Lost in the misty past of unwritten history, the exact origin of Methodism in Lubeck is uncertain. We know that on the lot where the Lubeck Civic Center now stands, the early Methodists worshipped in a small, crude cabin surrounded by wilderness in a community called Watertown. It is believed that a church building was built there soon after 1845 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
In 1856, Theodore Frederick Henry Slevogt, the first postmaster, changed the community's name to Lubeck after his hometown in Lubeck, Germany.
The first recorded deed of church property is dated August 1, 1866, by J.B. Beckwith & Margaret, his wife, to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Lubeck Township, Wood County. In 1873, George W. Guinn deeded to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church a lot on which a church building was erected and dedicated in 1874.
In Lubeck, both the Methodist Episcopal South and Methodist Episcopal churches served the community and enjoyed great cooperation, allowing a smooth unification in 1939 as the Lubeck Methodist Church.
As Lubeck Methodist Church grew, ground was broken for a new building on October 21, 1956, on a lot behind our present sanctuary. On December 15, 1957, the first worship service was conducted in the present sanctuary. In 1968 the Lubeck Church became the Lubeck United Methodist Church with the merger of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches.
As the population of this area and our church grew, an educational wing was added in 1973. An accessible ramp and restrooms, an elevette, and a renovated sanctuary were all completed between 1980 and 1993.