
The history of the church as recorded in May 1980 On May 9, 1880, the Rev. W. J. Beck, pastor of the Emerson Methodist Church, called together the members of the Methodist Class Number Five, at Pleasant Ridge school house, one mile east of Carson. L.M. Campbell organized class five at Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse on…