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A New Sanctuary

[This is the foreword of a booklet titled "This Is the Time" for A New Sanctuary. After the foreword, the booklet goes on to describe in some detail the layout of the buildings, cost of construction, financial plan, and Building Committee. The booklet was neither signed nor dated, but it is presumed to have been written by a member of the Building Committee after August 13, 1961 and before the new Sanctuary was completed in 1962.]

FORWARD

The need for more adequate facilities for worship and Christian education was realized and seriously discussed in the year 1943 during the ministry of the Reverend R. A. Hunter.

The first tentative plans for a combined Sanctuary and Education Building were presented in 1945 during the ministry of the Reverend Fred Shinn.

The Building Fund for the Education Building was initiated December 9, 1946.

The Building Committee for the Education Building was set up on December 2, 1948 during the ministry of the Reverend Julian Lindsey. It was decided that the Education Building be built first.

The construction of the Education Building started during the week of September 11, 1949 and completed in the spring of 1950 during the ministry of the Reverend Julian Lindsey.

The Education Building was dedicated May 6, 1956 during the ministry of the Reverend Karl Koestline. 

A Building Fund for the New Sanctuary was started in July of the same year.

A working program for building was officially adopted by a Quarterly Conference on February 1, 1959 during the ministry of the Reverend D. B. Alderman.

The Building Committee was busy in the meantime. The Preliminary Sketches and the Estimated Financial Plan were approved by a Church Conference on March 19, 1961 during the ministry of the Reverend J. James Miller.

Final action, approving the complete plans and financial proposal, was taken at a Special Quarterly Conference on July 24, 1961.

The final service was held in the old church on July 30, 1961 and demolition was begun the following day.

Construction of the New Sanctuary began during the week of August 13, 1961 during the ministry of the Reverend J. James Miller. It will be completed in the early summer of 1962.

Many dedicated people have made this great history.

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