The Church has begun holding Drive-in and In-Church Services at 9 AM Sundays
Drive in will be via FM Radio Station
We are observing physical distancing in the building
Masks are Optional but available
We will have bulletins and hymnals for those who do Drive-In
Recorded Services still available under Communications
Range Line Presbyterian Church
Range Line Presbyterian Church is a small rural church about 1/4 mile west of Houstonia. Our congregation is small but warm in welcome, and we are happy to be a part of the surrounding community. We celebrate community through our Vacation Bible School, Ice Cream Social, and Lord's Acre Sale - when many of the community join with us in fellowship.
But we thrive on Sunday mornings when we begin with worship followed by Sunday School for adults and children both.
About Range Line Presbyterian Church
(Following are excerpts from the Range Line Presbyterian Church History)
THE BEGINNING -
Sometime before September in 1889, pledges were taken for the purpose of building and furnishing a union church near the Jone's Spring in the N.W. corner of S-30, T-48, R-21, Pettis County, Missouri. In a letter written by Nell Montgomery in 1965, she said her father, Thomas, and his cousin, Jim Scott, went around the countryside soliciting pledges to build and later support a union church.
Five rules were written down concerning the church: (1) The church was to be under the control of Methodist, Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian and Old School Presbyterian. (2) The name selected was Range Line Union Church. (3) A board of trustees was to be elected every five years: one from each denomination. (4) A building committee, comprised of one from each denomination, was to have charge of the building. (5) The pledges were not binding until seven hundred dollars were pledged.
On the first Saturday in September, 1889, at 3 p.m., a meeting was held to elect a board of trustees of each denomination represented in the union. D.P. Finley, J.W. Blackburn, R.W. Finley, and E.W. Jones were elected trustees. One of the trustees was elected as clerk and it was his job to keep a permanent record in a book. The trustees were to keep the title to the church grounds, have charge of the building and grounds, supervise the employment of a janitor and raise funds for fuel, lights, and other expenses.
The building committee was to have the authority to purchase materials and employ workmen or let it out on contract to the lowest bidder most conducive to building the best church for the least money.
On October 11, 1889, a Warranty Deed was filed at the Pettis County Courthouse in Sedalia, Missouri, for a tract of land ninety-six yards square out of the N.W. corner of S-30, T-48, R-21, given by Ellis West Jones and his wife, Calista Jane Jones, for church purposes.
Membership
In April 1890, after the church was built, Rufus Finley and others wrote to the Lafayette Presbytery asking that presbytery to appoint a committee to visit the neighborhood and organize a church. The Lafayette Presbytery resolved the (1) Reverend Joshua Barbee, Dr. John Montgomery, and Elder J.B. White be appointed a committee to visit the neighborhood where the church was built near the county lines of Saline and Pettis and Ranges 21-22, to see if the way was clear to organize a church. (2) They resolved that the people had permission to employ Reverend Joshua Barbee for as much of his time as would not conflict with the engagements he had.
In September 1890, a series of meetings was held by the Evangelist of the Synod of Missouri, Reverend Drew, and Reverend Joshua Barbee. J.W. Blackburn, Mary Blackburn, Joseph Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schondelmaier, Misses Vina and Kate Schondelmaier, Charles and John Lewis, Miss Erma Riddle, Doctor J.T. Brown, Misses Laura and Virginia C. Brown, and Bertram Brown came forward to unite with the church at that time.
On April 14, 1890, Reverend Joshua Barbee, Reverend John Montgomery, and Elder J.B. White met at the church on the Range Line. Reverend Joshua Barbee preached a sermon and then gave the opportunity to anyone who wished to join the organization. Eleven persons came forward: John Montgomery Jr., Emma Montgomery, James E. Scott, Allie Scott, R.W. Finley, Mary B. Finley, Sarah Finley, Emma Finley, Nellie Montgomery, Ada Finley, and Mary H. Finley. Rufus W. Finley and John Montgomery Jr. were elected elders, and James E. Scott was elected as a deacon. Range Line was kept as the name of the newly organized Presbyterian church. Two weeks later the officers were ordained by Reverend Barbee, and in August 1890, Rufus W. Finley was chosen as the first clerk of the Range Line Session.
In December 1890, Frederick Shondelmaier and Charles Schondelmaier presented themselves before the session and were received into the communion of Range Line Church. So ends the first year of the Range Line Presbyterian Church.
But we thrive on Sunday mornings when we begin with worship followed by Sunday School for adults and children both.
About Range Line Presbyterian Church
(Following are excerpts from the Range Line Presbyterian Church History)
THE BEGINNING -
Sometime before September in 1889, pledges were taken for the purpose of building and furnishing a union church near the Jone's Spring in the N.W. corner of S-30, T-48, R-21, Pettis County, Missouri. In a letter written by Nell Montgomery in 1965, she said her father, Thomas, and his cousin, Jim Scott, went around the countryside soliciting pledges to build and later support a union church.
Five rules were written down concerning the church: (1) The church was to be under the control of Methodist, Baptist, Cumberland Presbyterian and Old School Presbyterian. (2) The name selected was Range Line Union Church. (3) A board of trustees was to be elected every five years: one from each denomination. (4) A building committee, comprised of one from each denomination, was to have charge of the building. (5) The pledges were not binding until seven hundred dollars were pledged.
On the first Saturday in September, 1889, at 3 p.m., a meeting was held to elect a board of trustees of each denomination represented in the union. D.P. Finley, J.W. Blackburn, R.W. Finley, and E.W. Jones were elected trustees. One of the trustees was elected as clerk and it was his job to keep a permanent record in a book. The trustees were to keep the title to the church grounds, have charge of the building and grounds, supervise the employment of a janitor and raise funds for fuel, lights, and other expenses.
The building committee was to have the authority to purchase materials and employ workmen or let it out on contract to the lowest bidder most conducive to building the best church for the least money.
On October 11, 1889, a Warranty Deed was filed at the Pettis County Courthouse in Sedalia, Missouri, for a tract of land ninety-six yards square out of the N.W. corner of S-30, T-48, R-21, given by Ellis West Jones and his wife, Calista Jane Jones, for church purposes.
Membership
In April 1890, after the church was built, Rufus Finley and others wrote to the Lafayette Presbytery asking that presbytery to appoint a committee to visit the neighborhood and organize a church. The Lafayette Presbytery resolved the (1) Reverend Joshua Barbee, Dr. John Montgomery, and Elder J.B. White be appointed a committee to visit the neighborhood where the church was built near the county lines of Saline and Pettis and Ranges 21-22, to see if the way was clear to organize a church. (2) They resolved that the people had permission to employ Reverend Joshua Barbee for as much of his time as would not conflict with the engagements he had.
In September 1890, a series of meetings was held by the Evangelist of the Synod of Missouri, Reverend Drew, and Reverend Joshua Barbee. J.W. Blackburn, Mary Blackburn, Joseph Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schondelmaier, Misses Vina and Kate Schondelmaier, Charles and John Lewis, Miss Erma Riddle, Doctor J.T. Brown, Misses Laura and Virginia C. Brown, and Bertram Brown came forward to unite with the church at that time.
On April 14, 1890, Reverend Joshua Barbee, Reverend John Montgomery, and Elder J.B. White met at the church on the Range Line. Reverend Joshua Barbee preached a sermon and then gave the opportunity to anyone who wished to join the organization. Eleven persons came forward: John Montgomery Jr., Emma Montgomery, James E. Scott, Allie Scott, R.W. Finley, Mary B. Finley, Sarah Finley, Emma Finley, Nellie Montgomery, Ada Finley, and Mary H. Finley. Rufus W. Finley and John Montgomery Jr. were elected elders, and James E. Scott was elected as a deacon. Range Line was kept as the name of the newly organized Presbyterian church. Two weeks later the officers were ordained by Reverend Barbee, and in August 1890, Rufus W. Finley was chosen as the first clerk of the Range Line Session.
In December 1890, Frederick Shondelmaier and Charles Schondelmaier presented themselves before the session and were received into the communion of Range Line Church. So ends the first year of the Range Line Presbyterian Church.
Range Line Presbyterian Church
11026 Range Line Road
Near Houstonia, MO
Mailing Address:
Clerk of Session
22620 Hwy CC
Houstonia, MO 65333
E-mail: [email protected]
Important Links:
Missouri Union Presbytery
PCUSA
Presbyterian Missions
11026 Range Line Road
Near Houstonia, MO
Mailing Address:
Clerk of Session
22620 Hwy CC
Houstonia, MO 65333
E-mail: [email protected]
Important Links:
Missouri Union Presbytery
PCUSA
Presbyterian Missions