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  • Preferred Citation
  • Arrangement
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Processing Information
  • Biographical/ Historical

  • Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
    Title: Winding Way Church of Christ Records
    Identifier/Call Number: 0201
    Physical Description: 7 Linear Feet Textual materials, photographs, scrap book, ephemera (10 Hollinger boxes, 2 legal Hollinger boxes, 1 15X15 flat box)
    Date: 1954-2007
    Language of Material: English .

    Scope and Contents

    The Winding Way Church of Christ in Carmichael, California was a merger of two churches, California Avenue Church of Christ and Morse Avenue Church of Christ that took place on August 3, 1980. The collection contains records of both of these previous churches in addition to the Winding Way Church of Christ. The materials have a date range of 1954-2007. The Winding Way Church of Christ closed in 2007. The records include financial statements, office records, real estate transaction records, IRS records, church directories, "Joy Bus" ministry records and photos, business meeting records, Sunday school records, baptismal records, a membership scrapbook, attendance journals, guestbooks, elders meeting minutes, a church seal embosser, and a canvas cash deposit bag.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder# or item name], Winding Way Church of Christ Records, Collection no. 0201, Churches of Christ Heritage Center, Boone Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.

    Arrangement

    The Winding Way Church of Christ Records is arranged in three series: 1) California Avenue Church of Christ Records, 2) Morse Avenue Church of Christ Records, 3) Winding Way Church of Christ Records.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    These records were given to Churches of Christ Heritage Collection, Pepperdine Libraries Special Collections and University Archives in January 2017 by Richard (Dick) Clothier, a former member of the Winding Way Church of Christ.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Copyright restrictions may apply.

    Processing Information

    This collection was arranged and described by Lucy Perrin, May 2022.

    Biographical/ Historical

    The Winding Way Church of Christ in Carmichael, California was the result of a merge between two churches, California Avenue Church of Christ and Morse Avenue Church of Christ, that took place on August 3, 1980. The collection contains records of both of these previous churches in addition to records of the Winding Way Church of Christ. The Winding Way Church of Christ closed in 2007. The church records were given by Richard (Dick) Clothier, a church member who led the closing prayer at the final service of the Winding Way Church of Christ on September 24, 2007. His closing prayer is included in the collection, Box 6, Folder 12. His parents, Ordo and Vida Clothier, were also long-time members of the Churches of Christ in northern California. Photos and biographical information for the Clothier family, and several other members, are available in a church scrapbook in Box 13 of the collection.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Churches of Christ
    California -- History
    Churches of Christ -- History -- 20th century
    Women in church work--Churches of Christ
    Women in church work
    Business meetings
    Correspondence
    Restoration movement (Christianity) -- History
    Baptism
    Baptism and church membership
    Baptism--Christianity
    Baptism--Churches of Christ
    Baptismal certificates
    Lay ministry
    Lay ministry--Churches of Christ
    Busing in church work