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GOD GIVEN VISION NEVER ENDS. and her history, or you see the
names of the kids, now adults,
Pastor Joe Garnett
written on the basement wall that
The year attended that church as teenagers
is 1878, and the dates they attended, or
the place, hear from a Pastors Mother talk
Groveland about once attending services
IL. The there, it will not only leave you
exact amazed but also intrigued as to
date and what other stories it may hold
names of within the confines of its rich
who God history.
gave the vision to plant a church in
Groveland is unknow to me, and Over the years many people have
they may remain a mystery. What come and gone. Many have gone
we do know is in 1878 a church on to be with the Lord, some have
was built because of God’s vision. relocated outside the area, and
others for various reasons no
Now let me stop here for just a longer attend service there. The
moment. I recently heard a Pastor church building itself has
that I hold in high regard comment undergone major changes and
about how the vision given to us by additions, while still honoring and
God is not “our” vision, but God’s preserving as much of the original
vision. We are merely those chosen building and its history as possible.
in which He wants to work through
for that vision to manifest into Over a period from 1878 to 2021
reality. You will understand more the lives of countless people were
as you continue reading. changed due to the vision God
gave to plant this church. Then like
The picture you see here in the many other churches as
beginning of this article is a picture attendance, along with finances,
of that country church of days long dropped it reached a point where
gone by. The craftmanship of that difficult and certainly painful
original building has withstood the decisions had to be made
test of time and is still leaves you concerning the future of this
in awe when you see the beauty church building. That decision was
inside. to close the doors. But do not feel
When you read some of the news bad for it yet, remember, God
articles that have been preserved given visions never end.
over the years about this church
