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Tallahassee First SDA Church

618 Capital Circle Northeast
850-877-9901

Wednesdays Prayers Meeting:  6:00 pm

Saturdays

Sabbath School: 9:30 am

Worship Service: 10:45 am

History:

Our church had its first beginning in 1922 when an effort was held here.  Three were baptized into the Florida Conference Church.  Sabbath School was held in various homes, with usually fifteen in attendance.  After our church was organized in 1937, we met in the Woodmen of the World hall, then located at the corner of Park Avenue and Adams Street. We had twenty-four charter members and met in a room above the Fire Station on Adams Street, across from the Baptist Church.  In 1942, another effort was held and a "Tabernacle" was built at the corner of Copeland and Lafayette Streets. 

To the delight of church members, a new Seventh-day Adventist hospital was located at the corner of Gadsden and McDaniel Streets. It was called Forsyth Memorial Hospital in honor of Dr. Edna Forsyth, a dental surgeon who funded the hospital.  Dr. William Westcott, a surgeon arrived to serve as the first doctor. 

In 1947, the church purchased three lots across the street from the hospital, at the corner of Gadsden and Johnston Streets, as the location for a new church. In July 1954, members met for the first time in the new church. In 1962, the need for a separate facility to house our growing church school became evident.  Ten acres were purchased on Hartsfield Road and in 1964 students moved from their current classroom in the basement of the church to their new school, two classrooms and a library.


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