Covenant
United Methodist Church Sunday School 9:45 Worship 8:30 & 10:45 am
Welcome to the Covenant UMC History page.
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United Methodist Church of the Covenant actually began in 1976 as a dream of the Metropolitan Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church. In August of 1974 the Metropolitan Board purchased the 4.5 acre site where our building now stands. Reverend Richard Sechrist was appointed in June, 1975 to begin the task of forming a new congregation in South Arlington. The first congregation included 15 persons who met weekly for fellowship and Bible Study at the parsonage. |
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The first worship service was held on July 13, 1975 at Foster Elementary School with 40 persons attending. One baby was baptized and two families indicated their desire to join. We became an official congregation on Covenant Sunday, January 4, 1976. There were 85 Charter Members received on that day. | ||
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Reverend Gary Lindley was appointed to Covenant in June of 1977. In July of 1977 the congregation moved from Foster Elementary School to the Youth Center at First United Methodist Church in Arlington. The United Methodist Women held meetings at Good Shepard UMC; Youth choir was conducted at Epworth UMC; fellowship dinners took place at Trinity UMC, and church meetings were held at the Wesley Foundation at UTA
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| In October of 1978 a Building Committee was appointed and by June of 1978 our first unit was under construction. | |||
| First sod is broken by the Reverend Gil Ferrell, executive director of the Metropolitan Board. April 2, 1978. |
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The first service in our own facility was on January 21, 1979 and Bishop Stowe consecrated the building on January 28, 1979. |
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| On Palm Sunday, April 12, 1987 we celebrated by burning the church's mortgage. | |||
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