Trinity Lutheran Church (Richmond, California) Records

Record Group

Identifier: Collection ID-0136

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Practical Church Record Book

Baptisms - Adult 1925-2008
Baptisms - Infant 1924-2009
Confirmations 1925-2008
Marriages 1926-1986 (1987-2008 - loose items folder)
Members Admitted 1936-2005
Membership Losses 1937- 1989
Those Who Passed On 1926-2008

Folders

Confirmation class photos
School class photos
Membership directories from 1989-1998
3 folders that contain documents concerning sale of the property
Minutes from congregational and church council meetings during the entire life of the congregation
Ladies Aid minutes
Walther League minutes

Dates

Creation: 1925 - 2010

Biographical / Historical

The LCMS had begun mission work in Richmond in 1905. Services started being held regularly in 1909 on Sunday afternoons in a Presbyterian church building. A Ladies Aid Society was organized in 1910. The congregation remained a mission from 1912-1925. On 6/8/1925, the mission was organized as Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. The church building was dedicated in May 1928. In 1944, Trinity's first daughter congregation was organized in Rollingwood. In 1959, the church building was sold to the district as a subsidized parish, Mount Olive Lutheran Church. In 1961, the new church and administrative building were dedicated. A school was opened in 1946. Another school building was in use from 1984-1989. The congregation closed in February 2010.