In 1895, Mr. Dirksen came to the area and conducted a revival meeting. The Wentland family accepted the Adventist faith. They, along with the Gustav Hoffman family; decided to join the church: They conducted services in various homes during the early 1900s. Later Adam Hoffman, Adolph Huff, and William Biloff joined the group. They later became members of the New Home Church.

In 1919 Elder John Roth and Julius Dertz conducted a series of meetings in Longview No. 3 school. The company was called the Pleasant Valley Sabbath School. This functioned until the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Cathay was purchased and moved to the Southeast 1/4 of section 20 about 1939 or 40.

In 1952 a new building was built in Carrington. The Pleasant Valley Church was dissolved and the Carrington Seventh Day Adventists church was organized in January 1953.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 321