Lutheran Church to Invest $3 Million in Higher Education
The Missouri Synod Lutheran Church plans a $3 million cash increase in educational building and equipment across 14 campuses as it enters its second century of service. The system now includes 10,000 graduates in ministry and teaching, 80,000 children in parish schools, and 4,000 total enrollments across seven colleges and seminaries. The article notes the church’s goal to raise national educational levels and moral standards, with a strong emphasis on parochial schooling and trained teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Synod Lutheran Church
Chicago
Church
Board For Higher Education
Missouri Synod Lutheran Group
St. Louis and
Springfield
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Missouri
Ohio
River Forest
Illinois
Seward
Nebraska
Missouri Synod
Centenary Mass Celebrated By Lutheran Missouri Synod
A mass celebration marking the centennial of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod will be held in Sidney City Auditorium this Sunday. Dr. J W Behnken of Oak Park Il will address European conditions in the morning and the centennial program follows at 2 30 pm. The Synod, started in Chicago 1847 with 16 congregations now numbers over 1 56 million adherents with missions in many nations and districts across the U S and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Churches of the Missouri Synod
Sidney
J W. Behnken
Oak Park
Iincis
Palmer House of Chicago
Chicago
Union
Canada
Alaska
Mexico
Cuba
Hawaiian Islands
England
Panama
South America
Missouri Synod
Nebraska
India
China
Africa
Phillippine Islands
Synod
Cheyenne County
St. Paul's of
Trinity of
South Divide
Missouri Synod Founded 100 Years Ago Observed in Nebraska
The 1847 founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states is recalled as the Concordia Publishing House and immigrant missions grew the church to over 1.5 million members. In Cheyenne County Sidney Potter Gurley host a September 14 observance with multiple congregations from Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Theological Seminary
St. Louis
The
Missouri Synod
Perry County
Missouri
Lutheran Theological Seminary
America
New York
Baltimore
New Orleans
Nebraska
Lee Wi Keo
Concordia Publishing House
Cheyenne County
Sidney
South Divide
Potter
Gurley
Soldiers Field
Chicago
United States
St. Paul’s of
Trinity of
Salem
Youth church emphasizes education with large enrollments
The church reports total enrollment of 2,400 with Sunday school 330,000 and 70,000 in Saturday schools and other part time agencies. It attributes its vitality to a strong focus on Christian education.
Local families gather for visits across several states
A flurry of visits and social calls ties together residents from Seattle Ponca City and Denver to relatives in the area. Cousins and friends spent days at homes of Phelps Meier Fleming and Walker with outings to Legion Park and Cheyenne and dinners and dinners shared at multiple houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Blinde
Seattle
Washington
Marie Apperle
Ponca City
Okla
Walter
Lorenzo
W. C. Phelps
D. B. Phelps
Marlene
Darlene Miller
Frank Meier
Ed Walker
Ehrich
Indiana
Mable Ehrich
North Bend
Nebr
John Smith
Shirley
Ivan Walker
Hugh Paris
Sam Chambers
Ruth Siders
Legion Park
Son
Denver
Melvin Phelps
Norman
Potter
Rebecca Fleming
Will Hart
Vernon Johnson
Daryl Meier
Eleanor
Central Business College
Emma Mahr
Edward Meier
A. L. Kennedy
Cheyenne
Jim Brown
Linda Burback
Edgar Meier
Charlotte Langley
Tecumseh
Eleanor Phelps
Faye Roelle
Peetz
Colo
Nadine Nelson
Melba Phelps
Erwin Phelps
Jack Bowman
Sidney
M. J. Blinde
Wash
Wm. Apperle
Oklo
Geo. Fleming
Evelyn Borcher
Linda
Kimball
Sam Whitley
Harvey Marsh and
Ernest Moses
Ray Langley
Dallas
Verna Ottosen
George Fleming
Marilyn Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Cleveland
Fort Wayne
J. W. Behnken
Oshkosh
Ashby
Arthur
Garden County
Clarence Peterson
French Estate and Loyd French
Nebraska State Bank
Roloff & Martin, Aucts
Wellner
J. Wellner
Mgr
21St. and
Elm St. Sidney
Greenlees
Electrical Dept
Endoy
Rrr
Fisher
Chevrolet
Theill
Ceir
Nel
Reddy Te
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