History

Our church was founded in 1896. At that time the church met in the Old Greenwood School, not far from its present site. The founding members' families are still well represented today. Our pews boast several generations of those families every Sunday morning. Eden is part of a two church charge that includes Bethesda United Methodist Church, located in the Lamar community. The church building has been improved over the years with brick exterior, additional classrooms and renovation to the sanctuary. Latest improvements on our old church building include the steeple, landscaping and new roofing. In June 2004, construction was started on a new building at the old church's location. Construction has been completed on our new building (Feb. 2005). It has plenty of Sunday school classes, an office for the Pastor, is handicap accessible, a new sound system, a new security system and best of all a beautiful sanctuary with plenty of comfortable seats. The sanctuary is built with a theater like floor and the stage is up high. Both work together so everyone can have a great view. We also have a balcony for those special Sundays like homecoming when we have big crowds. The huge stained glass window placed at the front of the sanctuary is in memory of Justin Huffine, the late son of Katie and Dennis Huffine. We now have paved parking. We are slowly working on getting our landscaping finished. We have begun installing a playground. A road sign for our church has been ordered and should be up soon. Our dreams for the future are to build a fellowship hall and maybe more Sunday school class rooms. At Eden we are always looking to the future until He returns.