. 1 •f. ? i -as Fellowship Hall, Sunday School Rooms, & Offices. Page 8 Ashe Missionary Baptist Association GRASSY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORY (Written by Mrs. Zetta Hamby in 1991 and updated in 2001 ) In the early period of this century, many of the churches in Ashe and Grayson countieshad a pastor who served the church only one weekend each month. People would attend otherchurches when there was no service in their local building. Baptist and Methodist often mettogether for preaching and Sunday School. School buildings wer
. 1 •f. ? i -as Fellowship Hall, Sunday School Rooms, & Offices. Page 8 Ashe Missionary Baptist Association GRASSY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORY (Written by Mrs. Zetta Hamby in 1991 and updated in 2001 ) In the early period of this century, many of the churches in Ashe and Grayson countieshad a pastor who served the church only one weekend each month. People would attend otherchurches when there was no service in their local building. Baptist and Methodist often mettogether for preaching and Sunday School. School buildings were, at times, used for churchservices and were day school for both denominations. A number of Grassy Creek residents ofthe Baptist faith attended preaching services and were members of New River and PleasantHome churches. Because of distance and traveling conditions, Grassy Creek Baptists beganthinking of a Baptist Church locally. A committee was selected to explore the possibility. Looking around for leaders for this effort, the committee turned to Rev. Oscar Spencer,who lived in the Grassy Creek community, and to Rev.
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