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OUR HISTORY

January 1974  Westminster Presbytery declares its intention to begin a new church in northwest Hillsborough and in March calls Rev. William P. Anderson, Jr. to be organizing minister.


April 1974  On Palm Sunday, 38 people attend the first worship service in the bank building at Lake Carroll Way and Dale Mabry. 


December 1974  The congregation moves into the former sales office for Carrollwood Village, the building that was later named Anderson Hall.


May 1975  Village Presbyterian Church is officially chartered with 75 members in the Westminster Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.


Summer 1979  Village hosts its first Vacation Bible School.


Fall 1979  Sunday School classes are offered for all ages.


December 1980  First Live Nativity scene is presented on the church lawn complete with live animals.


October 1981  John S. McCall is approved as first pastoral candidate from VPC.


November 1982  Rev. H. William Vassey is installed as the second senior pastor and serves until December 1988.


March 1983  The first Presbyterian Women (PW) officers are elected and installed.


June 1983  VPC becomes a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) upon the reunification of the Northern (United Presbyterian Church in the USA) and Southern (Presbyterian Church in the US) denominations.


March 1985  The new sanctuary building with the blue tile roof is dedicated.


September 1985  Linda Beckham is hired as the first Christian Educator for Village.


September 1986  The Heissler Organ (Opus 442) is dedicated in the sanctuary.  It is a 21 stop, 23 rank organ built in 1986 by the Franz Heissler Organ Company of Germany.  The organ has 1,156 pipes ranging in size from 10 feet to smaller than a pencil.  The metal pipes are made of a tin and lead combination while the wooden ones are made of Swedish pine.  The custom designed case is built of solid American white oak.  There are 56 Spanish Trompettes mounted horizontally in the center of the case.


February 1987  Gary Wirsz is hired as the organist.


March 1990  Rev. James A. Nightingale is installed as the third senior pastor and serves until July 1998.


May 1992  Mark Orendorf is hired as the first full time youth director.


August 1993  Rev.  Kathleen A. Waters is installed as the first associate pastor and is also responsible for Christian education and served until March 1998.


September 1993  Seven trained Bethel teachers begin teaching the two year, lay-led Bible study to more than 90 students.


March 1995  The first class of Stephen Ministers is commissioned to give distinctively Christian care to members and friends of VPC.


June 1995  The youth group organizes its first mission trip to Merida, Mexico.


July 1995  Kristy Welshhans is ordained and installed as the first Youth Elder.


August 1995  Mission outreach increases with an intergenerational mission trip to Homestead, Florida.  


February 1996  Todd Buhrmaster is hired as the second full time youth director.


January 1998  Village participates in the Tampa Billy Graham Crusade.  


July 1998  The first Board of Deacons is ordained and installed.  Michelle Mackness is ordained and installed as the first Youth Deacon.


August 1998  Rev. Harriett Houston Cale joins the VPC staff as Interim Associated Pastor, followed by Dr. W. Edmund Carver as Interim Pastor in September.


January 2000  Dr. Charles C. Legvold joins the VPC staff as Senior Pastor and serves until January 2004.


March 2000  Village celebrates its 25th Anniversary.


May 2001  Terri Bilotta joins the VPC staff as third full time youth director.


August 2002  Mike Legaspi joins the VPC staff as Director of Student Ministries.


May 2004  Rev. Ginny Simmons Ellis begins as Interim Pastor.


February 2005  Jon Oosterling joins the VPC staff as Contemporary Music Director.


April 2005  Justin Morrisroe is hired as the fourth full time youth director.


February 2006  Rev. James C. Yearsley is called as the fifth Senior Pastor of Village Presbyterian Church.


October 2007  Miranda Morrisroe joins the VPC staff as Director of Christian Education and Outreach.


2008 and 2009  A new Strategic Plan is created and adopted.  Elders and Deacons are divided into four ministry teams.  The Mission Statement "Continuing Christ's Work in the World" is adopted.


October 2008  Members begin stocking a small closet in the pastor's office with canned goods to give to people in need.


February 2009  The Community Food Pantry is launched from a Sunday School classroom with weekly distribution times.


May 2010  Anderson Hall is renovated and the Community Food Pantry receives its own entrance and distribution space.  The main building's blue tile roof is replaced with a blue steel roof.


December 2010  Village begins working with A Kid's Place in Hillsborough County.


May 2011  The Community Food Pantry hosts its first community food distribution with Feeding America giving away 7,000 pounds of food in one day.


February 2012  Gary Wirsz celebrates his 25th anniversary as VPC's organist.


March 2013  Brittany Bozeman joins VPC as Director of Music and Arts.


April 2013  First International Mission trip to Nakekela, South Africa.


July 2013  Michelle Blume joins VPC as Director of Discipleship and Missions.


August 2015  Monica Wilson joins the staff as Director of the Community Food Pantry.


September 2016  CFP joins Carrollwood Area Business Association.


January 2017  Community Food Pantry receives its first grant through the Allegany Franciscan Ministries Tau Grant.


March 2017  CFP awarded a 20-foot refrigerated trailer through a grant from Feeding Tampa Bay.


April 2017  First Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraising dinner for the CFP.


June 2017  Holly Kowalczyk joins the VPC staff as Director of Christian Education.


September/October 2017  Rev. Kenneth Shick joins VPC staff as interim pastor when Rev. James C. Yearsley retires as Pastor Emeritus after eleven years of service.


March 2018  CFP chosen by Feeding Tampa Bay as a "model pantry" to participate in a pilot program on how to better serve those in need.


February 2019  Jon Oosterling returns to VPC as Director of Music.


May 2019  Rev. John B. Erthein is called as the sixth senior pastor of Village Presbyterian Church and serves until July 2020.


September 2020  Rev. Dr. Haemin Lee joins Village as interim pastor and serves through December 2021.


December 2021  Village Presbyterian holds in 41st Living Nativity for the community.


January 2022  The Community Food Pantry serves its 5,000,000th meal.


October 2022  Brittany Bozeman returns to VPC as Director of Music.


January 1974  Westminster Presbytery declares its intention to begin a new church in northwest Hillsborough and in March calls Rev. William P. Anderson, Jr. to be organizing minister.


April 1974  On Palm Sunday, 38 people attend the first worship service in the bank building at Lake Carroll Way and Dale Mabry. 


December 1974  The congregation moves into the former sales office for Carrollwood Village, the building that was later named Anderson Hall.


May 1975  Village Presbyterian Church is officially chartered with 75 members.


Summer 1979  Village hosts its first Vacation Bible School.


Fall 1979  Sunday School classes are offered for all ages.


December 1980  First Live Nativity scene is presented on the church lawn complete with live animals.


October 1981  John S. McCall is approved as first pastoral candidate from VPC.


November 1982  Rev. H. William Vassey is installed as the second senior pastor and serves until December 1988.


March 1983  The first Presbyterian Women (PW) officers are elected and installed.


March 1985  The new sanctuary building with the blue tile roof is dedicated.


September 1985  Linda Beckham is hired as the first Christian Educator for Village.


September 1986  The Heissler Organ (Opus 442) is dedicated in the sanctuary.  It is a 21 stop, 23 rank organ built in 1986 by the Franz Heissler Organ Company of Germany.  The organ has 1,156 pipes ranging in size from 10 feet to smaller than a pencil.  The metal pipes are made of a tin and lead combination while the wooden ones are made of Swedish pine.  The custom designed case is built of solid American white oak.  There are 56 Spanish Trompettes mounted horizontally in the center of the case.


February 1987  Gary Wirsz is hired as the organist.


March 1990  Rev. James A. Nightingale is installed as the third senior pastor and serves until July 1998.


May 1992  Mark Orendorf is hired as the first full time youth director.


August 1993  Rev.  Kathleen A. Waters is installed as the first associate pastor and is also responsible for Christian education and served until March 1998.


September 1993  Seven trained Bethel teachers begin teaching the two year, lay-led Bible study to more than 90 students.


March 1995  The first class of Stephen Ministers is commissioned to give distinctively Christian care to members and friends of VPC.


June 1995  The youth group organizes its first mission trip to Merida, Mexico.


July 1995  Kristy Welshhans is ordained and installed as the first Youth Elder.


August 1995  Mission outreach increases with an intergenerational mission trip to Homestead, Florida.  


February 1996  Todd Buhrmaster is hired as the second full time youth director.


January 1998  Village participates in the Tampa Billy Graham Crusade.  


July 1998  The first Board of Deacons is ordained and installed.  Michelle Mackness is ordained and installed as the first Youth Deacon.


August 1998  Rev. Harriett Houston Cale joins the VPC staff as Interim Associated Pastor, followed by Dr. W. Edmund Carver as Interim Pastor in September.


January 2000  Dr. Charles C. Legvold joins the VPC staff as Senior Pastor and serves until January 2004.


March 2000  Village celebrates its 25th Anniversary.


May 2001  Terri Bilotta joins the VPC staff as third full time youth director.


August 2002  Mike Legaspi joins the VPC staff as Director of Student Ministries.


May 2004  Rev. Ginny Simmons Ellis begins as Interim Pastor.


February 2005  Jon Oosterling joins the VPC staff as Contemporary Music Director.


April 2005  Justin Morrisroe is hired as the fourth full time youth director.


February 2006  Rev. James C. Yearsley is called as the fifth Senior Pastor of Village Presbyterian Church.


October 2007  Miranda Morrisroe joins the VPC staff as Director of Christian Education and Outreach.


2008 and 2009  A new Strategic Plan is created and adopted.  Elders and Deacons are divided into four ministry teams.  The Mission Statement "Continuing Christ's Work in the World" is adopted.


October 2008  Members begin stocking a small closet in the pastor's office with canned goods to give to people in need.


February 2009  The Community Food Pantry is launched from a Sunday School classroom with weekly distribution times.


May 2010  Anderson Hall is renovated and the Community Food Pantry receives its own entrance and distribution space.  The main building's blue tile roof is replaced with a blue steel roof.


December 2010  Village begins working with A Kid's Place in Hillsborough County.


May 2011  The Community Food Pantry hosts its first community food distribution with Feeding America giving away 7,000 pounds of food in one day.


February 2012  Gary Wirsz celebrates his 25th anniversary as VPC's organist.


March 2013  Brittany Bozeman joins VPC as Director of Music and Arts.


April 2013  First International Mission trip to Nakekela, South Africa.


July 2013  Michelle Blume joins VPC as Director of Discipleship and Missions.


August 2015  Monica Wilson joins the staff as Director of the Community Food Pantry.


September 2016  CFP joins Carrollwood Area Business Association.


January 2017  Community Food Pantry receives its first grant through the Allegany Franciscan Ministries Tau Grant.


March 2017  CFP awarded a 20-foot refrigerated trailer through a grant from Feeding Tampa Bay.


April 2017  First Annual Denim & Diamonds fundraising dinner for the CFP.


June 2017  Holly Kowalczyk joins the VPC staff as Director of Christian Education.


September/October 2017  Rev. Kenneth Shick joins VPC staff as interim pastor when Rev. James C. Yearsley retires as Pastor Emeritus after eleven years of service.


March 2018  CFP chosen by Feeding Tampa Bay as a "model pantry" to participate in a pilot program on how to better serve those in need.


February 2019  Jon Oosterling returns to VPC as Director of Music.


May 2019  Rev. John B. Erthein is called as the sixth senior pastor of Village Presbyterian Church and serves until July 2020.


September 2020  Rev. Dr. Haemin Lee joins Village as interim pastor and serves through December 2021.


December 2021  Village Presbyterian holds in 41st Living Nativity for the community.


January 2022  The Community Food Pantry serves its 5,000,000th meal.


October 2022  Brittany Bozeman returns to VPC as Director of Music.


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