Historic Auburn Church Gets New Vision "The vision I have for offering practical help to the changing Auburn community so closely meshes with the Ministry Vision Plan at White River, it definitely seems providential to find myself working at this historic church at this particular time. I'm looking forward to partnering with the Auburn community in the future as we develop programs at White River to help meet the practical and spiritual needs of the city and surrounding areas," Taylor-Hough says. White River Presbyterian Church was organized on July 9, 1867 in the Langston log schoolhouse near present-day Kent. It is the oldest Presbyterian church in the Presbytery of Seattle. The church began with six members, and met at various places in the White River valley after the Langston school burned to the ground. "One of the founders was venerable pioneer Dr. Levi Ballard. For years, the group met in various multi-purpose buildings, usually schoolhouses. One of their early ministers was Rev. George F. Whitworth, the founder of Whitworth College (now in Spokane, but originally located in Sumner)." --from: "Auburn-Area Churches" by Stan Flewelling, White River Journal: A Newsletter of the White River Valley Museum, October 2002 For more information or to schedule an interview with Deborah Taylor-Hough or Rev. Arleigh Champ-Gibson (Pastor, White River Presbyterian Church), call Trish Jackson at 253.833.2990 or email WRPC@earthlink.net

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 (Archive on Thursday, April 10, 2008) Posted by shaworth  Contributed by shaworth

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