Little Pine Church of the Brethren will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this weekend with special events at the church.

Little Pine celebrates 100th anniversary

Gathering for revivals at a two-room school house in the Little Pine community in 1905 led to the founding of the Ennice community’s first church. The church is celebrating its centennial year the weekend of Sept. 15, with a fall festival and the burying of a time capsule that is set to be brought back to the surface in 50 years. The church also published a centennial book, which highlights the church’s history.

History

As a result of the revivals held in the community in 1905, 13 people professed their faith in the Lord and were subsequently baptized. The next year, the evangelist at the revivals, W.H. Reed, founded the white, wooden church on property donated by Carter Wilson, who, according to the publication, was not nor did become, a member of the church. Services continued in that church until 1941, when members began attending church in a brick building. The brick building had been built to accommodate the need for extra room.

Jeannette Anders, a long-time member of Little Pine Church of the Brethren, wrote the copy for the publication. She noted that in the early days of the church, the church had no plumbing. Light was provided by oil lamps, while heat came from an iron stove located in the middle of the church.

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