PALMYRA
Methodist Church, Est. 1835
The recorded history of Palmyra indicates that the congregation first met under a brush arbor on Saturday afternoons to hear the circuit rider, a man named Peter Doub. About 1835, a small log church was built which was used until a small frame church was built in 1870, which measured 30×40 feet. Early in 1925, this structure was torn away and the current church was built.
Join us for Worship Every Sunday!
Sunday School – 9:45 am – Worship Service – 11:00 am
Alicia H. Bowman – Pastor Biography
Alicia Bowman began her pastoral ministry four years ago and has served as an interim or guest preacher for over 20 churches in this area. She attended Appalachian State University and earned degrees in education and is currently completing her GMC studies at Wesley Biblical Seminary. She recently retired after 26+ years in public education and will now focus all her time serving the Palmyra congregation and surrounding community.
She and her husband, Joe, live in Clemmons and have three grown children. In her free time, you’ll catch her reading, birdwatching, hiking, biking, cooking, or stopping by every produce stand and farmer’s market.
Alicia H. Bowman
Methodist Women
Our Purpose
We, Palmyra Methodist Women, come together to glorify God in our growth of faith, fellowship, service and missions.
Join us every Tuesday after the 2nd Sunday of each month for our monthly program or guest speaker.
Outreach Projects
- Nursing Home Visitations – Working with Palmyra After School Care
- Support East Stokes Outreach Ministry through food and supply drives
- Shoe Boxes for Armenia children
- Support for local schools and teachers
- Support victims of domestic abuse
- Blessing Box
- Social for Hospice patients and their families
Fundraisers – All For Our Outreach Projects
Sale of flavorings, colorings, seasonings, and cookbooks
Luncheons for civic groups
Methodist Men
Our Purpose
The Palmyra Methodist Men strive to be a creative and supportive fellowship of men who seek to know Jesus Christ, to grow spiritually and to seek daily His will. Our primary purpose is to declare the centrality of Christ in our lives and all of our relationships.
Fundraisers
We have several fundraisers each year including a Chicken Stew and a Poor Man’s Supper. At our Chicken Stew you will eat some of the best stew, hotdogs and desserts in the area. Our Poor Man’s supper consists of all you can eat pinto beans and cornbread, boiled cabbage and potatoes, hotdogs and desserts. Everyone is welcome.
100% of all profits from our fundraisers go towards our local community outreach projects.
Local Community Outreach Projects
All of our outreach projects focus on local community needs that come to our attention. Some of our current and past outreach projects include:
- Supporting East Stokes Outreach Ministry through financial donations and building/maintenance projects.
- Building wheelchair accessible ramps at homes that have the need.
- Valentine’s Banquet
- Stokes County Backpack Buddies
- Blessing Box construction.
Interested in Joining Us?
Come by and meet us for breakfast in our Fellowship Hall. We meet one Sunday each month at 7:00 a.m. when possible. We also have a Joint Men’s Breakfast bi-monthly, when possible, with smaller Methodist churches.
For more information, contact Paul Tamer at 336-817-8647.
Worship Times:
Sunday School- 9:45 am
Worship Service – 11:00 am
PALMYRA Methodist Church
Physical Address
5076 North Carolina Hwy 8 S
Germanton, NC 27019-8844
Boy Scout
Troop 408 History
BSA Troop 408 has been serving the Germanton and Walnut Cove areas in Stokes County, NC, since February of 1961. It was originally chartered and established by a group of men at Palmyra. Scout meetings for the first few years were held in the basement at Palmyra. The Scouts raised funds by having stews and fish fries.
In the mid 60’s, plans were made to build a Scout Hut for Troop 408. The first donation to the Scout Hut building project was $50 given by A. V. Chapman. Other funds were raised by growing tobacco. Montgomery Brothers Grading, Inc., donated 2.06 acres of land on Piney Mountain Road for the Scout Hut to be built on. In 1967, construction began on the Scout Hut and the transfer of land ownership to Troop 408 was completed on December 28, 1968. All Boy Scouts in Troop 408, at the time of construction, helped with the building project.
Some of the original charge members and people responsible for the fundraising, planning and construction of Troop 408 Scout Hut are listed here.
Derwood Duggins – Trustee/Scout Leader
Cary Dodson – Trustee
Charles Montgomery – Trustee
Garland Sizemore – Scout Leader
Wayne Slate – Scout Leader
James Craddock
Tilda Duggins
Lois Jan Hartsoe
Emma Lou Mabe
Mildred Mabe
William O. Mabe
Wayne Nelson
W. G. Mabe – Committee Member
Holt Flynt – Committee Member
Don Montgomery – Committee Member
Lojean Sizemore
Jeanette Slate
Ray Smith
Paul Southern
Nina Tuttle
Minnie Ruth Westmoreland
Vester Young
Outreach Projects
Troop 408 participates in the Scouting For Food outreach project each February when they collect food products from the community and present their collection to East Stokes Outreach Ministries.
Fundraisers
Everyone in the community is invited to the Annual Pancake Supper held each spring during Easter weekend and featuring pancakes, country ham, sausage, eggs, biscuits and all the fixings. Monitor the Palmyra Facebook Page for updates.
See Troop 408’s website to keep up to date on their projects.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in Scouting, contact Troop 408 through their website today! Boy Scout Hut-Pack 408 and Troop 408
