SAND HILL METHODIST CHURCH

SAND HILL METHODIST CHURCH

July 2, 2018, Sand Hill Methodist Church was 159 years old according to

the following newspaper article in the Wilmington News Journal of Wednesday,

September 22, 1954.

95 Year Old Sand Hill Church Plans Reunion:

Georgetown, Delaware, September 22, 1954:

The annual homecoming at the 95 year old Sand Hill Methodist Church will be held next

Sunday, September 26 1954, beginning with church school at 10 am.

The Rev. Joseph V. Holiday, pastor of the Georgetown Methodist Circuit will hold the

11 am church service at Sand Hill. At noon there will be a meal served at Jones

Memorial Hall in Georgetown by the Sand Hill Church Ladies.

At 2 pm the Rev. Olin Shockley, Ellendale Methodist Church pastor will give the

service.

The 7 pm service will have the Rev. William O Hackett, pastor of Georgetown

Wesley Methodist Church conduct the evening service.

Guest vocalist will sing at each service.

Sand Hill church is on the Milton to Georgetown Sand Hill road. It sits on a one acre

site donated March 26, 1859 by Dr. William Marshall. By July 2 that year a frame

built church building was raised.

This church was dedicated November 20, 1859 with the name “Reeds Chapel” in

honor of the pastor then serving the circuit.

The structure has seen several extensively repairs, once in 1885 and again in 1940.

The past several weeks repainting and minor repairs were made for the homecoming

reopening. There is an active cemetery in the church yard.

Abstract: August 12, 2018, by Harrison H from Wilmington News Journal , Wednesday,

September 22, 1954