Faith Lutheran Church - History

Lutheran Seal

History of the Congregation

Timeline

January 30, 1933 - Faith Lutheran Church formally organized

January 1938 - Dedication of 120-seat church building on land given by Alexandria Park and Improvement Corp.

1945 - Service held at Buckingham Theatre for 6 months before October dedication of expanded church

Fall 1945 - Kindergarten started and continued through 1975

Spring 1949 - Eighteen members from Faith help organize Holy Trinity Church in Fairfax Co.

February 1960 - Fellowship Hall dedicated - first floor completed 6 years earlier

September 1979 - Capital Lutheran High School West housed in Fellowship Hall until 1984

September 1981 - First seminarian arrived at Faith for a year's internship

January 1983 - Faith celebrated its 50th anniversary. Gave special gifts to Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, VA

September 1990 - Child Care Center inaugurated

October 1993 - Installation of new Visser-Rowland organ

Pastors Who Served

C.F.W. Hartlage	1932 -1934
George J. Grewenow	1934 - 1942
Robert W. Long	1943 - 1950
Ralph B. Piper	1950 - 1953
Carl G.H. Mengering	1954 - 1976
Leroy H. Beutel	1976 - 1999
Neal R. Davidson	2000 - 2003
John Bradford	2003 - present

Assistant Pastors Who Served

Edward F. Yost	1948 - 1949
Elmer J. Klein	1955 - 1964
James P. Zimmerman	1964 - 1970
Bruce M. Kelley	1970 - 1974
G. Neale Wirtanen	1974 - 1987
Robert T. Mylod	1978 - 1980
John A. Mohan	1988 - 1990
Ernest Worman	1991 - 1992

Interns Who Served

Kenneth Pollitz	1981 - 1982
Jason Burns	1982 - 1983
Philip Gardner	1983 - 1984
Robert Yankowitz	1984 -1985
Noah Lett, Jr.	1985 - 1986
Ernie Worman	1986 - 1987
Gary Erdo	1987 - 1988
James Saboe	1993 - 1994
Robert Ferro	1994 - 1995
Duane Jesse	1995 - 1996
Michael Bell	1996 - 1997
Joel Morgan	1997 - 1998
William Andrews	1998 - 1999
Richard Krasneck	1999 - 2000
Jane Halpern	2000 - 2001
Rebecca Peters	2005 - 2006
Gretchen Enoch	2006-2007

Updated 5/21/2008

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