LEARN
If you are learning, you are most likely living and loving.
What do I want to learn today?
LOVE
If you are loving, you are most likely living and learning.
Who do I want to love today?
LIVE
If you are living, you are most likely loving and learning.
How do I want to live today?
ABOUT US
We exist to lift up Jesus by renewing the heart, connecting in love, and leading by example. Our desire is to demonstrate to the world the extravagant love of God through the discipleship of Jesus Christ.
Church History
The first members of the Methodist Church of Clyde may have come from a congregation meeting southwest of the present-day town. As early as 1884, Methodist families met at "Hubbard Timbers" and were organized into a local church with Brother Thompson as their first pastor. The church at Clyde probably began to be organized in 1900 or 1901.
In July of 1903, the Clyde congregation was incorporated into the Abilene district of the Northwest Texas Conference. Charlie Young was pastor. B.C. Clemer donated land for a new church building and the members built a white clapboard structure in 1904. Membership grew rapidly and by 1910, Clyde was the largest congregation in the Abilene area with 425 members. The sanctuary, which held 100 persons, proved too small, so in 1936, a building committee under the leadership of Mrs. P.C. Steen, designed a new sanctuary. Church members built the new structure with rock from the Berry ranch.
A Sunday School wing was added in the 1940's and a children's building in 1956, under the chairmanship of Harry Steen. Lee Crouch was the pastor. In 1961, the old parsonage was torn down and a new brick structure was built by Ed Craig for $14,500. Weldon Edwards was the building chairman for the project and Merrill Abbott's family was the first to enjoy the new parsonage.
The sanctuary was renovated in 1970 and enlarged to seat 250 persons. Bishop Alsie Carlton broke ground for the new Fellowship Hall in 1977, and Thelma Berry served as chairperson of the building committee. Bishop Louise W. Schowengerdt, District Superintendent Darris Egger, and Pastor Danny Whitehead presided over the dedication service on March 15, 1981.
In 1987, two memorials were added to enhance the beauty and usefulness of our facilities. A stately bell tower, housing the original bell from the 1904 church and a Schumerich carillon, was dedicated in memory of David Edwards. A lighted sign with marquee was given by Olaf South in memory of his wife, Amy. In the same year, a building marker was dedicated for our sanctuary from the Texas Historical Commission. The church is also listed in the National Register of Historic Buildings.
LEARN, LOVE, LIVE
Our mission is to make Clyde a place of faith and hope where all people from all walks of life can come together as a community to passionately learn from God’s Word; to extravagantly love the Lord and one another as Jesus commands us to do in the gospels; and to live in such a way that we witness boldly to glorify God.