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Trinity United Methodist Church * 1156 Rex Drive * Orrville, Ohio 44667 * 330-682-1806 * office@orrvilletrinity.com
The Mission of Trinity United Methodist Church is to inspire persons to discover their God given gifts, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, to serve humankind in the name of Jesus Christ.
Trinity United Methodist Church is member of the United Methodist Church. United Methodists share our faith each time we tell the story of how God entered into the world through Jesus. Like John Wesley, Methodism's founder, we embrace Christ's mandate to "make disciples of all nations."
We invite you to become an active, living part of this fellowship, one who belongs in the deepest sense to the body of Christ.
We are a people who put our trust in God as revealed in Jesus Christ and continue to grow in our faith.
Our faith is guided by Scripture, tradition, experience and reason. Of paramount importance is Scripture. The Bible is the record of God's people living out God's promise.
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About Trinity
The Mission of Trinity United Methodist Church is to inspire persons to discover their God given gifts, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, to serve humankind in the name of Jesus Christ.
Rev. Joseph Hayes organized the first Methodist society of Orrville, known as the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1852. Membership started with 13 families and it commonly was called the M.E. Church. Services were first held in a log school house located at what is today 248 E. Church Street in Orrville.
The first church building in Orrville was built by the United Bretheran in 1854 on the corner of Church St. and Mill St. The building was known as Union Church and was used by the Methodist, Presbyterians and United Bretheran from 1854-1869.
From the beginning, the Orrville Methodists wanted a church building of their own. Eliza Anderson and her mother started the first building fund by contributing $50 earned by raising flax, spinning it and selling the finished product.
By 1866, Methodists had raised enough money to allow them to build a new church. In August, 1866, masons began work on the foundation of a new brick church, located at the rear of what later was to become the stone church on N. Main St. The church was dedicated on Feb. 7, 1869.
The church served the church until 1905 when growing membership required expansion. a new stone building was erected near the site of the original building.
In 1959, the congregation voted to build a new church on a new site because of overcrowded conditions. The church was built on more than seven acres of land donated by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smucker. The first service in the new church on Rex Drive was held June 7, 1964. Services are still held in this building today.
*Information taken from UMC Communications and "From Whence We Came" History of Trinity United Methodist Church, 1977.
