The Sandy Creek Baptist Church is having its annual homecoming today and

will be celebrating its 122nd birthday.

Sunday School will not be held today only, worship service is at 11 a.m.,

with dinner on the grounds afterward.

The church was established in 1882 through the kindness of Archibald T.

MacIntyre, who gave two acres of land "for the sum of $1 and good will." As

with most churches in the 19th century, it first began under a brush arbor.

The first wooden building was burned, but another one was built and it has

been expanded and improved since that time.

Sunday School was not held until 1951, when a new Sunday School building

was dedicated. A pastorum was built in 1966 on land donated by Mr. and Mrs.

G. L. McNiel.

The church has gone under three different names, originally it was the Church

of Christ at Sandy Creek; Sandy Creek Baptist Church of Christ; and finally,

the Sandy Creek Baptist Church. It currently has a membership of 300 persons.

The pastor is the Rev. Philip Johnson, who came to Sandy Creek Baptist in

February, 1996.

The church is located at 1082 Sandy Creek Road and can be reached at 770-964-9691.