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OUR CONGREGATION'S HISTORY
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. COVENANT OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST . OF CLEVELAND MINNESOTA .
We the undersigned having been immersed upon confession of our faith in Christ unite to form a church of Christ in Cleveland and having already covenanted with God in Christ do hereby covenant with each other that we will keep all the ordinances and commandments of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ agreeing to be governed in our personal conduct and in our church relations and obligations by the laws of Christ as taught in the New Testament and pledging each other to do all in our power to promote the peace unity and prosperity of this church and to extend the kingdom of Christ in all the world in testimony we affix our respective names on this 27th day of August, A.D. 1888. .
Richard Randall Henry Studley Ancil Perkins John Hurst Willie Thayer Cora E Hurst Chas Robinson Mrs H Baker Alice Studley Fany Sapp Mrs Frank Rohlfing Wm Dickey Lue Bartlett Mary E Everett W W Pew Levietor M Pew Chas F Everett Marietta Perkins Lizzie Gilpatric Mrs Chas Robinson .	Mrs Fanny Rairdon Lue Studley J Fischer Wm Lancaster Mrs Wm Dickey Mrs George Studley Mattie Perkins Lovina Hankins J Hankins Anna Sapp Calvin Hurst Sam Robinson Mrs Sam Robinson Mrs George Davis Mr Wm Davis John Dickey A E Green Nelson Goldsmith Sidney Rairdon

		. CONGREGATIONAL TIMELINE
		Note: pre-1923 minister dates are, in some cases, approximate.
1877	—	CONGREGATION STARTED - met in various homes
1878	—	church building built by Scotch Lake
1878	—	Brothers J.G. Randall and G.M. Stewart share ministry
1882	—	W.W. Pew, minister
?	—	Brother Burgess, minister
1887 - 1889	—	W. Thompson of Morristown, MN, minister (commuted)
1887 - 1890	—	L. Lane, evangelist
1888	—	church building moved into Cleveland (508 Broadway)
1891 - 1896	—	J.K. Shellenberger, first residential minister
1893	—	parsonage built next to church building
1896 - 1897	—	A.J. Carrick, minister
1897	—	J.M. Elam, minister
1898	—	S. Gregg, minister
1900	—	Orville King, minister
1901	—	R.M. Ainsworth, minister
1903	—	John Treloar, minister
1905	—	W.S. Cash, minister
1908 - 1910	—	Leland Porter, minister
1913 - 1914	—	W.H. Grennon, minister
1915	—	Rollie Nay (? Ney), minister
1914 - 1922	—	Filled pulpit on Sundays:
		C.B. Osgood
		Howard Osgood
		Brother Crocker
		G.L. Truby (1917-1918)
		Luke Elliot (1917-1918)
		Brother Cary (1920)
		Vern Kegley (1922)
1919 - 1929	—	Chester Balf, minister
1923	—	church basement built under original structure
1926	—	building addition of baptistery & choir area
1929 - 1936	—	Arthur Poll, minister
1937 - 1939	—	Omar Hall, minister
1939 - 1942	—	Noah Hall, minister Link to NH Pictures
1942 - 1943	—	Harold Maffitt, minister
1943 - 1947	—	Kenneth Arrowood, minister
1948 - 1952	—	Marion Chastain, minister
1949	—	building addition to south including balcony & enclosed stairs
1953 - 1958	—	Dean Hardy, minister
1958 - 1960	—	Waldo Brown, minister
1960 - 1963	—	Dale Marshall, minister
1961	—	church kitchen remodeled
1963 - 1970	—	Robert Peacock, minister
1965 - 1966	—	building addition to north of large social room, church office, classrooms; updating of existing building including installation of air conditioning
1970 - 1978	—	Arthur Vail, minister
1978 - 1987	—	Jon Grice, minister
1986 - 1987	—	new parsonage built one block east of church building
1987 - 2008	—	David Kester, minister
2004 - 2005	—	new church building built at 900 State Hwy 99
2008 - 2009	—	Randy Hardy, interim minister
2009 - now	—	John Kester, minister

This gallery of pictures is of our ministers / pastors through the years, that is, the ones we have pictures of. We do have several more pictures of some of these same pastors already displayed here, but we have yet had the time to sort through those and/or get them on our website. We have heard from some decendants of former pastors and / or charter members. This is always exciting, so if you are one such descendant, please do take the time to contact us through our GUESTBOOK link on our left side menu.

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The below pictures are of our former building at 508 Broadway in Cleveland. There are 40 pictures in this gallery including some of the building interior (mostly on page 4 of this gallery ) as we were close to moving out of it in May 2005. Hence, you will note the furniture is looking pushed to the side, or piled.

See OUR BUILDING drop down menu to the top of our site for information about our current building at 900 Highway 99.

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1950

1940'

1930'

1878

1893-1923

1895

1916

1920

1920

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This separate grouping is a gallery of 6 pictures of our former building after its sale to a construction developer from the neighboring town of Le Center. He remodeled it with the goal of having 3 separate apartments for rental. As of October 2009, it appears only 2 of the 3 units were complete and occupied.

See OUR BUILDING drop down menu to the top of our site for information about our current building at 900 Highway 99.

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Location between present &

Former church building

Former church building

Former church building

Former church building

Former church building

The below gallery of pictures is of both our former and current parsonages. Included in these are some of the destruction of our old parsonage which sat 10 feet from the old church building. Then there are some of the 1986-87 building process of the current parsonage which is one block east of the old building (on Broadway.)
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c.1920

1949

1950

1986

1986

1987

1987

1987

1987

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