ROSEDALE HISTORY

Although Rosedale doesn’t appear in the early Journals of the Louisiana Conference, it is assumed that pastors serving nearby areas such as Plaquemine stopped by to hold services on occasion.  The first known services were held at Live Oak Plantation.  When the Presbyterian church was built, services were held there.  In a quarterly conference report on February 4, 1894, Rev. William Schuhle reported that “some Sunday School work is now being done at Rosedale”.  Rev. Schuhle held a revival at Rosedale and 5 persons joined the church.  At the May 4, 1895 quarterly conference, a building committee was appointed to build a church at Rosedale.  The church fund was started with $15 that came from the sale of the church building at Harmony.  Since Rev. Schuhle was a carpenter, he and the men in the congregation were able to construct the church by March 14, 1895.  By 1897, a Women’s Missionary Society was formed.

One of the prominent families in the church is the Hooper family.  For example , Ella Hooper became a deaconess and helped to found the MacDonnell School in Houma; and  Wilhelmina Hooper spent over 30 years with the Dulac Mission in Terrebonne Parish.  These are just two examples of the fine Christian character exemplified in the Rosedale church.

By the 1950’s, a new church was needed.  A fund was started in 1957.  Rev. T. Wayne Perrott arrived in October of that year and led the church in making plans, selecting the site, and building the new church.  It included a stained glass window titled “Jesus Praying in the Garden.”  Services in the new church began on July 14, 1963.  A homecoming was held 5 days later.  Miss Florence Booksh, who had joined the church in 1897, was recognized as the oldest member.  The new building was dedicated on August 30, 1970.