Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church

Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church

Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church is a member of the Nebraska Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located at 2319 Ogden Street in the Miller Park neighborhood of north Omaha, Nebraska. The church primarily serves the Miller Park community, and the current pastor is Reverend Charlotte Abram, who serves in multiple capacities within the Nebraska Conference. [ [http://www.umcneb.org/umcdir/index.v?fp=search_form&ac=search_people&group=REL%26RACE Commission on Race and Religion.] Nebraska Conference of the United Methodist Church. Retrieved 8/28/07.]

History

In the 1890s a group worshiping in the "upper room of a drug store" at the corner of 24th and Ames Avenue was organized as a Methodist Episcopal congregation. [Methodist Episcopal Church. (1940) "Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church.". p 480.] In 1902 the congregation received a gift of land near the commercial intersection of 24th and Fort Streets, upon which they built the first Methodist church in the community in 1905. [(2005) [http://www.stlukeumc.com/newsletter.asp?issue=110105 The Courier] . St. Luke United Methodist Church. Retrieved 8/28/07.] When Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church moved from its location in the Near North Side neighborhood, Pearl became the only church in North Omaha.

Pearl Memorial has long been a home to athletic activities for local children and youth. From the 1910s through the 1950s the church hosted basketball and baseball teams that played in church leagues across the city. [Niebling, D. and Hyde, T. (2004) "Baseball in Omaha". Arcadia Publishing. p 28.] From the 1970s through the 1990s the church hosted a variety of sports for youth in the local community, as well.

Today the Church offers a variety to residents in the surrounding neighborhood, including a food pantry and social services to low-income families. [ [http://www.ncc.state.ne.us/pdf/others/Recidivism%20Reduction%20Center%20Study.pdf "Final Report to the Nebraska Community Corrections Council: Metropolitan Community Justice Recidivism Reduction Center Study"] . State of Nebraska. Retrieved 8/28/07.] [Littlejohn, D. [http://midstarz.com/story1.html "Chef Mike Bringing the Heat"] , "Midstarz". Retrieved 8/28/07.]

The church was involved in a controversial Internal Revenue Service investigation regarding a donation made to an advocacy organization called "Omaha Together One Community". The controversy included threats of losing its 501(c)(3) status. [http://interfaithpolitics.com/Welcome___/Articles/English_Articles/IRS_Probes/IRS_in_Omaha/irs_in_omaha.htm"IRS Agent: Churches in OTOC May Imperil Tax-Exempt Status"] , Menace of the Interfaith Movement and its Religious Political Action Agenda. Retrieved 8/28/07.] Pearl Memorial is no longer listed as a 501(c)(3) organization.

Building

Originally located at 2519 Ames Avenue, Pearl moved to its current facility in 1914. In the late 1920s the church opened an educational and social wing adjacent to the sanctuary, and finished the basement of the church with a grand basketball court. In the 1980s the church renovated a kitchen in the basement to become a commercial-style cooking area, designed to provide training to local job-seekers.

ee also

* History of Omaha
* List of churches in Omaha, Nebraska

References

External links

* [http://www.omahadistrictumc.org/omaha_pearl_memorial/ Pearl Memorial United Methodist Church] website
* [http://www.historicomaha.com/perlmeth.jpgModern photo]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/ne/douglas/postcards/pearl.jpgHistoric postcard]


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