Christian love and dedication which has brought us through to today reaches back to the summer of 1947, as approximately eight families met and began planning a new church. The early meetings were held in the playhouse pottery building in Dana Point. Believe it or not, the building still stands and is now the Dana Café on Golden Lantern and Del Prado. During the early planning stages, and without a pastor, the families turned to the Methodist Conference and asked the Conference to sponsor their new proposed church.

On January 25, 1948, their dream came true as they were officially a Church, and Homer Aker became their first pastor. Under the wing of the Methodist Church they were identified as the Community Methodist Church.

As time passed, the church began to grow, creating a need and desire to purchase a building for their church. They did not have a lot of money, but with God's help and a loan from the Methodist Board of Missions they purchased the Doheny Real Estate Administration building. The building, which set on two acres of land, had been vacant since 1930 and required lots of hard work before it was ready for the first service.

Looking back now, it may have been some of the early challenges, dedication, and desire that instilled the fellowship and Christian love that makes our Church special today.

Using money the Church family had saved, and borrowing additional funds, the building of our current sanctuary began in 1966 and was dedicated on Easter Sunday, March 26, 1967. Recognizing the need for more space for classrooms and fellowship activites, Mahin Hall was built in 1979.

Senior Pastors of our Church since 1948

1948-1949   Homer Aker 1949-1952   George Dawkins 1952-1964   Clyde Boyer 1964-1967   Frank Dickey 1967-1968   Robert Ray 1968-1972   Daniel Jordan 1972-1975   Ray Firth

1975-1986   Jim Mahin 1986-1987   Bill Stephenson 1987-1988   Lee Hirt 1988-1999   Bruce Warner 1999-2002   Jeff & Shannon Conklin-Miller 2002-2006   Jeff Conklin-Miller 2006-20XX   Mark Huntington