Methodist
Episcopal - Erie Conference. This church was on the Arroyo Charge of
the Clarion District which consisted of Hallton, Arroyo, Portland
Mills, Croyland, Rains Mills and Lake City. Organized about 1884 by
Reverend James R. Miller, pastor of the Arroyo Charge. Services were
held in the school house. Original families were: Scott Smith, J. K.
Moore, Perry Kinley, Carlton Shick, Perry Moore, Sherman Fulmer,
George Culver, John Kennedy, Mrs. Elizabeth Jefferson and Mrs. Gust
Olson. Between the years 1894 and 1896 the Portland Lumber Company
built a parsonage at Portland Mills and Reverend Tate W English came
to live there. On January 29, 1896 J. K. and Rachel Moore deeded a
plot of land on which to build a church at Lake City. The Warren Mills
at Middletown and Neal Mill gave and donated the sawing of the lumber.
Perry Moore and W. S. Moore did a lot of cutting and hauling timber.
Everyone helped by donating logs and labor for the building and
raising money to buy furnishings. In the Spring of 1897 the building
was completed and Reverend Orley H Sibley, a visiting minister
preached the dedication service. By 1906 Croyland and Rains Mill had
broken up leaving four churches. These held together as a unit until
1926 when the charge was broken up. About 1930 Lake City was added to
the Hazen Charge which in 1968 consisted of Hazen, Allen's Mills,
Munderf, Richardsville and Lake City. The membership in 1968 was 34.
The membership on January 1, 2003 was 25.
