Brandon Methodist Church, 14858 Brandon Rd., Windsor, is pleased to announce that Virginia Bothwell will be leading the worship service for the second and fourth Sundays, 9:15 a.m., of each month.
Pastor Virginia Bothwell (2nd * 4th Sun.) is one of three pastoral team members at Brandon Methodist Church which also includes Eugene Mankini (1st & 3rd Sun.) and Viola Rhoads (5th Sun.) Ms. Bothwell had led the worship services at Brandon on fifth Sundays for the past two years, but now she will be serving on second and fourth Sundays, the schedule previously held by Pastor Viola Rhoads.
Virginia Bothwell works full time for an electrical construction firm in Warrensburg. She has long been involved with music and teaching ministry and never expected to be called as a minister until she felt called to the ministry during an African mission trip in 2012 She completed four years of ministry training at Global Universities and was ordained by the Assemblies of God.
Viola “Vi” Rhoads, a resident of Sedalia, has been serving on the Brandon pastoral team since 2018. After decades of service as lay minister in Otterville United Methodist Church and Epworth (Sedalia), chaplain at Bothwell Hospital, and pastor at Brandon, Viola requested a reduced schedule. The Brandon congregation is happy to have Vi still leading worship at Brandon on the fifth Sundays.
Brandon Methodist Church was organized in 1916 in the village of Brandon which was the center of a busy livestock and farm products station on the Rock Island Railroad, a general store, and post office. Brandon started as a Methodist Episcopal Church of which the north and south branches merged in 1939 becoming the Methodist Church. The Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1939 and was renamed as the United Methodist Church. In November, 2023, the Brandon congregation voted to become an independent Methodist church, now named Brandon Methodist Church.
The original Brandon church building was struck by lighting and burned on July 25, 1985. The church was rebuilt, and services were held in the new structure by November, 1985. The little white church on the Rock Island Trail invites you to worship services at 9:15 a.m., a social fellowship time, followed by Sunday School (Adult and Children’s classes) at 10:30 a.m.
