#46856306:
Biography:
Mrs. Ellen G. White arrived in Merced on Thursday, May 23, 1907 for a joint Camp Meeting of the California and Nevada Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists. A few weeks later she wrote a letter to Dr. Lud Wolfsen, an Adventist medical doctor, telling him that he should stay in Merced and raise up a church. Thus, Amos Stevens (about age 22),(Brother-in-law of Dr. Ludwig Henry Wolfsen) held Tent Meetings and on November 2, 1907, the Merced Seventh-day Adventist Church was organized. This campmeeting in 1907 was held from May 23-June 2. It was held at the corner of 21st and J streets. The large assembly pavillion near the main entrance on 21st street was 60 by 104 feet and could easily accomodate 800 people. The meetings were attended by many local individuals and widely reported in the localpapers of the time. Some prominent names in Adventism from around this time are: Elder C. M. Gardener, Dr. Lud Wolfsen and his wife Evelyn, Mrs. Grace Givens, and Mrs. E. J. Olds.
Merced Evening Sun,
dated September 27, 1907,
The Seventh Day Adventists, as mentioned in the Sun several weeks ago, have bought the old Baptist church at 18th and O streets, for the purpose of establishing a church of their own in Merced..."
Of the current churches in Merced, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the third oldest organized congration. Only the Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church were organized earlier. The newly formed church met in the home of Dr. Lud Wolfsen. Sometime before the close of 1911 the congregation owned its own building valued at $1,700 with a seating capacity of 150. This church was located on the northeast corner of 18th and O streets in downtown Merced. (In 1929 this church building was moved across the railroad tracks to where Highway 99 now exists). On September 24, 1927, the Adventist congregation moved into its new church building (formerly the First Methodist Church) on the corner of 20th and H streets The earliest record found to date of an Adventist school in Merced dates to 1926 with school being held on the Wolfen's ranch. In 1930, school was held in the back of the church with two teachers and including 9th grade. In 1941 a school building was put up at 13th Street and Highway 140. The school continued and in 1942 there was a ten grade school with Paster Leslie Morrill serving as Principal and Jean Stevens (daughter of Amos and Sadie Wolfsen Stevens) as teacher.
Biography:
Mrs. Ellen G. White arrived in Merced on Thursday, May 23, 1907 for a joint Camp Meeting of the California and Nevada Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists. A few weeks later she wrote a letter to Dr. Lud Wolfsen, an Adventist medical doctor, telling him that he should stay in Merced and raise up a church. Thus, Amos Stevens (about age 22),(Brother-in-law of Dr. Ludwig Henry Wolfsen) held Tent Meetings and on November 2, 1907, the Merced Seventh-day Adventist Church was organized. This campmeeting in 1907 was held from May 23-June 2. It was held at the corner of 21st and J streets. The large assembly pavillion near the main entrance on 21st street was 60 by 104 feet and could easily accomodate 800 people. The meetings were attended by many local individuals and widely reported in the localpapers of the time. Some prominent names in Adventism from around this time are: Elder C. M. Gardener, Dr. Lud Wolfsen and his wife Evelyn, Mrs. Grace Givens, and Mrs. E. J. Olds.
Merced Evening Sun,
dated September 27, 1907,
The Seventh Day Adventists, as mentioned in the Sun several weeks ago, have bought the old Baptist church at 18th and O streets, for the purpose of establishing a church of their own in Merced..."
Of the current churches in Merced, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the third oldest organized congration. Only the Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church were organized earlier. The newly formed church met in the home of Dr. Lud Wolfsen. Sometime before the close of 1911 the congregation owned its own building valued at $1,700 with a seating capacity of 150. This church was located on the northeast corner of 18th and O streets in downtown Merced. (In 1929 this church building was moved across the railroad tracks to where Highway 99 now exists). On September 24, 1927, the Adventist congregation moved into its new church building (formerly the First Methodist Church) on the corner of 20th and H streets The earliest record found to date of an Adventist school in Merced dates to 1926 with school being held on the Wolfen's ranch. In 1930, school was held in the back of the church with two teachers and including 9th grade. In 1941 a school building was put up at 13th Street and Highway 140. The school continued and in 1942 there was a ten grade school with Paster Leslie Morrill serving as Principal and Jean Stevens (daughter of Amos and Sadie Wolfsen Stevens) as teacher.
#46856306:
Biography:
Mrs. Ellen G. White arrived in Merced on Thursday, May 23, 1907 for a joint Camp Meeting of the California and Nevada Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists. A few weeks later she wrote a letter to Dr. Lud Wolfsen, an Adventist medical doctor, telling him that he should stay in Merced and raise up a church. Thus, Amos Stevens (about age 22),(Brother-in-law of Dr. Ludwig Henry Wolfsen) held Tent Meetings and on November 2, 1907, the Merced Seventh-day Adventist Church was organized. This campmeeting in 1907 was held from May 23-June 2. It was held at the corner of 21st and J streets. The large assembly pavillion near the main entrance on 21st street was 60 by 104 feet and could easily accomodate 800 people. The meetings were attended by many local individuals and widely reported in the localpapers of the time. Some prominent names in Adventism from around this time are: Elder C. M. Gardener, Dr. Lud Wolfsen and his wife Evelyn, Mrs. Grace Givens, and Mrs. E. J. Olds.
Merced Evening Sun,
dated September 27, 1907,
The Seventh Day Adventists, as mentioned in the Sun several weeks ago, have bought the old Baptist church at 18th and O streets, for the purpose of establishing a church of their own in Merced..."
Of the current churches in Merced, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the third oldest organized congration. Only the Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church were organized earlier. The newly formed church met in the home of Dr. Lud Wolfsen. Sometime before the close of 1911 the congregation owned its own building valued at $1,700 with a seating capacity of 150. This church was located on the northeast corner of 18th and O streets in downtown Merced. (In 1929 this church building was moved across the railroad tracks to where Highway 99 now exists). On September 24, 1927, the Adventist congregation moved into its new church building (formerly the First Methodist Church) on the corner of 20th and H streets The earliest record found to date of an Adventist school in Merced dates to 1926 with school being held on the Wolfen's ranch. In 1930, school was held in the back of the church with two teachers and including 9th grade. In 1941 a school building was put up at 13th Street and Highway 140. The school continued and in 1942 there was a ten grade school with Paster Leslie Morrill serving as Principal and Jean Stevens (daughter of Amos and Sadie Wolfsen Stevens) as teacher.
Biography:
Mrs. Ellen G. White arrived in Merced on Thursday, May 23, 1907 for a joint Camp Meeting of the California and Nevada Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists. A few weeks later she wrote a letter to Dr. Lud Wolfsen, an Adventist medical doctor, telling him that he should stay in Merced and raise up a church. Thus, Amos Stevens (about age 22),(Brother-in-law of Dr. Ludwig Henry Wolfsen) held Tent Meetings and on November 2, 1907, the Merced Seventh-day Adventist Church was organized. This campmeeting in 1907 was held from May 23-June 2. It was held at the corner of 21st and J streets. The large assembly pavillion near the main entrance on 21st street was 60 by 104 feet and could easily accomodate 800 people. The meetings were attended by many local individuals and widely reported in the localpapers of the time. Some prominent names in Adventism from around this time are: Elder C. M. Gardener, Dr. Lud Wolfsen and his wife Evelyn, Mrs. Grace Givens, and Mrs. E. J. Olds.
Merced Evening Sun,
dated September 27, 1907,
The Seventh Day Adventists, as mentioned in the Sun several weeks ago, have bought the old Baptist church at 18th and O streets, for the purpose of establishing a church of their own in Merced..."
Of the current churches in Merced, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the third oldest organized congration. Only the Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church were organized earlier. The newly formed church met in the home of Dr. Lud Wolfsen. Sometime before the close of 1911 the congregation owned its own building valued at $1,700 with a seating capacity of 150. This church was located on the northeast corner of 18th and O streets in downtown Merced. (In 1929 this church building was moved across the railroad tracks to where Highway 99 now exists). On September 24, 1927, the Adventist congregation moved into its new church building (formerly the First Methodist Church) on the corner of 20th and H streets The earliest record found to date of an Adventist school in Merced dates to 1926 with school being held on the Wolfen's ranch. In 1930, school was held in the back of the church with two teachers and including 9th grade. In 1941 a school building was put up at 13th Street and Highway 140. The school continued and in 1942 there was a ten grade school with Paster Leslie Morrill serving as Principal and Jean Stevens (daughter of Amos and Sadie Wolfsen Stevens) as teacher.
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