Methodist services began in late 1893 in the bush, near the end of the present Silvan Reservoir. The seats were split rails and the pulpit a fallen log with a sapling rail. Then a miner's bark hut became available in on the Recreation Ground. The Methodist Church was built and opened in 1903 on the corner of Moxham's Rd and David Hill Rd., with the financial assistance of Mr. James Griffiths of Griffiths Tea. This booklet gives a comprehensive history of the development of the church, its congregations and ministers.Soft cover booklet of 40 pages. Cream coloured cover with a photo of Monbulk Methodist Church 1972.monbulk methodist church, betty hotchin

non-fictionCelebrating the 25th Anniversary of the dedicationof the church on Monbulk Road Emerald (1972 - 1997); and the worship and witness of those families and individuals who, from the first combined Methodist-Presbyterian service in Emerald in 1958 at the home of Mr and Mrs Herb Aultemerald uniting church, herbert ault, rev les smith, mr dalziel, mr coutts, mr nicol, mr hart, mr middleton

Rev. John Wade was stationed at: 1934 Wangaratta; 1936 Cudgewa; 1941 Monbulk; 1942 Chaplain; 1943 Womboota, NSW; 1947 Horsham, Pimpinio; 1951 Werribee; 1957 Preston; Home Missions Director at the time of the formation of the Uniting Church.B & W photograph of the Rev. John Wade addressing a congregation. He is dressed in clerical stock and collar and academic grown. The congregation includes a woman at the keyboard of an harmonium."Rev. John Wade"wade, john, home missions, methodist

Rev. John Wade was a Methodist Minister stationed at: 1934 Wangaratta; 1936 Cudgewa; 1941 Monbulk; 1942 Chaplain; 1943 Womboota, NSW; 1947 Horsham, Pimpinio; 1951 Werribee; 1957 Preston; Home Missions Director at the time of the formation of the Uniting Church.B & W head and shoulders photograph of the Rev. John Wade."Rev. John Wade"wade, john, home missions, methodist, minister

Reverend John Blacker was ordained as Methodist minister in 1960 and served at Monbulk, Dandenong (Lyndale), Kilmore/Broadford, Kerang, Sunshine Mission, Moonee Ponds and Norwood Crescent Moonee Ponds. After serving in the Uniting Church, he resigned from the ministry and established a para-church organisation. He was a central figure in the charismatic renewal of the Uniting Church in the 1970s while serving at Sunshine and Moonee Ponds.Rev. John Blacker, wearing suit coat and clerical collar, head and shoulders portrait.john blacker; methodist/uniting church minister; charismatic renewal; sunshine mission/uniting church; moonee ponds methodist/uniting church