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Rudi Dangelmaier was born in Germany in 1909. He trained as a designer, artist and teacher in Stuttgart, Munich and Ulm. He came to Canada in 1929. While living in Saskatchewan, he met and married his wife, Margaret. The couple had two sons. They moved to BC in 1937. Here he worked in Vancouver as an architectural designer and establishing himself as an artist. In 1976 the BC Provincial Museum sponsored an exhibit of his paintings, and they travelled the province for two years. In 1989 a collection of his paintings was published in "Pioneer Buildings of British Columbia." Rudi and Margaret moved to Langley in 1980. He passed away on December 24, 199

During the presbyterian ministry of Reverend Alexander Tait in the late 1880's this site was donated by Henry Mutrie for the construction of a new church. The lumber was obtained from a mill located two miles to the east. The name for th church is taken from the Song of solomon, chapter1, verse 2, "I am the rose of sharon and the lily of the valleys". In 1925, with the unification of the church, this became the home of the united congregation; those that remained presbyterian constructed a new church on 216A Street. A new entry has been added to the simple form of the church, and a new hall built at the rear. It is, however, a well maintained local area landmark and provides the community with important link to it first settlement.