1941-1956
1941
Monument Street moved to Northwood; purchased parsonage at 4601 Marble Hall Rd; Pastor, Rev. Charles M.
Baer
1942
Became - Northwood Methodist Church, Rev. Dr. William H. Best; Mt. Lebanon joined, brought Min. Rev. J. Franklin Bryan
1943
Property purchased at Arlington Avenue and Loch Raven Boulevard – ground broken; Pastor, Rev. J. Franklin Bryan
1944
Rev. Robert H. Parker assigned
1947
Columbia Avenue Methodist joined
1948
Appold Methodist Church joined
1949
Became Northwood-Appold Methodist Church; Sanctuary consecrated;
1950
First in city to have two identical worship services
1951
Two identical Sunday schools run separately
1953
First nursery school; expansion of sanctuary, offices, Sunday school rooms
1956
Parsonage, 1215 Southview Road/Parking lot purchased
1959-1988
1959
Education Center built-in 1958 was consecrated; Rev. Edward H. Porter
1963
Dr. Clarence L. Fossett appointed
1964
First mortgage burning
1968
Northwood-Appold became Northwood-Appold United Methodist Church
1969
Rev. Owen E. Osborne appointed
1971
Second mortgage burning
1972
Rev. Matthias A. Bott appointed; First parsonage was sold
1977
Day Care in Education Center
1979
Rev. Hal T. Henderson, Sr. appointed, First Black pastor;
1982
Rev. Dr. Charles A. Johnson, II appointed
1988
Rev. Mary Brown-Oliver appointed
1990-2022
1990
Rev. Mary Brown-Oliver, appointed District Superintendent of the Washington Central District shortly after her
arrival. 1990 Rev. Conrad D. Parker appointed
1991
The formal Strategic Planning process began under the leadership of Rev. Conrad D. Parker; Daycare in Education Center closed
1996
Rev. Pauline V. Wilkins appointed, Discipleship training implemented for spiritual growth and evangelism
2001
Rev. Cecil Conteen Gray appointed
2003
Developed Marriage Education Servant Leadership Development (MESLD) ministry and workshops
2005
The Northwood-Appold Community Academy (NACA), a Public Charter School serving students in grades K-5
2009
The Victoria Jackson Gray Adams Freedom and Democracy School, also known as "NACA II" opened serving students in grades 6-12.
2013
Fire ravaged church building 27 December
2016
NACA II celebrated its first graduating class; Re-entry to restored church building, October 16, 2016
2019
NACA I and NACA II closed; Charter contracts were not renewed
2022
Rev. Dr. Kevin A. Slayton, Sr. appointed
NORTHWOOD-APPOLD
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
MILESTONES
“A Light at the Crossroads”
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