Address:
2807 State Rte. 69
Parish, NY 13131
Phone:
315-625-4400
Service Hours:
Sunday School - 9:30 A.M.
Morning Worship – 10:45 A.M.
Our History
The birth of our baby church started with 36 charter members, originally from the Fulton First Church of the Nazarene. An Oswego County map showed push pins of the home located of the entire Fulton congregation. The Village of Parish, and surrounding, had within a group of families sufficient to form a new church.
Sunday morning, June 1, 1980, Rev. Dennis Scott, Pastor of the Fulton Church, announced that a segment of the Fulton congregation was to begin a new church in Parish. It was very difficult for Pastor Scott to express the hardship of this venture of faith. The church had to release many important and supportive members to form a new congregation in another area.
In rustic conditions we established our first meeting place on Graves Road in a barn, for $60 a month. There were fires in the pot-bellied wood stove, a portable organ for music, and outside plumbing for all. Pastor Scott conducted 8:00 AM services and hurried back to the Fulton church after our worship, while we began our Sunday School hour. Interested cows looked in the windows, and roosters auditioned for the choir. A special speaker sought the high ground of a chair seat one Sunday as some mice ran past his feet.
Following the purchase of a home and land on Main Street in Parish, Rev. David Speicher and family came to be our first full-time pastor. The Lord guided our congregation, as we moved from the barn to the garage of the new parsonage, our temporary setting for services. The Sunday School classes were held in different places in the parsonage house and basement. Even in the over-crowded garage, this baby church continued to grow with the coming of new people to join us.
The Lord guided our congregation and friends as the volunteered their time and labor in construction of a new building. Dedication of the church building was held September 9,1983, with 260 people present. Dr. V.H. Lewis, General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, was the guest speaker.
After 4 years of Ministry, Rev. Speicher was called to another church, with Rev. Joe Stump as our second pastor. Pastor Stump was called away and we voted in our third pastor, Rev. Ron Schermerhorn, who came to join us in January of 1990. He was there until 1995 when Rev. Steven Logsdon was our fourth pastor from 1995 until January of 2009. Since January 2009, we are currently being served by Pastor Kevin Smith as our interim pastor.
Sunday morning, June 1, 1980, Rev. Dennis Scott, Pastor of the Fulton Church, announced that a segment of the Fulton congregation was to begin a new church in Parish. It was very difficult for Pastor Scott to express the hardship of this venture of faith. The church had to release many important and supportive members to form a new congregation in another area.
In rustic conditions we established our first meeting place on Graves Road in a barn, for $60 a month. There were fires in the pot-bellied wood stove, a portable organ for music, and outside plumbing for all. Pastor Scott conducted 8:00 AM services and hurried back to the Fulton church after our worship, while we began our Sunday School hour. Interested cows looked in the windows, and roosters auditioned for the choir. A special speaker sought the high ground of a chair seat one Sunday as some mice ran past his feet.
Following the purchase of a home and land on Main Street in Parish, Rev. David Speicher and family came to be our first full-time pastor. The Lord guided our congregation, as we moved from the barn to the garage of the new parsonage, our temporary setting for services. The Sunday School classes were held in different places in the parsonage house and basement. Even in the over-crowded garage, this baby church continued to grow with the coming of new people to join us.
The Lord guided our congregation and friends as the volunteered their time and labor in construction of a new building. Dedication of the church building was held September 9,1983, with 260 people present. Dr. V.H. Lewis, General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, was the guest speaker.
After 4 years of Ministry, Rev. Speicher was called to another church, with Rev. Joe Stump as our second pastor. Pastor Stump was called away and we voted in our third pastor, Rev. Ron Schermerhorn, who came to join us in January of 1990. He was there until 1995 when Rev. Steven Logsdon was our fourth pastor from 1995 until January of 2009. Since January 2009, we are currently being served by Pastor Kevin Smith as our interim pastor.
