With donations of $500, coupled with a $5,500 loan, the charter members of St. Andrew purchased land on Murray Boulevard upon which two houses would be built; one to be used as a chapel, the other as a school. Within six months, the church was chartered. Some nearly sixty years ago, the members of St. Andrew declared their intention to pray, to study and to share in the world-wide work of the Church of Christ.

Five years later, the present ten-acre site in Cedar Hills, then a rural and undeveloped area nearly seven miles from Portland's city center, was purchased. Upon groundbreaking for the first building on the site, the Valley News declared "Faith, Shovel Move Earth". Construction of the present-day Fellowship Hall was completed and a "Day of Joyful Entry" was declared for November 5, 1961.

A secretary's office, classrooms, and an expanded Narthex soon followed. Twenty-five years after the dedication of the first building, ground was broken for a new Sanctuary. The tapestry at the center of the Chancel wall, handcrafted by Eleanor Van de Water, was installed in 1990. St. Andrew's world-famous organ, built by Paul Fritts, was installed in 1994.

We are currently in the planning stages for another facility expansion that will enable us to enhance our ministries today and expand to those ministries that call us tomorrow.