- Our History
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- In 1956 a small group of people felt the need for
a liberal, family-oriented neighborhood church and
Pilgrim Church was born. They received help from
the Conference of the now the United Church of
Christ. The first worship services were held in
January, 1957 at the Native Daughters Hall on
California Street with the Reverend Ray Welles as
their first permanent minister. A formal service
of recognition was held October 6, 1957 and a
constitution was adopted with a charter roll of
seventy members.
Later the congregation moved to the Eagles Hall on
Yuba Street and finally to the Seventh Day Adventist
Church on Eureka Way where they worshiped for three years.
In January, 1959, the eighty-four member congregation
engaged Frank Lloyd Wright to design our present church.
After discussion and revision preliminary drawings were
commissioned. The death of Mr. Wright caused delays, and
financing was not obtained until the spring of 1960.
Robert S. Bryant was the general contractor and he
arrived at the site in late July.
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