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Oldest Lutheran Congregation Now Observing Its 78th Year
The Trinity Lutheran Church of the South Divide near Sidney Nebraska marks 78 years since its 1886 founding under Rev. Ed Seuel. It grew from a small group into a 48-family, 175-member congregation with a parish school, several daughter churches, and a long line of pastors shaping a regional Lutheran community.
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Nebraska
Trinity Lutheran
South Divide
Sidney
Baumhoefner
Stand Island
Cheyenne County
Indiana
Michigan
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Ed Seuel
Concordia Publishing House
Ogallala
Trinity
Seuel
Trinity Congregation
William Nienhaeser
Grieve
A. Wagner
Dalton and Gurley
George Pullman
Salem
Gurley
Church
Immanuel Congregation
Lodgepole
Zion
Chappell
Perry County
Potter
St. Paul’s Congregation
St. Paul’s Lutheran
W. F. Ludwig
Gus Narjes
F. W. Wittig Jr
Trinity Lutheran School
Ladies Aid of the Church
Victor Meyer
Raymond Laaker
Ray Nienhueser
Allen Kahl
Albert Mahr
Christian Growth
Ed Narjes
Elmer Karg
Herman Reker
Ralph Brauer
Reker
Paul Narjes
Lutheran Laymans’ League
Raymond Nienhueser
Allen Brauer
Jack Nienhueser
Dwayne Phelps
Carl Seltz
E. J. Stahlke
F. Reinking
H. A. Brandt
von der Werf
H. Inselmann
W. Juengel
E. Borgmeyer
H, E. Pralle
H. Wittig
R. Frese
D. Behrens
Walter Seefeldt