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September 1, 2023

1823

Trinity Tidings 1987

Circuit riders from the South Carolina Conference brought Methodism to the newly acquired Florida Territory. Notable missionaries on horseback were John J. Triggs and John Slade. In February 1824 the Conference sent James Tabor and Isaac Sewell as replacements.

1823

1824

Depiction 2016 ELM

Soon after Tallahassee was designated the capital of Territorial Florida, the Tallahassee Methodist Society is founded and is the oldest organized church in Tallahassee. “The first assembly noted as a Society was on the last Sunday in September 1824. The meeting was in the home of a Mr. Myers* and the group consisted of 6 whites and 4 negroes.” Dunkle, William F. QCM November 28, 1934 * As of this 2023 presentation, research indicates the assembly was in the home of Hezekiah and Mary Howell Myers, possibly in the present Myers Park area. Circuit Riders Tabor and Sewell were probably among the ten.

1824

1825

No known photograph of first church

Josiah Evans was appointed Presiding Elder of the Tallahassee District and the pastor of the Tallahassee Mission. The first church building was at the SW corner of what is now Park Avenue and Bronough Street. Rev. Colin Woodberry was the builder. The church was described as “a small wooden building, not ceiled or plastered, and with no glass in the windows, which were closed by wooden shutters. The building had a gallery for the Negroes.”

Fifty-two Years in Florida, John C. Ley, 1899

1825

1828

Quarterly Conference Minutes April 5, 1828 – Trinity Archives

The status of the Tallahassee Methodist Mission was changed and was made a Station with its own resident preacher Josiah Freeman. Commensurate with this new status, the local church was required to have written quarterly conference minutes.

1828

1830

Library of Congress Map Division

Georgia-Middle Florida-Eastern Florida Methodism was split from the South Carolina Conference, using the Savannah River as the geographical boundary.

1830

1831

Trinity Archives

Station Preacher John W. Talley (one year only) gets permission and support from the quarterly conference (QCM April 2, 1831) to begin a Sunday School. Talley returned to Tallahassee in 1833 for two years as the Presiding Elder of the Tallahassee District. He later became a Board member during the formative years of Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

1831

1837

Florida Archives 1827 Original Plat Owners of Tallahassee North Addition

Three contiguous lots, 127, 128, 129 North Addition to the City of Tallahassee were purchased at the Northeast corner of McCarty (now Park Avenue) and Duval for the construction of a new church. *Two deeds (1829 and 1837) conflict as to legal ownership. The 1829 deed was not recorded until 1841 and the 1837 deed was recorded 1840.

1837

1840

Parsonage not built until 1860 Bell not in steeple until 1875

May. The Cornerstone of the new church was laid. Even though construction was not totally completed, services began at the new church. The 1840 church was a brick building, 40 x 60 feet, with a basement and a gallery. The construction deed required the building to look like the Presbyterian Church of the city. Richard A. Shine, the builder, was paid $4,250 for his work. Another $2,500 was paid to John G. Padrick for the roof, windows, gallery, and woodwork inside.

LCDB-F, p409 Mechanics Lien, LCDB-G, p131-132

1840

1843

From Lee, Luccock & Dixon p. 635

Edward Howell Myers second son of Hezekiah and Mary Howell Myers

November 6. At the Fourth Quarterly Conference for the Tallahassee Station, with Edward H. Myers, Preacher in Charge, and Thomas C. Benning, Presiding Elder, a resolution passed unanimously, asking the Georgia Conference, at their next session, to pass a recommendation to be presented at the 1844 General Conference in New York to form a Florida Conference by dividing the Georgia Conference as follows: “Commencing at Fort Gaines on the Chattahoochee River and running a line directly to Albany on Flint River Rail Road (sic), thence down the Ochmulge (sic) and Altamaha Rivers to the Atlantic Ocean”.

1843

1844

Plaque Dedication at Trinity April 11, 2021 – Photo 2021 ELM

May. At the General Conference of the Methodist Church in New York City, delegates approved a resolution forming the Florida Conference. Of utmost attention at the Conference was the prolonged discussion of slavery. Through the Plan of Separation, it was decided that the southern and southwestern states would have to part ways with the General Conference and have their own authority of administration. This six-week session was the longest General Conference in Methodist history.

1844

1845

History of Methodism in Georgia and Florida, George Gilman Smith, p132.

January. Eatonton, Georgia. This was the last meeting of the Florida Conference with the Georgia Conference. February 6. Members of the Florida Conference assembled at our church in Tallahassee for the initial meeting of the Florida Conference. The geographical area represented was the same as described in the Quarterly Conference Minutes November 1843. Bishop Joshua Soule presided. March 3. Florida became a State.

1845

Depiction ELM April 2023

West of Apalachicola River remained in the Alabama Conference. Middle Florida, East Florida and South Georgia became the Florida Conference.

1845

Online site Waymarking.com

May 1. The initial session of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South met in Louisville, Kentucky at the Fourth Street MEC. This designation of Methodism in the south and southwest would last for 94 years.

1845

1853

Photo 2015 ELM

First Mission Church

Trustees of the Tallahassee Methodist Church, South purchased two lots (281 and 282) in the North Addition to the City of Tallahassee. Located at the Northwest corner of McCarty (Park) and Bronough, this site became the St. James Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, our first mission church.

1853

1858

Trinity Archives

Renovation to the front of the church shored up the extended porch area for the anticipated addition of a church bell. With the War imminent, sufficient funds could not be accumulated to pursue the purchase of a bell.

1858

Trinity Archives

1858

1860

1885 Tallahassee Panorama Beck and Pauli map LOC Map Division Modified 2023 ELM

The Rev. Jasper K. Glover occupied the newly constructed parsonage between the present church and the Presbyterian Church. It would be about 75 years before building a new parsonage at 610 North Adams Street.

1860

1866

Depiction ELM April 2023

December 13. Quincy was the site of the last session of the Florida Conference which had included South Georgia since its inception in 1845. The districts had numbered six — Tallahassee, Tampa, Jacksonville, Bainbridge, Quitman, Brunswick.

1866

1867

December 6. Monticello

The annual Florida Conference found a much smaller number of attendees. The Conference had been split the year before. John C. Ley wrote in his Fifty-two Years in Florida that this session was the saddest and most dismal in its history. Friends for so long were now separated and would probably never again see each other in the flesh.

The Conference was reduced to four Districts—Tallahassee, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Ocala.

1867

1867 continued

The mood was further disturbing because there were so many who could remember the optimism at the first session in 1845 when Florida was on the brink of becoming a State.

Now the talk was of the State’s being re-admitted to the Union. The future was dark and foreboding.

1867 continued

1868

Florida Archives 1827 Original Plat Owners of Tallahassee North Addition

In keeping with the prevailing movement of MECS congregations after the Civil War, the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South deeded Lots 281 and 282 NA at the Northwest corner of McCarty (Park) and Bronough to the Trustees of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, together with all buildings and improvements thereon. This church was known as the St. James CMEC.

1868

1875

Trinity Archives

The long-sought bell for the 1840 church, the movement headed by the ladies of the church, was secured from a firm in Cincinnati for $170. The bell weighed 1000 pounds and measured four feet in diameter, pealing for the first time in December.

The Weekly Floridian December 14, 1875

1875

1891

Trinity Archives

May 18. The Quarterly Conference Minutes stated “there is a great need for a new church building”. By June 1892, work had begun on an enlarged and classic new church, being built by Trinity members Foster Clinton Gilmore and George Igdaliah Davis . During construction, Presbyterians opened their church for our services on the second and fourth Sundays. On March 12, 1893, with Bishop O.P. Fitzgerald preaching, the congregation began worshipping in the elegance of the new church.

The Weekly Floridian June 11, 1892, p5 The Weekly Floridian March 18, 1893, p5 Column 1

1891

1893

Trinity Archives

This photo shows the first mention of the newly acquired name for the Methodist Church as Trinity. The 1903-1906 Quarterly Conference Minutes are missing. For the first time in the available Minutes, it is stated at the January 28, 1907, session “the Conference is held at Trinity M. E. Church, South”.

1893

1908-1916

Original pen and ink by Marcia J. Jaillet Member, Immanuel Baptist Church

Mission Church South Boulevard Methodist

Trinity begins South Boulevard Church with Ira S. Patterson as Preacher. The property with house was purchased from Robert G. and Frances E. Gamble in March 1909. Minister T. J. Nixon began encouraging Boulevard membership to return to Trinity in 1914, saying “one organization of Methodists in Tallahassee is all that’s needed.”

QCM April 21, 1914

1908-1916

1908-1913

Mission Church Magnolia Heights Methodist

Two lots for the church were given by John H. and Mary L. Humphress. After the complete destruction of the church due to a tornado, the Trustees of the Magnolia Heights Church sold the property back to John and Mary’s son Thomas S. Humphress for $60.

LCDB NN, p546-547 LCDB TT, p500 QCM Special Session, May 20, 1908

1908-1913

1910

Trinity Archives

Due to the rapid growth of the church, a Sunday School addition on the north side of the original building was built by Trinity’s Foster C. Gilmore and George I. Davis. This addition added one-third more space to the 1893 building.

The Weekly True Democrat July 30, 1909, p4

1910

1920

Groundbreaking for new Immanuel Baptist Church 1946. This is best photo available of Trinity’s South Boulevard Church. Original photo in possession of Rhona Mae Barineau Layfield

September 1920. The South Boulevard Mission Church was bought by the Pilgrim Congregational Church. Having several owners after 1929, the church eventually was sold to Immanuel Baptist Church in 1935. The wooden structure was torn down in 1959 to make way for an educational wing to the 1947 IBC.

LCDB-2 p492-493; LCDB-41 p43

1920

1927

Wesley Foundation Archies 1942-43 Scrapbook

Wesley Foundation Archives 1942-43 Scrapbook

Photo 2023 ELM

Dot Binger, Becky and Austin E. Hollady November 1985 – Photo 1985 Dot Binger

Mission Church Wesley Foundation

Fostered by Trinity member Professor J. B. Game, and promulgated by the Trinity’s Men’s Club, city-wide volunteer workers built a temporary place of worship and recreation (60’ x 30’) on Jefferson Street for the FSCW Methodist Student Organization, later the Wesley Foundation. Former Trinity Associate Minister, Austin E. Hollady became Director of the Foundation in 1954 and ministered to the students for 34 years.

1927

1932

Florida Archives Memory Project #RC00943 Circa 1910 Graphic ELM 2021

A survey for First Presbyterian Church’s expansion to the west of the original footprint of the church uncovered a property line discrepancy. Trinity’s parsonage encroached on their property by two feet. Trinity’s Trustees negotiated a purchase of five feet along our eastern boundary of Lots 127 and 129 NA. $375.00.

4th QCM November 13, 1932 LCDB-24, p580-581

1932

1936

Trinity Tidings February 1979

Trinity’s new parsonage at 610 North Adams Street was first occupied by the Rev. J. H. Daniel. The old parsonage next to the church was then converted into Sunday School rooms and church offices.

1936

1939

Statistics from Florida Flame, Robert M. Temple, Jr. Pie Chart ELM

June 8-12. The highlight of this conference was the Unification of Methodism in Florida, with the new name The Florida Conference of the Methodist Church. Joining factions were the St. Johns River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Florida Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the Florida Mission Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. The session was held at the Hyde Park Methodist Church, Tampa, Florida.

1939

At the same time of “Unification”, the term “Presiding Elder”, designating the preacher appointed by the bishop of the conference to conduct and supervise the work of the district, was changed to “District Superintendent”.

History of the Tallahassee District of the Methodist Church, Delp, 1965, p13.

1939

1942-1945

Letters to Service Members

Trinity Archives

https://www.tumcthistory.org/welcome/about/history/historical-resources/

Under the direction and enthusiasm of senior minister Rev. Dr. Jack Anderson, this project of mailing monthly newsletters to any servicemember was instigated.

W. Partridge, a Trinity layman and the owner of an insurance agency, conceived the newsletter idea and gathered material, wrote, and edited the monthly editions.

Rev. Claud M. Haynes became the senior minister in June 1944 and wholeheartedly continued the newsletter project.

1942-1945

Trinity Archives

Sample of letters from Service Members showing appreciation of Trinity’s monthly Bulletin. https://www.tumcthistory.org/wwii-letters/

1942-1945

~1943

Trinity Archives

In Front of Trinity Methodist Church

~1943

1944

Exterior west wall 1964 sanctuary – Photo 2023 Brett Ingram

June 7-11. Trinity hosted the “Centennial Session” of the Florida Annual conference with Jack Anderson as the host minister and E. J. Pendergrass as the host District Superintendent. Delegates to the conference were 282 clergy and 121 laity.

1944

1956 Florida Memory #RK0418

Photo 2017 ELM

Mission Church Southside Methodist (later, The Rock, New Life, Ray of Hope)

With Trinity’s support, meetings in private homes began in 1937 by Woodville resident J.M. Mashburn. In February 1944 the church was formally organized with sixty charter members and the Reverend Moody Booth as the minister. One of the two chapels at Dale Mabry was purchased and moved to the lot in 1946.

1944

1945

Graphic ELM 2021

July. Purchased Lot 132 NA (less the south 10 feet purchased from Alex Straus and wife June Straus in 1927) from D.E. Williams and wife Mary S. Williams. This afforded the Trustees to move forward on definitive plans for an educational building.

LCDB-68 p134-135

1945

1947

Photo: 2023 ELM

Sanctuary Dedication March 21, 1976

Photo: Tallahassee Democrat August 24, 1947

The Basement Church 1947

Photo: Tallahassee Democrat May 7, 1950

Dedication 1950

Mission Church Tallahassee Heights Methodist

1943. The Shady Grove Bible School on the Jacksonville Highway was formed. In June 1947, the non-denominational congregation of fifty declared their intention to organize a Methodist Church. Trinity’s associate pastor Ralph B. Huston was assigned as the temporary minister, but the Florida Conference immediately appointed Rev. Warren W. Yates as the permanent minister.

1947

1948

Graphic 2021 ELM

June. Trinity purchased the western 85 feet of Lot 136 NA (with home) from Margaret M. Datson. This convenient location at the southeast corner of Call and Duval became a parsonage to several Associate Ministers as well as Directors of Christian Education. The address was 115 West Call Street and later became the Terrell House.

LCDB-100 p63-65

1948

1949

Trinity Archives

September 25. The cornerstone was laid for the new educational building Trinity Hall. October 16. Trinity held the formal opening of Trinity Hall. Clare M. Cotton was senior minister. An additional floor to the south wing was completed in 1952.

1949

1952

1954 Original Sanctuary

1968 Present Sanctuary

Mission Church

St. Paul’s Methodist Trinity sponsored the formation of St. Paul’s and agreed to help the congregation financially for the next three years. There were 118 charter members. Initial services were held at the Woman’s Club, at Sealey School, and at the American Legion Post.

1952

1953

Florida Conference Souvenir Year Edition

Due to the recently built additions for Trinity’s needed expansion and the non-use of the 1860 parsonage on Park Avenue, the long-served house was razed.

1953

1955

Photo ELM 2023

June 24. Trinity bought the parsonage at 205 Edwards Street (Lambert Heights). Associate Minister Danny E. Morris was the first to occupy the home.

1955

1956

Graphic 2021 ELM

March. Lot 133 NA was purchased from Sadie and Gabriel Capelouto. The property included a two-story frame residence as well as a garage apartment in the rear.

LCDB 201, p 31-32

1956

1957-1958

Graphic 2021 ELM

Between June 1957 and July 1958 three contiguous lots were purchased at the SW corner of Call Street and Duval Street with the ultimate intention of using the space for congregational parking. Lot 215 NA Ralph E. Proctor and wife Gladys S. Proctor and George R. Winchester and wife Jean B. Winchester Lot 218 NA Miss Kate Inman Lot 219 NA C. Asbury Gridley and wife Corinne H. Gridley

1957-1958

1958-1959

Trinity Archives

The Capelouto and Gridley parking lots were paved.

QCM May 20, 1958

The garage apartment on the old Capelouto property was renovated and became the Scout House.

QCM May 20, 1958

The Inman and Proctor/Winchester parking lots were paved.

QCM May 4, 1959

1958-1959

1960

Trinity Archives

Photo 2023 ELM

Mission Church

John Wesley Methodist April 3. Combining the efforts of Trinity and St. Paul’s Methodist Churches, John Wesley Methodist Church was founded. First meetings of the congregation were in the Hartsfield School cafeteria. Instrumental in representing Trinity were Sam Everett Teague, Jr., and Trinity’s Associate Minister Danny E. Morris. The Reverend Morris became the first minister at the newly formed church. Church consecration was February 2, 1964.

1960

1962

Trinity Archives

Glenn James Memorial Chapel

Coming to Trinity in June 1953, Glenn Clawson James immediately began to promote plans to replace the deteriorating 1893 Church. He would partially see his exceedingly hard work of developing plans and raising funds come to fruition as the plans for the new sanctuary were delivered to the church one week prior to his untimely death on February 25, 1962.

1962

Florida Memory Project #TD01245B

Florida Memory Project #TD01245A Tallahassee Democrat Sunday August 28, 1962, p32

July 1. Soon after this last service in the 1893 church, demolition began. Services were held in the Opperman Music Hall at FSU while the new church was being built.

1962

1963

Photo 2017 ELM

Mission Church Calvary Methodist

Due to the untiring efforts of the Rev. Orvis J. Stevenson to begin a Methodist church on the west side of town, a 200-fold congregation met temporarily at Caroline Brevard school. Selection of the site for the church coincided with the same location as the fatal crash on June 22, 1945, of Lt. James F. Cornish, a pilot in training at Dale Mabry. Almost 20 years later, and with family members in attendance, the pilot was memorialized at the consecration service of Calvary’s new sanctuary on June 20, 1965.

1963

1964

Payne H. Midyette, Sr. – Trinity Archives

Tallahassee Democrat Saturday, February 1, 1964

February 2. Laying of Cornerstone at the southeast corner of the new sanctuary. Some items included in the copper box:

Photos of 1893 Church
Membership Roll
List of gifts and memorials
Bulletin of last service in 1893 Church
History of Church by Frank Moor
Photo of the Rev. Glenn James
Set of 1963 Proof Coins
Tallahassee city map

1964

Trinity Tidings and Worship Bulletin March 15, 1964

Trinity Tidings and Worship Bulletin March 22, 1964

1964

Florida memory Project #sl19782s

May 3. First service in sanctuary of new church. Bishop Arthur J. Moore (ret.) delivered the sermon. The senior pastor was the Reverend Dr. H. Melton Ware, and the associate pastor was J.P. Floyd, Jr. Payne H. Midyette, Sr. was the Chairman of the Building Committee. The church was designed by H. Hensel Fink of Philadelphia with Albritton-Williams as the contractor. The gilded stained-glass windows were designed, fabricated, and installed by the Willet Studio of Philadelphia.

1964

1965

Photo 2023 ELM

Mission Church Gray Memorial Methodist

Named after the Reverend William J. Gray, a Methodist minister and father to the Secretary of State Robert A. Gray, the first services were at a local bank and at Augusta Raa Middle School. The present sanctuary was consecrated February 20, 1966, with the steeple being added later that spring. The Reverend Norman E. Booth was the first minister.

1965

1968

Statistics from Florida Flame, Robert M. Temple, Jr. Pie Chart 2023 ELM

April. General Conference in Dallas, Texas, convened to formally merge the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Evangelical United Brethren. June. The Florida Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church unified with the Florida Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren.

1968

“The Cross and Flame is a registered trademark, and the use is supervised by the General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) of The United Methodist Church.

The iconic Cross and Flame became the identifying mark of the United Methodist Church worldwide. Designed by Edward J. Mikula in 1968, his work was selected by the Commission on Church Union. The Cross and Flame remains controversial within the church.

1968

1969

Statistics from Florida Flame, Robert M. Temple, Jr. Pie Chart 2023 ELM

June 7. Unification is complete. At the Florida Annual Conference, the Florida Conference of the Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church (Black component) merged with the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.

1969

Tallahassee Democrat December 21, 1973 p6

Photo 2023 ELM

Mission Church

Killearn Methodist August 17. The first service, led by the Reverend David L. Brazelton, met at Timberlane (later Gilchrist) Elementary School. The consecration service was December 2, 1973, in the new sanctuary at 2800 Shamrock South in Killearn Estates.

1969

1973

Trinity Preschool Archives

Fall. Trinity Preschool was begun. Mary Blackburn and Claire Nash were Directors.

1973

1974

1960 Lawson Road

Trinity Archives

2120 Spence Avenue

Trinity Archives

Two residences were purchased to be parsonages for the Associate Ministers.

1974

1979

Photo 2023 ELM

March 27, 1979. The parsonage at 610 North Adams Street was sold to the Florida Pharmaceutical Association as their headquarters.

LCDB 923, p2268-2273

1979

1980

Trinity Archives

June 27. The new parsonage at 703 Live Oak Plantation Road was first occupied by Senior Minister Gene Zimmerman and wife Emily Ann. The parsonage was built on a lot donated to the church in 1979 by the Middlebrooks family.

Trinity Tidings July 1980 LCDB-943, p78-80

1980

1984

Trinity Archives

May. Construction on an extensive renovation of Trinity Hall was begun by Winchester Construction and Engineering. Sunday School classes found temporary locations at First Presbyterian, in the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce basement across Duval Street from the Church, and in rooms in the sanctuary facility. Most classes moved back into their respective rooms on March 24, 1985.

Trinity Tidings May 1984

1984

1986

Photo 2023 ELM

September 30. Spence Avenue parsonage was sold.

LCDB 1226, p1939-1944

1986

1987

Trinity Tidings June 1987

After serving since 1948 as a home for Associate Ministers and Directors of Christian Education, and later as a support facility for families of prisoners, the Terrell House was given to the Tallahassee Housing Foundation and moved to the Bond Community. The vacant property became known as the “gravel parking lot”.

Tallahassee Democrat July 18, 1987 p21 and Trinity Archives

1987

Photo 2023 ELM

Mission Church Killearn Lakes Methodist

Founded in 1986 and chartered in 1987, the temporary meeting facility was in the Plantation Center on Thomasville Road. In 1992 the congregation moved into a multipurpose building at 8013 Deer Lake Road East. Located at the intersection of Deer Lake and Kinhega Drives, the present sanctuary was consecrated September 27, 1992. Killearn Lakes UMC took the new name of Deer Lake UMC in March 2009.

1987

Photo 2023 ELM

March 17. Before the construction of the new Leon County Library, an agreement to lease Trinity’s paved parking lot (Lots, 215, 218, 219 NA) for the joint use of the Library and the Church was signed between Trinity and Leon County.

1987

1989

Graphic 2022 MCMC Drone 2018 Viktor Billa

Aug 1. The renewable lease agreement commenced between Trinity and Leon County and was for 10 years. The first year Trinity would be paid $8,500 with an annual incremental increase of $500. Other considerations were included within the deed.

Lease Agreement between Trinity United Methodist Church and Leon County, March 17, 1987. Trinity Archives

1989

1994

Trinity Archives

June 2. After a lengthy application process, the Florida Annual Conference recognized Trinity as “Historic Site No. 304 of the United Methodist Church”.

1994

Graphic 2021 ELM

December 5. Trinity acquired the remaining eastern 45-foot portion of Lot 136 NA and house at 111 West Call Street, adjacent to the gravel parking lot, from the William D. Wood Estate. This transaction gave Trinity ownership of the entire western half of the city block.

LCDB-1779,p1456-1457 Trinity Tidings 1995

1994

1995

Robert M. Temple, Jr.

Trinity Tidings February 1995

David Hortin welcoming the Bishop and the District Superintendent

February 5. Trinity celebrated the 150th anniversary of the initial gathering at our Church for the newly established Florida Conference (1845). At the pulpit with the senior minister David Hortin were the Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Conference Bishop Hansbrouck Hughes, Jr., (wife Mera Ann) and the Tallahassee District Superintendent J.C. Powell. The sermon for this memorable service was delivered by Trinity’s own Rev. Robert M. Temple, Jr.

1995

Photo 2023 ELM

August. The Lawson Road parsonage was sold.

LCDB 1839 p1167-1169

1995

1997

Graphic 2023 ELM

April 30. This house at 3509 Fogarty Drive in Killearn Estates was purchased as a parsonage for the Associate Minister.

1997

1999

Trinity Archives

September 26. Trinity observed the 175th year of Methodism in Tallahassee. Linda Herold Yates was Chairperson of the celebration as well as editor of the 1999 comprehensive book of Trinity’s history. The Senior Minister was John G. Willis, Jr. and the Associate Minister Mark Caldwell.

1999

Photo 2020 Viktor Billa

Photo 2023 ELM

December 19. The Senior minister John G. Willis, Jr. performed the dedication ceremonies for the Casavant Freres Organ (Casavant Opus 3786). This instrument replaced the $56,000 Austin organ placed in the new sanctuary in 1964. Jim Lorenz, the church organist, gave a concert of Christmas music at the conclusion of the 11 am service. Prior to the installation of the new organ the sanctuary had substantial renovations.

1999

2004

Trinity Archives

The Church Council, Trustees, and Church Conference voted to sell the remaining two parsonages at 703 Live Oak Plantation Road and 3509 Fogarty Drive. Proceeds were used to satisfy the note on the 1999 sanctuary renovation. Each minister then began receiving a monthly allowance for housing.

2004

2009

Photo 2009 Linda H. Yates

Photo 2021 ELM

Spearheaded by Bob and Linda Yates, and with the pastoral support of the Rev. E. Wayne Curry, renovation of Room 309 occurred. The extensive collection of Trinity archives now had a home. This room was dedicated on October 20, 2020, as the Yates Heritage Center.

2009

2021

Photo 2021 ELM

April 11. Senior Minister Wayne D. Wiatt delivered the dedicatory service of the recently-placed State of Florida Historical Marker which gives a brief history of the Church. At the same service he also commemorated the plaque recognizing the first session of the Florida Annual Conference on this site in 1845.

2021

2020-2022

Photo: June 2021 ELM

Taking of the elements at home.

Tidings November 2021 p4

Tidings September 2020 p2

COVID-19

Pandemic
Surgical Masks
Vaccinations
Hand Washing
Fist and Elbow Bumps
Physical Distancing
Zoom or YouTube
Online School
Work from Home
Curtailment of Group Gatherings
Isolation

How did Trinity Adapt?

2020-2022

2022

Trinity Charge Conference

September 19. With overwhelming congregational support Trinity Charge Conference adopted a resolution to remain UMC.

2022

2023

Trinity Archives

February 3. Viktor Billa, Church Organist, was invited by the Latter Day Saints to perform a solo concert at the Mormon Tabernacle Church in Salt Lake City, Utah

2023

Photo 2023 E. Wayne Curry

January-March. All previously painted surfaces on the outside of the sanctuary and Glenn Memorial Chapel were repainted. On the inside of each building the windows were resealed and both windows and shutters were repainted. More painting and repairs are to be made in the coming months to protect and enhance the beauty of Trinity.

2023

2024

Visiting Ministers to fill the pulpit on the second Sunday of each month, with the Bishop of the Florida Conference to deliver the message on the September 29th Celebration Sunday.

January Judi New
February Charlene Kammerer (ret. Bishop)
March Phil Roughton
April Tony Fotsch
May Beth Fogle-Miller
June Wayne Wiatt
July Wayne Curry
August Mark Caldwell
September Bob Gibbs
September 29 Bishop Tom Berlin
October Bishop Ken Carter (Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference)
November Clarke Campbell-Evans
December John Willis

2024

Trinity Archives

September 29. Celebration Sunday for Methodism in Tallahassee.

2024

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