Our History

* Fall of 1987: The presbytery of the Twin Cities Area invited local residents to form a core group to establish a new Presbyterian congregation in the area. Over the next two years, this group along with others from the Presbytery, formed a steering committee, a site committee, and a pastor nominating committee.
* August 1, 1989: Cal Cooper arrived to begin work as the organizing pastor.
* September 24, 1989: The first worship service was held at Plymouth Creek Elementary School.
* December 2, 1990: Plymouth Presbyterian Church was chartered with 111 members. A congregational meeting was held that same day to elect elders and deacons.
* April 5, 1992: A building committee was elected and proceeded with the planning that led to the original church building. As a gift for the new church, the Presbytery donated the ten acre site. Three acres were given to the city for streets, leaving a seven acre site for the church building.
* September 11, 1994: The congregation broke ground for the building.
* March 19, 1995: First worship service in the new church building.
* June 1996: Plymouth Presbyterian Church received the Sam and Helen Walton Award as one of the outstanding Presbyterian New Churches in the country. The $30,000 award was used to add the second tier of the parking lot.
* August 1, 1997: Susan Marvin arrived to accept the church's call as associate pastor.
* Fall 2004: A building committee was elected to plan an educational addition to the original building.
* August 2005: Cal Cooper retires as Senior Pastor of Plymouth Presbyterian Church.
* January 2006: Gene Orr starts as Interim Pastor
* June 2006: Construction starts on educational/administrative addition to the building.
* December 3, 2006: Dedication of building addition
* Fall 2007: Jennifer McCurry accepts the church's call as associate pastor.
* February 2008: Chris Hagen accepts the church's call as interim senior pastor.
* September 1, 2008: Ewen Holmes became the new senior pastor and was installed by the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area on Sunday, November 16, 2008. March 1, 2009: Allison Nahr accepted and started in the role of Director of Christian Formation.
* Current: Membership is 385 active members plus nearly 150 children and youth.