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UNION â The former Methodist Church building complex in Union is beginning a new chapter in its 106-year history. The north Main Street complex, now named the Catherine Creek Community Center, is no longer linked to the Methodist Church after being purchased by the Friends of the Historic Union Community Hall, which bought it from the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in February. The complexâs more than 100-year link to the Methodist Church will never be forgotten, however. The Friends of the Historic Union Community Hall are making sure of it. The group is creating a memorial site in the back wall of the former Methodist Church chapel honoring individuals and families who have been a part of the churchâs long history in Union. ....
LaVon Hall, a member of the Historic Union Community Hall Board, examines a copy of a painting of the Last Supper on Saturday, April 17, 2021, in the chapel of what is now part of the Catherine Creek Community Center, Union.Alex Wittwer/The Observer UNION â Sounds that could pass for echoes of the past, elegant architectural features of yesteryear and hidden history. The old Methodist Church building complex in Union has all this plus something it did not appear to have until two months ago â a promising future. The former Union United Methodist Church building complex, now named the Catherine Creek Community Center, no longer is in peril after a new local nonprofit, the Friends of the Historic Union Community Hall, purchased it from the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The nonprofit raised $25,000 to make the purchase, which was finalized Feb. 24. ....
UNION â The former Union United Methodist Church building complex no longer is in peril. A local nonprofit, the Friends of the Historic Union Community Hall, purchased the Union United Methodist Church property and its three buildings from the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The purchase, finalized on Wednesday, Feb. 24, was made with $25,000 raised by the Friends of the Historic Union Community Hall. The Oregon-Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church assumed ownership of the property in 2019 after the church closed because of declining membership. The Oregon-Idaho Conference oversees all Methodist churches in Oregon and Southern Idaho. The conference next put the church building, its fellowship hall and parsonage up for sale. The complex, now named the Historic Union Community Hall, has been closed for at least a year. ....