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THE
TRINITY STORY
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Today
Trinity has 1190
Communicant members,
with 1432 baptized. Three worship services are
held each weekend, with
Holy Communion celebrated
at each service.
Many other active
ministries continue
throughout the week, and
the church offers an
accredited K-8 Day School
and Pre-school program.
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Trinity was
established in
1892, a little
over 50 years
after the
creation of the
Missouri Synod.
The original
church building
was constructed
that same year
at the corner of
Seventh and
Hickory.
A new $10,000
brick church was
built in 1907,
and the
present church
and school was
dedicated in
1958.
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Rev.
E.A. Knorr,
pastor 1897-1906
and Trinity's
first church
building.
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Rev.
W.G. Hussman,
pastor 1906-1926
with baptismal
carved by
Adolph
Rebstock's
father
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For the first
few years of its
existence,
Trinity was a
missionary
church, served
by visiting
pastors from
nearby
congregations.
Rev. E.A. Knorr
was called to be
the first
fulltime pastor
in 1897.
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Trinity Day
School was
established in
1897, with 21
students
studying in an
18 x 24 room
added to the
church. The
school was moved
to
South Hickory
and in 1908 Ed
Struefert became
the 1st fulltime
teacher.
In 1926 Trinity
Day School was
accredited as an
eighth grade
institution.
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Rev.
F.A.C. Meyer,
pastor 1926 -
1944
and Trinity's
2nd church
building.
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Rev.
Mark Girardin
Current Senior
Pastor
See
Pastor Mark's
biography
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Rev.
Perry Schefelker
Current
Associate Pastor
See
Pastor Perry's
biography
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Trinity
church building
today
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Visit
us at the corner of Pleasant Avenue and
Route 161
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return
home
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