Twenty-three members of the Weston Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)meet on August,1852 for the purpose of organizing the new congregation in Weston.

  In January, 1854, the building below was dedicated on the
site of the present church, 540 Washingtonuse was laid in October, 1906, and the building was dedicated on May 12, 1907 at a cost of between $8,000 and $9,000.  The basement was dug by hand by members of the congregation in 1927.  The original windows were of opaque glass.  These were replaced in the 1930s with the beautiful stained-glass windows currently in place. Weston Christian Church celebrated its centennial on October 12, 1952, with Reverend F.K. Hargrove, a former minister, as guest speaker.

  During 1978, the church celebrated its 125^th anniversary by remodeling and redecorating the sanctuary.  The culmination of this celebration came in February, 1979, with the dedication of a new eight rank, two console pipe organ by the Reuter Organ Company in Lawrence, Kansas, and a cost of around $31,000.

The most recent update was the addition
of the new side ramp entry with elevator and handicapped bathrooms on both the basement level and first floor level.  This addition was completed in March of 2003 and provided one of two commercial elevators in Weston, with the other being
at the school.  The cost of that addition
was slightly in excess of $170,000.

At least fifty-five ministers have served the church during the past 150 years, either as pastor or evangelists.  The outstanding early leaders of the Restoration Movement, as the Christians were once known, preached here, with Thomas and Alexander Campbell, O.C. Steele, Walter Scott, Moses E. Lard, D.S. Burnett, A.B. Jones, and J.M. Railey among them.  The current pastor, Reverend Ann Kircher, is the first woman minister of the church. 

A significant fund-raising and community activity for the church since 1993 has been the production of world-acclaimed Apple Dumplings.  The church congregation now hand makes over 7,500 of these heavenly delights a year, contributing over 14% of the churches annual budget and providing funds for special activities and the youth and children’s programs.  Enjoy one of these warm with ice cream or take half a dozen home for your next holiday delight.