Drik Drik Methodist Wesleyan Chapel - Former

"The former Methodist Church, located on the Winnap-Nelson Road, Drik Drik was built as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in 1885... The congregation was served by ministers and lay preachers from Portland and later Heywood, the first being the influential Rev. William Lightbody whose descendants continued as members of the congregation. Drik Drik was the first 'preaching station' of the Portland Bush Mission. The present church dates from 1885, and appears to be the second constructed in the area superseding a timber slab church built in 1866 on the same site. The designer is not known but the builder was a Mr. Thomas. It opened free of debt...The Methodist congregation was always supported in practical ways by the local Presbyterians, with whom there were many close connections. The two formed the Presbyterian-Methodist Cooperation in 1966 and amalgamated as part of the Uniting Church of Australia in 1977, after which the present church passed into private ownership." (Extract: Glenelg Shire-Heritage Citation Report - 2006 - Hermes No 52669 - Full Report - http://www.glenelg.vic.gov.au/files/52669_METHODIST_CHURCH_FORMER_HO211.pdf.)

More historical information/photographs of the former church/congregation are invited. Photograph uploaded 3/12/2017 & 23/12/2023.