The church was constructed in 1915 and its nearly century-old walls have long supported members of the Scotland community. The groundbreaking ceremony marks the culmination of a multi-year process pushing to restore the original church building after it was severely damaged by a flood three years ago.

When this happened a lot of the congregation thought this was the end. It takes a lot of money to do this, and we just didn’t see how we were going to survive this one. And then we got a new pastor and she was determined to lead us out of the desert. And we got an outpouring of support from the community. And without that support, none of this would be happening.

Kenneth Cummins