The brush harbor was there first. It was close to where the fellowship hall is now. To get the church started, the women baked cakes to be sold. Then the money was used to buy what was needed. There weren’t many men that used to attend regularly so it was women who kept the church going spiritually, but not financially. The men did pitch in when the need was great, like John Bodie would preach when there was no preacher. Ben Raley and Shine (Wilson) Cook also used to go.

When Brother Mitchell was a preacher, he rode his bicycle from Southport and preached for 25 cents. People back then were poor and had little money to contribute. He had a car, but it was torn up. When no one fed him he picked blueberries, huckleberries, and whatever he could find.

After the church was built, the women of the church sold cakes and crafts, like quilts, to purchase lights for the church, as well as tables and two gas heaters for the fellowship hall.

One time when Brother Richard Lewis came for revival my blood pressure wouldn’t register - low blood or no blood. The doctor had said that I needed 6 blood transfusions - that was over a period of time. There was no way we had the money for it. I had to drag my feet because they were swollen so bad, but I went to church anyway. We lived at the old Ernest Worthington place, then, so that was how far I had to walk. After the preaching, I went to the altar and God healed me. I didn’t have to have transfusions and I walked without shuffling my feet. Yes, we had miracles back then!