Difference between revisions of "Bethesda Church"

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**Fast Facts**
Type of organisation:	Religious
Also known as:	Bethesda Chapel
Street suffix:	`
Town or locality:	Section 205 Hundred of Pt Gawler
Date established:	"{{{Date approximate}}}" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value. 1855
Ceased operation:	"{{{Date approximate2}}}" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value. "{{{Date approximate}}}" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value. 1947

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Bethesda Church was originally a Bible Christian Chapel on the south eastern corner of Section 205, Hundred of Pt Gawler. One acre of land was purchased from MrWiilliam Frost for 5 pounds. The original trustees were: Messrs Hugh Steven, Phillip Ridgeway, James Easton, James Clements, George Wherry. Samuel Frost and William Frost. The chapel was part of the Gawler circuit and one of 13 chapels on the preaching plan by the mid 1870's. In 1897 Bethesda became part of the Virginia Circuit. Following church union in 1900 it became a Methodist Church and in 1910 a Sunday School room was added to the rear of the church. The stone was procured from Mr A E Green's quarry and the total cost of the building was 50 pounds 7 shillings.`

The Bethesda Church was closed in September 1947 and in 1954 a final service was held and the building subsequently demolished. The better quality stone was later used in the building of the Sunday School hall on the Methodist Churrch land at Drew Street Two Wells.

On the 29th October 1989, a stone cairn with plaque was unveiled on the Bethesda site by Mrs Edie Pederick and dedicated by the Rev Ken Maher. Many former Lewiston residents gathered for a reunion at the Two Wells Church.

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"Life around the Light' . A History of the Mallala District Council Area.
"Two Wells Then and Now" by Bet Williams

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 The Bethesda Church was closed in September 1947 and&nbsp;in 1954 a final service was held and the building subsequently demolished.&nbsp;The better quality stone was later used in the building of the Sunday School&nbsp;hall on the Methodist Churrch land at Drew Street&nbsp;&nbsp;Two Wells.&nbsp;
 On the 29th October 1989, a stone cairn with plaque&nbsp;&nbsp;was unveiled on the Bethesda site by Mrs Edie Pederick and dedicated by the Rev Ken Maher. Many&nbsp;former Lewiston residents gathered for a reunion&nbsp;at the Two Wells&nbsp;Church.
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