DID YOU KNOW – Logos left a lasting imprint on the adults and youth involved. From Juli Salman (parent and teacher): I loved working with Joan Boliek and the younger kids. She was so resourceful and creative and taught me a lot about being patient and being able to adjust expectations on the fly. We made a large . . .
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Did You Know #5
DID YOU KNOW, Logos, an afterschool program for children, ran from the fall of 1996 through May 2004. The outreach program was a joint venture with St. Paul’s Episcopal Lutheran and Methodist churches working closely as partners providing teachers and volunteers. My daughter Katie joined the program as a kindergartner in the fall of 1997 when . . .
Did You Know? #4
DID YOU KNOW, our church Mission Statement is: With Christ as the center of our ministry, First United Presbyterian Church is dedicated to sharing the love of Christ in our community and beyond. We accomplish our mission by improving the spiritual life and resources of our church and community, making our community a better place in which to live, . . .
Did You Know? #3
DID YOU KNOW, the railroad arrived in East Las Vegas on July 4,1879. The new town grew up around the railroad and was the impetus for construction of a new church building on Douglas Avenue in 1880. The original church on Socorro Street was virtually abandoned until a Spanish Presbyterian church was organized in 1884. . . .
Did You Know? #2
DID YOU KNOW, the bell in the Douglas Avenue church steeple was cast in Troy, NY, and weighs 831 pounds. The bell was hauled the last 250 miles into Las Vegas by wagon train because the Santa Fe railroad ended in Grenada, Colorado. . . .
Did You Know? #1
DID YOU KNOW, in 1870, what would become the oldest existing New Mexico Protestant Church building standing today, was erected on Socorro Street in Las Vegas, NM. The original First Presbyterian Church was built by Rev. John Annin and his associate Jose Ynes Perea, later to become Rev. Jose Perea. . . .
