Sent
Celebrating the
Anniversary of Our Congregation
October 11, 2009
Remembering 125
years of God's Grace Among Us
and 75 years as a congregations
On Sunday, October 11 our congregation held two worship services to
remember the birthday of our becoming an organized congregation on October 11,
1934. At 9 am a service of celebration
was held with 252 people in attendance. The Rev. Dr. Lane Seitz, president of
the Minnesota South District of our Synod was the guest preacher. He thanked God with us for all the blessings
of the past years. Then he challenged us
for the future to reach out to the many unchurched in
our community. There are still many
souls to be brought into the
An anniversary choir
made up of past and present members of the Senior
choir sang several anthems, as well as hymn verses. Linda Staples was the organist, Page Kern
played the trumpet and Ruth Wohlfeil directed the 27
members of the choir. The members
included:
Bruce Mews, Sue Hausch, Rod Richter, Kathy Christoffer
Aume, Luther Skov Don Montag, Londa Borer-Skov, Jeff Post, Ray Salzwedel, Debra Salzwedel
Bonk, Verna Jans,
Ron Soleta,
Judy Baumgard, Marilyn Wahl, Florence Richter,
Katie Johnson, Wilma Tasler,
Mary Lillegaard, Delores Muller, Adina Hanson, Lois Theesfeld, Celia Woizeschke Pinske, Joyce Becker,
Shelley Lang, Karen Christoffer
Grein, Mary Jean Borer Montag,
Melanie Woizeschke Schultz
After the
morning service a power point presentation was given by Pastor Sajban, with additional commentary from several
members. At noon a catered meal was
served to 203 people. At 1:30 pm a
memorial service was held with the Rev. Arnold Walta,
one of our former pastors, now living in retirement in
To
conclude the day, cake and ice cream was served in the fellowship hall.