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Poplar Dell Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary, Opens Time Capsule (With Photo Gallery)
June 6, 2011
Poplar Dell Baptist Church in Byrneville celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday and opened a time capsule that had been hidden away for 50 years.
The church opened its cornerstone, which was placed and secured 50 years ago and found an earlier historical book, a New Testament Bible and coins from 1961. New items were placed back in the cornerstone to be opened in 2061.
For more photos from the event, click here.
Poplar Dell honored Paul Killam, who will turn 90 this Friday. He has been a member of the church for 82 years.
Several former pastors spoke during the event, including Wayne Dorsett, J.B. Wells, Robert Gandy, Patrick Salter, James Copeland, and James Pugh. Current pastor Mitch Herring also spoke and recognized Sheriff David Morgan and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Unit who joined in the celebration. And The Poplar Dell Puppet Bunch presented their first-ever performance.
The church, established in 1911, also has a new steeple — a stainless steel cross created by community member Stephen Barrows.
A historical book covering the entire 100-year period, complete with photos and documents, is available fromVicki Baggett at vicki@baggettsolutions.com.
For more photos from the event, click here.
Pictured above: The cornerstone is opened Sunday afternoon during a 100 year celebration at Poplar Dell Baptist Church in Byrneville. NorthEscambia.com photo by Vicki Baggett, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Poplar Dell Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary, Opens Time Capsule (With Photo Gallery)”
What a wonderful blessing that this ministry has lasted 100 years. This is proof to the testament that the lords work is being done here, otherwise the church and congregation would have disappeared long ago. God bless this church and its members, I hope they celebrate another 100 years.
Praise the Lord!
We wanted to say a special thank you to EREC for assisting in placing the new cross steeple on top of the church!