Our History

The Early Years

The first services were held in peoples homes and very soon moved to area schools. With the added room, Sunday School programs were developed as word of mouth led to the congregations rapid growth. Finally a 7 acre parcel of land was purchased on 185th street, just east of I-35 and plans were made for the first official worship space.

Construction

After being delayed because of the unseasonably wet spring and summer of 1993, site grading was done late in the year. Actual construction began in the spring of 1994. Family of Christ was built with mostly volunteer labor. Members of this and many neighboring congregations, donated hundreds of hours of labor and expertise to complete our first home. This diverse, dedicated group was led by the experienced craftsmen of the ELCA Mission Builders program. These retired gentlemen, along with their wives, lived in motor homes and trailers on the site and became part of our family over the building process. We shared many experiences, meals and worship services together.

Finally, their portion of the project was completed and they had to move on to the next project. We will miss Norm, Del, Jerry and the others for their commitment to our project and the examples of serving the Lord they displayed on a daily basis. Finally the long awaited time had come and we joyfully celebrated our first service in our new home on Christmas Eve 1994.

To the future

In 2005, we were excited to occupy our first expansion project. This addition provides much needed classroom, youth, meeting and office space to expand our ministry.