St Andrew Lutheran Church

Specialties

+ Worship with Communion every Sunday at 8:30 & 11:00 am all year.

+ Christian Education for all ages (Infant — Adult) Sunday mornings beginning at 9:45 am. Adult Forums of various kinds weekday evenings.

+ The St. Andrew Learning Center (infants — middle school) is a year-​round child care, preschool, and after-​school program — including summer camps — open weekdays from 7:00 am — 6:00 pm.

History

Established in 1952.

The people of St. Andrew Lutheran Church first worshiped together on September 7, 1952 in the auditorium of the old Sunset Valley Elementary School in nearby Cedar Mill. Gathered were 38 adults and seven children. With donations of $ 500, coupled with a $ 5,500 loan, the charter members of St. Andrew purchased land on Joy Street, near Murray Boulevard.

Five years later, the present ten-​acre site in Cedar Hills, then a rural and undeveloped area nearly seven miles from Portland’s city center, was purchased.

In 1987, the current Sanctuary was completed. It is an expansive space with soaring windows overlooking the 7-​acre wetlands, with a locally-​made tapestry, handcrafted by Eleanor Van de Water, installed in 1990, and a Northwest-​made Fritts Organ with its hand-​carved «pipe shades» decorating the pipes, installed in 1994. On Sunday, March 6, 2011, ground was broken for a new Fellowship and Education Wing, to replace the old Fellowship Hall, and was dedicated on Sunday, May 6, 2012.