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Early Scandia Churches Grow With Community Ties
In Scandia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries four churches formed and expanded. The Amana Lutheran began in 1873 with 38 members under Rev. O Chillen and Rev. C J Maxell. By 1925 the two Methodist congregations united. The Presbyterian and United Brethren churches followed, with buildings and pastors guiding steady growth. Pipe organs appeared in Methodist and Lutheran houses of worship as large conferences and programs marked the community.
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Prairies
Colony House
Amana Lutheran Church
O. Chillen
Marke
Reynold, Nebr
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist
United Brethren Church of
Scandia
Bertha Fogelberg
Lucretia Keys