Chapel Rehabilitation

E. Stanley Jones Chapel

​Fundraising Kickoff for the Chapel Preservation Project on Saturday, June 17th at 9:00 AM.

March 2023 Meeting

FAQ

2023 Assessment

The E. Stanley Jones Chapel, built in 1884, is the oldest enclosed meeting place for the spiritual life of the Asbury Grove Methodist Campground community. Generations of adults and children have entered this historic building with its soaring beams, stained glass windows, wood pews, center aisle, and wide plank floors. Through the years, crowds of all ages have gathered for Sunday School, hymn sings, midweek prayer services, children’s chapels, weddings, Grove community meetings, and more. In short, the chapel is organic to the life of the Grove.
Urgent and obvious signs of failure of the Chapel are the skirt boards (see picture) pushed out by the eroding and failing pilings. 

Dedicated craftsmen examined the entire Chapel last winter after the Asbury Camp Meeting Corporation Board of Directors commissioned a Conditions Assessment by structural engineers. They recommend for Phase 1, our immediate need, a new masonry foundation and entrances to properly ensure the safety and preservation of this chapel. Phase 1 foundation and entrances are currently estimated to be $189,600, growing 8% per year if we delay this work. In total, we have four phases over 10 years which are projected to cost over $400,000. In February 2023, the Board of Directors unanimously supported the Grounds Committee's unanimous recommendation to proceed with all the preservation recommendations.

We all have an investment in Asbury Grove’s future. Donate online (www.asburygrove.org) or send a check.
Thank you for your consideration of this important request.

Asbury Camp Meeting Corporation
15 Lee Park, South Hamilton, Massachusetts 01982-2804
501(c)(3) organization
Tax Deduction EIN: 04-2225841

The Asbury Grove Cottage Owners’ Association
The purpose of this Association is to promote the general welfare of Asbury Grove and of the Association and its members by helping to develop a sound religious and recreational program, to cooperate with the Asbury Camp Meeting Corporation by supporting its activities, and by helping to enforce its rules and regulations.

Asbury Camp Meeting Corporation Mission
The Mission of Asbury Grove is to be a community in which men, women and young people come into
a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. This is to be accomplished through worship services,
Bible study, youth programs, recreational programs and community life.

Disclaimer: The Asbury Camp Meeting Corporation is a 501(c)3 organization separate from the Cottage Owners Association, which published the Pine Echoes Newsletter. Cottage Owners do not have any innate democratic voice in the Corporation.  This post is intended to share information about the Chapel Preservation Project and should not be construed as an endorsement of the project by the Cottage Owners Association. ​