First United Methodist
Church
502 Sixth
Street; Orange, TX 77630
MINISTERS WHO HAVE SERVED
Gillum 1872-1873
J. M. Bond 1873-1874
G.D. Wilson 1874-1876
Lacy Boone 1876-1878
W. T. Burke 1878-1879
W. H. Cotton 1879-1881
F. M. Stovall 1881-1883
W. H. Crawford 1883-1885
J. C. Calhoun 1885-1886
L. A. Burke 1886-1889
William A. Sampey 1889-1890
C. H. Ellis 1890-1891
G. V. Ridley 1891-1893
W. W. Watts 1893-1895
W. T. Burch 1895-1896
I. T. Stafford 1896-1897
R. J. Birdwell 1897-1898
C. R. Lamar 1898-1899
J. E. Crutchfield 1899-1900
Albert Little 1900-1902
J. W. Johnson 1902-1904
H. T. Cunningham 1904-1906
C. J. Oxley 1906-1908
J. L. Massey 1908-1911
Ira M. Bryce 1911-1913
A. S. Whitehurst 1913-1914
W. W. Watts 1914-1919
W. D. White 1919-1920
T. R. Morehead 1920-1921
W. H. Vance 1921-1923
L. J. Power 1923-1926
Thomas S. Barcus 1926-1929
N. H. Melbert 1929-1930
W. W. Armstrong 1930-1931
O. W. Hooper 1931-1934
Edward R. Barcus, Jr. 1934-1936
L. B. Craven 1936-1937
Edward R. Barcus, Jr. 1937-1944
Walton B. Gardner 1944-1949
Herman T. Morgan 1949-1955
Karl O. Bayer 1955-1959
T. Walter Moore 1959-1963
R. C. Terry 1963-1965
G. Ray Loden 1965-1970
Walter E. Klingle 1970-1978
James E. Thompson 1978-1986
Thomas S. Holcomb 1986-1990
Jack Shelton 1990-1993
Earl H. Dawson 1993-1998
Dan L. Miller 1998-
Rob Fisher
ASSOCIATE MINISTERS WHO HAVE SERVED
Wayne Williams 1957-1958
Carmine Stahl 1962-1965
C. Huey Clements 1965-1966
James Elbert 1967-1969
Cal Kelly 1969-1971
Roy Bizer
Vaughn Baker
Burton S. Smith
Kenneth Archer
Robert Dick
James H. Reiter
Michael L. Fraley
Malcolm B. Monroe
Nancy Q. Ross
Terry Brown - 2008
The time has come to accept a new ministry assignment. I will be leaving my appointment here at FUMC Orange to begin a new appointment in a new conference.
Donna and I will be accepting new appointments in the West Texas Conference.
We will be pastors in the Lubbock, Texas area. There are three churches, Idalou, Crosbyton, and Ralls, which we will serve together in a cooperative ministry. One of our church’s core principles is to engage in “risk-taking missions.” While we will not be in a foreign mission, this will be a new world of ministry possibilities for us. This is an exciting ministry challenge we feel led to accept.
Of course, the down side is saying goodbye to all our friends and church family here. I have been honored to be your Associate Pastor for the past five years. There are experiences and memories I will never forget.
Thank you so much for your prayers, support, and ministry to my family and me. FUMC Orange has an important and exciting ministry future of its own. We will keep you all in our prayers.
CHOIR DIRECTORS WHO HAVE SERVED
A.L. Ford
W. F. VanArsdel
Mrs. W. H. Malone
Mrs. H. A. (Jean Malone) Watts
Mrs. W. B. Patty
Lester Aldrich
Walter LaForge 1943-1946
Mrs. Jack Bailey 1946-1949
Dorothy Compton 1949-1954
Jon Conder 1954-1961
Ernest McCollum 1961
Janet Lea Bolo 1961-1969
Thomas Baird 1969
Susan Tiger 1970-1983
Lloyd Eubanks 1983
A. Douglas Rogers 1984-
OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED
Danielle Heil (Secretary and Interim Youth Director) -2008
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2007. First United Methodist Church.
502 North Sixth, Orange, TX 77630
409-886-7466
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