The Plymouth Congregational Church, East Moline, Illinois
In the Summer of 1903, the Reverend W. A. Elliott (under the auspices
of the Congregational Sunday School Society, directed by Reverend W. F.
McMillan, secretary), entered East Moline and succeeded in organizing a
school. Although difficult, it has proven beneficial to the community, and
has been well attended, especially by the young. In December, 1903, under
direction of the First Congregational Church of Moline, the Reverend Frank
Hoover, state evangelist of the Congregational Home Missionary Society of
Illinois, held a series of evangelical services, assisted by Reverend W.
W. Willard of the First Congregational Church of Moline, and Reverend J.
W. Davies of Creston, Illinois; meetings being held in the John Deere
School buildings. As a result the names of twenty-five people were
received for membership.
Organization was perfected January 15, 1904, and incorporation February
28, 1905. The council unanimously voted to recognize the Plymouth
Congregational Church of East Moline, Illinois. An unusually pleasant
evening of song service, scriptural reading and hand of fellowship was
indulged in, followed by an exceedingly fine sermon by Doctor A. M. Brodie,
of Chicago, closing with prayer and benediction. Reverend J. W. Davies was
the first ordained pastor, followed by the Reverend Henry Harris of
Chicago, whose strong efforts and skill as an organizer and builder, with
the assistance of the Reverend Paul Brown, the regular pastor, and his
congregation succeeded in erecting a fine church of concrete blocks.
Reverend Walter H. North is the present pastor.
Churches of Rock Island County
Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908