Republic County KS Archives Church Records.....M. E. Church Dedication at Munden Copyright Date 1910
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The Belleville Telescope Thur Oct 6, 1910
         M. E. Church Dedication-- Munden
The preliminary service for the dedication of the
church will begin Wednesday evening, Oct. 5th.
Rev. C. E. Rath of Narka will preach Thursday 
evening Rev. H. M. Templin of Mankato, Friday
evening, Rev. L. E. Rockwell, District Supt.,
Saturday evening Dr. T. C. Iliff of Denver, Colo.
will lecture, subject, "Days of '61-65' or "The
Sunny Side of a Soldier's Life." Dr. Iliff has a
national reputation as a lecture. Everybody 
should hear him Sunday Oct. 9th at 10 a.m. Dr.
Iliff will preach. At the close of the service
a basket dinner will be served in the basement.
At 2:30 p.m. a platform meeting will be held,
short talks from visiting pastors, etc. 7:30 p.m.,
sermon by Rev. S. A. French followed by formal
dedication.

                Photo of New M. E. Church at Munden

   In the spring of 1909 the Sunday School had become
too large for the old church and the primary department
consisting of fifty children were taken to the school
house and soon it became necessary to use two rooms
to accommodate them. To meet the demands of the school,
a modern church was planned and on Mar., 16th, 1910, 
the excavation began, the result is a neat, attractive
and commodius church, the basement is 56x68 feet and is
divided into six rooms, three class rooms, a dining
room, kitchen and furnace room. The auditorium is 33x55
feet with inclined floor, and will seat 275 people. 
There is a class room on  either side, 18x33 feet,

           Photo of Rev. S. Barber, Pastor
separated by folding doors, which gives a seating
capacity of 500. The seats and pulpit furniture are of
golden oak the building is finished in golden oak and
is a very neat, attractive finish.
   The total cost of the building is about $7,900 and
it stands as a monument of the highest ideal of moral
and religious life of the people of Munden.

              Photo of The Old M. E. Church

   The old M. E. church, which was in use a quarter of
a century and which occupied the site where the new
church now stands. The  cornerstone of this building
was laid July 15th, 1884. It was erected one mile south
and one half mile east of Munden, to which place it
was moved in the year 1889. On March 7th, 1910, the 
workmen began tearing down the old building to make
way for the new modern church building.

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