{"id":703,"date":"2017-06-13T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org\/wpcchs\/?p=703"},"modified":"2017-06-13T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:39:44","slug":"church-window-into-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org\/wpcchs\/history-topics\/church-window-into-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Window into History"},"content":{"rendered":"

CCHS has now acquired\u00a0 12 copies with translations of the German publication, Evang.Lutherische Gemeindebode<\/i><\/b> (Evangelical Lutheran Parish Messenger)<\/i><\/b>, a monthly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 newsletter from 1921 to 1932 for the eleven\u00a0 Evangelical Lutheran churches in Carver County:\u00a0 St. John, Chaska;\u00a0 Trinity, Waconia;\u00a0 St. John,\u00a0 Young America;\u00a0 St. Peter, Watertown;\u00a0\u00a0 Zion, Benton;\u00a0 Zion, Mayer;\u00a0 St. Mark, New Germany; Emanuel, Hamburg;\u00a0 St. John, Hollywood;\u00a0 St. Peter, Carver;\u00a0 and Trinity, Carver.\u00a0 For historical and genealogical reasons, this acquisition is of immense importance. Pastors contributed\u00a0 the previous month\u2019s parish news, which included births, deaths (often full obits), baptisms, confirmations, election of officers, and financial accounts. In addition might be a pastor\u2019s more personal notes on his church\u2019s history, celebrations, concerns, and\u00a0 hopes.\u00a0 To cite a few:\u00a0 Trinity, Carver\u2019s Pastor H. Raedeke describes their first Christmas Tree (1921: 1.1), while St. John, Hollywood\u2019s Pastor W. L. Ernst adds an emotional account of his congregation\u2019s surprise party and pot-luck for him on the parsonage lawn, one warm August evening\u2014with no bugs! (1926: 6.8).\u00a0 Most editions also include other matter, whether Synod (St. Louis, Missouri) news, a spiritual\/seasonal message, or a few\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 anecdotes (the latter usually in English). All include local business advertisements, themselves a useful historical resource. Throughout these issues is woven an increasing concern about the pressures for more worship services in English at the expense of those traditionally in German.\u00a0 Sadly, the Messenger<\/i> had to be discontinued after the last issue, December 1932, for lack of support., even though Its subscription price had been raised from 25 cts. to 50 cts. One wonders whether the dramatic decrease in subscribers was due to the increased price\u00a0 or the fact that now, by 1932, fewer subscribers could read German.<\/p>\n

CCHS thus far has only an incomplete, broken series (Jan. 1, 1921; May, 1922; March, May, August, 1924; February, August, 1926; January, 1927; February, 1928; December, 1930, and March, 1932). These issues were gratefully received over the past few years as donations from local families.\u00a0 The Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, has the full set of original, German issues, with the exception of years\u00a0 1921, nos. 1-12,\u00a0 and June, 1925. Unfortunately these are all bound together in one thick volume (Call # BX800001.C33), and must be consulted on site, since deterioration of the binding prevents photocopying.<\/p>\n

Obviously, to have the full original series\u2014and translated\u2014available at CCHS would be an even greater advantage. So please\u2014look through your family\u2019s early mementoes. You might\u00a0 be able to help us fill our missing gaps!<\/p>\n

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CCHS has now acquired\u00a0 12 copies with translations of the German publication, Evang.Lutherische Gemeindebode (Evangelical Lutheran Parish Messenger), a monthly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 newsletter from 1921 to 1932 for the eleven\u00a0 Evangelical Lutheran churches in Carver County:\u00a0 St. John, Chaska;\u00a0 Trinity, Waconia;\u00a0 St. John,\u00a0 Young America;\u00a0 St. Peter, Watertown;\u00a0\u00a0 Zion, Benton;\u00a0 Zion, Mayer;\u00a0 St. Mark, New Germany; Emanuel, … <\/p>\n

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