12.24.2017 Religion Top Stories 2017: Orient United Methodist Church sold to John Wesley Village The Oysterponds Historical Society and the Orient Association were left in the lurch in August when the members of Orient United Methodist Church chose another buyer.
08.10.2017 Religion Historic Orient church sold to CEO of John Wesley Village The Oysterponds Historical Society and the Orient Association have been left in the lurch after the owners of Orient United Methodist Church decided to go with another buyer. The...
07.20.2017 Government Town Board backs grant application for purchase of Orient church The Southold Town Board approved a resolution Tuesday to endorse Oysterponds Historical Society’s application for a grant that would aid in its goal of purchasing the Orient United Methodist...
06.25.2017 Columns Guest Column: Orient Methodist Church sale raises many questions The article in the June 15 Suffolk Times on the proposed deal between Oysterponds Historical Society and the Peconic Land Trust to “save” the Orient Methodist Church building raises...
04.13.2017 Government Community groups seek town’s support to preserve church in Orient Orient groups are continuing their efforts to purchase and preserve the Orient United Methodist Church building on Village Lane and are looking for support from Southold Town. Oysterponds Historical...
02.23.2017 Religion Community looks to preserve historic Orient church for public use It was unusual: The pews at the recently shuttered Orient United Methodist Church were filled this past weekend. Rather than gathering for a sermon, however, locals flocked there Saturday...
06.04.2016 Religion What’s next for Orient’s historic Methodist church? As of July, North Fork United Methodist Church will have officially absorbed all four local congregations — Southold, Cutchogue, Greenport and Orient — into one regional church. But what...