First Christian Church, Flora, Indiana

Next year, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of our church building. The cornerstone was laid June 18, 1914; and the building dedicated November 29, 1914.

Please join us on a treasure hunt for information.

Photos wanted: group photos, photos of activities, etc. I’ll scan them and return the originals to you. I want photos of any age, old or new. If you have digital photos of recent activities, I’ll be glad to receive them, you may e-mail them to bill@billsclockworks.com

History:  I want all the input I can get from members about things that have happened in the church. Here are some things I would like to know:

Something funny that happened.

History tidbits (“Do you remember when . . .  “ or “did you know that . . .” )

A change we made that was a big deal at the time but now is accepted.

Something that needs to be recorded in our church history.

What person deserves special recognition and why?

What controversy do you remember and how was it solved?

Who was a good role model?

Anything else you can think of.

You may write things down and give them to Bill Stoddard, Arlene Pifer or Pastor Woody. Or, please contact Bill at 967-4709 (day) or 967-4838 (evening) and I’ll be happy to talk with you.

Thanks!

Bill Stoddard, Historian

Laying of the cornerstone, June 18, 1914:

1977 group photo in front of the church:

1964 group photo at the South side of the church (in 2 parts):

As part of our Building Centennial Project, we’re looking for more old photographs, postcards, cookbooks, history books, old bulletins, etc. Please give to Bill Stoddard or any member of the building centennial committee.

You may contact Bill during the day at 574-967-4709 or in the evening at 574-967-4838.

A big THANK YOU  to all who have already found things for us. We plan to do a display of this material as part of our celebration in 1914.

You may see some of this material on the Church History Documents page. We’ve posted some of the old photos on our Flickr web page, and hope to add more soon.

We have formed a committee to help gather church history and plan for the centennial of our building in 2014. If any of you have ideas for how to celebrate, or have historical information, please get in touch with one of the committee members. Thanks!

Committee Members:

Jennifer Archibald
Angela Denmark
Tom Helvie
Nancy Hicks
Pat Meade
Janalie Robeson
Miriam Robeson (secretary)
Pastor Woody Slade
Bill Stoddard (chair)
Kimberly Stoddard
Barry Wheeler
Doug and Vicki Winger

Helpers: Arlene Pifer