Pastor Frank Brown is spearheading an effort to raise $75,000 to restore the steeple and enhance the exterior at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Thursday Sept. 3, 2015, in Port Republic.

Christ Church in Port Republic will celebrate its 350th anniversary 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4.

Cleo Parker of Port Republic stands in front of the spot where her parents, Blanche and Oliver Parker Sr., are buried at Brown’s United Methodist Church cemetery.

PORT REPUBLIC — It will take the power and prayers of a congregation to save the steeple of an iconic Methodist church in this small town. St. Paul’s United Methodist Church — now 143 years ...