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IN FEB. 1921, WITH HELP FROM REV. O. C. CROW, METHODISTS IN AND AROUND WESLACO BEGAN ORGANIZING INTO A SEPARATE CONGREGATION. ON OCT. 16, 1921, 35 METHODISTS MET TO ORGANIZE THEIR NEW CHURCH AND IN NOVEMBER COMPLETED A WOODEN CHURCH BUILDING. IN 1925, A NEW RED BRICK CHURCH WAS BUILT, AND IN 1955, WORK BEGAN ACROSS THE STREET TO REPLACE THIS CHURCH WITH THE PRESENT DAY SANCTUARY. THE CHURCH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING KNAPP MEMORIAL METHODIST HOSPITAL AND WESLEY MANOR, TODAY JOHN KNOX VILLAGE, A RETIREMENT HOME. THEIR OUTREACH WORK, INCLUDING AN ACTIVE SUNDAY SCHOOL, WOMEN’S GROUP, MUSIC PROGRAMS, AND FINANCIAL AID TO LA SANTISIMA TRINIDAD AND LA MESA CHURCHES, HAS HELPED BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY.

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