First Baptist celebrates 100 years

Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson

First Baptist Church Pastor John Chapman, inside of the 100-year-old church on Thursday afternoon, holds a drawing, done in the 1930s by then 18-year-old Tom Manaras.

The First Baptist Church of Havre is a small church. When you get 75 people in, it's crowded.

But it celebrates its 100th anniversary this weekend, and many longtime members are looking back at what the church means to them and how it has changed their lives.

"It's a dear place," said Joyce Shortell, who has been a member for 62 years and had three children baptized and two daughters married at Firs...