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The Rev. Lisa Gilbert, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin, holds a painting by Kenneth Wyatt that’s displayed in the church. The painting depicts John Wesley bidding farewell to Thomas Coke and his party as they set off in 1784 to establish Methodist Churches in America. John Wesley keeps Thomas Coke’s charge simple – ‘Offer them Christ.. The Rev. John Sumwalt held up the painting as part of a recent sermon at the Trinity church. The painting was dedicated during the first service in a new church building Nov. 11, 1984, when Sumwalt was pastor.

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The stained-glass windows in Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin, are those that were transferred from an older church building on East Montello Street.

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George Tanner wins a slander suit against a Montello school-board member who accused him of advocating the use of marijuana in his biology class in the early 1980s, as reported in the Daily Register. Tanner was chair of the Trinity Church Board. John Sumwalt testified on his behalf.

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Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin, is the second building for the congregation. It was built in 1984. Visit montellotumc.org for more information.

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The original Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin, is a white-clapboard building built on land donated in about 1873 by pioneer Goerge Henry Dartt. The congregation has its roots in circuit-riding preacher Isaac Smith, who began his ministry in 1848. Visit montellotumc.org for more information.

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Disagreements among Christians, even heated discussions about essential issues, are not always a bad thing. That was the point of a sermon I preached recently at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the son of dairy farmers. He is the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him, or write to W172 N7735, #932, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.