Our Mission from Matthew 28:19-20
Our mission is to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching everything Christ commanded.
Our Staff
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Stephen A. Curry, Pastor - Steve Curry is a second-career pastor having worked as a computer programmer at Trinity University for over 25 years. After receiving his call, he attended Perkins School of Theology (the seminary at Southern Methodist University) graduating in 2013. He was appointed to La Vernia UMC where he served six years before being appointed to Kimble Country in 2019 where he serves both First UMC, Junction, and London UMC. He and his wife, Sharon, have one son, Benjamin who is currently attending Texas A&M.
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Becky Conner, Church Secretary - Becky is a native of Junction and began working at First UMC in 2017.
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Meredith Nowlin, Choir Director - In addition to sharing her musical gifts at the church, Meredith works as an English teacher at Junction Middle School
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Melody Lawrence, Pianist - Melody is a lifelong member of First UMC and has played the piano for our service for over 40 years.
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History
First United Methodist Church of Junction was founded November 16, 1881, by the West Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Methodist Missionaries had served the region since 1859 but there was no organized Methodist Society until 1876. The Methodist Society in Junction was served by Rev. W.T. Thornberry (1877-1879) then by Rev. Andrew Jackson Potter (1879-1881) as part of their mission region prior to the church receiving its 1881 charter.
Pastors
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William R. Killough, 1881
Avery G. Nolan, 1882 W.R. Knowlton, 1883 Theron C. Pew, 1884 Rush McDonald, 1885 Joseph M. Bourland, 1886-1887 William J. Sims, 1888 John W. Sims, 1889-1890 C.H. Maloy, 1891 Robert M. Leaton, 1892 F.B. Galloway, 1893 W.E. Rector, 1894 W.F. Gibbons, 1895-1896 A.J. McCulloch, 1897 R. Paine, 1898 M.J. Allen, 1899-1900 J.N. Broyles, 1901 J.M Shuford, 1902 D.C. Ross, 1903 S.C. Dunn, 1904 H.D. Huddleston, 1905 M.C. Blackburn, 1906-1908 |
Sloan L. Batchelor, 1909-1911
C.W. Rylander, 1912-1913 John C. Campbell, 1914-1916 J.T. Tracy, 1917 S.X. Swimme, 1918-1919 C.W. Woods, 1920 R.L. McIntyre, 1921 R.E. Parker, 1922-1923 J. Virgil Davis, 1924-1925 J.A. Ludlam, 1926 Milton F. Hill, 1927-1929 Bolton Boon, 1930-1931 W.S. Highsmith, 1932 W.S. Ezell, 1933 R.S. Pierce, 1934 Ennis B. Hill, 1935-1938 Don E. Dulaney, 1939 George B. McCrary, 1940-1942 Milton F. Bohmfalk, 1943-1944 W.R. McPherson, 1945-1947 J.B. Jordan, 1948-1950 William G. Birkner, 1951-1953 |
A.C. Peterson, 1954-1955
Warren Ennis, 1956-1957 W.R. Flemming, 1958-1959 Russel C. Moon, 1960-1961 Phillip M. Riley, 1962-1963 Phillip C. Dibrell, 1964-1967 Fred S. Cox, 1968-1970 Howard Johnson, 1971-1972 Otto Lund, 1973-1975 J. Roland Cole, 1976-1978 Kermit Gibbons, 1979 Winn Alley, 1980-1983 Sidney J. Spiller, 1984-1985 Lundy F. Hooton, 1986-1993 Charles L. Parker, 1994-1996 Scott A. Bradford, 1997-2005 Glenna Kelley, 2006-2009 Steven Fieldcamp, 2010-2013 Camile Bryant, 2014-2016 Sheree Harris, 2017-2018 Stephen A. Curry, 2019- |