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Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Palo Alto Church of Christ Records
Identifier/Call Number: 0203
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
(9 Hollinger boxes, one 4" X 4" X 28" box)
Textual materials, scrapbooks, and photographs.
Date: 1961-2019
Abstract: The Palo Alto Church of Christ met in Palo Alto, California from 1961-2017. This collection contains financial and various
church records, materials from the church's 25th and 50th anniversary celebrations, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photos.
Physical Location: Calabasas (gated area)
Language of Material:
English
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[Box/folder# or item name], Palo Alto Church of Christ Records, Collection no. 0203, Churches of Christ Heritage Center, Boone
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
The Palo Alto Church of Christ Records is arranged into four series: 1) Anniversary Celebrations 2) Financial Records 3) Records
(Various) 4) Scrapbooks and Photos.
The Palo Alto Church of Christ on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, California began meeting on February 5, 1961, in a building
built with the volunteer labor of their members. The Daily Palo Alto Times reported on Saturday, October 22, 1960 that members
of the Church of Christ in Redwood City expected to finish the building sometime in December of that year and form the new
Palo Alto congregation. The Redwood City Church of Christ would continue to function on Madison Avenue in Redwood City. Billy
G. Jackson would be the first full-time minister at the Palo Alto Church of Christ, having formerly served churches in Oakland
and Sacramento and studied at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. Other ministers who served with the church in the following
years included Doug Qualls, Steve Ink, Edward Pennington, Les Bennett, Lewis Greer, and Scott Falkowski. The church held an
annual summer church camp at Sierra Bible Camp near Lake Almanor and started a Joy Bus ministry in the 1970's. In November
1983, the church suffered a fire which damaged their building and a bus, but rebuilt and reopened in June of 1984.The church
partnererd with Palo Alto City Homeless Effort known as Hotel de Zink, and hosted services of Chinese Church in Christ, The
Way Church (Korean Methodist), and Mission Mount Church (Hispanic). Palo Alto Church of Christ completed a merger with The
Highway Community in 2017, joining services and activities. The Palo Alto Church of Christ was legally dissolved in 2018.
In August 2019, the church held a celebration of Palo Alto Church of Christ with founding member Joy Swift and long-time members,
Howard and Sally Peters.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Howard Peters donated the records to Churches of Christ Heritage Collection in Boone Special Collections and University Archives
at Pepperdine University, May 2022. He was a longtime member of the Palo Alto Church of Christ, 1963-2018.
Howard Peters
Cupertino, CA
Contact info on file.
These records document the Palo Alto Church of Christ which began in 1961 in Palo Alto, California. The church merged with
The Highway Community in 2017 and officially dissolved in 2018. The materials range in date from 1961-2019. The collection
contains records from the church's 25th and 50th anniversary celebrations, financial and other various records, and scrapbooks
and photos.
Advance notice required for access.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
The collection was arranged and described by Lucy Perrin, June 2022.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ -- History -- 20th century
Lay ministry--Churches of Christ
California -- History
Restoration movement (Christianity) -- History
Busing in church work