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Historic Rural Churches
Wesleyanna Memorial
Methodist Church,
Built in 1870
Sam Eades
This quaint historic country
Church is a testament to a
congregation that desires to preserve j
a place of worship. Wesleyanna
Methodist is a sweet little church in
Screven County that has been well
cared for by the ancestors of the
original founders.
Most of the people in this
community weren’t even bom when the Church was still active, but according to Cheryl
Bazemore, whose grandparents were among the builders of the Church, a homecoming
is held by descendants of the congregation each year. That is why the ceiling fans were
added. A truly significant fact about this church is its absolute authenticity. It stands
today as it did the day James Bazemore and the others put all their tools aside and entered
the church for its very first service. Being in the heart of pine country, the church was
completely constructed, inside and out, of pine wood sawed and shaped by local residents.
The decorative elements, furniture and pews within are all made of pine. The exterior is
distinctive because of the use of horizontal siding on the front and back but, employing
board and batten techniques for both side walls.
Wesleyanna is a perfect example of a rural, 19th century meeting house in the back
woods. The interior of the church has been beautifully kept and is a great tribute to the old
South Georgia rural church architecture.
Wesleyanna Methodist was organized in 1868 under a bush arbor on the Stephen D.
Lewis farm by Elder Theo. A. Pharr, John Hardy Bolton, Julia Wells Bolton, Stephen D.
Lewis, Martha Howard Lewis, Paul Jenkins, Temperance Jenkins, Fulton L. Oglesby,
Mary Bolton Oglesby and others on land given by Alexander James Wells and Isaac
Thomas Bazemore. Among the early preachers were John Jenkins, W.D. Smith, Abisha
Humphrey Bazemore, A.F. Ellington, Emory F. Dean, Jacob Perry Bazemore, David
Matthews Bazemore, A.M. Johnson and John W. Roach.
In June of 1957, Church and cemetery set aside as perpetual memorial to the founders
by deed from Methodist Conference to Trustees, all of whom are descendants. They
are Dora Bazemore Brooker, E. Lampkin Bazemore, I. Thomas Sanders, James Eugene
Bazemore, Charles Thurman Hopkins, Sr., Lilia Sanders Smith, John W. Gross, Palmer
A. Bazemore and Bertha Hoffman. A sign over the entrance to the church yard dates the
building to 1870.
The cemetery is in great shape and a fence with alternating white and green wooden
slats adorn it. It’s definitely worth the drive to see the Church and the grounds. It is truly a
wonderful part of history for Screven County.
Buck Creek UMC
2545 Buck Creek Rd
Sylvania, GA 30442
Church: 912-863-4165
Pastor: Carroll Gay
cell: (478) 494-6228
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
Wednesday Family Dinner
and Bible Study: 6 p.m.
The City of Victory
103 Azalea Dr.,
Sylvania, GA 30467
912-564-5745
Pastor: Nicole Peeples
Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.
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Double Heads Baptist
Church
141 Captola Road
Sylvania, GA., (912) 863-
6101 Pastor: BJ Home
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study:
6:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Sylvania
214 S. Main Street
Sylvania, GA. 30467
Pastor: Rev Wayne Ayer
Sunday School: 9:45 am
Morning Worship: 11:00 am
Evening Worship: 6:30 pm
Wednesday Night Adult Bible
Study: 6:45 pm
Children’s Snack Supper: 5:30 pm
Children’s Choirs: 6:00 pm
RA’s/GA’s/Mission Friends 6:45 pm
Youth (7-12 grades):6:00 pm
Goloid Baptist Church
296 Goloid Church Road
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
(912)863-766(7
Pastor, Keith McFeely
Sunday Worship: 10:00 A.M.
Jackson Baptist
Church
5554 Newington Highway
Sylvania, GA. 30442
(912)829-3908
Ralph Dixon, Pastor
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday Night Worship: 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Prayer
Meeting & Children’s Activi
ties; 6:30 p.m.
Memorial Baptist
Church
126 Mock Street, Sylvania.
Church Phone 912-564-2409.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.,
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday Night Prayer
Meeting 7:00 p.m. Pastor Bill
Kent.
Middle Ground Baptist
Church
259 Middleground Road
Sylvania, Ga. Sunday School
9:45 am. and morning wor
ship 11:00 am. Sunday
evening worship, 6:00 pm.
Wednesday night prayer
meeting, 6:30 pm. The current
interim Pastor is Dr. Charlie
Cooper.
Newington United
Methodist Church
Middleground Road
Parker Grove
Missionary Baptist
Church
5314 Scarboro Highway
Rocky Ford, GA 30455
Pastor: Elder Levon Alston
Sunday School - 9am
Morning Worship Service - 10am
Midweek Worship Service -
Wednesday at 7pm
For more information contact
Jen Ruffin 912-682-4493
Red Bluff Independent
Baptist Church
215 Red Bluff Rd.
Sunday School begins at 10
a.m. and worship services at
11 a.m. Sunday night worship
at 6 p.m. and Wednesday
services at 6 p.m. Pastor
Spike Albritton and may be
reached at 904-838-2179. All
are welcome.
St. Michael’s Episcopal
Church
Eucharistic Services begin
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. St.
Michael’s Episcopal Church
is located on Liberty St. next
to the park in Waynesboro.
Call 706-554-3465 for more
information. Website:
stmichaelswaynesboro .org
Larry Jeison, Priest in Charge.
Trinity Episcopal Church
4401 Country Club Rd,
Statesboro, 30458. Trinity
Episcopal is currently
celebrating Sunday Eucharist
at 9:30 a.m. Father Charles
Todd, Rector. Please call the
church office at 912-489-4208
Bay Branch Baptist
Church
4029 Millen Hwy
Sylvania, Ga 30467
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service 11:00
Pastor: Rev. Blake Hicks
Bethel Brick United
Methodist Church
1259 Oglethrope Trail
Sylvania, GA. 30467
(912)829-6924
New Pastor: John Powell
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday: Bible Study &
Prayer: 12 noon
Sunday Children Church:
11:30 a.m.
First United Methodist
Church
201 N. Main Street,
Sylvania, GA 30467
912-564-2747
Pastor: Dorsia Atkinson
Sunday School: 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship: 9:00 A.M.
(In Fellowship Hall)
11:00 A.M. (In The Sanctuary)
Tuesdays: School Prayer
Breakfast (Middle & High
School) 7:00 A.M.
Adult Bible Study 1:00 pm
Wednesday:
Supper & Devotional
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Youth & Children Activities
6:00 - 7:30 pm
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Newington, Georgia 30446
912-829-3318
Sunday School (all ages) 10 am
Sunday Morning: 11 a.m.
Wednesday: Choir Practice 7 pm
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Karen R. Zeigler
Everyone is welcome
Oak Hill Baptist
Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Road
Millen, GA 30442
478-982-1616
Pastor: Joshua Johnson
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
No Sunday Night Services
Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Adult Bible Study - Youth
Group - Team Kid
www.oakhillmillen.com
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