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United Methodist Church Hot Springs, N.C. Broglin THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY DavidJ. Pittman Fund Cp287.09 H834a Anttattj Wnxtzii Htett?0&t0t Cljurclj Hot Springs, North Carolina Built on Faith Historian and Author: Winnie Wills Broglin Heritage Committee: Jeanette Nix Frances Strom Amanda Cutshall Geneva Barnett Violet Wills Editor: Stephen Schoof Mountain Church Alexander, North Carolina Publisher: Ralph Roberts Copyright ©2003 Antioch United Methodist Church Reproduction and translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the United States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owners is unlawful. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN 1-57090-206-2 987654321 10 The author and publisher have made every effort in the preparation of this book to ensurethe accuracy ofthe information. However, the information in this bookis sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neitherthe author nor Mountain Church will be liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly, indirectly, incidentally, or consequentially by the information in this book. The opinions expressed in this book are solely those of the author and are not necessarily those of Mountain Church. Mountain Church is an imprint of Alexander Books. Alexander Books is a full- service publisher located at 65 Macedonia Road, Alexander NC 28701. Phone (828) 252-9515, Fax (828) 255-8719. For orders only: 1-800-472-0438. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Mountain Church is distributedtothe trade by MidpointTrade Books, Inc., 27West 20th Street, New York NY 10011, (212) 727-0190, (212) 727-0195 fax. This book is also available on the internet in the Publishers CyberMall. Set your browser to http:/abooks.com and enjoy the many fine values available there. Contents Sunday School Superintendents 6 Preface 8 The Journey Begins 10 Sharing in God's Love 17 A New Dawn Approaches 31 Moving Forward 41 The Journey Continues 49 Snapshots of Our History 51 Do You Remember? 52 Antioch Traditions 56 Christmas in a Country Church 58 A Remembrance 60 A Tribute to Charles Thomas Lawson 62 A Memory of Lee Paige Barnett 63 In Memory and Honor of My Parents: Fred and Hattie Barnett 64 A Tribute to Clarence Lawson 65 In Memory of: Walter & Martha Sawyer, Claude & Dorothy Sawyer 66 In Memory of My Father-in-Law: Neal Barnett 67 In Memory of My Grandparents: Clifford & Minnie Ellison Green 68 Gospel Singing Now Growing 69 — Membership Register 1800s 71 — Membership Register 1900s 74 — Register of Baptisms 1930s 77 — Membership Register 1950s 78 — Register of Baptisms 1950s 79 Membership Register—2000 80 Antioch Church Family Photo Album 81 Obituaries 106 Antioch United MethodistChurch ;v? — The way we were then early 1900s Builton Faith wmmmmx, " and now ' AntiochUnited Methodist Church Sunday School Superintendents . !;.- i';v George Wells :i \ (photo not available) —A * ^tf&~ Charles T. Lawson WalterJack Shipley (photo not available) FredBurnett Built on Faith m ill mm %w ^ Jo/7/7 Henry Lamb Jr. Need Burnett Eugene Lawson IsabelBurnettMaynard 8 PREFACE This is the story of a little country church and its people. Some of the information consists of the remem- brances ofthosewholiveinthecommunityand have been associated with the church for most of their lives. For them, getting together to talk about the church's history has been a source ofjoy. The story also includes factual information, much of which was found in letters and charge records left by the various pastors. Some keptbet- ter records than others. The Reverend Harry Sell- ers, who was pastor for the longest amount of time that the new building was under construction, left a good deal of dated correspondence that has proved most valuable. Also helpful were theUnited MethodistArchives in Charlotte, which was able to provide a partial list ofministers and service termsback to the mid-1800s. This is not a complete record. There is much that is not touched upon, but it is the total of the information available. The author is grateful to everyone who contrib- uted to this history.