King Hill United Methodist St. Joseph, MO
September 1995 The Saint Joseph Telegraph Methodists build first church in Saint Joseph's South Side. First Methodist Church class organized in "new town" of St. Joseph, a village of about 200 in the autumn of 1843. organized by Edwin Robinson; first church of any denomination to undertake in South St. Joseph; located on the corner of Colorado and Pryor; was one block from street car lines; few houses in South St. Joseph; two villages Georgetown vicinity of King Hill and Missouri and Inza in Hyde Valley around King Hill; Gooding Church was at Pryor and Colorado until April 1928 then moved to King Hill and Cherokee which was formerly occupied by King Hill Baptist Church; when Methodist unification was achieved 1939 Gooding and Grace congregations merged; for many years the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South operated four blocks apart; first worship service for King Hill Methodist Church held October 1, 1939; Sunday Schools did not assemble together until October 22, 1939; during Rev. A. Van Miller's ministry from 1952-1956 the church reached its highest membership with more than 800 members; united to form the United Methodist Church in 1967; new educational wing in 1969; picture members of Bridge Builders Class of 1940; picture members of KYB class of 1950-52; picture of church; picture the Gooding Methodist Church Sunday School Class; church at Colorado and Pryor is in the background; picture of balloon release from parking lot and buildings near King Hill United Methodist Church.
King hill United Methodist Church and Hyde Valley United Methodist close; their decision to become a legacy church by forwarding its remaining funds to the Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and designating them for new church starts.