Broadwater Chapel

(1924-1926)

The Gospel Messenger Oct. 4, 1924 page 636 Vol. 73 No. 40

Georges Creek.—June 17 Bro. Archie Patrick came to this church to serve as pastor for the summer. A Sunday-school was organized and interest and attendance grew rapidly. Many homes in to the Blue Ridge Young People's Conference. Aug. 3 we enjoyed a program given by the Young People's Department of the Accident church. Aug. II to 16 Brother and Sister Patrick conducted a Vacation Bible School, with an average attendance of seventeen. Aug. 17 to 23 we met each evening to study the doctrines and ordinances of the church. We held a revival from Aug. 24 to Sept. 2, with' Bro. Patrick doing the preaching. Thirty-five were baptized and six reclaimed. At our council Sept. 1 it was unanimously agreed to divide the congregation. The members living near the Mount Union house organized with Bro. Arthur Scrogum as elder in charge, Bro. James Whiteman, clerk, and the writer, correspondent. Trustees, a ministerial hoard and other necessary officers were chosen. This congregation retains the name Georges Creek. The members living near the Broadwater chapel organized, with Bro. J. T. Green, elder, and Bro. Jonas Broadwater, clerk. This congregation chose the name Broadwater church. We held our communion Sept. 6, with Bro. Scrogum officiating, assisted by Bro. Patrick. A splendid meeting was enjoyed. Bro. Scrogum will do the preaching for us until a pastor can be secured. We appreciate the work which Bro. Patrick has done, and feel that the church here, has been greatly built up and encouraged.—Evelyn Steele, Lonaconing, Md., Sept. 18.