"settlement" at 10700 Old Fort Road. Samuel M. and Mary Sorels gave the land to the congregation on June 21, 1901.  The new "Little" Church (now a Prince George's County Historical Site) was built and the cornerstone  was  laid  in  1903.  The first service  was  held on  Christmas  Day  of  that  same  year.

The small "Country Church" grew as more families built homes in the community. By 1938 the need for a Sunday School addition  was affirmed, and under the leadership of Reverend Charles Clinton Bush, a   building fund was begun.  The Reverend   Arthur   L.   Hunter   continued   the   plans   and   the    first   Sunday   School   rooms   were   added   in   1940.

The Reverend Richard D. Ames was the first appointed "full-time" pastor in April 1947.  By 1952  the congregation had again outgrown  the  building,  and  more  classrooms,  a  kitchen and  a  fellowship   hall   were  added.

It  was in the 1960's that the Friendly-Fort Washington  area saw  the beginning of rapid growth. By   the  early  1970's this rural area  of   Prince   George's  County  was  becoming suburban.

There was no more room in the "inn".  Under the leadership of  Reverend C. Gordon Clews, the present Colonial Church House, patterned after the Burton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, was completed in 1979.  The first worship service was held in the new  sanctuary on Mother's Day. The debt was retired in twelve years, and during the past ten years  the Congregation   has   contributed   the   needed   funds   to   build   the  new   Education   Wing.

In 1998, the "Little" Church and education rooms were completely restored and reconsecrated as the Providence Christian Community Service Center.  The building provides our Youth Center and  two  Fellowship  halls  for  the  church  family and community  outreach  ministries.

On   July  1,  2002   we   officially   became   a  "Blended   Parish"  with   the    Fort  Washington  United   Methodist   Family.

In    1870,    seven    brothers    in    Christ   (William    H.  Townsend,    S.  Claggett   Thorne,

William   W.   Sansbury,   William   H.  Martin,   Alexander   Renoe,   Thomas   R.  Halley,  andWilliam H. Adams) formed a "Trusteeship" and purchased a one and one-half acre plot of land  from Mrs. Matilda  Sansbury on  March  12, 1870,  and  the Providence  Methodist Episcopal   Church, South   was   born.

The first Church House was located at 12001 Old Fort Road in the Chapel Hill Community.  A small cemetery is still maintained at  that  site.   The  church and its furnishings were built by the members under the leadership of Trustee William  H.   Adams.

In   1901   the   Providence   Family   took   action   to  relocate  the  church   in  the  Friendly

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