On Sunday morning, August 24th, Duffey Memorial Church will celebrate 175 years of gathering for worship at the same corner in the heart of Moorefield. After worshiping in the same chapel shared with other denominations, the Methodists of Moorefield built their own building in 1850 at the location of Duffey Memorial’s present building on the corner of Winchester Avenue and North Elm Street. The 1850 building was replaced by the congregation’s present sanctuary in 1922. This 1922 building was the Heritage weekend tile building in 2022.
Methodism has a long history in Moorefield. Francis Asbury, who would be elected as one of the first two Methodist bishops in the whole world later that year, recorded in his journal a trip to Moorefield in 1784. It seems likely that the first Methodist congregation in Moorefield was organized at least two hundred years ago, but that cannot be documented. Because the date of the construction of the first church building on the corner of Winchester Avenue and North Elm Street can be documented, the church has chosen to celebrate the anniversary of this event.
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