Trinity Lutheran Church

This folder includes a 50th anniversary booklet, an insert from a bulletin, bulletin from 1963, a December of 1987 calendar, a December 1987 newsletter, a February 1988 newsletter, an invitation to the families of the congregation to be involved in the pictorial directory, a February 1988 calendar, congregational statistical record, various letters, and a handout from the church asking for help infundraising for the new church building.

Although the organization of Trinity Lutheran Church was not completed until May of 1920, the history of Lutheran church work in Lewiston goes back as far as 1907. From that time occasional services were held by visiting pastors. Through the efforts of Rev. A. Wolff of Genesee, Idaho, the Spokane Conference was persuaded to ask the Mission Board to call a resident pastor to Lewiston for the beginning of a mission church. This was accepted and the first service was held on February 7, 1920 with 23 persons present. Negotiations began in November of 1925 to merge the two existing Lutheran congregations in Lewiston. The merger occurred in 1926 with Zion Lutheran disbanding and members transferring toTrinity, and the former Zion church was purchased. A new sanctuary and the east wing were built and dedicated on June 20, 1948. In 1956 the west wing was added to the church, containing twelve classrooms, three assembly rooms and two offices.