​New Hope United Methodist Church

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Marker Text: Located south of Brownsboro in the community known as New Hope. The New Hope United Methodist Church began as a small gathering in a combination school and church building. Church records began in 1884 but service likely date to the 1860s when several pioneer families moved to Vale Springs from the Friendship community. 
     In 1889 members moved their church to land donated by James Thomas Jackson and his wife Mariah "Aunt Click" Jackson. The church and school building was moved to a hill until a new frame building could be erected while located on New Hope Hill. The church was renamed New Hope Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1893 the church established New Hope Cemetery when church members' children contracted typhoid fever, as a small rural church, Sunday services were limited to once a month. Each summer, members would walk for miles to attend the church's revival events held under brush arbors. 
 In 1918 the Reverend B.C. Ansley and his wife, Nannie donated land for the church while they prepared to build a new church members worshipped in a tomato shed on the property. A red brick sanctuary was erected by the winter of 1963. 
   With an active youth group and activities, community gardens and outreach, and involvement in national and state relief efforts. The church congregation has maintained a bond through the generations. Still on the circuit system the New Hope United Methodist Church continues its mission of faith and service, significantly impacting the New Hope community. (2009) 

Marker No: 22442

27 x 42 Aluminum Subject Marker

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Location: ​5 miles south of Brownsboro, Texas 75756 on the corner of FM 314 and FM 3607