History of Dido United Methodist Church
In 1943 Jack Veerne started a Methodist school house church and named it Dido. The school house was located on community land, not the present site. The congregation sat in small school desks. The school house was shared with a Baptist Church and each congregation used the school every other Sunday.
In 1953-1954 the Baptists decided to build their own church. The Methodist's brought the Baptist church's share.
In 1957 a tornado struck and twisted the church building around.
In 1959 Mr. Grant, suffering with cancer and almost bedridden, and Mr. Ansley made the commitment to tear down the church and rebuild. The Powell's, who lived on the property adjacent to the present Dido location, donated the land for the new church. The lumber from the original building was salvaged and used to build the current building. It took 60 weeks for the men to complete it. The women were there every weekend to fix lunch and pull nails out of the old lumber. Mr. Ansley and Mr. McCreed, who were carpenters, did all the framing and carpentry work. All the rest was contracted with much of the materials discounted or donated.
In 1960 the new church was finished. Every year Dido would get a new (traveling) minister. One thing the Dido congregation was very proud of is that it did not have to go into debt, but has paid its way without paying interest or having to make monthly payments.
Since 1960 a new fellowship hall has been built and two portable buildings have been added for class rooms.
