Mudgee Uniting Church
Mudgee Uniting Church 22-01-2020 - John Huth, Wilston, Brisbane
Mudgee Uniting Church 22-01-2020 - John Huth, Wilston, Brisbane

Mudgee Uniting Church

Mudgee, NSW 2850

Church Information

Church Name: Mudgee Uniting Church
Church Previous Name: Mudgee Wesleyan Church/Mudgee Methodist Church
Denomination: Uniting Church in Australia
Street Address: 89 Mortimer St, Mudgee NSW 2850, Australia
Suburb: Mudgee
State: NSW
Postcode: 2850
Foundation Stone Laid: 26-05-1863
Foundation Stone Notes: 

Foundation stone records: The foundation stone of - this church was laid by - J W Hardwick - 26th May 1863 - Rev T Angwin  Minister.

A tablet records: The renovations to this church - were opened by the - Rev Dr Brian Brown - Moderator of the NSW/ACT Synod - of The Uniting Church in Australia - on the 26th May 2013, being the - 150th anniversary of the - laying of the foundation stone. - 'Reflect & Refresh'

A plaque records: Uniting Church - This church was built as the Methodist Church by Mudgee - contarctor Silas Winter, to the designs of prominemt Sydney architect, - George Allen Mansfield. Since 1977 it has been the Uniting Church. - An earlier Methodist chapel, built in 1853, is contained within the - shops on the south-eastern corner of Mortimer and Church streets. - The former parsonage, adjacent to the west, was erected in 1860 - and extended circa 1930... - A 175 Commemoration Project 1822 ~ 1997.

Date Opened: 00-00-1863
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

The first minister to visit Mudgee was the Rev John Pemel who recounts in his own words 'we applied for lodgings in the the only decent Inn in Mudgee: but there was no room, Mr Simpson, a blacksmith, took me into his house, and I lay on the hard floor without bedding and a blanket over me...Mr Moss allowed me the use of his slab hut for preaching for one year without payment. The hut was a mere frame without floors or windows...A lad helped me saw some logs for the support of cedar boards with which to make seats for the congregation. I built my own pulpit, and boarded off part of the church for my bedroom.'...1 And so began the Mudgee Unting Church. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 8/4/2020 & 30/5/2021.



Note 1: illuminate (27th Jun 2019). Mudgee Methodism, not lost but gone before: a history of Methodism in Mudgee, New South Wales. In Website illuminate. Retrieved 30th May 2021 13:19, from https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1557   p6-7.
Last Updated: Sunday 30th May, 2021
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