Heritage Tour to Explore Churches in El Paso District

The 2010 United Methodist Heritage Tour, sponsored by the New Mexico Conference Historical Society, will take place in the El Paso District this year, Sept. 25-26.  

The caravan tour, in which you drive your own car and are responsible for your own expenses along the way, will begin at the 100-year-old church at Sierra Blanca. From there it will make stops at Van Horn, Toyah, Pecos (lunch), Wickett, Monahans, Grandfalls, and Imperial. The group will then spend the night at Fort Stockton and attend services there. The following day includes stops at Saragosa, Balmorhea, the Fort Davis National Historic site, and Fort Davis.

There will be a booklet distributed to all those who participate sharing a little of the history of each church and community, and at each stop the group will seek to learn more from those at the church.

“These are really voyages of discovery,” said Will Steinsiek, the Conference Archivist. “They add to our knowledge of both the past and the present, and hopefully inspire both the church and ourselves to work toward the future with our great cloud of witnesses in mind.”

People are welcome to join or to leave the tour at any point.

Those who might be traveling from New Mexico and decide to stay in El Paso on Friday, Sept. 24 are invited to take a special tour of Friendship Square, 6009 Tays St, at 3 p.m. and then have dinner together.

For those who complete the journey and decide to stay, special accommodations will be available at the Bed and Breakfast in Fort Davis, and there will be an evening service at 7 p.m. in the old church sanctuary at Fort Davis, which was built in 1884. Fort Davis was also a stop on The Heritage Tour in 1993.

To join the Heritage Tour, please send a note to the NM Conference Center, 11816 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112, or an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , indicating how many people will be coming.

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