In 1854, Harmony Church near the Ogletree cemetery, Liberty Church close by the old Campbell place, and Providence Church from the Strickland neighborhood joined together after twenty-two years of sharing camp meeting worship to form Trinity Church, believing that “in union there is strength.” The first church building was constructed in 1854 in what was then known as the Stinson community at the intersection of what are now Harry Hardy Road and Winter Road. Reverend Leonard Rush is thought to have been the first pastor appointed by the conference, and Mark Crowder was the first Sunday School Superintendent. Worship services were held in that sanctuary for fifty-four years until the original building was completely destroyed by a cyclone in April 1908. Services then met in a tent until a new building was completed on the same spot and dedicated in 1910 at a cost of $4,733, including a piano and furnishings. Between Trinity’s original formation and the building of the current sanctuary, the town’s name changed from Stinson to Durand. The present sanctuary stands on the site of the antebellum home of Dr. James Winslow Stinson, and while digging the foundation for a new addition in 2004, workers discovered an old filled-in well that Dr. Stinson may have used around the turn of the last century. In 1954, an addition including the current parlor, with a kitchen and dining area in the basement underneath, was completed. A complete renovation of the sanctuary, including restoration of its woodwork and pews, was finished in 1978. A hailstorm on July 23, 1984, destroyed the stained glass windows on the church’s north side, and matching replacements were installed while salvaged glass was used to make two smaller windows in the vestibules. The sanctuary was renovated again in 2003 with new carpeting and wall coverings, and later additions included a new sanctuary piano given in memory of Gladys Crowder and new chandeliers given in memory of Henry S. Crowder, Jr. In 2004, one hundred and fifty years after Trinity’s formation, increased membership led to construction of a larger fellowship hall and a more serviceable kitchen north of the sanctuary, completed in time for the sesquicentennial celebration under the leadership of Board Chairman Jeff Cain, Building Committee Chair Glenn Crowder, and Building Supervisor Henry C. (Penny) Mitcham, Jr. Many descendants of the original founders and many newer families continue to worship there, rooted in a rich heritage of faith in Christ and growing toward a strong future.