The First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande Celebrates 125 Years of Ministry

Rock founded, Christ centered, Faith sustained

Pastors Through the Years

1884 H. J. Crall
1885 P. S. Woodcock
1887 C. W. F. Nelson
1892 A. M. Ogborn
1895 C. H. Lawrence
1898 W. D. Bell
1900 J. R. Ross
1901 F. A. Ziegler
1902 S. S. Sampson
1910 V. H. Brink
1911 C. H. M. Sutherland
1912 J. W. Gortner
1915 S. J. Lindsay
1917 De Kalb Burnham
1920 A. C. Welch
1921 (J. V. Bennett)
1922 C. M. Ross
1923 (Francis R. Johnston)
1926 H. B. McFarland
1927 G. W. Richmire
1929 Paul Lomax
1931 E. J. Bradner
1934 H. B. Sellers
1935 Zenas D. Bancroft
1938 C. J. Oleson
1940 John M. Barnhart
1942 Morris Singer
1946 John Wesley Grande
1948 Carl Arthur Wahlquist
1952 Charles H. Whipple
1954 Robert E. Laird
1959 M. Kenneth Criswell
1968 William M. Black
1974 Alan P. Gorsline
1984 Everett L. Taylor
1988 Vickrey Dougherty / Roland Dexter (interim)
1989 Ehrhardt I. Lang
2000 Robert E. Underwood
2008 David M. Burgeson
2015 Mary B. Birgelaitis

Associate Pastors

1993-1994 Diana Brady
1999-2002 Son Hye Kim