Mangrove Mountain Union Church – history from 1908 – Article from B.W.H.S. Newsletter 1983

The Future of Mangrove Mountain Union Church It is with great regret and sadness that the committee managing Mangrove Mountain Union Church Inc. wishes to advise the community that the Mangrove Mountain Church and Hall will be closing in the near future and the entire property and its contents will be sold. This is the result of a number of ongoing and insurmountable difficulties for the MMUC Inc. Committee. These difficulties include: the ageing and numerically-declining congregation, lack of community support over the past few years especially community attendance at services, rising costs to maintain the buildings and grounds, the…

Mangrove Mountain Union Church What Next? Fri 1 Sep 1911 – The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate (NSW : 1906 – 1954) Page 9 – District News. [From Our Correspondents.] Mangrove. The annual general meeting of the Mangrove Mountain Union Church was held on Sunday last, when there was a large gathering of members present. The President (Major W. Cowlishaw) presided, and offered apologies for absence from Revs. P. Davis and W. G. Clark-Duff, both of whom had services elsewhere. The Secretary (Mr. Hugh P. Hallard) in his annual report pointed out that the Church was formed in August,…