Pacific Union College Church
Pacific Union College Church | |
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38°34′13″N 122°26′30″W / 38.57024°N 122.44164°W | |
Location | Pacific Union College Angwin, California |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Membership | 1,620[1] |
Website | www.pucchurch.org |
History | |
Founded | December 31, 1909 |
Clergy | |
Pastor(s) | Ernest Furness, Jim Wibberding, John Hughson |
The Pacific Union College Church (PUC Church) is the campus church of
Napa Valley, California. It is a part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church
.
History
The congregation first met in 1909 in a former dance hall shortly after the college moved from
church choir.[3] By 1984, the church plant was worth an estimated $7.7 million due to inflation; it had cost less than a third of that amount to construct in 1968.[4] While the college originally funded all levels of its education, starting in 1901, it took over the financial responsibility for the elementary school.[5] They raised a church-school fund. All the children of the church were free to attend the school.[5]
In 2000, PUC Church was noted for being the only church in the Northern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to have a female pastor.[6] Pastors from the church have been featured at various events hosted by Adventist Churches.[7] The church is active in philanthropy, as well. In 2010 the church raised over $25,000 to aid in relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[8] The church has 1,620 members as of October 2022, and is regularly frequented by students attending the college as well.[9][10][11]
Rieger Pipe Organ
The PUC Church contains a
Frenchmen Dom Bédos de Celles, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, François-Henri Clicquot and Robert Clicquot.[12] When installation was completed in 1981, it was the largest organ that Rieger's company had constructed.[12] In 1996, a group of German organists listed the organ as one of the top 35 most important organs in the United States.[13]
Notable members
See also
- Adventist beliefs
- Adventist theology
References
- ^ "Pacific Union College SDA Church". eAdventist. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b "About Us". pucchurch.org. Pacific Union College Church. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ a b Kempster, James A. (2005). "Echoes of the PUC Church" (PDF). ViewPoint (Winter 2005): 6–9.
- Adventist Review: 2. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ Pacific Union Recorder. p. 11. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-8280-1603-2.
- Press-Courier. 21 April 1984. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ Villatoro, Carlos (20 January 2010). "Wineries, students, PUC donate to Haiti relief efforts". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Pacific Union College Seventh-day Adventist Church". Adventist Organizational Directory. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Pacific Union College". Best Colleges. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ Paulson, Kevin. "In Defense of the Biblical Judgment". GreatControversy.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ a b "The Rieger Organ". pucchurch.org. Pacific Union College Church. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ Smith, Melinda (1996). "15th Anniversary of Pacific Union College's Rieger Organ". PUC News and Events. Retrieved 11 May 2011.