HopeLutheran Church, Heppner, Oregon, Records 1955-2012

American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)

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The ALC met as a delegate body biennially in October, the time and place of which was determined by the president and Board of Trustees. All boards and standing committees sent their reports to the president at least sixty days before the convention, so that he could have them printed and sent to the delegates twenty days before the biennial meeting. From the description of Official Reports for Church Conventions 1932-1960. (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat r...

Valby Lutheran Church (Ione, Or.)

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In the early 1880s a number of Swedish people with strong Lutheran backgrounds settled in the eight-mile Gooseberry area of Morrow County in north central Oregon. When Dr. Erik Norelius, a pastor of the Augustana Synod, came on April 16, 1888, he conducted services in homes in the area and a meeting was held to lay the groundwork for the establishment of a congregation. Rev. Peter Carlson visited the area and conducted services in October and November of 1886. At a speci...

Robinson, Kenneth J., 1961-1966

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Rydgren, John Val, 1958-1961

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Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America

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Anderson, Mary K.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Venturia, North Dakota. From the description of Records, 1912-1974. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17732915 Formed in 1917 by synods with Norwegian/Danish background such as the Hauge Synod, the Norwegian Synod, and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church, with numerous districts in eastern, midwestern, and Pacific areas as well as Canada; offices in Minneapolis, Minn.; merger with American Lutheran Church (1930-1960) and United E...

Maas, John S., 1978-1984

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Mensch, Rudolph, 1968-1972

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Pederson, Donald R., 1966-1968

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Zier, Merlin William, 1955-1958

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Johnson, Mark R., 1972-1977

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Evenson, Richard, 1984-

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Hope Lutheran Church (Heppner, Or.)

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This congregation was organized by the Board of American Missions (northwestern district) of the ALC in 1955. In cooperation with the Columbia Conference of the Augustana Synod, a two-point parish was set up with Valby Lutheran of Ione, a rural congregation which had existed since 1886. Rev. Merlin Zier was called to serve the two churches, and the two-point parish exists to this day. The church was financed largely by loans through the national church. From the guide to...