Cedar Creek church returned to its people

After 274 years, it was announced in June, 2017, that the doors of the historic Cedar Creek Methodist Church would close. A final service was held on May 6, 2018. The service was touted as a celebration, but for the descendants of the families who had built the little church and attended it all their […]

Cedar Creek residents to preserve church

BLYTHEWOOD – After 274 years, it was announced in June, 2017, that the doors of the historic Cedar Creek Methodist Church would close. A final service was held on May 6, 2018, under a canopy outside the building. The closure was the will of the S. C. United Methodist Conference, which owns the church and […]

Cedar Creek bids farewell to church

CEDAR CREEK – It was the last Sunday service of the Cedar Creek Methodist Church. Margaret Gardner, 98, the last remaining active member of the church on Cedar Creek Road, grew up worshiping with her family in the tiny white one-room building that looks very nearly the same, inside and out, on Sunday as it […]

Historic Cedar Creek church to close May 6

  FAIRFIELD COUNTY – After 274 years, the doors of the historic Cedar Creek Methodist Church on Cedar Creek Road will close on Sunday during a special ceremony. In attendance will be the few remaining and some former members including Margaret Gardner, her sister Julianne Hendricks and Sandra Jones. The three women who grew up […]

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