Scope and Contents
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
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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