Greenwith Uniting Church
The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was formed on June 22, 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia, and Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union. The Basis of Union (often termed the BoU) is the document which formed the basis on which most of the above congregations united to form the UCA.
Hanna Roberts
Greenwith Church began as a Primitive Methodist Chapel in 1863. Before the chapel was built services were held in the cellar of the home of Thomas and Hannah Roberts.
Paul Roberts of Greenwith Farm, son of Thomas and Hannah, donated ½ an acre of land and it was agreed to build a chapel with inside measurements of 30 feet long x 18 feet wide and 14 feet in height; two Gothic windows on the east and the west and a door to face north. The Roberts family named their farm after Greenwith in Cornwall U.K. Hannah Roberts laid the foundation stone at a service and tea meeting on Tuesday 30th June 1863. Unfortunately this stone was never written on.
The masonry work was done by George Robinson. He carted stone for the walls from nearby creeks and members of the Salisbury Church carted bricks for the quoins by bullock dray.
The church was used as a school from 1864 – 1869.
The original slate roof was replaced in September 1930 with an iron roof, which in turn was replaced in December 2002 with the help of a Heritage Grant from the City of Tea Tree Gully Council.
On 22nd June 1977, the inauguration of the Uniting Church took place, and in January 1979 the Greenwith Congregation was welcomed into the Golden Grove Uniting Church Parish.
The building has been well preserved and remained almost unchanged until the nineteen eighties, when a meeting room and toilet block were added, and also the front porch.
People saw the benefit of being a separate congregation for the mission in the area; so on the 26th of October 1998 Greenwith became an independent congregation with a part time minister.
Morning services began in September 1999 and a Sunday school commenced in May 2000 with two children. The Sunday school soon outgrew the back room, so a tent was used until a transportable building was erected
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