Gethsemane Lutheran Church

This folder contains a congregational historical record, a booklet from the church, various letters, a congregational statistical record, a bulletin from 1964, a letter of call, documentation related to a Pacific Lutheran University campus visit, a congregational historical record and pastor list from Hope Lutheran, various letters from the Mt. Olivet and Hope Lutheran congregations, a Mt. Olivet newsletter, burial service program for Michael John Hellier 1998, the installation of Michael J. Hellier and Katherine W. Hellier 1996 program, church constitution, flyer for ordination of John Theodore Conrad 1991, program for John Theodore Conrad's ordination, memorial for James P. Hunter 1989, and a Pentacost service program.

Gethsemane was formed as a merger between Hope and Mt. Olivet congregations in 1964. Hope had been started by the Missions Board of the ALC in 1950, and property had been purchased at 122nd and SE Mill. Mt. Olivet was sponsored by the Lutheran Free Church. When the Lutheran Free Church and the ALC merged in 1963, this made Hope and Mt. Olivet sister congregations serving the same general area. With the rapid suburban development it became apparent that these congregations might better serve their overlapping areas as one congregation. Gethsemane began almost immediately to plan for a church. Ground was broken on October 1, 1967 and on June 9, 1968, the first services were held in the new church.