100th anniversary Celebration

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Between 1947 and 1965, North Broadway purchased eight nearby properties to use for parking as its congregation grew.

·       It wasn’t until 1989 that the church had an elevator.

·       The major renovation in 1972 held a Capital Campaign that specified for every $2 spent on the building, $1 would be spent on outreach – and helped start the Clintonville Community Resource Center.

·       The generous gift of Lewis and Myra Simpson made possible the addition of a chapel and the creation of a new gathering area in 1997.

· When the original organ was replaced in 1972, it was sold to a man who put it in his house and had it modified to play rolls of music – or a “player” organ.

· Several congregants shared that they used to count the number of sheep in the Good Sheperd window when it was in front of the church. 12? 13?

· The Good Shepherd window has actually been moved twice since it was taken down from the front of the Sanctuary. First, to the window above the entrance doors at the end of the ramp. And second, to its current location when the entryway was enclosed.

· The new stained glass windows in the Sanctuary have specific meanings: the east window represents the creation of the world “The earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). The west window affirms that our lives are in God’s keeping and represents for Christians the ultimate goal “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1).

The Altar Guild was initially appointed by Reverend William Ensley in 1948 and was the first Altar Guild at a Methodist Church in Columbus.

 Memorial flowers continue to dress our table each week. It is a beautiful way to honor loved ones while beautifying our sanctuary each week - as well as on holidays.

 While initially designing and sewing new paraments for the altar, it became a race for the committee to stay ahead as the liturgical seasons changed!

 Now there are many opportunities for EVERYONE to participate in the worship service in some capacity. Contact Blythe Bertsch or Kathy Struve to get involved!

In 1969, senior ministry Dr. Bill Smith was watching as NBUMC began to enter a new era. One turning more decidedly outward.

In 1969, a capital campaign began to remodel the sanctuary but also raised the money needed to start a new social service agency called the Clintonville Beechwold Community Resources Center.

The same capital campaign also built the North Broadway Children's Center wing. Now serving 300 children.

Some of the efforts the outside the church walls have included...

Workcamp-sending youth all over the USA,

Adult Missions ERT helping victims in 15 states, 

The AIDS Service Connection, the Interfaith Hospital Network, The Kairos and Horizon prison ministries, the South of Main Project, Third Avenue UMC partnership, BREAD organization, YWCA Family Center, Near Northside Emergency Material Assistance Program, resistance the the UMC Church's anti-LGBTQ and support of New Life Community Outreach.

Carol Ann Bradley was our longest serving music director from 1976-2008!

In 1881, after The Clinton Chapel closed, Eli Batterson (the Clinton Chapel choir leader) would carry his portable melodeon from his home on Oakland Park to the school house on Clinton Heights, where the congregants met for Sunday School, so that they may have proper music!

Lewis and Myra Simpson (The Simpson Memorial Chapel), co-owned the farmland Graceland Shopping Center was built on in the early 1950s!

The organ in the Simpson Memorial Chapel was custom made and is mostly made of wood, even the keys!