THE COLLINS CHAPEL UNITED M3THODIST CHURCH

by

c. Fra~~lin Grill, Conference Historian

Late in 1958, the Reverend Doctor F. Lowry , native Lumbee and retired school

teacher, was the appointed pastor at Ashpole Church. ifuile there he began a venture

into the northern part of Robeson County near Lumber Bridge to preach to his native

Lmnbees and encourage them to assemble into a small mission in order to become a

church. The response was sLow and difficult but through respect for the kind pastor

whose goal in life was to found Lumbee churches, some people did begin to meet. ::1e

solicited the support of Dr. J. E. Garlington, superintendent of the 1rJilmington

District and pictured a bright future for this church in an area that until now

was not serving his people. Since the North Carolina Conference was at the time

in the midst of a church extension explosion, Garlington listened to these over-

tures and saw how such a promising new congregation fit into the program for

founding new churches.

Out of a small number of Sund~ school classes with a total of about forty-

seven persons, people were called to become the first charter members of a new

church. At a small ceremony held on May1, 1959, the Rev. D. F. ioTN'ry and Dr.

J. E. Garlington organized a native American congregation of fifteen members at

Lumber Bridge in Robeson County.

other agents in the ear~ foundation of the congregation, in addition to

Lmvry and Garlington were Dr. Thomas A. Collins, then executive director of the

Conference Board of Hissions and Dr. O. L. Hatha1<l'ay,who succeeded Collins in

that capacity in 1959. Collins was instrumental in securing an Am1CO steel

building from ARMCO Drainage and Metal Products, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia and had

it erected by local labor on a lot about two and a half miles south of Lumber

Bridge purchased by the Board of Nissions, Inc. on November 11, 1958 from Ellen

Collins and held by the board for use by the new congregation. The church wasnamed in honor of the fami~ that provided the land for the new building.

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That particular site has been the continuous location of Collins Chapel

church although several additions have been made to the steel building. On

September 8, 1978, the original site located near the intersection of count,r

roads 1750 and 1749 was finally deeded to Hilliam A. Locklear, Everett HcNeil,

Dollie Locklear and Franklin Collins, trustees of Collins Chapel United Hethodist

Church. It contains about an acre of land.

D. F. Lowry continued to be vitally interested in the grm .•th of the new

congregation and garnered support for the faithful while t-Titnessingto the unfaith-

ful to "mend their ways" and live for God and become a part of the fledgling con-

gregation which sang, pr~ed and shared inside of the steel chapel. He solicited

financial support from every quarter to aid "7ith the meager resources provided by

the people. Such was his style as i<»Try enabled the beginning of ~llins Chapel

and several other Lumbee churches throughout Robeson County. In all, Lm~

preached in about u.•elve churches, several of which he organized, and most of

which he at some time served as pastor and never got outside of Robeson and Bladen

Count,r. Two of his churches were just across the line from Robeson in South

Carolina.

Another early advocate for Lumbee ,.•ork among the Hethodists l.•as the Rev.

Hampton Anderson, a Choctaw Indian, former district superintendent at the Oklahoma

Indian Mission and a consultant with the Division of National Missions of the Board

of Missions of The Methodist Church in Philadelphia. On a visit to the L~~bee

Methodist churches in the area, he met the neH' congregation at Lumber Bridge in

1962 and prepared an incisive report for Dr. Allen B. Rice, executive secretary

of the National Division of the Board of Missions of the General Church. F~s

sQmmary of the state of the church and the promise for the future of Xethodism

among the Lumbees is included here in order to orovide an on-site reoort of the~ ..desire of the Reverend Clyde S. Boggs, presently superintendent of the district,

to qualify the ministers educationally and try to seek a union of the HolinessMethodist churches and the Conference churches into a stronger Methodism.

DeC&Juber4, 1962.

Dr. A1len B. Rioer~·recutive Secretary, I'IorueSectionDivision of Hational l·ti.ssiona1701Arch StreetPhiladelphia 3, Pennsylvania.

Dear Doctor RiM:

During my visit to the Lumbee Indians, vhich 1a • geographicalratllltr than a triOOJ. desi(,'l'lation, I vas af'forded oonaid.ratile opportun1t7to study the ai tuntion rega:rding preeant work and the pee.bUi V 01extendill.g that work through union \d th the Nethod1tJt Hol••••• ohurohu.

Reverend Clyde S. Doggs, the District SuperintAllllet, met ••at Fayetteville and took me to several of our ohurohaa t.bat atternoonand va had a )rofi table visit with Reverend Dootor 'IA:.Ner7. It W88 areal pleasure for me to renev l'fI1 acquaintanc. with h1mand lain somefint-hand in.formation about the history of the H"thodiet atmroh amongthe I.i.mlbee people. '!he next day ve visited some more o~ and gotto l:1eet some of' the members. RevurondBoggs vas most helpfal vi th ideasabout futuro procedurea and, in 8ftl7 way, gave evidenoe fit !de keendeaire to prOllWte the work.

As you are a.w.re) one of the regular V.thodist ollunhes 18First Churoh, PSIi1broke. In thl:t t ohurch the l'Jl.iImbership coulote almostentirely of Lur.lbeeIndians but it also serve. member. of •• tMultyand student bodies or a local ool1ege and some non-Ind1anllot the tovn.It is possible for tJ18 people of this ohuroh to oatoh a 1'U1on ot thegf'eat service they c...'"ln render the total Indian oommuniw. Por thepresent, however, I am in acr-eeme.nt with the District Superintendantthat First Church should be exoluded from the program h••••• 1ft mindfor ~"'le remainder of the Lumbee churobse.

Revcn-end Boggs oalled an all of the pastore and others inter.stedto maet at ?1rst Church, Pembroke, on Friday morning, to ~8' plana forthe future or their people and churcheB. Atter dlscuuioe/ot' matters ineeneral, Reveren.d Boggs pcsed tv.o queotion,: 1) Shall eN!" thurott.8 seek acloser relationship vi th the ministers and membersor thAt .tbodistHoliness Church vhiGh may lead to union? and 2) Wouldt..h81' wloma. asub-distriet tor the rural Lumbee churches aa now constiialW and, in theevent of union, would they tavor the possible e.ta~ of an Ind1sadistrict 'Within the Conference and, in either ea•• , lmde:r Wian leader-ship? The answer to each question vas an eraphat10 "yea·tad I gained theimpression that they ere vill~o do vhatew7 18 n••• iUJU"T incnoe•••act! vi ty and llI01"8 oonoerted action. .

Br.-other lbggs explained that other portions ot •• distriot areoperating under sub-diatriot lee.denhip and. in line vitb __ t practice,he announced that tJle rural w£abJe churches would hencef'orih be a aub.-distrlot.As t he ministers listened to this announcement, I GOuld•••• that it W8.II a

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a. erent moment and one for './hioh BOOla of them had been petie:ntly wi ting forqui te a. long time. The Distriot Superintendent then outUned a three-pointprogJ."lUllfor Bub-d:J.atrict leadarahip: 1) Indues every preaeher lJi th lit oollegedeGree to take tl19 course of study to qualify for Confereaee membership;2) FJnoouragea closer 1I0rki.nc relationship between the }'JI'eeent rural eongre-gations; and 3) Promote, through conversation and othal"Wille, a. desire on thepart of i-!etltodist and. Hethodist lIol:i.ness churches to unite to form a strongsub-district, at least, if not a district of the Con!e~.

Brother' 'lbe:3S said he could find no reason tor 4elaying action ininitiating the program to whioh all appeared to be in hllU"ty acoord and, viththat statement, announced the appointment of Reverendm.on Cummingsas sub-distriot Lsadsr-, Lnasmueh as Brother Cunmdngs is at pniI•• t the on1y Indianpastor in full connection vith the Conference, but that it. ta anticipatedotller Indian pastors viII quali.f'y upon completing the oCd"lle or study. Inthat eventuality, })rother Boggs stated that sub-odistrie\ leadership wouldbe on a rotating basis. He further stated that, in the ...-nt ot union, helIould exert every ef'fort to have a..1.1 of the Lumbee ohurCbM let up as oneof the districts of the Conferenoe, vi th an 1m!!an as AJlllrinwnden'i.

Hevarend Cummingswas a bit hesitant about acoepting the respon-sibility of leadership but, after reflection, graciously"ceptad and saidhe 'Woulddo evorything possible to carry out the three-polnt program.

During the course of the conferenos, Doctor Lowry told us thatthe l<ethodist Holiness people separated .from the parent \)ody years agobecause those then in author! ty did not look 'With tavor" •• inoorporatingall of the Indian churches into a separate district, and -.td: "NowthatDoctor Boege has set us up as a sub-district vi th the poa1 bi1i ty ofbecomin g a district, the Hethodist Holiness people vill WIleoN theopportun1 ty to return It •

~le were informed that the old Bishop of' the V.thodist HolinessChuroh has been retired on account, of illness and that U has been sueeeeded ,for one year, by a younger minister wo lives in anothel' .ounty. It was alsoreported that a Layman of the Hethodist Holiness Cburch lsad conduoted arecent surveY'\lhich indicated a v.illingness on the P6ri 01 a. majority of' theministers and members to seek uniill vi th the parent 0'hUNh. WitJ:t1 theproposals ttdvaneed b,y Reverend Boggs looking toward the u1~t. creationof' an Indian district, it ",ould appear that the desire t. tmion ahould nowbe mueh greater, if' not unanimous.

It was suggeated that a series of' joint sern••• tor the two groups,with an in vi tation to all internsted persons to attend, ".ud do JD:W)h topromote harmony and develop a genuine desire tar un! ty. 1'h!s sug~estion wastavorably reoeived and it was deoided to hold the meet1ag at h'ospect church.starting on AprU 1 and ending on the following Sunday. '!be writer vasinrl ted to cendue t niGht aervio8s and u,ssist during the •• with trainingolasses for pastol'"s and other leaders. ill agreed to ~te the undertaking.From conver8ations. 'With the ministers and some ot the mea.... I am persuadedtha.t the proposed meeting vill do muoh to cement the tie, and build a. strongunit ot the Conterence. The idea of the joint servic •• ." sohool stronglyappealed to Reverend fuggs.

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Although you are conversant with the general situation, I suhnitthe following factors which appear to me to be of vi tal at.pirioanoe inconsiderinG future plans:

1) T'nere are reported to be at least .3.3.000 ilm_ Indians andmoat, or the:rn live in Robeson county, although there are twocongregations just across the line in South OIIrolina,

2) These' people t.race their anaestory to Euro~ tore bears andto several Indian tribes, inoluding the ~ and Cherokee.,

.3) They claim to be Indians and want to be regswled as Inddana andnot as whites, having obtained governmental ~ognit1on as Indians,notwi thstanding that the majority are fair tomPl8".d.onedand haveevery appearance of being all white,

4) It 'Wouldappear that, in the past and perhalll·.DOW in some quarte;rs,the dominant society did not and me:::!not now_cord them f'1.rst.-c1a8Sstatus,

,) l"here are at Leaet 12,000 Lu:mooe stud.$JlW nJ'Olled in grade andhigh sohools througbout the county,

6) It 'Wouldappear that nc more than Olll!t-third or the total Indianpopulation Ls identified \lith any ahurch, 1no1uding Hethodists,llapUsth, Het,llOdist Holiness, and Church ot 004, but that nonative religion or practice prevo.Ua cnong Il.....christinna,

7) Hony of these peopla ownland and era 'Well-to-do ft'..rmEJrB andtrbl.demn.e:u, far outnumber-Ing the teuant farI'lllre1ement, 8,1thoughone ul' :JJ.echurches is composed a:l.l:!lost81l~ of tenant tBJnil1es,

$) ;.'iuny have finished hlgh school and the pero~e o.f oollegegraduates i8 high, baspealdng a vholeeome d•• tr.e for aelt-improwm.ent.

I 'Wasdelighted. to meet Reverend Robert 'Ha.n.fs"Ulllof First Church,Pembroke and to Learn that he has a str'ong desire to Gel"'llJ ~ a missionaryoapaoity to Ind.lan p&oplo. I 'Wassorry to learn that he lIlY not freelyserve the InJlan oommunityand r9lllEdn obedient to the ~ or the leadersof his chur-ch, as Vas demonstrated 'Whena group ministry va attempted. Itorono somcwhat as a surprise to hear hilll say that he desirM to be relieved ofthe pastorate ot First Church at the end of the CUl"l"Gnt.,... It does ap}»a1",however, that his ministry has been hampered since, :1.ntU last four and one-half year period, the membership o£ his church reflects a _t gain or DO monthan thirty. Despite that fact, I belie~ he should have $he oprortmlity torealize his mnbition and I am per-suaded that he haa tho al:d.l1ty and to..lenteto render a great servioe in a. striotly mieB10nfield.

I conour in Rovnr-and Bogcs t announeed program an4' strongly urge everyeffort to advanee ita fulfillment.

Sincerely yours,

II. v, Anderson

co Rev. Clyde S. Dor:gs.V

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As a result of the consultation by H. W. Anderson, the National Division

of the General Church approved several of the Lumbee churches for subsequent

financial grants, salary support and promotion for Advance Special giving. Some

of these programs still exist tod~ as the General Church supports ethnic minority

congregations and church development.

The practice for church extension in the North Carolina Conference in the

1950's was to place a young promising minister as pastor to a new congregation

at a station appointment, -so on Februar,v 1, 1960 the Reverend Donald Hanks of

OrrQ~ was assigned as pastor at Collins Chapel. This appointment lasted only

a few months before discovering that a caucasian minister did not have the credibility

to lead the native American congregation. The congregation insisted on having Lowry

as their pastor, so the Rev. Doctor F. Lowry , the founding pastor, was appointed to

serve the congregation on what was then called the Ashpole Circuit.

The next year Lowry secured Johnny Bullard and Oscar Cummings, two local preachers,

to assist him and asked the Board of Missions to support them financially. One of

the local preachers tror-ked at Collins Chapel and the other at Philadelphus near

Red Springs which had been organized just two weeks earlier than the Lumber Bridge

church. Lowr,v appealed to conference funds to pay the local preachers, general

church funds to pay for educational and program materials, church extension funds

to build classrooms adjacent to the steel building and was unusually successful

in these regards. Collins Chapel being a new congregation, it qualified for a

Ten Dollar Club grant and Lowry siezed the oppor-tum.ty to get this commitment.

In 1963 Ja:de Locklear i-Jasappointed pastor at Collins Chapel. In addition

to being a good pastor, Jakie also had mechanical skills. 14ith the financial

commitments I.o-\.rryhad secured, he and Jakie teamed up to get the vJOrk started

on the brick and block addition. The Reverend LaFon C. Vereen, then executive

of the Conference Board of Missions, coo~iinated the ad~inistration of theproject, drawing on other sources of funds to supplement the meager building fund.

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With the creation of two new districts in the Conference in 1964, the Lumbee

churches in Robeson County were transferred from the Wilmington District to the

Fayetteville District. Locklear continued as pastor and the vTork progressed to

develop plans for the classroom addition.

Another agent vlOrking on behalf of Collins Chapel during tl:is period .•..rhi.Le

building plans were being formulated was the Reverend Simeon Cummi.ngs who vlaS

serving as pastor of Prospect Church. Heanwhile, church membership reached 72

persons, the highest it had ever been. and a record thatwas not surpassed for fifteen

years. Cummi.ngs had contact ,dth the National Division now located in Netr York.

and became a conduit for financial assistance through that agency for funding the

building program.

The Reverend French R. Lowry. a retired Lumbee supply preacher, was appointed

pastor at Collins Chapel in 1967. At the same time, the Rev. D. F. lowry was actingr-as Director of Church Extension for the Pembroke area which meap~upporting native

American church gr-owth , The time had come to move ahead with tlle plans to build.

Branch Street Church in Lumberton, and Philadelphus in Red Springs, were both re-

moved from the charge in order to concentrate on the building project. Since

French Lowry was not reappointed in 1968, it may have become apparent that the

only person who could guide this project through Has the founder, D. F. lowry.

Once again he was appointed to CoLl.Lns Chapel as the leader of the flock. It may

be simplistic to say, but cannot be overemphasized, that Doctor L~~ry was still

the beloved pastor championing the cause for his friends at Collins Chapel. Some

of his correspondance which is still on record has evidence of his style in

soliciting support for the church. One example was his correspondance with Dr.M. IrJilsonNesbitt, Director of Church Affairs of The Duke Endocmerrt, Lowry's

persistent appeal to this source for funding building projects paid off with

a $6,000.00 grant from the Durham Endowmerrt,

The project to construct the educational facilities was budgeted to cost

$25,000, an energetic pr,ogram for only 72 members, but D. F. Lowry 1,oJ'asthe leader.

DOCTER r, LOWRY, MINISTER

PHONE 5411

PEMBROKE. N, C,

Dear Brother Ncoui~:Here are the rac ta In tne Collins Chape.! u•.•......ldi:nc proccdure:

Vie bC[.DJl \".'ith a Lt ttle more than $3,000.00 dollars in the Oui.l..ding fund.

\':e wen t up to 'tne Par-o Le Boar-d , in Raleigh and asked f'or Lewi a Cummings,

a I'orlller contractor, and a good carpente1and a prisoner for drunken dri v-

inE~; and, they placed him 011wo.r~:: l:eler~e and placed under~1t~ care.

I had to drive to the pr-Lacn camp.•ltt mt.i.ea, and from there to the chur cn11,,) ::liles-work 0 .111.'0. tnen back to camp, t.uen on 1l0me-5bmlles daily-1'or me.

~1'ter W01:Kinetne one prisoner for about tv:O weeks I the Supt.at tne camp cave UD ano tne r p.ri eorie.r , Whomwas' a l.'in1shed carpenter, tnen

a few weeks Lauo.r , tney aaai.gned a third prisonerwho-f'ormerly-r:as a con-

'tz-ac tor- in buildlllG nomen in Soutn Caroline., tnus giVing us tnree gOOD

carpen t e.ca on +ne JOb at ra- price. '/'J"..TIle tHree men weze, vaz : Lew1D Oummfnge, urother to Hev.

S. ]i'. Oum.m.nga, Jus. Cnavas , 01' l-e!!lb~'oke,and Roy Harrison, of' Greenvill,

Soutn Cfu'ollna-all 0:1:' them wer e Good carpenters: I had to pick tnelll up

at the p.r i eon cauip eacn morrnng and deliver them back to camp each day-

six=dayo to tlle week. I was not rear.rul. of tllem-the parole man at Heleigh

#~ told me in cane one Vi(;1111d .:nw I would not nave to ~l1oot_l):i.-!E",

I preacned to tneso tnree prisoners, making Good boys o:r'..•t~eL! to tee cxt.cn t tl.w.tlJ--aLl t.hr ee have been e~ r r-oe , two of t.heiu were

at my CllUI'Cl1 Lao t 0W1dayi'or tne close of' our week's r evtvaf , out ot ten

conf'e sn iona , we capt i zed Oi[;ht-ty(o went to the baptist ••(\/~t a pi ~}

"1iO\/", tui o \',8.3 to be a "P/\Y AS YOU ~OBII and if you can t t

pay don••t eo. \ihen we spent all the [{AUT r:1011ey--S4,500.00plus the localtroaoury and tne 4tl1.....01U1clayof.'feringo, plus gifts 1'r01.lfriendo, and the~--~2, ,00.00 ..,loon r'rom tho Conference Board; tuen, inorder to keep the work

goinG, my wi rc and I went to t.ne local bani{ and borrowed $4,000.00 and.-. ~.

placed 1. t in t.ne BankM Hod Springs-(ist. Union Bank) to the credi t of•Collins Dldg. Fund•. and tne \'il)rk kept go1~we ran out of money agaf.n

and I personslly placed ~€JOO.OO 01' my own money to the credit 01' theJUde; Pund-ctne work went orland lastly I recent'J~ut $400.00 more to tne

AUG 2 1 1969

DOCTER F, LOWRY, MINISTER

PHONE 5411

PEMBROKE. N. C.

'7)!tr~·~~, I' cJ a

}J1 ,;~~

oii'oai'tor Collins Bldg;

FU!.H1-"tflU~ makf.ng a total ofS:;5,OOU.OO deposited to rne credit 01' tne

BuildinG Fund Ior ttle pr0e.~. The work didnbt stop

un t1.J. ~ was l'inished. Tho bUl1dJ_nG

naa t,t~e uecoond paint coat out-side, and 1.S !~ly

paarrt ed in

side;

l' 1.na.Liynot n perDon .has

been aolo to pass and looka 1; tne worx and ask ~I' we nad .run Qu:t

01' rmance, Its ye t a oig puzzle tt"' some of t~J.epeople an tho corununf vs 11017 'the wor'k Kept; on g01.nG "I~ t110Uta l)L·CaK. It HJ now a c61np; eta tu.rn-J\:oy-jo e, HoweverIwe 0\7e SOMe

recent accounts not y e t due-pay as you go means every )0days. \'10 have every thing but the curtains di vidinc

the two bir; rooGls.No·I":, Dr. ir you will 80n<1your S:G,ooo.oo grant passed on July 2':;1~0

'J:

hn.vc$2,000.00

pay

BrotherLa Fan C. Vereen

I-~aleigh, li'ortn Carolina and

rrin corne dov.n with his t/2.l~~r/>J~r)11f'rotn tho ~lO.OO club gra.71t ne and-I.. will

;"P*; _

j,.u•••.£~l!..every thinG tne churcn owesexcop~t110 loon 1'rom the local

l)oard ;;;;2,500.00

D.F.

n"ll' j'On '1"\ r'O'T'!"y I~O\'I",. ""~ ~,, J 0..1-1. J _." I I •

) - ." ~.JS- .10 - CO:Tle Dee us.•

It is now 12/~ A.rJ.

~!/drc;§Ar:D. :£.1 •

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It was during Lowry's three-year pastorate that the building was erected

begun with a pledge and commitment of personal funds to launch the project.

His eagerness to begin may be seen in correspondance he had with Bishop Paul

N. Garber as ear~ as August 15, 1967."E am mailing to you a rough sketch of what is desperately

needed at once at Collins Chapel. Kindly have Dr. Nesbit, (sic)our architect, and Dr. Eubank (Dr. Graham S. Eubank, FayettevilleDistrict Superintendent) come at their earliest convenience amddetermine the needs, and prepare the blue-print. Thank you.

Bishop, as you know, Dr. Harr,y S. Komuro, Executive Secretar,yHissions and Provisional Annual Conference has money for the Tndf.anprojects of the t1ethodist Churches throughout the U. S. Dr. Komuro'saddress; 475 Riverside Drive, N~d York, N. Y. 10027.

It would t~~e quite some time to get money from either theDuke Foundation, Extension Board, or the $10.00 Club. Now, if youwould have Dr. KomUl~o to appropriate me a 1200.00 supplement salar,yfor this conference year, Mrs. Lo1~ and I would go to our localbank and borrow $1200.00 and put the material on the ground at thechurch as soon as the architect would prepare the blue print andgive us the order for the material.1I

For the completion of the needed classroom space, a loan of $2,500.00

was secured from the Conference Board of Missions, the first of several such

credits used for the completion, furnishing, remodeling and repairing of the

present church facility from time to time.

With the creation of the Rockingham District in 1972, the Lumbee churches

were placed in that geographic division. Dr. Joyce V. Early was district

superintendent. and the Reverend t'lilliamJ. locklear, a part-time lay pastor

was appointed preacher. Unfortunate~, instead of the church membership

growing n~j that additional facilities were provided, it declined during a

three year period to 51. It was quite a day for celebration in the summer

of 1973 'tolhenthe building loan was fully repaid and the congregation was

finally debt-free. Philadelphus was again added to the charge, and so it

remained, a two-point charge until 1979 when the Robeson Coun~ Cooperative

Ministr,y was est,ablished under the direction of the Reverend Simeon CufiWlingsfor Ashpole Center, Branch Street,Collins Chapel, Fairview, Hickory Grove,

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Philadelphus and Sandy Plains churches. The Cooperative Hinistry now has the

determination of how to deploy variously two or three ministers in addition to

the director. The Reverend Jerry Low~ became Director of the Cooperative

Minist~ in 1985.The most recent assessments of the condition of the church facilities

at Collins Chapel included the need for proper heating and cooling, roof repairs,

cracks in th", foundation and the need for carpeting. All of these needs are

being addressed by the combination of local funds, grants and a Conference loan.

The present membership at Collins Chapel is reported at 80 members.

CF..ARGE CHURCHES PASTOR HEl'mERSHIP

1958-59 1"ilmington District, Or'gam.zed Hay 1, 1959, D. F. Lowry , Ashpole Ct.Collins Chapel 15

1959-60 Ashpole Circuit Ashpole, Collins Chapel D. F. Low~ 351960-61 AShpole Circuit Ashpole, Collins Chapel D. F. Lmv~ 36

(Feb.' 1, 1960; Bonald Hanks)

1961-62 Collins Chapel Collins , Philadelphus D. F. Low~ 471962-63 Collins Chapel Collins, Philadelphus D. F. Lowry 50

Branch StreetFayetteville District

1963-64 Pembroke Collins, Philadelphus Jakie Locklear 601964-65 Pembroke Collins, Philadelphus Jakie Locklear 701965-66 Philadelphus Collins, Philadelphus Jakie Locklear 711966-67 Prospect-Collins Chapel Prospect, Collins Jakie Locklear 701967-68 Collins Chapel Collins Chapel French R. Lowry 721968-69 Collins Chapel Collins Chapel D. F. Lo~ 711969-70 Collins Chapel Collins Chapel D. F. Lowry 711970-71 Collins Chapel Collins Chapel D. F. Lowry 451971-72 Collins Chapel Collins Chapel 1r-lilliamJ. Locklear 51

Rockingham District1972-73 Collins Chapel Collins Chapel l:JilliamJ. Locklear 52

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YEAR CHARGE Ch'DRCHES PASTOR 11S11BERSHIP

1973-74 Collins Chapel Collins, Philadelphus Hilliam J. Locklear 521974-75 Collins Chapel Collins, ?hiladelphus Hilliam J. Locklear 54

1975-76 Collins Chapel-Philadelphus To be supplied 56Collins, Philadelphus (William J. Locklear)

1976-77 Collins Chapel-Philadelphus l,,[illiamJ. Locklear 56Collins.. Philadelphus

Note: On August 13, 1977. The Reverend Doctor F. Lovny died at 96 years of age.

1977-78 Collins Chapel-Philadelphus Wilton R. C~~ings 56Collins, Philadelphus

1978-79 Oollins Chapel-Philadelphus "Hilton R. Currimings 57Collins, Philadelphus

1979-80 Robeson County Cooperative HinistryAshpole CenterBranch StreetCollins ChapelFairviewHickory GrovePhiladelphusSandy Plains

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