Exterior view of the First Lutheran Church. Located in Block 75, Lot &, Railway's Sub. of Block 70. Note: name change occurred in 1922, but the photograph may be older. April 03 - loaned to First Lutheran for reproduction for their Anniversary Celebration in 2004.
This lecture is part of a series of lectures presented during Bethel University's Founders Week. The annual Founders Week conference centered around a contemporary theme. Invited speakers engaged the theme from divergent perspectives to an audience of pastors, laypersons, and Bethel college and seminary students. Note: The written transcript which accompanies this audio recording varies from the audio file. This written trasncript is the base test of the lecture; but slight variances in speech patterns and language will be found in the audio recording.
First building of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church. The stairs up the hill lead to the home of House of Hope's founder and first minister, Edward Neill, on Summit Avenue. Caption reads: "First church edifice of House of Hope, St. Paul which stood at the corner of Walnut and Oak St and residence of its first minister on Summit Avenue."
Mrs. Marilyn Murray White was born in Columbia, Missouri in 1926, and moved to Moorhead that same year. Mrs. White describes her more than 40 years of involvement with and membership in the First Congregation Church of Moorhead, where she served in many capacities including four years as Church Education Director.
Robert Feder, grandson of Max Goldberg, discusses his childhood growing up in Fargo, ND. Mr. Feder, presently a lawyer in Fargo. He discusses his Jewish religion, as well as Jewish involvement in the Fargo-Moorhead community.
Vilgard (Daehlin) Sorgen spent her early years in China as the daughter of missionaries. She came to Moorhead in 1927 to enroll at Concordia College and graduated in 1931. Mrs. Sorgen discusses her early life in China and the role she and her husband played in the establishment of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Moorhead in 1952.
Group portrait of the Home Mission Society. Back row: Pearl Franklin, Grace Dryer, Marie Schumacher, Ann Schumacher. Middle row: Elsie Sponagle, Rose Lindeman, Pauline Shipman, Emma Gaffney, and Gladys Schmidt. Front row: Mary Kelly, Annie Lueck, Anna Schmidt, Amanda Lindeman, and Sara Lindeman.