Guyton United Methodist - Guyton, Georgia
Guyton United Methodist 401 Church St, Guyton, GA 31312. Guyton United Methodist 401 Church St, Guyton, GA 31312. Guyton UMC had its beginnings as the Andrew Chapel. It is trusted the congregation had its start in 1810. On June 21, 1862, the Andrew Chapel had its name changed at the third quarterly meeting. It was named the Whitesville Methodist Church. In 1886 Whitesville Methodist Church had another name change. It was changed to coordinate the name of its city. Guyton Methodist Church. We were contacted in regards to an insurance claim due to storm damage that acquired during the 2016 hurricane season in which the eight foot wooden finial that sits on top of the steeple was blown down to the ground. The insurance company depreciated the claim and left Guyton United with a much bigger loss than they can handle. Out of good faith we offered to donate our time and services to help repair and restore the spire and cross. A custom hand drawing was forwarded to one of the church parishioners friend who happened to have a metal fabrication shop near by. The fabrication came out just as needed and installed beautiful on top of the spire. Prior to re-installing the cross and finial, we cleaned the entire surface as well as prepped the existing shingles for paint. We removed sixteen inches of rot and water damage from the top of the steeple were the old finial was attached. After removing the damage we re-shingled the top of the spire using western red cedar shingles, then we prime coated the entire spire and applied two coats of high quality exterior paint.