The house which was a dance hall to that date, was renovated and remodeled, and the firsl Methodist church was established by 1879. By this work this abode of sin and crime, became consecrated ground. As he had promised, the judge left Sidney after the church was founded and went to the Black Hills; later he became a changed man and a pillar of tin* Methodist church in the home he adopted. Rev. Turner was minister in 1881. A little later Leslie Stevens tilled the pulpit.

Stevens later, after service as county superintendent, went to China where he died.

The beautiful new Methodist church of today, is built upon the identical spot where the fearless minister established his congregation forty-two years ago. The old building was torn down in 1884, and a larger one erected. L. D. Livingston, later of Pumpkin creek, was one of the men who helped in the building. A parsonage was built in 1889, and, in 1907, the church was remodeled. It served well until the congregation outgrew the building and members desired a newer and larger home. In 1918, the new edifice was built at an approximate cost of seventy thousand dollars and was dedicated April "13, 1919, by Bishop Matt S. Hughes. It is one of the finest church buildings in the Panhandle and, in 1921, there are three hundred members, while the Sunday School has an enrollment of over four hundred. Reverend T. Porter Bennett, the present pastor, is a man of unusual vitality and progressive spirit, and his usefulness is emphasized by a large growth in the membership.