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First
Presbyterian
Church
1302 SW A Avenue Lawton, OK 73501
Telephone: 580.355.0215 |
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First Presbyterian Church Phone: 580 355-0215 Rev. Wayne Chaplin, Pastor Phone: 580 355-0215
Piper Saville, Church Secretary
Joan Van Horn, Secretary of Ministries Patrick Culver, Housekeeping/Maintenance
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Allen Faries, Director of Music
Donald Hancock, Organist Tom Willoughby, Accompanist
Church Web site: http://www.fpclawton.com |
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Who We Are
FPC was founded over 100 years ago with services held on the open
prairie directly across from the Land Office on August 4,
1901. Town site lots for the future town of Lawton were
auctioned off on August 6th. The congregation's original
charter was signed on September 1st, 1901. A large circular tent was donated
and services continued at a temporary location until the
congregation purchased a lot at 716 D Avenue. The new church
building was dedicated there on October 12, 1902. The
congregation later outgrew this building. We built a new
church building at our present location which was dedicated on
October 20, 1957. The Erwin Memorial Chapel and Youth Room
were later added and dedicated on May 31, 1987. The
original church is now called the Little Chapel, and is believed to
be Lawton's oldest remaining public building. Carefully restored,
the Gothic Revival church is on the National Historical Register.
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Church Elected Bodies
Session: This is the local governing body with the minister as the Moderator and elders elected by the congregation. Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012 Linda Stanley William Jolly Don DuRant Richard Van Horn * Carol Pope G.K. Devine Janice Drewry Tom Rheinlander
* Clerk of Session Deacons: Elected to conduct the temporal and charitable ministry of the church. Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012 Jane Ard Pat Devine Jennifer Hoffman Barbara Dawkins Debra Tincher-Graves Beth Garrett Bobbie Machette Elinor Tincher Joyce Neel Church Treasurer: Joan Van Horn Assistant Treasurer: Roy Penepacker | |
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