Church History Committee
 If you are interested in participating on the history committee please contact me or mention it on the blue church attendance card. We desperately need your help and ideas.

Also if you have any historical documents or pictures, please let us borrow them to scan into the computer so that they may form a part of the documentation of our church's history. I promise all loaned materials will be safely and promptly returned. We have been woefully inadequate stewards of our history. We need to gather together and preserve (archive) our church history before it is lost forever. This is an obligation we owe not only to ourselves but to future generations.

A special interest group to save our stained glass windows is currently being formed. Have you seen the stained glass window in the narthex? It is one of a number of stained glass windows from the old Potomac Chapel (1854-1969) which are currently stored in the basement of the sanctuary.

New information on the activities of the Church History Committee will be posted here. I hope you will check this page frequently to see what we are doing and tell us how you would like to participate.

        Dick Conn


Church History Committee Web Pages
  • History and Archives Reports to December 2004 Charge Conference
  • "On Holy Ground A Church History 1716-1989" by Ann Paterson Harris
  • Deed For Church Property (1866)
  • Deed For Cemetery (1877)
  • Original Charter As A Religious Corporation (1889)
  • Permanent Memorials In The Potomac United Methodist Church (1969)
  • Memories
  • 18th Century Church Reflects Life In Maryland (Potomac Gazette 12/28/88)
  • Photos of new and old church (1969)
  • Profile: Potomac United Methodist Church (March 1990)
  • Church History (1984)
  • More photos of new and old church (1969)
  • Dedication of Gifts and Memorials (January 1970)
  • Photo of old church
  • HIstory of old church by Rev. John H. Davidson (1934)
  • Potomac Methodist Ministers 1866-2001
  • A History of Potomac United Methodist Church - Patricia Elton - June 5, 1994
  • Church to Rise On Historic Grounds (Sentinel June 1968)
  • Retiring Potomac Pastor - Rev Dickey (1974)
  • Scenes of days gone by (Potomac Almanac August 1979)
  • The Day We Won First Place In The Parade (October 1976)
  • Arrival of the "Trail" (1979)
  • Computerizing the Church Office (1985)


    • Stained Glass Windows Committee
     A number of stained glass windows from the old Potomac Chapel (1854-1969) have been stored in the sanctuary furnace room (and seemingly forgotten) for the past 35 years. It has been a precarious place to store such fragile treasures but fortunately they have survived.

    Our first goal is to make a cursory examination of the windows and photograph them, and provide a more secure storage space. We will then work with other church groups (trustees, building committee, etc.) to (1) inventory the windows. (2) determine what repairs/reconstruction the windows will require, (3) solicit and make recommendations as to suitable locations in the sanctuary and new parish center for their display, and (4) undertake one or more fundraising events to help pay for the cost of any required repairs/reconstruction to the windows.

    A short meeting was held on July 11 to (1) elect committee officers to begin planning our first organizational meeting which is scheduled for July 20; and (2) to get some volunteers to photograph and make a cursory examination of the windows.

    Please join with us in this exciting project. Contact any of us or indicate your interest on a blue membership attendance card and place it in the offering plate.

            Bill and Susan Weinig
            Dick Conn
            Alfred and Frances Broadhurst
            Henry and Loraine Kumm
            John and Carol Sissala



    Meeting Dates

    October 20 - 7:30 pm - Stained Glass Committee

    Stained Glass Restoration and Display Web Pages

  • Double hung stained glass windows from the old church
  • "Owners Manual Of Stained Glass Conservation"
  • "Stained Glass Conservation and Restoration"

    Committee Meetings/Reports
     Click here to see the minutes of the July 20, 2004 meeting of the Stained Glass committee.
    Click here to see the minutes of the August 3, 2004 meeting of the Stained Glass Committee.
    Click here to see the August 3, 2004 report of the Inventory Committee.
    Click here to see the minutes of the August 18, 2004 meeting of the Stained Glass Committee.
    Click here to see the minutes of the September 15, 2004 meeting of the Stained Glass Committee.