The Methodist Episcopal Church of Chelsea was founded in 1853 and served by an itinerant pastor from Ann Arbor. By 1859 the congregation had built a church on the current Park Street site. In 1866 a parsonage was built next to the church and the congregation grew. In 1899 a fire destroyed the church but under the leadership of faithful community members, a new stone structure was built within thirteen months. The sanctuary was built in the popular Arkon style of the day having a rounded worship area, sloping floor, and dividers to separate the narthex. Also, many large stain glass windows are on three walls of the sanctuary, dedicated to the many leaders of the church a century ago. This building served the congregation well until the late 1950's when an education wing of sixteen classrooms was added to the back of the church. Again in 1992, another addition was added to the front to provide a lobby, elevator, restrooms and cloakroom. A very short time later, the last section of the building, the Schairer Wing, was added. This wing provides a large fellowship hall with adult classrooms, a commercial kitchen, child care rooms, and music rehearsal rooms. The church has grown from a small handful of worshippers in 1853 to 800 members today. To God be the glory!
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First United Methodist Church of Chelsea
128 Park St., Chelsea, MI/ Phone: 734.475.8119
Fax: 734.475.3873 / email info@chelseaumc.org
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web site created by: Anand Danank, Cathy Muha and Vidya Pinnamaneni
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