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Green Valley Church Of Christ
HISTORY:
This summary of our history is an excerpt from a special booklet was created for the 50th anniversary in November, 1999.
Once upon a time in the year 1834, F. W. Emmons moved to Noblesville from Eastport, Maine. Emmons, a Baptist preacher at the time, had been studying the various movements in the states to simply restore the New Testament church and was impressed by the support of the Bible toward the restoration ideals. Emmons talked to people in this area about getting away from creeds and denominationalism. Eventually a group of interested people began meeting in the courthouse. Emmons conducted the first service using Acts, chapter 2, as his sermon text, just as Peter did in the first gospel sermon preached in Jerusalem. The Noblesville church became a prominent congregation in Indiana.
When disputes developed over missionary societies and the use of instrumental music in worship, the Noblesville church went with those who adopted these innovations, as did most of the congregations in the state. We know little about any efforts to begin a church based solely on New Testament teaching until our present congregation was formed.
Our family, as we know it, began in 1949 when the 31st Street Church of Christ in Anderson, Indiana, placed an advertisement in the Ledger (a local newspaper) requesting anyone interested in starting a congregation of the Lord's church in Noblesville to contact the brethren in Anderson. George and Edith Mundy responded and learned that a few members of the church were living in the Noblesville area. An empty building on South Tenth Street was rented as a meeting place. The first worship service was held on December 11, 1949, with an attendance of 29. Among the first members were: Mr. & Mrs. Coy Atkinson, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bowen, Mr. & Mrs. Estel Collins, Doris Cruzan, Orvil Bowen, Mr. & Mrs. Morris Evans, Mr. & Mrs. John Gang, Sr., Mr. & Mrs. John Gang, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Hester, Mr. & Mrs. Roscoe McCory, Mr. & Mrs. George Mundy, and Mr. & Mrs. Les Tucker. The 31st Street Church of Christ in Anderson provided financial support of the preacher in Noblesville until December, 1954.
In August, 1951, a lot was purchased at 825 S. Eleventh Street with construction of a meeting house beginning on that property in March, 1952. Most of the work was done by the men of the congregation. The basement was completed in November, 1952, and the congregation moved into it. Construction of our current facility began in August, 1970. The congregation held its first worship service in the new building on March 21, 1971, with an attendance of 180. A Family Life Center was added to the current facility in 1994. More land was acquired in 1998 in order to accommodate future growth. The Green Valley church has been through good times and bad times as any church has. It has been involved in many ministries and programs over its 50 years of service. New challenges and opportunities await us to do Gods will.
This summary of our history is an excerpt from a special booklet was created for the 50th anniversary in November, 1999.
Once upon a time in the year 1834, F. W. Emmons moved to Noblesville from Eastport, Maine. Emmons, a Baptist preacher at the time, had been studying the various movements in the states to simply restore the New Testament church and was impressed by the support of the Bible toward the restoration ideals. Emmons talked to people in this area about getting away from creeds and denominationalism. Eventually a group of interested people began meeting in the courthouse. Emmons conducted the first service using Acts, chapter 2, as his sermon text, just as Peter did in the first gospel sermon preached in Jerusalem. The Noblesville church became a prominent congregation in Indiana.
When disputes developed over missionary societies and the use of instrumental music in worship, the Noblesville church went with those who adopted these innovations, as did most of the congregations in the state. We know little about any efforts to begin a church based solely on New Testament teaching until our present congregation was formed.
Our family, as we know it, began in 1949 when the 31st Street Church of Christ in Anderson, Indiana, placed an advertisement in the Ledger (a local newspaper) requesting anyone interested in starting a congregation of the Lord's church in Noblesville to contact the brethren in Anderson. George and Edith Mundy responded and learned that a few members of the church were living in the Noblesville area. An empty building on South Tenth Street was rented as a meeting place. The first worship service was held on December 11, 1949, with an attendance of 29. Among the first members were: Mr. & Mrs. Coy Atkinson, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bowen, Mr. & Mrs. Estel Collins, Doris Cruzan, Orvil Bowen, Mr. & Mrs. Morris Evans, Mr. & Mrs. John Gang, Sr., Mr. & Mrs. John Gang, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Hester, Mr. & Mrs. Roscoe McCory, Mr. & Mrs. George Mundy, and Mr. & Mrs. Les Tucker. The 31st Street Church of Christ in Anderson provided financial support of the preacher in Noblesville until December, 1954.
In August, 1951, a lot was purchased at 825 S. Eleventh Street with construction of a meeting house beginning on that property in March, 1952. Most of the work was done by the men of the congregation. The basement was completed in November, 1952, and the congregation moved into it. Construction of our current facility began in August, 1970. The congregation held its first worship service in the new building on March 21, 1971, with an attendance of 180. A Family Life Center was added to the current facility in 1994. More land was acquired in 1998 in order to accommodate future growth. The Green Valley church has been through good times and bad times as any church has. It has been involved in many ministries and programs over its 50 years of service. New challenges and opportunities await us to do Gods will.