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History of U.B. Churches in Harrisonburg-Staunton Region December 26, 2024
12. Cherryvale EUB Church [Staunton, Augusta County; 1956]
Cherryvale UMC is located at 709 Cherry
Hill Drive (two blocks off Spring Hill Road),
Staunton, VA 24401-1912; 540 885-0098; email,
cherryvaleumc@verizon.net; website,
http://www.cherryvaleumc.com. The current pastor
is DeBorah Barnwell.
Rev. Wilton B. Thomas was assigned as
first pastor in September 1956, and he led in the
organization of a congregation. The parsonage is
at 113 Skymont Road. On December 2, 1956,
the first service was held in the basement of the
parsonage with 25 present. On January 6, 1957, 21 charter members were received and a Sunday school
was organized. A ground-breaking ceremony was held
on August 18, 1957, which was led by Pastor Thomas,
assisted by Rev. David F. Glovier. Construction began
the week following. The cornerstone laying was on
February 2, 2025 with Bishop J. Gordon Howard
presiding, assisted by the Conference Superintendent
and Revs. Thomas and Glovier. On March 30th the
congregation moved into the basement for services and
into the Chapel on May 11, 1958. The Church was dedicated Sunday, June 22, 1958, at 2:30 p.m. with
Bishop J. Gordon Howard bringing the dedicatory message and leading in the dedication ritual. Also
participating in the service were: Pastor Thomas, Dr. Floyd L. Fulk, and Rev. Forest S. Racey, President
of Shenandoah College. Total cost of building and furnishings was $68,500. The General Board of
Missions gave $10,000 and made a loan of $15,000, and the Virginia Conference Board of Missions
gave $10,000. In 1965 the Pastor is Rev. Arthur E. Grant and the membership is 145.
A Brief History.27 Cherryvale UMC was established nearly half a century ago by the Mission
Board of the EUB Church, which had seen a need for another church in Staunton. The start of this new
mission came less than a decade after the successful union on November 26, 1946, of the United
Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church as the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The Mission
Board purchased a 2-acre tract of land on Cherry Hill Drive in 1955, on which the new church would be
built. A house at 1113 Skymont Road was purchased by the Board in 1956 to be used as a parsonage for
the church. At the Virginia Annual Conference held at St. Paul’s Church in Staunton in September
27 Brower York, Jr., “A Brief History of Cherryvale United Methodist Church,” 2008.
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12. Cherryvale EUB Church [Staunton, Augusta County; 1956]
Cherryvale UMC is located at 709 Cherry
Hill Drive (two blocks off Spring Hill Road),
Staunton, VA 24401-1912; 540 885-0098; email,
cherryvaleumc@verizon.net; website,
http://www.cherryvaleumc.com. The current pastor
is DeBorah Barnwell.
Rev. Wilton B. Thomas was assigned as
first pastor in September 1956, and he led in the
organization of a congregation. The parsonage is
at 113 Skymont Road. On December 2, 1956,
the first service was held in the basement of the
parsonage with 25 present. On January 6, 1957, 21 charter members were received and a Sunday school
was organized. A ground-breaking ceremony was held
on August 18, 1957, which was led by Pastor Thomas,
assisted by Rev. David F. Glovier. Construction began
the week following. The cornerstone laying was on
February 2, 2025 with Bishop J. Gordon Howard
presiding, assisted by the Conference Superintendent
and Revs. Thomas and Glovier. On March 30th the
congregation moved into the basement for services and
into the Chapel on May 11, 1958. The Church was dedicated Sunday, June 22, 1958, at 2:30 p.m. with
Bishop J. Gordon Howard bringing the dedicatory message and leading in the dedication ritual. Also
participating in the service were: Pastor Thomas, Dr. Floyd L. Fulk, and Rev. Forest S. Racey, President
of Shenandoah College. Total cost of building and furnishings was $68,500. The General Board of
Missions gave $10,000 and made a loan of $15,000, and the Virginia Conference Board of Missions
gave $10,000. In 1965 the Pastor is Rev. Arthur E. Grant and the membership is 145.
A Brief History.27 Cherryvale UMC was established nearly half a century ago by the Mission
Board of the EUB Church, which had seen a need for another church in Staunton. The start of this new
mission came less than a decade after the successful union on November 26, 1946, of the United
Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church as the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The Mission
Board purchased a 2-acre tract of land on Cherry Hill Drive in 1955, on which the new church would be
built. A house at 1113 Skymont Road was purchased by the Board in 1956 to be used as a parsonage for
the church. At the Virginia Annual Conference held at St. Paul’s Church in Staunton in September
27 Brower York, Jr., “A Brief History of Cherryvale United Methodist Church,” 2008.
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