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Title |
Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek (Seguin), Texas |
Collection |
Active ELCA Congregations Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.1.366 |
Object Name |
File, document |
Location |
File 3, Dr 4 Elm Creek ( |
Date |
1886- present |
Scope & Content |
This is an active ELCA congregation. SWT Synod Copies of several brief histories; Bulletin from 100th Anniversary; "Evangelische-Lutherische-Christur-Kirche zu Elmcreek, Texas" 258, Februar, 1887-1932 (a poem in German); Copy of a list of charter members, and other firsts; Pictorial membership directories from 1977 and 1987; 90th Anniverssary program; 5 photographs; Copy of writing by Pastor Franz Weisskopf in 1886 concerning the church buildings (English translation); Several newspaper clippings; More items may be added. |
Notes |
The first church building was dedicated on May 2, 1886 but collapsed in June. The second church building fell in a hurricane in August of 1886. The present building was dedicated on 28th of February, 1887. |
Language of Material |
English |
Subjects |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- Active Congregations |
Classification |
Active ELCA Congregation German Congregations |
Search Terms |
Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek (Seguin), Texas Active ELCA Congregation SWT Synod |
People |
Claycomb, Bonnie L. Cope, Allan Francis Frueh, Nicolas Geiger, Paul William, Sr. Grueber, Johann Friedrich Harris, Melvin Gene Hartmann, Kurt Carl Hummel, Wilhelm Knaak, Edwin G. Kolmeier, Anne Joy Kreuzenstein, Karl Murdock, John David Oelke, Otto Kenneth Poehlmann, Waldemar Carl Schott, Faye Ellen Steinmann, William Volk, Christian Weisskopff, Franz Wenning, George |
Relation |
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