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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show New Church (Cont'd), June 9, 2007 stones inscribed with the names of all the children who attended the event into the construction. Associate Pastor Michelle Perry placed the rocks into the foundation molds just behind where the cross will be at the front of the sanctuary. "Every time you look at the altar, think of these beautiful children, the rocks that we build our church on," said Alane Currier Griggs, senior pastor at the church. During worship service Sunday morning, at the congregation's existing church on the corner of 26th Street and Jef-ferson Avenue in Ogden, Perry opened the services by bringing the children to the front of the sanctuary. As the children wrote their names on the rocks, she explained that they would play a very important role in the fu-ture building. "Our church is going to be made for God," she said. "God needs lots of people who are willing to share themselves so the whole world will know about God's love." Representing the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church, Wal-ter "Skip" Strickland addressed the congregation about donating to the new building by holding up his own check. "i knew it wouldn't be appropriate for me to talk about contributing unless i brought my own check to the table," he said. The $2.4 million facility will be financed through the sale of the existing building, donations and a loan of about $1 million, said organizers. "When you look at it all, we have done well not to have to finance more than $1 million," said Vern Blair, a member who is overseeing much of the transition. Blair said the 250 members and another 100 constituents who attend church there have dreamed of the move for some time and are excited about making personal sacrifices for the effort. Strickland told the congregation that the new building will help their efforts grow in ways they have not yet imagined as new people will be attracted to their teachings. "You have been collecting a lot of power in this place," Strickland said. "You are about to release that." He said the new church is just one example of a surge of new Methodist churches going up throughout the state. Historical milestones of First United Methodist Church 1870. The church was founded with church services held at the Ogden Railroad Depot. 1890. Members erected their first church, then known as the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ogden. That church was located on 24th Street. 1926. The church opened a community house in the former home of the James Pingree family. Pingree was the owner and manager of the Ogden State Bank. 1928. Members of the church contracted for the granite cornerstone for the new church, stained-glass windows and for the manufacture of cement bricks for the facade. The bricks were made on church property, which also now included a fellowship hall, also formerly owned by the Pingree family. Church members borrowed $35,000 for their efforts. Sept. 9, 1928. The cornerstone was laid for the second church at 26th Street and Jefferson Avenue by Grand Masonic officials of the State of Utah. 1929. Ogden State Bank closed. The church was asked to pay all funds owed. A church in New York made needed mortgage payments as members considered closing the church under the stress of heavy debt. Help also came from churches in the Denver area and Zion's Savings and Trust Bank. 1931 to 1933. Church services were broadcast each Sunday on KLO Radio. The program was known as The Northern Utah Methodist Hour. 1936. Alf Landon, Republican candidate for president, attended services at the church following an unexpected train delay. 1976. An earthquake disrupted a Maundy Thursday service when a chandelier swayed an estimated three-foot arc. A small crack in the wall high up near the ceiling in the southwest corner of the sanctuary is a reminder of that day. 1995. The church celebrated its 125th anniversary. 2007. Congregation building new $2.4 million facility at 1339 W. 400 North in Marriott-Slaterville. Source: History Tid-Bits, published in 1995 by the First United Methodist Church. 50 |