Shannon Methodist Church - Revision history

Marcus: Correction: Information from letter in a bottle discovered in the wall when Mervin and Ira Jenkin demolished the building.

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Correction: Information from letter in a bottle discovered in the wall when Mervin and Ira Jenkin demolished the building.

Gwenda at 06:49, 29 August 2014

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Gwenda at 10:01, 15 August 2013

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-The foundation stone of the Shannon Methodist Chapel was blessed by Mr. Joshua Marshman of Mallala on 8th October 1872.
+The Shannon Methodist Chapel was blessed by Mr. Joshua Marshman of Mallala on 8th October 1872.
 The Shannon Methodist Chapel was officially opened on 17th July 1873 on land donated by Messrs Wright Bros. The builders were Messrs Porter and J. Smith. The original trustees were Messrs G.N. Johnson, N.J.W. Lindsay, J. David, S. Davis, J.P. Sutton, R. Cooper and C. Carslake.

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 |Related Articles=Barabba Primitive Methodist Church, Bethesda Church, Bethesda Church Pedal Organ, Calomba Railway Services, Calomba Store and Post Office, Church Pedal Organ, Dublin Christ Church, Dublin Primitive Methodist Church, Feltwell Cemetery, Feltwell Primitive Methodist Chapel,  Foundation of Mallala Methodist Church, Grace Plains Bible Christian Chapel, Grace Plains Methodist Church, Long Plains Church of Christ, Lower Light Methodist Church, Mallala Catholic Cemetery, Mallala Methodist/Uniting Church, Redbanks Methodist Church Hall, Redbanks Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shannon Cemetery, St Josephs Catholic Church, St Malachys Catholic Church, St Paul's Anglican Church, St Peters Anglican Church, Two Wells Methodist Church, Windsor Church,
 |Sources=Shannon Methodist Church  Jubilee Souvenir 1873 - 1923,  Records at the Mallala Museum, Mrs Maureen Parker nee Baker,
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 |Related Articles=Barabba Primitive Methodist Church, Bethesda Church, Bethesda Church Pedal Organ, Calomba Railway Services, Calomba Store and Post Office, Church Pedal Organ, Dublin Christ Church, Dublin Primitive Methodist Church, Feltwell Cemetery, Feltwell Primitive Methodist Chapel,  Foundation of Mallala Methodist Church, Grace Plains Bible Christian Chapel, Grace Plains Methodist Church, Long Plains Church of Christ, Lower Light Methodist Church, Mallala Catholic Cemetery, Mallala Methodist/Uniting Church, Redbanks Methodist Church Hall, Redbanks Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shannon Cemetery, St Josephs Catholic Church, St Malachys Catholic Church, St Paul's Anglican Church, St Peters Anglican Church, Two Wells Methodist Church, Windsor Church,
 |Sources=Shannon Methodist Church  Jubilee Souvenir 1873 - 1923,  Records at the Mallala Museum, Mrs Maureen Parker nee Baker,
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 {{Memory|Rev.F.G. Rogers was circuit minister and lived in the Methodist Manse at Mallala 1922 - 1926.
-The preacher for the above jubilee celebrations at the Shannon Methodist Church was Rev.A.W.Wellington of Pt.Pirie who had been the first resident minister at Mallala 50 years previously. Rev. Wellington had also preached at an opening service of the Shannon Church on July 23rd 1873.|GJG
+The preacher for the above jubilee celebrations at the Shannon Methodist Church was Rev.A.W.Wellington of Pt.Pirie who had been the first resident minister at Mallala 50 years previously. Rev. Wellington had also preached at an opening service of the Shannon Church on July 23rd 1873.
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+{{Memory|Mr Wesley Johnson placed a time capsule in the new cairn during the celebration to officially recognize that the Shannon Methodist Church was once located on the site.}}
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 |Related Articles=Barabba Primitive Methodist Church, Bethesda Church, Bethesda Church Pedal Organ, Calomba Railway Services, Calomba Store and Post Office, Church Pedal Organ, Dublin Christ Church, Dublin Primitive Methodist Church, Feltwell Cemetery, Feltwell Primitive Methodist Chapel,  Foundation of Mallala Methodist Church, Grace Plains Bible Christian Chapel, Grace Plains Methodist Church, Long Plains Church of Christ, Lower Light Methodist Church, Mallala Catholic Cemetery, Mallala Methodist/Uniting Church, Redbanks Methodist Church Hall, Redbanks Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shannon Cemetery, St Josephs Catholic Church, St Malachys Catholic Church, St Paul's Anglican Church, St Peters Anglican Church, Two Wells Methodist Church, Windsor Church,
 |Sources=Shannon Methodist Church  Jubilee Souvenir 1873 - 1923,  Records at the Mallala Museum, Mrs Maureen Parker nee Baker,
-|FlickrID=5201192047,4816425415,8219135056, 8739819645, 9372276895, 8740951180, 9144094225, 5179944356,
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 The Shannon Methodist Chapel was officially opened on 17th July 1873 on land donated by Messrs Wright Bros. The builders were Messrs Porter and J. Smith. The original trustees were Messrs G.N. Johnson, N.J.W. Lindsay, J. David, S. Davis, J.P. Sutton, R. Cooper and C. Carslake.
-The South Australian Advertiser August 6. 1873 reports:   The opening of the new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Shannon's, Hundred of Dublin, was celebrated on Sunday and Monday, August 3 and 4. The chapel is calculated to accommodate from 120 to 140 persons, is a neat structure, substantially built of stone, and covered with slates, and has six Gothic windows and a porch. Sermons were preached by the Rev. S.J. Nicolls, of North Adelaide, to large congregations, a considerable number being unable to gain admittance. On Monday a still larger company were assembled, and did ample justice to the abundant spread of good things provided by the ladies and bachelors. The public meeting which followed, was presided over by Mr. E. Temby, J.P., and the report read by Mr. J.N.Lindsay. Vigorous speeches were delivered by Mr. Geo.. Marshman and the Revs.J.S.Wayland, A.W.Wellington, and S.J.Nicolls, congratulating the settlers on the erection of a religious sanctuary, and urging them to seek the presence of the great Spirit as an earnest of their future prosperity. The financial appeal was made by Mr. Nicolls, and was heartily responded to, £61/16s/10d being the total proceeds of the two days' services, leaving something less than £150 debt upon the building.
+The South Australian Advertiser August 6. 1873 reports:   The opening of the new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Shannon's, Hundred of Dublin, was celebrated on Sunday and Monday, August 3 and 4. The chapel is calculated to accommodate from 120 to 140 persons, is a neat structure, substantially built of stone, and covered with slates, and has six Gothic windows and a porch.
-''An official program printed for the Jubilee of the Shannon Methodist Church held on July 15th 1923 and over a several day period includes the following article written by the circuit minister Rev. F.G. Rogers:''
+'''''An official program printed for the Jubilee of the Shannon Methodist Church held on July 15th 1923 and over a several day period includes the following article written by the circuit minister Rev. F.G. Rogers:'''''
 "If it be true that we live in deeds, not years, then the men who pioneered the mallee lands of Dublin (known as the 30 mile scrub) must surely deserve honour. Fifty years ago these fertile plains, now the envy of the agriculturist, securely fenced and subdivided, dotted here and there with comfortable homesteads, many of which have electric light and all modern conveniences, were covered with dense mallee scrub. The adventure proved the acid test of character, and of some it must be said "weighed in the balance and found wanting" but some endured to the winning of success.
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 Prior to the demolition of the building a petition signed by the residents of the Shannon area requested that the District Council of Mallala take over the jurisdiction of the Shannon Methodist Church grounds and adjoining Shannon Cemetery - to which council agreed.
 In 2013 the Shannon Cemetery is a well kept and tidy public burial ground surrounded by native trees. Alan Parker, as a member of the Mallala District Council Greening Committee,organised the planting of trees and bushes.
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 |Related Articles=Barabba Primitive Methodist Church, Bethesda Church, Bethesda Church Pedal Organ, Calomba Railway Services, Calomba Store and Post Office, Church Pedal Organ, Dublin Christ Church, Dublin Primitive Methodist Church, Feltwell Cemetery, Feltwell Primitive Methodist Chapel,  Foundation of Mallala Methodist Church, Grace Plains Bible Christian Chapel, Grace Plains Methodist Church, Long Plains Church of Christ, Lower Light Methodist Church, Mallala Catholic Cemetery, Mallala Methodist/Uniting Church, Redbanks Methodist Church Hall, Redbanks Wesleyan Methodist Church, Shannon Cemetery, St Josephs Catholic Church, St Malachys Catholic Church, St Paul's Anglican Church, St Peters Anglican Church, Two Wells Methodist Church, Windsor Church,

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 The foundation stone of the Shannon Methodist Chapel was blessed by Mr. Joshua Marshman of Mallala on 8th October 1872.
-The Shannon Methodist Chapel was officially opened on 17th July 1873 on land donated by Messrs Wright Bros. The builders were Messes Porter and J. Smith. The original trustees were Messrs G.N. Johnson, N.J.W. Lindsay, J. David, S. Davis, J.P. Sutton, R. Cooper and C. Carslake.
+The Shannon Methodist Chapel was officially opened on 17th July 1873 on land donated by Messrs Wright Bros. The builders were Messrs Porter and J. Smith. The original trustees were Messrs G.N. Johnson, N.J.W. Lindsay, J. David, S. Davis, J.P. Sutton, R. Cooper and C. Carslake.
 The South Australian Advertiser August 6. 1873 reports:   The opening of the new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Shannon's, Hundred of Dublin, was celebrated on Sunday and Monday, August 3 and 4. The chapel is calculated to accommodate from 120 to 140 persons, is a neat structure, substantially built of stone, and covered with slates, and has six Gothic windows and a porch. Sermons were preached by the Rev. S.J. Nicolls, of North Adelaide, to large congregations, a considerable number being unable to gain admittance. On Monday a still larger company were assembled, and did ample justice to the abundant spread of good things provided by the ladies and bachelors. The public meeting which followed, was presided over by Mr. E. Temby, J.P., and the report read by Mr. J.N.Lindsay. Vigorous speeches were delivered by Mr. Geo.. Marshman and the Revs.J.S.Wayland, A.W.Wellington, and S.J.Nicolls, congratulating the settlers on the erection of a religious sanctuary, and urging them to seek the presence of the great Spirit as an earnest of their future prosperity. The financial appeal was made by Mr. Nicolls, and was heartily responded to, £61/16s/10d being the total proceeds of the two days' services, leaving something less than £150 debt upon the building.
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 The inscription on the plaque mounted on a limestone cairn reads as follows:  '''"''To the Glory of God this cairn was raised to recall that on this site stood the Shannon Methodist Church from 1873 to 1966"'''''
-In 1966 Mr Ira Jenkin was in charge of the demolition of the church building assisted by Messes Mervyn and Neville Jenkin.  A belief was held by various people in the district that a time capsule in the form of a bottle with information and papers in it had been built into the wall of the original chapel in 1872.
+In 1966 Mr Ira Jenkin was in charge of the demolition of the church building assisted by Messrs Mervyn and Neville Jenkin.  A belief was held by various people in the district that a time capsule in the form of a bottle with information and papers in it had been built into the wall of the original chapel in 1872.
 Those in charge of demolition proceeded cautiously and eventually uncovered  the bottle.  It contained early history of the Shannon district and Methodist Church, an Advertiser dated October 8th 1872 and a Methodist Recorder containing the circuit preaching plan.