They were still living at that time. They pulled the dirt with a mule and a pan. That was in 1947. That's how my basement in my house got dug, too. That church building project, dedicated in 1948, also added a vestibule to the front of the old building and classrooms at the back.
Manual labor is just one of many contributions from members through the decades.
The church treasures its original communion tray, scarcely the size of a dinner plate, handmade and donated to the church by the late Clem Self. The first pulpit and pastor's chair have honored places in the entrance to the fellowship hall. The most recent improvement on the site is a newly paved parking lot. There are 109 on roll. Despite phenomenal growth in the surrounding area, he said, there has been little growth in church membership through the decades.