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Formal dedicatory services were held June 6 and 7, 1964, conducted by [[Alfred Perks Gibbs|Alfred P. Gibbs]] and [[George McCulloch Landis|George M. Landis]], both of which who had also ministered at the opening of the Chillum Heights building in 1938. Mr. Gibbs continued with special gospel and ministry meetings, and Mr. Landis followed later with special ministry of church truth.
Lloyd Wineberg, Thomas Hall, and Dr. [[Marlow William Olsen |Marlow Olsen]] were leading brethren for many years. The Sunday Schools have always been important in the assembly. Dorothy Peter (Aunt Dot) is especially remembered for her Sunday School interests. The superintendents have included Lloyd Wineberg, Lou Wieland, Don Kuester, Fred Corley, Ira Mitchell, Ron Gaskins, Rick Markley, Dan Solanki, and Doug Crow. Sunday School picnics were initially held once a year, then twice a year the Saturday before school closed and a week after it opened in the fall.
In the 1960's, a gospel radio program, "Your Bible and Mine" was broadcast locally over AM and FM each Sunday morning on WDON-1540 at 8:30 a.m.
