From the Dasher Campground in 1884, 13 members started a church under the leadership of Rev. Jessis L. Giles. The name was chosen after Bishop Enoch Marvin of the methodist Espiscopal Church South. Located 16 miles south of Lyons, Ga. the present building was erected in 1953 and is white with a four columned porch. In 1919, Marvin was on the Altamaha circuit with Mt. Moriah, Oak Grove, and Cedar Grove. Rev. C. B. Ray was the pastor. Atltamaha Circuit was in the McRae District and then the Savannah before it was renamed. Rev. W.B. McGregor was pastor of the Altamaha Circuit in 1920. In 1940, it was on the Toombs County in the Dublin District. There were seven churches at that time and Rev. J.C. Christian was pastor of the Toombs County Circuit which had only four churches.

1982 Membership: 73

Cedar Crossing United Methodist Church began meeting in 1902 in a nearby school. Rev. H.C. Everitt was the first pastor. The first building was of wood built in 1902. This church was destroyed by wind, but work was begun immediately to rebuild. The present wooden building was erected in 1926. In 1919, as well as in 1940, Cedar Crossing was part of the six point Uvalda Circuit with Charlotte, Alston, Smyrna, and Uvalda. In 1919, Long Pond was the sixth church and in 1940 Sharp's Spur was the additional church. In the beginning, this church was in the McRae District but in 1930 it became a part of the Dublin District when the McRae District was discontinued.

Cedar Crossing was closed during the eighties but has since been reopened to minister to Hispancis in the area. The Rev. Carlos Herrerera, a Costa Rica native, serves as pastor.

1982 Membership: 14

This church was formed in Toombs County around 1890 when All Soul's church, located near Jordan's Bridge, and Bascom Church, one mile north of Lyons, were united. The church was added to the Higgston Circuit and the pastor was Rev. D.F. Miles. The first building erected near the present site was destroyed by wind around 1894. The church was soon rebuilt and faced North Lanier Street. In 1922, the wood frame structure was turned around, wings added and brick veneered under the leadership of Rev. Herbert Ethridge. The present church structure was begun in March 17, 1975 with the building of Sunday school classrooms. Construction of the sanctuary began November 1975 and was completed November 1976.

1982 Membership: 521
Members entering ministry: Easton Daniels
Members entering mission field: Dr. Susan w. Brown—Med.-China, Miss Lucile Vail—Music

Fourteen members organized this church in 1870. The first pastor was Rev. E.J. Kimble. The first building was erected in 1918. In 1958 a block building was added. In 1972 when the coastal district of the North Georgia Conference merged with the South Georgia Conference, this church was placed on the Reidsville Circuit in the Statesboro District with the Rev. Lee Jones as the pastor and the Rev. C.C. Edmundson as district superintendent. In 1983 it was placed on the Nepsey-Warren Charge in the Dublin District.

1982 Membership: 71

Now located nine miles southeast of Lyons and one and a half miles off Highway 280. The church began in 1837 under the leadership of Rev. William Harden, meeting in a brush arbor at first and then in an old log schoolhouse. The first church building was erected about 1850. The old building is still in use as a recreation hall. It has much of the original wood still in it. The present building dates from 1956. The church is one of the oldest in Toombs County and a local landmark of faithful Methodism. In 1953, Mt. Moriah was on the Toombs County Circuit with Cedar Grove and Pearson's Chapel. From 1956-1961, Mt. Moriah was head of the circuit made up of Cedar Grove, Mt. Moriah, Pearson's Chapel and Sharpe's Chapel. In 1962, these same churches plus Ruth's Chapel became the Lyons Circuit until 1969. In 1970, Mt. Moriah was on a new Toombs County Circuit, made up of Center, Harden's Chapel, Morrison, New Branch and Mt. Moriah. In 1976, Mt. Moriah, New Branch, and Sharpe's Chapel became the Trinity Circuit.

1982 Membership: 35

The church began on October 25, 1926 in a tent meeting and is located 10 miles south of Lyons, Georgia in Toombs County. The church takes it name from the New Branch community where it is located. The first pastor was the Rev. Royal Page, a recently converted young druggist from Vidalia, Ga. This was his first appointment. Mr. Page was skilled in carpentry so he helped with the construction of a wooden church in 1926.

1982 Membership: 56

With 18 members meeting in a brush arbor Rev. John T. Sharpe began a Methodist congregation in 1881. Later they would call the church Sharpe's Chapel after this devoted man of God. The first building was a wooden structure erected in 1882. The second was a larger frame building. During a high wind, this church was lifted off its foundation blocks and the entire building shifted the whole width of the building with one sie resting on the foundation and the other on the ground. Members agreed that the Lord wanted the church there so leaving the church as it landed, they lifted up the side touching the ground and brought the pillars from which the building had been lifted to the new side.

The present building is not that one, but was built in 1926.

1982 Membership: 114

The Vidalia Church was organized in 1891 and met in private homes and in the Presbyterian Church. The first pastor was Rev. S.H. Bryant. The first building was a white frame structure constructed in 1903. In 1919, a brick sanctuary was built. An education building was added in 1949 and enlarged in 1960. In 1974, a new brick sanctuary was erected. Twenty-nine members of First Methodist formed the nucleus of the organization of Grace United Methodist Church in 1968.

1982 Membership: 753
Members entering ministry: W.E. Thompson, Bobby Lynn, Royal Page, Gene Carroll, Roy C. Sampley.

Grace Church is an outgrowth of the First Methodist in Vidalia. Discussions began for its formation in January 1968. The Irvin Hall property at the intersection of Hall Way and Aimwell Road was selected as the location and was purchased by the Conference Board of Mission and Church Expansion. Grace United Methodist Church had its first services in a trailer on May 5, 1968. On June 2, 1968 the congregation was formally constituted as a church. Rev. Tom Bowen was the first pastor. Grace has the distinction of beign the first church in the United States to be organized after the merger of the Methodist Church and Evanglical United Brethren Church. Charter day was held September 29, 1968, with 105 members signing. Each member submitted a name for the church and five were chosen to be voted on by this new congregation. Services were held in the mobile trailer from May 1968 until 1970. Ground was broken for a building on December 21, 1969, and occupied in 1970. The Sunday School continued to meet in the trailer. In 1972, a Sunday School addition was built. In 1982, a wing was added for office space and additional Sunday School rooms.

1982 Membership: 201