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Gallery - Centenary of Zoar Methodist
Church in 1935

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This was the Centenary of the founding of the Zoar Methodist Church in 1835,
(not the new Zoar building in 1906 which will reach its centenary in 2006).
 
References to the Tennant and Hale families
  • Mrs J T Tennant (formerly Emily Hale) was baptised on the opening day of the previous church on the 4th December 1854 (before J T tennant was born).
  • Fifty years later, Mr J T Tennant preached on the last day of the old church on 1st April 1906.
  • Mrs J T Tennant and her daughter, Edith Mary Tennant, then both laid foundation stones, as did several Hales, at the building of the current church on the 14th May 1906.
  • Mrs J T Tennant later presented the baptism font to the church on the 4th January 1927.
    She was also President of the "Women's Own".
  • Mr J T tennant, JP, was a lay preacher, and Senior Suprintendent of the Sunday School for over 50 years.
Stone laying trowel
Silver trowel presented to Edith Mary Tennant
at the stone laying for Zoar Chapel, Gornal Wood - 14th May 1906
 
(see Zoar Church)
 
Copy of the Souvenir of Centenary Celebrations 1835-1935
(copy kindly provided by Ralph Chase, Zoar Methodist Church, Gornalwood)
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
 
1933 Souvenir Celebrations
(copy of Zoar Methodist Church centenary programme sent to me by Ralph Chase)
 
John Thomas Tennant and wife Emily
John Thomas Tennant and Emily Tennant (nee Hale)
who were connected with Zoar Church for fifty years.
 
Zoar Methodist Church
Zoar Methodist Church, Gornalwood
(photograph 2003)
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