On October 21, 1949, a dedicatory service was conducted to commemorate the completion of the ten years’ improvement program. The work having been done during the pastorates of Rev. J. A. Gaiser, Rev. Paul Leyde, and Rev. J. A. Croxall, these ministers gladly accepted the invitation to come to New Virginia and take part in the services.

For the Record: For reasons now unexplainable the New Virginia church was without the service of a pastor during the latter part of Rev. Paul Leyde’s pastorate in 1944 and until September 1945. To fill this need Erie Conference procured the service of Mr. Milo Davison, a member of the Sharpsville Methodist church. Mr. Davison also filled in for four months in 1955 during the absence of Rev. Charles Wharton.

A new electric organ was purchased in 1953. In 1954 new furniture for the pulpit was purchased. Additional improvements taken care of in 1956 and 1957 included a modern kitchen, remodeling the vestibule, tiling the basement floor, building new front steps, and landscaping the church grounds.

Following the appointment of Rev. Russell Babcock as a full time pastor to the New Virginia Church in 1955, the Methodist Men’s Club planned a project to provide the first parsonage for their ministers since the founding of the church.