Church History
The Sunny Hill Community was introduced to Pentecostal Holiness by Rev. Golden Parker and Howard Griffin, people got saved and received Pentecostal experience. In the summer of 1914, under a Brush Arbor the church was organized and went into the conference by Rev. Golden Parker, and his wife Rachel, who named the church. The first building was a tabernacle built of large round peeled logs for post to erect the roof structure on. The only floor was where the organ, pulpit, and alter was. The rest of the building had a dirt floor with wood shavings to keep down the dust. The pews were crudely made and very uncomfortable. The lights were kerosene burning torches that smoked badly at times. They were hung on these large post or logs to give light. Windows and doors were all shutters, except two glass windows where the organ sat. There were allot of people attending the church during these times. Mr. Troy Thomas, father of Rev. Ella Smith, was the first Deacon. His body was the first to be buried out in the church cemetery. In 1944, a new church was built and dedicated. It was a small frame church, but rural electricity had come through, so this church was improved with electric lights and a better way of heat. In April of 1972 the church that now stands was dedicated. The Fellowship Hall and Sunday School rooms were built sometime around 1978. The parsonage was completed and dedicated in 1991 by Rev. George Bass, the conference Superintendent at that time. Many hard hours of "love labor" went into this building by many special people. The parsonage began under Rev. Glenn Downum. Rev. Downum and his family were the first to occupy the parsonage.