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Happenings and History of the
Early United Methodist Church
Click on Admin Council Meeting 11-16-11 for Administration Council Meeting held November 16, 2011.
Click on Admin Council Meeting 10-19-11 for Administration Council Meeting held
October 19, 2011.
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September 21, 2011.
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July 20, 2011.
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June 15, 2011.
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May 18, 2011.
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March 16, 2011.
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February 16, 2011.
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January 19, 2011.
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November 17, 2010.
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October 20, 2010.
Click on Admin Council Meeting 8-18-2010 for Administration Council Meeting held August 18, 2010.
Click on Admin Council Meeting 5-19-2010 for Administration Council Meeting held May 19, 2010.
Click on Admin Council Meeting 3-17-2010 for Administration Council Meeting held March 17, 2010.
Click on Admin Council Meeting 2-24-2010 for Administration Council Meeting held February 24, 2010.
Click on Admin Council Meeting 9-18-2009 for Administration Council Meeting held September 18, 2009.
Click on Administrative Council - June 17, 2009 for minutes from meeting.
Click on 125th Early UMC for sermon & activities from 125th Anniv. of Early UMC, November 23, 2008.
Click on Building-fund July 2008 for Update from the Trustees.
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Click on Building-fund May 2008 for Trustees Notes.
Click on Building-fund February 2008 for Endowment Committee Report.
Click on Building-fund 2007 for Building
Report.
Bishop Julius Calvin Trimble to become Iowa's Bishop
September 1, 2008
 The Jurisdictional Committee on the Episcopacy has assigned Bishop Julius Calvin Trimble to the Iowa Area of the church. He will serve as the spiritual leader of the state’s 192,000 United Methodists beginning September 1, 2008.
Bishop Trimble succeeds Bishop Gregory Palmer, who has been the Resident Bishop of the Iowa area since 2000. Bishop Palmer was assigned by the Committee on the Episcopacy to the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference.
The announcement of Bishop Trimble’s assignment to Iowa was made at the conclusion of the Consecration Service on July 19. Earlier, Bishop Trimble had been elected to the episcopacy on the twenty-fourth ballot of the North Central Jurisdictional Conference on Friday, July 18, 2008.
NEW NORTHWEST DISTRICT 2007
Beginning on July 1, 2007, the Early United Methodist Church will be a part of
the Northwest District.
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHWEST IOWA
< < REV. BERNIE COLORADO will continue to be our District Superintendent and
will be residing in Storm Lake. The address for the Northwest District office is
1206 W. 4th St., Storm Lake, IA 50588.
BISHOP - IOWA AREA OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
We are also a member of the Iowa conference with headquarters in Des Moines.
Bishop Palmer is head of the Iowa Area of the United Methodist Church.
BISHOP PALMER > >
NORTHWEST DISTRICT FIELD OUTREACH MINISTER
 < < < SARAH KITTERMAN STEVENS
The new Field Outreach Minister named for the Northwest District is Sarah Kitterman Stevens. She graduated from Morningside College and later Claremont Graduate University where she was awarded a Masters of Religion with a focus on Women's Studies in Religion. Recently she has been the Project FAITH Coordinator for the Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. A member of Grace UMC in Sioux City, Sarah has also been Chair of worship planning for the Annual Conference Session. She will be a partner in the Northwest District ministry team with the Rev. Bernie
Colorado, District Superintendent.
District Administrative Secretary
JUDI CALHOON > > >
More information on the Iowa United Methodist Church may be found at
www.iaumc.org
September 6, 2007 - The Chronicle
 The Early and Odebolt United Methodist Churches welcomed
a new minister to their congregations. Pastor DeeAnn Klapp recently began
serving the two churches. Pastor DeeAnn and her husband John live in
Correctionville and have four children, with their youngest son Andrew living at
home.
The new pastor is originally from Long Island and was educated in New York. She
attended high school in New Jersey, college in North Dakota, seminary in
Illinois and received her Doctor of Ministry degree from St. Paul School of
Theology in Kansas City, MO in 2002.
Paster DeeAnn has been a United Methodist minister since 1985, serving rural
churches in Iowa. Before coming to Early and Odebolt, she served over 8 years in
Pisgah, Mondamin and Little Sioux.
"My purpose here is to show hungry folk where to find the Living Bread, and to
give satisfied folks an appetite," stated Paster DeeAnn.John Weber is our Lay Leader. The primary task
of the Lay Leader is to gather the hopes and concerns of the congregation and
community; plan with others to address some of these; recommend these plans to
the appropriate administrative bodies and leadership; and actively participate
in and support such programs so that the community may become more loving and
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Early United Methodist Church History
The first Methodist Church services held in this community were conducted in the Prentice school house two miles south of Early. This was some years before the town of Early was established on its present site. A small congregation also met at the school house two miles north of Early, and here church services were held in connection with the services at the Prentice school.
After the town of Early moved north in 1882 to have the benefit of the railroad, the first Methodist Church was built the following year. Just after the church building was enclosed a tornado demolished the structure. Undaunted, the little band of faithful Methodists went to work again and the building was soon completed at the cost of $2800.
The first parsonage was built in July, 1890. The lots for the house were donated and there was a provision in the deed that liquor should never be sold on the premises. This parsonage was remodeled and a kitchen added in 1908. They also remodeled the church in 1910. At that time the league room was enlarged, a metal ceiling put on, and a furnace installed.
 The official board met on January 16, 1920, and it was then decided to build a $25,000 brick church to replace the present structure, the new building to be erected on the old school property across the street north.
The edifice is to be modern in every respect and in appearance will be of Gothic architecture. The main floor will have six classrooms and a large auditorium. The pulpit will be placed in one corner of the auditorium. In the basement there will be a big reception room and a banquet room, furnace room, kitchen, lavatories, and cloak room. This church was dedicated May 5, 1921.
A building committee was responsible for providing a fine modern parsonage in the year 1949.
In 1955, the Early Methodist Church was determined to be inadequate in meeting the needs of a growing congregation. Remodeling was considered to be too costly. So it was recommended that a new building be constructed consisting of a sanctuary, educational unit and dining area. The church was to be built in a new location at the northwest corner of Early.
 The exterior of the building is of a modified Colonial design built on one level. An aluminum spire tops the tower. The educational unit consists of six classrooms, two restrooms and a kitchenette. The fellowship room is named the Mabel Allen Lounge.
The Furrow Memorial hall was added to the church in the summer of 1976 (left side in photo at right). It includes a stage, dining area with seating for 240 people and a completely equipped kitchen. In 1976, the Hall and kitchen were air-conditioned. A thorough history of the Early Churches may be found in the 1982 Early Centennial Book.
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