Year

Event/Ministries

Ministers/Pastors

1920's

• Church started meeting in shop at corner of Bell street and Gilbert Road, West Preston.
• First recorded church business meeting, corner of Bell and Gilbert - 6th July 1927.
• Land was purchased to build a church, Corner of Gilbert Road and Cramer street, West Preston.
• Church was build on land - Dec. 3 & 10, 1927.
• Church was opened - Dec. 10, 1927
• Church was constituted - 22 Jan. 1928 by Rev H.H. Jeffs
• Founding members = 15
• Each August church had the 'Sale of Gifts' day called the "Wattle Fair" as a fund raiser to pay off the loan for the church

1-Jan-28 to 14-Feb-28:
Rev. H.H. Jeffs

1-Jul-28 to 1-Dec-29:
Rev. D.S. Harvey

1930's

• Built the kindergarten adjoining the back of church, now the hall

1-Jun-30 to 30-Sep-32:
Rev. T. Churchward-Kelly

Returned end of 1930:
Rev. D.S. Harvey

1-Jan-32 to 1-Sep-37:
Rev. J. Robertson McCue

7-Dec-37 to 7-Mar-38:
L. Whitburn (sp)

27-May-38 to 30-May-46:
Rev. F. A. Leader

Rev. H. F. Wright (mod)

1940's

• World War 2

Until 30-May-46:
Rev. F.A. Leeder

1-May-46 to 29-Nov-47:
G.D. Burr (sp)

7-Mar-48 to 27-Nov-49:
Leonard Shannon (sp/act)

1950's

• Church Silver Anniversary (25) on Sunday 7-Dec-1952
  which included a Thank Offering for Manse Fund
• Completion of church manse - 1952 (1953)
• "C" Grade Cricket Team - 1953-54

2-Dec-49 to 7-Mar-50:
Ken Wade (co-P)

14-Mar-50 to 28-Nov-50:
T. Green (sp)
Trevor Farmilo (sp)

1-Dec-50 to 6-Mar-51:
T. Marriot (sp)

14-Mar-51 to 29-Nov-51:
K. Wade (sp)
T. Farmilo (sp)

5-Dec-51 to 12-Mar-52:
A Kenworthy (sp)

19-Mar-52 to 5-Oct-52:
T. Farmilo (sp)
T. Bensch (co-P)

1953 - 1956:
Rev Graham Watkins

1956 - 1965:
Rev Ken Wade

1960's

• Teentime children's program - 1966
• Set of new Church Pews and Hyme Board, donation of $900 by A.J.Featonby 16-May-1968
• Cricket Team - 1964 to 1969
• 12-Nov-1962 Members = 52
• 13-Aug-1963 Members = 39
• 22-Nov-1965 Members = 44
• 1966/67 Members = 41
• 1968/69 Members = 49

1956 - 1965:
Rev Ken Wade

Nov 1965 - 1966:
Mr David Brenchley (co-act)
Mr David Treloar (co-act)

1967 - 1970:
Rev Graham R Neilson

1970's

• Attempted Ethnic Visitation with J. Bosma E.C.M - early 1970's
• Attempted Reach Italian Community - early 1970's
• Monthly services at Lumeah Old People's Home - early 1970's
• 50th Church Anniversary - held 27th Nov 1977
• 22-Nov-1972 Members = 34
• 1975 both the long serving Secretary and Treasurer passed away on the one weekend

Nov 1970-Sep 1974:
Rev. C. Harold Nicholls

1975:
Rev. Salter.

1976: (vacant)

1980's

• Church ministry to Cambodian refugees - early 1980's
• Featonby and Fuller estates donation to church ($130000+$18000) - 1983-84
• Church interior renovations, Sanctuary and middle rooms - 1983-84
• Church buys 108 Cramer Street, West Preston for $78, 500 - 15-Dec-1984 and rented to Cambodian families
• Manse also rented out the Cambodian families - 1985
• Church sells 108 Cramer Street for $86,000 - Sep 1987
• Extensions to rear of manse $49000 - Oct-Nov 1988
• Starting of Community based youth group - Late 1980's

1981:
Rev Ian Gook (int)

1982 - 1986:
Keith Sykes (int/pt)

May 1987 - 1990:
Rev. Rod Cairns

1990's

• Manse vacated by Pastor and used as student accommodation - (Feb. 1995 to Feb. 1998)
• Manse occupied by new Pastor Mar-1998
• Community Food Bank mid 1990's
• Play Groups

1992 - Dec. 1996
Rev. Peter Bentley

1997
Rev Rob Williams (int)

Mar. 1998 - Jan. 2006:
Rev. Gordon Wild

• BUV purchases 108 Cramer Street
• Annual church camp at Camp Wilkin, started 1999
• Over 70 people attend Church camp at Camp Wilkin, Anglesea, Nov-2002
• Dec 2002 church celebrated it's 75th birthday
• 5th Sunday - Family Services
• Play Groups
• Inter-faith day(s) and womens day(s)
• Over 30 babies born to church families during 1998-2006
• Two morning services, 2004
• Manse used to house West Papuan refugees, first half 2006
• Easter "Stations of the Cross" and Art exhibition 2008

Mar. 1998 - Jan. 2006:
Rev. Gordon Wild

Sep. 2006 - Easter 2008:
Dr. Mark Lindsay