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SERVICES SUNDAY
| Bible Class |
9:00
a.m. |
| Worship |
10:00
a.m. |
| Evening |
6:00
p.m. |
WEDNESDAY
| Fellowship Meal |
5:30 p.m. |
| Bible Class |
7:00
p.m. |
THURSDAY
| Ladies' Bible |
9:45
a.m. |
| Class
(Sept-May) |
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The first meeting of the Church
of
Christ
in
Bartlesville
was held in April of 1916 in the home of Barnabus B. and Lora L. Young, with
their five sons and one daughter. The
following week four other families joined the Youngs and met in a vacant grocery
store building, the Red Front, at Third (now
Frank Phillips Boulevard
) and Inola Streets. The men took turns reading scripture, making short talks,
leading prayers and songs, and serving communion. At some point, with a few
additional families, the church began meeting at the Carpenter's Hall located at
Dewey and Second Streets.
A lot was purchased in 1922 and a building raised at
Santa Fe
and Cudahy Streets. Four years later, in 1926, Will W. Slater became the first
"located" preacher.
 The congregation stayed at this location until a two-story
residence was purchased in 1939 at the corner of 6th and Dewey. The downstairs
was remodeled into an auditorium seating about 60 people, while upstairs four
classrooms were created. In 1941 an extension was built on to increase the
seating to 125. All of the labor was done by members of the
congregation.
| The membership continued to grow, and in 1947 Charles
Woodruff was commissioned to design a new building at Sixth and Dewey.
The original two-story building was moved to the back of the lot in 1948,
and the new building was begun on that site with Ray Dunlap as general
contractor. On August 7, 1949
, 100 members attended services in the first church building in
Bartlesville
to have refrigerated air conditioning.
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 In 1950,
Central
Christian
College
was begun in
Bartlesville
and attendance at Sixth and Dewey grew dramatically. In 1953, property at
1607 Southeast Swan Drive
was purchased for an additional congregation. On the first Sunday in August,
1955, 136 members met in the newly completed building known as the
Limestone Church, while some 300 members remained at Sixth and Dewey.
As families grow their needs change, so it was with God's
family at 6th and Dewey. To provide
for the expanding needs of the congregation, a building committee was appointed
in May, 1976. In June, 1976 the
church purchased approximately twelve acres of land at the intersection of
Adams Boulevard
and Highway 75. Derry Ebert was
selected to provide the architectural design and G.B. Williams was enlisted as
the general contractor.
| In February, 1977, the 6th and Dewey building was sold to
the city of
Bartlesville
which necessitated the use of several temporary facilities while the
Woodland
building was being completed. A
ground breaking ceremony was conducted on May 1, 1977
and actual construction on the site began in the fall of that year. |
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'Come Worship With Woodland' read the December 31, 1978
church bulletin as the Sixth and Dewey members moved into their new building,
renaming the congregation the Woodland Church of Christ.
After surviving weeks of snow and ice and then mud, the parking lots were
finally laid, numerous finishing touches to the interior of the building were
completed, and open house festivities were held on
April 1, 1979.
Nine years later, in 1988, the Woodland and Limestone congregations merged to form the Adams Boulevard Church of
Christ.
 In more recent history, the continued growth of the
congregation and need for more space necessitated the addition of a two-story,
11-room education wing in 1998. This
new wing not only allowed room for more Bible and community classes, but also
supplied the needed space to begin Sonshine School, a preschool and parent’s day out program, in 2001.
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In the fall of 2003, groundbreaking and construction began on our Family Life Center,
which was dedicated on Sunday, March 27, 2005. The center consists of a mutli-purpose room with a full-size gymnasium floor capable of seating
approximately 500 people. It also contains a new
commercial kitchen, additional classrooms, conference room, office, parlor, storage and more. |
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Today we continue to work toward the mission statement of
Know, Grow, Go (Know
Christ & His Love, Grow in Christ & His Love, Make Christ & His Love Known).
If you are looking for a church home, we would love for you
to become a part of our future.
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