Ten photos of First Christian Church - NW corner of Mynster St. and Scott St and educational unit on south side.
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First Christian Church November 11, 1928 First Christian July 26, 1936 Spends $15,000 On Remodeling - To Aid Fall Program At First Christian September 6, 1952 First Christian Church Buys A New Parsonage April 30, 1960 First Christian Starts Plans To Build New Educational Unit August 3, 1963 First Christian To Mark 75th Birthday - Plans Underway For Jubilee February 26, 1966 Plans For $350,000 Plant Okayed By First Christian - Groundbreaking In April March 26, 1966 Groundbreaking April 4, 1966 Church Project September 24, 1966 Cornerstone Laying Ceremony Is Sunday - $350,000 Plant November 12, 1966 First Christian Church's Educational Plant Will Be Dedicated Here Sunday - Reception Will Follow June 3, 1967 Celebrates 80th Anniversary - First Christian Church April 24, 1971 Coffee House To Open In Church Basement September 2, 1971 Agape? It's A Coffee House - At First Christian Church September 5, 1971 Reach Out For Children - Bus Ministries March 11, 1972 1st Christian Ends Year In The Black January 6, 1973 Washington Avenue By-Pass May Force Church To Build February 16, 1974 1st Christian Church Will Burn Mortgage March 15, 1975 Church Construction On Floodplain Gets Approval March 1, 1979 Revival At First Christian April 21, 1979 Intern To Serve First Christian June 2, 1979 First Christian To Build New $1,800,000 Structure September 22, 1979 Bond Issue Underway For Church Mortgage September 29, 1979 Christ Church Presents January 12, 1980 First Christian To Host Seminar February 23, 1980 Testing The Soil March 29, 1980 Pastor's 'Kid' Now His Intern May 31, 1980 New Church Taking Shape July 12, 1980 New Sanctuary For Old Church June 20, 1981 Noah's Ark Mural Adorns Class Wall July 3, 1981 First Christian Scene For Ordination, Wedding August 8, 1981 Christian Church Is Tumbling Down August 25, 1981 First Christian Church To Dedicate Organ September 19, 1981 Johanson To Serve As Intern May 29, 1982 Stained-Glass Window Chipped Aprl 12, 1984 'Triumphant Sound' To Appear In Bluffs April 13, 1985 First Christian Names New Minister October 5, 1985 Mideast Tensions Won't Halt Tour October 19, 1985 First Christian Observes 95 years April 26, 1986 First Christian Church Plans To Take Walk Thru The Bible August 29, 1987 First Christian Church Plans Outreach Program February 6, 1988
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Testing The Soil . . . for Sunday's groundbreaking of the new First Christian Church, Sixth and Mynster streets, are the Rev. Richard D. Hogan, Judd Gillespie, church treasurer; Wayne Burgeson, chairman of the board; Marie Campbell, building committee member; and Dennis Gray, chairman of the building committee.
Groundbreaking: Turning the first shovel of dirt during groundbreaking ceremonies Sunday at First Christian Church is Wayne Burgeson, Bible school superintendent. Other participants include David R. Peterson, building chairman, Richard D. Hogan, pastor of the church, and Lowell E. Sprinkel, who headed the fund raising campaign. Construction of the $350,000 educational unit and remodeling of the present church will begin within a few weeks.
Above is the First Christian church which has undergone complete remodeling, costing more than $28,000. The entire interior of the church has been redecorated and an addition housing fifteen bible school rooms has been erected at the north end of the original building. Joe Hansen, general contractor, was in charge of the work.
First Christian Church Educational Unit, May 1967
First Christian Church Buys A New Parsonage
This Colonial Brick . . . is the new parsonage of First Christian Church.
Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- Organization Cookbooks
Cookbook from the First Christian Church. Contains: -Recipes from church members -Statement of purpose for cookbook
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First Christian Church To Dedicate Organ
Rehearsing A Number . . . for recital at First Christian Church is Dr. Tom Brantigan of Omaha. The guest recitalist is a minister of music and a music teacher.
First Christian Scene For Ordination, Wedding
Installing A Panel . . . of stained glass in the window on the south wall of First Christian Church's new sanctuary are Mark Novotny and Carl Monto. Both are from La Manna Studios in Nutley, N.J., which designed the window.
First Christian To Build New $1,800,000 Structure
This Architectural Drawing . . . is of First Christian Church's proposed new $1,800,000 church building to be constructed directly west of the present educational unit and a the corner of Mynster and Sixth streets.
First Christian's Educational Plant Will Be Dedicated Here Sunday - Reception Will Follow
Top - This Spacious Lounge . . . is located immediately at the entrance of the new First Christian educational unit. Its green-blue carpeting is complemented by furnishings in matching greens and blues, and accented with lamps of a burnt orange hue. The light colored walls add to its cheerful brightness. Woodworking throughout the edifice is walnut stained mahogany. Bottom - Primary Chapel . . . is a soft lighted area featuring a glass paneled wall of amber and gold colored sections with the wood framework forming three crosses. The altar and pews are walnut stained to match woodworking.
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First Church Of Nazarene To Hold Opening Day Sunday
Standing At The Entrance . . . of the new sanctuary of First Church of the Nazarene at Twenty-sixth Street and Avenue A, is the Rev. A.D. Foster. The pastor and his family, the members and visitors will enter the church Sunday in units to worship together in celebration of opening day.
First Church of the Nazarene 2600 Avenue A
Nazarene Member Recalls Out-Door Tent Meetings - History of Churches . . . (no date) Will Burn Mortgage; Then Start Another Campaign - At 1st Nazarene April 16, 1955 Remodeling At Nazarene Church - Program To Cost About $35,000 October 22, 1955 First Nazarene Buys Property December 28, 1955 To Finish Work With Dedication - Nazarene Expansion Includes New Tower September 8, 1956 First Nazarene To Launch Building Fund Emphasis - Two Church Heads To Speak May 4, 1963 1st Nazarene Evening Service Features A 25-Piece Orchestra - Directed By Retired Major July 24, 1965 First Nazarene To Mark Golden Year - Powers To Speak September 16, 1967 Golden Observance Recalls Early Days - Dr. Powers To Speak September 23, 1967 New Church, Educational Units Are Big Projects Here For '72 December 24, 1971 Youths Have Things To Do - At First Nazarene October 14, 1972 New Church Sanctuary Proposed - At First Nazarene October 30, 1976 First Church Of Nazarene To Hold Opening Day Sunday December 9, 1978 Triple-Crosses Deliver Message April 14, 1979 New Sanctuary Dedication Set June 2, 1979 Nazarene Rally Slated October 6, 1979 Two Events Slated At First Nazarene April 12, 1980 Memorial Chapel Will Be Dedicated May 16, 1980 Foster Resigns Pastorate July 21, 1984
First Nazarene Church . . . had its beginning in a tent on the grounds now occupied by Thomas Jefferson High School.
Late in the fall of 1914 a small, independent religious group was sharing with other denominational bodies the Union City mission as a place to worship. The group invited Rev. R.W. Leisher, Cincinnati, O., to conduct a series of evangelistic meetings at the mission. At the close of the meetings on Jan. 3, 1915, the First Church of the Nazarene was organized with about twenty members. The charter was held open until the following August, when the membership reached seventy-five. Rev. and Mrs. Leisher served as the first pastors. The first church was located in a store building at 337 East Broadway. The group purchased a lot at Twenty-sixth street and Avenue A. Services were first conducted on Sept. 30, 1915, in the church erected there. The building, however, was not completed until 1923 under direction of Rev. M.C. Campbell. The Sunday school has grown to an enrollment of 500.
First Concern Was Need Of Patients - At New Missouri Valley Home . . .
Dining Area . . . and entrance foyer looking to the west in Longview Nursing Home.
Typical . . . two-bedroom at the home with attractive drapes, tile floor and soft wall colors.
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Photograph of the exterior of the First Congregational Church in Council Bluffs.