![]() ![]() A new school was constructed in 1925 at a cost of $15,341.45. Other activities in the church included the beginning of a parish paper. Beginning with the installation of Pastor William Schuetz of Monticello on May 11, 1918, congregational meetings were conducted entirely in English with a special German service, when announced, on Sunday mornings for the older church members. Services in English started in January 1912. Collections for a one-month period raised $1,057 of the $1,100 needed for a pipe organ installed by the William Schuelke Organ Company. The new church was dedicated on November 23, 1890, and the old church was remodeled for a school. The plan submitted called for a brick structure, 90 by 44 feet, built in GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE with a 120-foot tower. On January 1, 1890, a resolution was passed unanimously for construction of a new building. ![]() For $196.70 a schoolroom was constructed on the rear of the old church.īetween 18 the size of the congregation grew so large that a new church became a necessity. The old church was moved for $60.00 to the new location, and the house on the adjacent lot was used as a parsonage. ![]() The present locations of the church and parsonage were purchased on October 23, 1878. A parish school was opened in the Methodist Church, and in the same year a small church was constructed for $1,200.ĭuring 18 the first Sunday School for the Missouri Synod in Iowa was begun and the first advertisements about the church were placed in two newspapers in the city. Wehrs came to Dubuque as the first permanent pastor. The first church services were held in the homes of the members until the Methodist Church, on 17th and Iowa STREETS, was rented for services. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in Dubuque with eleven charter members. Pastor Mennicke of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Rock Island, Illinois, visited the Dubuque congregation, and impressed by their sincerity opened the way for the foundation of a new church. Doctrinal differences in July 1865,led members of the Lutheran congregation in Dubuque to petition the Missouri Synod for a pastor. ![]()
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