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History of the
Golden Seventh-day Adventist Church
Two years before the turn of the 20th century, a meeting was
held in Golden on the lot at the corner of 13th and Washington
Streets. A little boy, seeing the big tent, thought a
circus had come to town and urged his family to attend.
This boy, his mother, brother aunt and her family joined the
Seventh-day Adventist Church as a result of these
meetings. From 1903 to 1909, a home Sabbath School was
conducted in the little boy's home at 530 Arapahoe Street.
Later that boy grew up to be a Seventh-day Adventist minister,
Elder Prout.
The Golden Seventh-day Adventist Church was formally organized
in 1910 and met in a rented upstairs hall on Ford Street until
1917. The old Grange Hall at 10th and Jackson was the next
meeting place from 1917 to 1919. At this time, the
membership was about 31. Then the old Swedish Church at
501 Washington Avenue was pressed into service from 1919 to
1920. Many present and former members of the Golden SDA
Church will fondly remember the old building at 810 Washington
which was our church home from 1921 to 1957, a period of nearly
36 years.
Finally, after much planning and prayer, the Lord's hand guided
us to our present location where the first service was conducted
two days before Christmas on December 23, 1957. The newly
built church was dedicated on December 9, 1961.
In the summer of 1997 we began a major construction project that
gave us room to expand our ministries. The back of the church was remodeled and an addition put on that
included an extended sanctuary, a sound/satellite room, a new
mother's room, a new entryway, the pastor's office, the library,
the two main bathrooms, the upstairs rooms and a pathfinder room
downstairs. This
renovation was completely paid for in February of 2005.
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