Church meetings were first conducted in the D.A.R. Hall. Then in the spring of 1944 Dan Harris held public meetings in a tent known as "The Harris Tent," located near the site of the future church building.

Early in the summer of 1944 Elder Curtis Quackenbush was authorized by the Conference and the Chestertown belivers to apply for a permit to build a church. It being war-time, this proved to be very difficult to accomplish. Finally through the War Production Board in Wilmington, Delaware, their permit was granted. This was a definite answer to prayer on the part of our people. Because of wartime restrictions, building materials proved as difficult to obtain as was the permit. Just before the building permit was secured, Elder C. V. Leach, our Conference President and I visited among members of Rock Hall Church. They gave cash and pledges totaling more than $9,000 toward buildig a new church in Chestertown. The total cost of building this church was a little more $13,000. Much of the material and most of the labor was donated.

Elder Curtis and Dorothy Quackenbush lived on and owned what was know as the Geswine farm in Rock Hall. From timber on this place the donated more than thirty large trees to provide nearly all needed lumber. James and Monroe Coleman, who operated a saw mill nearby sawed and processed all the lumber at no charge. They provided much equipment; chain saws, trucks, bulldozer, etc. They also hauled more than 13,000 brick from Reading, Pennsylvania, to the building site. George Skeggs, a very enthusiastic new member used his Fordson Tractor with two bottom plows to assist in digging out the basement. With him, Truman Miller, Louis Cunningham, William Savage, the Coleman Brothers, William Curlett, Joe Jones, Sam McGinnis, Clifton Downey, and others helped with everything from foundation to roof.

The women folk did much of the clean-up work during construction. They prepared and served food to the work-gang on numerous occasions. They prepared and served food to the work-gang on numerous occasions. Sr. Bessie Dwyer Savage used to compose poetry to keep their hearts cheered up as the work went on. In general, the women of the Church were decided morale builders as well as money raisers during those months of supreme effort to get a new church building on a shoestring budget. The donated labor provided on Sundays and after hours helped the project. But it was the effort of Truman Miller, a charter member, for meager pay, worked faithfully with Elder Quackenbush for a full year. When Elder Quackenbush had to be away, "Shorty" as he was affectionately called, worked steadily on.

On Sunday Afternoon, August 26, 1945, Elder Leach preached the Dedication Sermon. Everything was paid for up to that date. The building was somewhat unfinished and needed a final coat of paint. Also grading and landscaping were yet to be done. Wooden folding camp meeting chairs belonging to the Conference made up the seating accommodations. At this meeting cash and pledges amounting to $1,154 were raised for new pews for the church. Louis Cunningham becamed the paster of Chestertown and George Skeggs assumed much of the responsibility of completing the Church building.