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From failing to glorious, windows get new life Fort Lupton’s First Methodist Church to rededicate historic stained glass
through 2001, said restoring the stained glass was been a remarkable, long-term project. “The latest restoration was completed because of the diligence of our trustees and was finished this year,” Hubert said. “After many months of windows being removed and restored, one by one, the windows are all returned and beautifully restored.” Hubert relied on written histories from the 1836 First Methodist Episcopal Church history by C.G. Phillip in 1912; “The Echoes from Peak to Plain” by Reverend Beardsley; and the “Church Program” by Phyllis Ceretto. Edessa Anderson wrote the 75-anniversary history book from 1912 to 1933 and Harvey Sells, Iva Thiessen, and Loren Willey wrote the history from 1933 to 1982. The church has gone by many different names throughout its history. It began as the Methodist Episcopal Church through 1939 before becoming the South Protestant Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church South and then the First United Methodist Church.
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The soul of a church is usually much more than its walls. In Fort Lupton’s First Methodist Church’s case, part of it can be found in the stained glass windows that decorate those walls. “I learned a lot and learned more than I ever thought about stained glass, which is an interesting and unique art,” said Teri Kopfmann, First Methodist Church chairwoman of the trustees. The church is completing a full restoration of the stained glass windows that began five years ago. An open house to view the renovated historic stained glass is from 4-6 p.m. April 21 at 306 Park Ave. The rededication ceremony and church worship service will be at 9 a.m. April 24. The original stained glass windows have been maintained in sections for years, beginning with the most damaged windows. The staff kept the original bits of glass and broken pieces to be edge-glued back in so as not to replace them when restoring the stained glass. Denver Art Glass repaired the stained glass, and Heritage Window Restoration restored the wood that held the framing together. “There were only a few pieces that were not fixable, but the rest of the stained glass was renovated. The original glass could not be sourced out because it was created in 1916,” Kopfmann said. “The funding support for the windows was from the congregation, memorials, funeral support, endowment gifts and community donations.” Fort Lupton’s Sue Davis Hubert, who updated the history of the First Methodist Church from 1836
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Seeing a need According to Hubert, Reverend R.R. Adams, chairman of the Colorado Sunday School Association, served as pastor from September 1912 to 1915. He was also the first pastor at the church to conduct the Sunday school. The community of Fort Lupton, seeing the need for extra worship services and Sunday school, increased membership to fund and build a new church. They chose a centrally located lot at the corner of Third and Park avenues to build the new church. They paid $1,000 for the lot and another $10,000 to build the church. Rev. George G. Saywell replaced Adams as head of the congregation from 1915 to 1919. He continued the construction and completed it by 1916. It was built in a mission-
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