{"id":5238,"date":"2023-05-31T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/?page_id=5238"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:20:56","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/?page_id=5238","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-neve-link-hover-color-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd800702f20c9d41d414939235f16336\">A Christian Church in Mission Viejo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2\/1973 &#8211; Exploratory Services began in Mission Viejo High School by Rev. H. C. Lyon.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/1973 &#8211; WELS declared Living Word a mission congregation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/1973 &#8211; The current location on Alicia Pkwy was purchased.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/1973 &#8211; CRM Allen R. Beyersdorf was assigned to Living Word from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7\/21\/1973 &#8211; Rev. Allen R. Beyersdorf was ordained at King of Kings Evangelical Lutheran Church in Garden Grove and installed as Pastor of Living Word.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/1974 &#8211; The parsonage on Via Calzada was purchased.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/1975 &#8211; The voters elected a building committee to construct a sanctuary.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7\/6\/1975 &#8211; Groundbreaking of the new sanctuary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9\/1976 &#8211; Living Word Day School was founded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11\/14\/1976 &#8211; The church building and hall were dedicated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1998 &#8211; A stained glass window was installed on the East Wall (the wall behind the altar) behind the cross.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2001 &#8211; The upper parking lot was purchased for cash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6\/2001 &#8211; Ground was broken for the new school building&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007-2024 &#8211; The six existing nave windows were replaced with stained glass windows designed and execute by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beraglass.com\">Bera Stained Glass Studios<\/a> in San Marcos, CA. The six windows are <em><a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120206Nativity_Full_Window.jpg\">The Nativity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120206Calming_Full_Window-1.jpg\">The Calming of the Sea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20120206Feeding_Full_Window.jpg\">The Feeding of the Five Thousand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/20150929Final.jpg\">The Raising of Lazarus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_2506-1-scaled.jpeg\">The Cleansing of the Temple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210421Christ_AscensionFinal-scaled.jpg\">The Ascension<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/2011 &#8211; Living Word Day School ceased operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/20\/2011 &#8211; CRM David A. Frey was assigned to Living Word from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7\/17\/2011 &#8211; Rev. David A. Frey was ordained and installed as Pastor of Living Word.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/2012 &#8211; The old school building was leased to Laguna Parent Participation Preschool.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\/2017 &#8211; An atlar crucifix, Gospel Book, and processional crucifix were donated. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/2020 &#8211; The parsonage was heavily renovated.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6\/27\/2021 &#8211; A pipe organ constructed by Richard T. Swanson was installed and dedicated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022-2023 &#8211; 50th Anniversary renovations to our sanctuary and buildings included: East Wall crucifix, altar candles, new floor chancel and nave, aumbry, paraments, and processional torches, among other items. A multi-week Bible Class on church architecture and beauty was presented. The renovations throughout the years <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Upgrades.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Image-Reduced-PDF.pdf\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\/28\/2023 &#8211; The 50th Anniversary Service was celebrated, the renovated sanctuary and the new appointments blessed.&nbsp;The hall was rededicated as Beyersdorf Hall. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May God keep Living Word faithful until the return of our Lord Jesus.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christian Church in Mission Viejo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5238"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6711,"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5238\/revisions\/6711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwordca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}