Community members will mark milestone with late October fiesta

The Holy Comforter Lutheran Church began in a trailer 40 years ago. 

That’s where the congregation first convened in 1968. Members met at the trailer and sometimes at their houses for weekly worship. The now 550-member Kingwood church, the first in the area, will celebrate its mile marker anniversary with an Oct. 26 party.

Church volunteer Dawna Kaleda said she first attended Holy Comforter in 1971 with her mother, a year before the church’s permanent campus broke ground. Less than 50 people attended services then, she said.

Pastor Barb Bartling said she views the church as a place to find purpose. MORE>