In 1902, the first pastor on record was the Reverend Leander A. Carter when the church was received into the Annual Conference as a mission church named Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church.
1911 - 1916 Pastors James D. Brown, I. H. Carpenter, and Richard Redford served our church.
1916 Worship was held in the Odd Fellowhip Building on Briggs Street.
1932 Rev. C. H. was appointed pastor. Ashbury Church was host to the Washington Annual
Conference.
1936 Reverend Elijah Mitchell was appointed pastor.
1940 The church was relocated to 1322 Marion Street and renamed Mitchell Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church.
1940 Rev. S. W. Field was appointed pastor.
1942 Rev. Thomas Novel Hodges led the church in burning the mortgage of $1, 678.00, which was
remodeled at a cost of $3,000.00, and personage was purchased at 608 Boas Street. A
children's choir was organized.
1951 Reverend George E. Davis was appointed pastor. Church membership increased form 119
members in 1951 to 243 members in 1969.
1954 A girl's basketball team was formed, and they won a YMCA Trophy.
1957 A parsonage and church were purchased. The house was located at 1612 Herr Street, and
the church was on Women's Society of Christian Service), and the Sixty Six Club were
established.
1967 Reverend Davis participated in a mission to the Philippines. He facilitated the transfer of
Mitchell Memorial Church from the Central Jurisdiction (Washington Conference) into the
Northern Jurisdiction (Pennsylvania Conference). It was the catalyst that led to the end of
racial segregational in the infrastructure of the Methodist Church.
1968 The Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches merged and the all Black Central
Jurisdiction was disbanded.
1969 Rev. George E. Davis retired, and Rev. George Nicholas was appointed pastor.
1970-1971 Rev. Ralph King was appointed. The Sunday School Annex was remodeled, and pre-school
directed by the Neighborhood Center was established. The Gospel Choir and College Fund
were established.
1976 Rev. Joseph A. Davis, a retired Army Chaplain, was appointed. Two Houses were
purchased to be used for future expansion.
1980 An extensive renovation program costing over $98,000.00 begun, and was completed
in 1981. An additional $10,000.00 was spent on the parsonage.
1985 Reverend Joseph A. Davis ended his 46 years of active ministery, and
Reverend James A. Bishop, Jr., was appointed pastor.
1989 Reverend Bishop became the last pastor of the former Mitchell Memorial United
Methodist Church.
1995 Rev. James A. Bishop, Jr., was appointed to the Altoona District in Pennsylvania.
1995 Rev. Michael A. H. McKinney from the Buffalo, NY area became pastor. During his
pastorate, our congregation fellowshipped with a Jewish congregation on several
occasions in their synagogue in Mechanicsburg, PA and in our Church. Also, a
lending library was created.
1999 Rev. Michael A. H. McKinney was appointed back to the New York are Conference.
1999 Rev. Y'Lon M. Dozier was appointed pastor and became the first female to pastor
either of the former churches or the newly formed one. Rev. Dozier guided the
congrega tion into the Nurture Outreach Witness (NOW) program, a ministry of the
United Methodist Church. She developed programs, such as: Seekers, a group of
people meeting to ask questions they had about United Methodism and the workings
of the local church; Caregivers, a group that visited sick and shut in members; pulpit
exchanges with pastors of different faiths; OWLs (Older & Wiser Seniors), a group of
seniors that met regularly to pray and socialize, computer classes for older adults,
and Children's Church, during her pastorate.
2002 Rev. Dozier was appointed to the Altoona District.
2002 Rev. Vaughn C. Glover, Jr., was appointed to CCMMUMC. He has had to oversee the
removal of the asbestos that was in the furnace room and the installation of a new
furnace. He was instrumental in the decision to share the facilities with the Greater
Heights congregation when they were in need of a place to worship. Also, under his
leadership, the Children's Choir, Men's Chorus, and the F.U.N. (Fellowship and Unity
with our Neighbors) outreach ministry have all been revived. Pastor Glover has been
pastor of two churches. He served the Fifth Street United Methodist Church in
Harrisburg and was their Spiritual leader when they voted to sell their property
to Bethel AME Church.
2007 Rev. Glover was appointed to the York District in June of 2007.
2007 Reverend Andrew T. Bradley, Sr., was appointed pastor . Rev. Bradley came from
Church of Good Sheppard United Methodist Church, Altoona District, Tyrone, PA.
Rev. Bradley was pastor at Cross Roads United Methodist Church, York District.
Prior appointments were with African Methodist Episcopal Church. Currently serves
the Central PA Conference on the Board of Ordain Ministry, and co-chairperson of
Commission on Religion and Race. 2012 Reverend John L Kurtz appointed pastor of Camp Curtin Memorial Mitchell
United Methodist Church.
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