The History of Community Celebration Church

 

November 1996      Steve Larson sensed a call to plant a
     church in SE Minnesota


 
September 1997      Tammy and Steve Larson begin
     making plans to plant a church in
     the Byron area


 
July 1998      New Church
     informational
     meeting
 Informational meeting invite


 
September 1998      The first official service of Community
     Celebration Church held at the Byron
       American Legion
     with 65 people
     in attendance
Byron American Legion sign


 
2000      CCC outgrows
     the legion and
     moves to Byron
     Elementary
     School
Byron Elementary sign


 
2000      Land is purchased for future building
  Future home sign


 
2004      Capital fund-raising campaign; raising
     almost 3 times more than the
     average church our size


 
June 2004      Ground is broken
     for new building
Shovel and dirt


 
March 2005      First services held in new building;
     average attendance 232
Church building


 
October 2009      Average attendance 440