OUR HISTORY
SIXTY YEARS OF MINISTRY IN THE CONEJO VALLEY
SIXTY YEARS OF MINISTRY IN THE CONEJO VALLEY
The first prayer—the first hymn—the first Creed spoken together was on October 4, 1959, over 60 years ago, the worshippers had a sense of anticipation and elation hardly consistent with the congregation’s circumstances. Its pastor, Robert Lawson, was newly ordained, there was no property, and the people were meeting in a converted chicken coop on a yet-to-be launched Lutheran college campus. Yet, by April 3, 1960, the membership had grown, and the church, now named Holy Trinity, was received by the California Conference of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church as its newest congregation.