HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

1883 Travis Park Methodist Church built at Navarro & Travis Sts.

1890 West End Methodist commissioned as a mission of Travis Park MC

1891 West End Methodist chartered as a Methodist congregation  

1895 Home for “fallen girls” opened, now Methodist Mission Home

1920 West End MC moved to Woodlawn & Zarzamora Sts.

1923 West End MC renamed Woodlawn Methodist Church

1937 Congregation’s first Boy Scout Troop organized

1974 Property purchased on De Zavala Road for a mission church

1974 First Sunday school class meetings held on De Zavala site

1975 First VBS held on De Zavala site with 11 students

1977 Mother’s Day Out program begun with 4 children

1978 Transition Building built at De Zavala site as Woodlawn North

1978 Woodlawn North officially becomes University United Methodist Church

1980 Mother’s Day Out program expanded to University Day School

1988 South Campus Sanctuary opened    

1989 S.H.I.P program begun for special needs children/youth

1996 Education Facility opened

2000 Children’s/Music Facility opened

2003 Achievers’ Center for Education est. for special needs secondary students

2006 Magdalena House est. for mothers and children fleeing dangerous situations

2008 North Campus Facility opened

2008 Began sk8|church ministry

2008 “Celebrate Recovery” addiction ministry organized

2009 First “Global Impact Celebration” for missions held

2009 “Believer’s Garden” special needs worship service organized

2009 17^th Habitat for Humanity home sponsored and built

2010  400 volunteers build 70 “Homes for Haiti” habitats in one weekend

2010 First Adult Confirmation Class for developmentally delayed adults

2011 “West U” satellite campus organized at Braun Hall