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History of the Spotsylvania Church of Christ (Compiled by Richard Male)
- February 15, 1987: First meeting at the home of Richard and Jan Male, with 17 in attendance.
- March 01, 1987: The meeting place was moved to the home of Bob and Cynthia Browning as they had a large rec room in their basement where we could meet, with 27 in attendance. This was supposed to be for one year. We also started having Wednesday evening classes.
- April 5, 1987: Started holding Bible classes on Sunday mornings.
- July 26, 1987: Started holding Sunday evening services.
- Average attendance for Sunday AM services from 15 Feb to 06 Sep, 1987 was 31.
- September 13, 1987: First full time minister (Russell Jurek).
- Average attendance for Sunday AM services from 13 Sep to 27 Dec, 1987 was 45.
- October 01, 1989: Started holding Sunday services at the Jazzercise building on Lafayette Blvd. Wednesday classes were held at various locations over the next 7 years: the Browning’s home; Spotsylvania Fire Dept. training room; and various homes.
- July 1988: Purchased land at 10609 Piedmont Dr.
- June 1989: Received water/sewer easement from Carl Silvers to connect in Cobblestone.
- 1991 to 1998: Craig Baugh was the part time minister.
- September, 1997: Moved into the new building.
- 1998 to 2000: Various members served as speakers. Elders did an extensive search for a full time minister.
- December 2000: Richard Perrault arrived as a full time minister for the congregation.
- December 2004: Moved into the new addition.
- May 2008: King George congregation started (planting started in fall 2007).
- April 2008 to June 2009: Brian King was an intern minister under Richard Perrault.
He moved back to Texas for training in missionary work in Brazil. - November, 2009: Started a new time schedule for Sunday's worship.
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