Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church was organized on January 3, 1988 with 43 charter members. In July of 1988, a building fund was established and on February 17, 1990, the new sanctuary was dedicated; membership had already grown to 200.
Membership continued to grow and the year of 1992 ended with approximately 450 members. Senior Pastor, Chic Johnson, retired and R. T. Jarrell was appointed to the church in June of 1992. In 1994, an addition housing a music room, fellowship hall, classrooms and offices was dedicated. A grand celebration was held for our 10th anniversary on October of 1998.
In May of 2001, the third phase of our campus was dedicated adding approximately 6300 square feet which houses classrooms, music/lecture room, meeting rooms and a music office. Rev. Jarrell retired and Rev. Bill Leslie was appointed to our church in June of 2001.
In June 2003, the church celebrated its 15th Anniversary with all committees and commissions having displays in the fellowship hall and what was billed as the Village's largest birthday cake ever.
In 2005, we expanded our Sanctuary to accommodate our growing membership which was approaching 1000. When the walls were torn down between the Narthex and the Sanctuary for the expansion, beautiful wooden archways were exposed.
In 2006, Rev. Bill Leslie took an assignment with another church in Arkansas and Rev. Mike Morey joined us. Rev. Morey was our Senior Pastor until 2009 and then the Rev. Dr. Walter Smith "Bubba" was appointed to our church as Senior Pastor.
We have been blessed with Associate Pastors Rev. Linda Fox, Rev. Sue Kelley, Rev. Paul Coy, and now Rev. Helen Stegall, Rev. David Wilson, and Minister of Music, Rev. Pat Henry. We were also blessed to have had the talented pianist and organist, Patricia Everhart, with us and now enjoy the beautiful music offered by Niki Saltmarsh, our organist, accompanist, and director of Bells of Hills.
As you can see, we have experienced changes throughout the years. Christ of the Hills UMC just gets better and better. Now our membership is well over 1000 and continues to grow steadily. We welcome you to our church. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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In between our Services, we enjoy good fellowship along with cookies, punch, and coffee.