Palm Springs Church of Christ

1450 North Avenida Caballeros
Palm Springs

A group first met on April 22, 1956 to found the congregation which met in private homes until the Palm Springs City Council chambers became available.  In 1965, it was necessary to find other meeting places which included private homes, business conference rooms, public meeting rooms and even a synagogue.

Land on Avenida Caballeros had been purchased in 1959, and in 1966 the church structure was designed by Carl Cox, Architectural Designers Associates of Indio.

Construction began on February 16, 1967, and the building was dedicated on November 26, 1967, with M. Norvel Young, President of Pepperdine University as speaker.

The beautiful faceted glass windows were designed, crafted and installed by Carl Huneke, Century Stained Glass Studio, San Francisco.  The inch thick glass is set in a thin matrix of epoxy.  The edges of the glass are chipped to refract light in brilliant patterns and to provide shading and texture to the symbolic themes of the windows.  They were completed in 1968.

The windows represent “Peace on Earth”, “Christ’s Gift to Mankind”, “Christ of the Resurrection and the Lamp of Knowledge”, “Holy Scripture and Sacred Music”.