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Pasadena Lutheran church marks 120 years - Pasadena Star-News:
Pasadena Lutheran church marks 120 years
By Brenda Gazzar, SGVN
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Posted: 05/17/2012 10:31:18 PM PDT
Historic First Lutheran Church in Pasadena will celebrate its 120th anniversary as a congregation May 26-27 with a carnival and service. (Courtesy photo)
PASADENA - The San Gabriel Valley's oldest Lutheran congregation is celebrating its 120th anniversary with a community carnival May 26 and a worship service May 27.
Historic First Lutheran Church of Pasadena is also marking the 75th anniversary of its current church building at 808 N. Los Robles Ave., which is a city designated landmark.
"We as a congregation are standing upon a rich history but looking forward to an even richer future knowing that God has got even greater things in mind for our future than he has for our past," Rev. Christopher Schaar, Historic First Lutheran's senior pastor, said.
Historic First Lutheran - one of the oldest churches in the city - spawned all the Lutheran churches in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys as well as in San Bernardino County, Schaar said.
It was responsible for the founding of Emmaus Lutheran in Alhambra, First Lutheran Van Nuys, First Lutheran Monrovia, St. John Lutheran in Covina, Faith Lutheran in Pasadena and Trinity Lutheran in San Bernardino.
"Through those churches, all others in L.A. and San Bernardino County have been started, making us the Mother/Grandmother/Great-Grandmother church of those counties," Schaar said.
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