In 1838, after considerable campground activity in the area, a church organized about four miles west of Decatur at a place called Lily Dale. Because the congregation of this church would later make ...

LITTLE HOCKING-Pots of slow-churned apple butter bubbled over open flames in the Decatur United Methodist Church parking lot. Helping churn, fill mason jars, stoke the fire or sit in lawn chairs and ...

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – Members of the United Methodist Church are not noted for excessive exuberance. But a typically reserved quadrennial gathering to select new bishops took on a raucous tone ...

DECATUR -- When the covid-19 pandemic ramped up in the U.S. in March, it prompted local, state and national officials to essentially close much of the country. Churches were among those hit hard by ...

Decatur First United Methodist Church is selling two historic structures that front Sycamore Drive to the local Williams Teusink law firm. This includes the 120-year old granite chapel on the corner ...

Dec. 2—Using thousands of white and gold beads and 82 patterns, 14 women spent hundreds of hours creating more than 240 Chrismon ornaments. The beaded Chrismons, which appear in the shape of crowns, ...