To all those persons, who, through unselfish labor and devotion to Christ’s Cause, have made possible The Larchmont Avenue Church as we know it today, we dedicate this 50th Anniversary booklet. To them we owe our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for their dedication, their sacrifices and their Christian love. 

January 9, 2008 - Some years ago, the Presbytery of Westchester – now merged with others to form the Hudson River Presbytery – decided it should have in its archives short histories of every Presbyterian church within its jurisdiction. At that time, a decision was made to bring out a history of The Larchmont Avenue Church in 1964, the fiftieth anniversary year of its founding. I was serving on the Session and had been appointed Historian. Thus, the task of writing the history fell to me. In preparation, I read a pamphlet, "How to Write the History of a Church," issued by the Presbyterian Historical Society. It advised that the background of the entire community be described so that the life of this particular church might be seen in its proper context. This I have tried to do. 

January 9, 2008 - Today, as one rides through Larchmont along streets lined with houses and past large schools and apartments, with no undeveloped land in sight, it is difficult to visualize the Larchmont of fifty years ago as it was described in the New York Herald: 

January 9, 2008 - Miss Emily Earle Lindsley, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, was an artist who lived at 39 Larchmont Avenue. She was a member of New Rochelle’s First Presbyterian Church whose pastor was the Rev. George Reynolds, D.D. 

January 9, 2008 - The Church having been organized, Mr. Carhart was appointed Moderator. On July 19th, the Church was incorporated as The Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church of Larchmont, N.Y., and the following trustees were elected: Miss Emily Lindsley, Mr. Andrew Lindsay, Dr. G. W. Perkins, Mr. H. M. Requa, Mr. William Vander Roest, and Mr. William Webb, Jr. 

January 9, 2008 - The Rev. Robert M. Russell, Jr., was called to the pastorate by unanimous choice of the congregation. He was duly installed on November 14, 1922, the Rev. Arthur McMillan, D.D., Moderator of the Presbytery of Westchester, presiding. The Rev. John Kelman, D.D., minister of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, delivered the sermon and the Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., president of Princeton Theological Seminary, the Charge to the People. 

January 9, 2008 - From August 30, 1939, until December of that year, the Church had no minister nor assistant minister. During that time a supply minister came each Sunday. Then, the Rev. Floyd E. McGuire was called to the pastorate from the Eastchester Presbyterian Church in New York City, where he had been pastor for nine years. 

January 9, 2008 - This is your church. It belongs to you. It belongs to God. We are God’s children. Think about it. Walk into the sanctuary some evening at dusk. Place yourself in a pew. Look back, look around. Look up. And look at the Cross. Indulge yourself in a moment of reverie. Think of the faces, of those you have known, of the unknown hundreds who preceded you in membership. Think of the vision of those few who created it; of the thousands who have carried it on.