Archive Record
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Metadata
Title |
Ministry of Rev. Earl C. Moehring |
Collection |
Moehring Collection |
Catalog Number |
2019.7.1 |
Object Name |
File, Document |
Location |
FBox 20 |
Date |
1948 |
Scope & Content |
Documents and oral history relating to the ministry of Rev. Earl C. Moehring in Ohio and Texas from 1925 through 1948. See Finding Aids for specific documents attached to this record. |
Finding Aids |
Folder 1 -- Documents American Lutheran Church, Department of Home Missions, grant document, allotting money to the Texas District to pay the salary of the missionary, Rev. Earl Moehring, to Del Rio, Texas, parish. Dated January 11, 1935. An official call to the Rev. Mr. Earl C. Moehring to the Del Rio Mission, composed of Faith Lutheran Mission, Del Rio, TX; Grace Lutheran Mission, Eagle Pass, TX; Zion Lutheran Mission, Bracketville, TX. The Alpine Mission was also included. Dated June 22, 1935. Agreement of Pastor...to particiapte in the Pension Fund of the American Lutheran Church, signed by Ear. Christian Moehring, listing his wife Bertha and three children, Paul Allen, Elaine Jane, Glenn Earl. Dated April 3[1], 1939. A type-written letter to Brother Yochum from Earl C. Moehring describing his ministry in the Del Rio Mission, Alpine Mission, and also the Marfa mission--the first mention of this group of worshippers. No date but ca. 1935-1940. American Lutheran Church Board of Pensions Record of Service dated Nov. 13, 1948, listing Rev. Earl Moehring's calls-- Philo/Eagleport, Ohio, July 5, 1925-Oct. 15, 1933 Grace Lutheran Sanatorium: Oct. 1933-Sept.1934 Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Bracketville, Marfa & Alpine, TX: Feb. 1935-April 1940 Lockney and Happy, TX: April 1940-Oct. 1944 Jourdanton, McCoy, Los Angeles, Encinal, TX: Oct. 1944-Nov. 1948 ADDED Beeville & Normana, TX - no dates Hand-written document titled "About Earl Moehring's Ministries ( A True Circuit Rider)" by his daughter Elaine Moehring Hoehnel, showing Pastor Moehring's parishes on a South Texas map highlighting the Eagle Ford Shale activity. |
Notes |
Rev. Glenn Moehring related the following about his father's coming to Texas: In 1933 his father Rev. Earl Moehring was living and serving in Philo, Ohio, when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He was advised to go to the TB hospital in San Antonio, Texas--Grace Lutheran Sanatorium. He lived at the sanatorium in one of the cottages there for 11 months when he was declared cured. Since he was unable to get a call in Ohio, he requested a call in Texas, which the American Lutheran Church, Dept. of Missions, granted him in 1935. He was sent to Del Rio, Texas, where his family in Ohio and all their possessions relocated by train. He not only served Faith Lutheran Mission in Del Rio, but also Grace Lutheran Mission in Eagle Pass; Zion Lutheran Mission in Alpine, TX; and Zion Lutheran Mission in Bracketville, TX. He subsequently served other small congregations in South Texas including Lockney, Happy, Jourdanton, McCoy, Los Angeles, Encinal, Beeville, and Normana. |
Language of Material |
English |
Subjects |
History Churches Sanatoriums |
Classification |
The American Lutheran Church |
Search Terms |
Faith Lutheran Mission Church, Del Rio, Texas Grace Lutheran Mission Church, Eagle Pass, Texas Grace Lutheran Sanatorium Grace Lutheran Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, San Antonio, Texas Grace Lutheran Sanatorium--History Zion Lutheran Mission Church, Alpine, TX Zion Lutheran Mission Church, Bracketville, Texas |
People |
Moehring, Earl Christian Moehring, Glenn Earl |