Olde Towne History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/15/1990	First Meeting	Olde Towne's first meeting was held in the living room of the home of Nelson and Becky Benson. 13 people were in attendance.
06/01/1990	First Name: "Northeast Jackson Christian Fellowship"	By June of 1990, the new assembly was averaging between 15-20 people a week, and the new name was voted on.
08/01/1990	First Building	The church signed a lease on a building located at 741 Hwy 51 North in Madison.
09/09/1990	First Public Service
06/01/1993	Pastor Stokes preaches first sermon	Current pastor Marshall Stokes started his work on June 1, 1993. He still faithfully serves as senior pastor of Olde Towne.
06/01/1998	Search begins for new property	After nearly a decade of expansion, a search commenced for a sizable piece of property for the construction of a new building.
06/01/2000	Property purchased	With the new millennium came the purchase of a 4 acre lot of property on Ridgeland Avenue.
02/01/2007	Ground broken for construction	Through the Grace of God and generous giving by congregants, the property was paid in full much sooner than anticipated, and in 2007, ground was broken for the construction of a new building.
01/15/2008	Construction completed of new buildling
02/17/2008	First service at Olde Towne Community Church
05/01/2011	Prayer Garden constructed	In 2011, the construction expenses for a new prayer garden were paid for by a generous congregant. The prayer garden was built behind the church building and serves as a quiet place to steal away with the Lord.
10/02/2011	Baptism Service	On October 2nd, 2011, Madison Goldman and Elana Galambus were baptized at Olde Towne.
10/16/2011	First meeting of the new "Love Dare" small group!
10/30/2011	Olde Towne's 1,000th Sunday	Olde Towne celebrated its 1,000th Sunday together as a church!
05/20/2012	Faith Promise Sunday	Olde Towne announces over $38,000 toward Faith Promise pledges!
05/20/2012	Summer Blitz	Olde Towne announces its summer blitz campaign of 2012.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
05/15/1990 to 05/21/2012	History