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OLDER THAN THE VILLAGE; CHITTENANGO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1833 ; CONGREGATION BUILT NEW CHURCH IN 1988.(Neighbors)

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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20080515
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Byline: Dyana Smolen Contributing writer

Before the days of Oz creator L. Frank Baum, even before Chittenango was an official place, a group of citizens gathered in the town of Sullivan seeking a place to worship.

The year was 1833 and the group made up of members and friends of the Methodist Episcopal Church had made their congregation official. Two years later, a prominent citizen, John B. Yates, donated property for a parsonage, which was ultimately built in 1850.

Now, 175 years after that first group of worshippers gathered, the Chittenango United Methodist Church ...

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