The Concordia Story: A Fifty-Year History of Concordia Lutheran Church 1951-2001

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C HARTER M EMBERS Mr. & Mrs. C. Bielefeldt B. W. & Willie Belle Boysen Major & Mrs. H. Bretzer Mrs. Meta Bruder Clint & Gladys Bushacker Al & Lavern Doepner (Lavern Dirks) Mrs. Laverne Fogle Nelson & Audrey Henze Dorothy Coggeshall Mrs. Mary Halbardier Mr. & Mrs. J. Horn Miss Noretta Horn Monroe & Helen Karcher Karl & Velma Leitko Mr. E. Lindemann Rev. Guido & Barbara Merkens Mrs. Nadine Miller Mrs. Emma Steinberg Mrs. Carol Tinker Lt. & Mrs. John Verdugo Charles & Esther Verstynen Mrs. George Walsh Mr. F. C. Wantzloeben Mr. & Mrs. Milton Whitcomb C ONGREGATIONAL P RESIDENTS Herman Bretzer...................1952 Victor Geiser .......................1953 Bill Wagner .........................1954 Monroe Karcher ..................1955 Vernon Neiting....................1956 Bill Wagner .........................1957 Bob Hickman ......................1958 Fred Huntress .....................1959 Mike Manupelli...................1960 Walter Beran .......................1961 Bill Knippa..........................1962 Gerald Smetzer ...................1963 Mayo Galindo .....................1964 Tex Saage ............................1965 Harry Hempel .....................1966 John Stahl ...........................1967 Dwayne Collier ...................1968 Charles Matthys ..................1969 Edwin Shook ......................1970 Al Huseman ........................1971 Ross Dobbins ......................1972 Wehland Steenken ..............1973 Fred Wenk ..........................1974 Paul Hesson ........................1975 Paul Bohrer .........................1976 Harold Meador....................1977 James Hoffpauir ..................1978 Chas Neely..........................1979 Dan Banks...........................1980 Davis Gomillion ..................1981 David Seale .........................1982 Paul Vanderpoorten.............1983 Wayne Hake........................1984 Jon Kilpinen........................1985 Herb Olson .........................1986 Zach Hill.............................1987 Sam Cochran ......................1988 Jim Wengler ........................1989 Phil Gingerich.....................1990 Al Love ...............................1991 Larry Maxwell .....................1992 John Sabatino......................1993 Joe Gorder ..........................1994 Joe Gorder ..........................1995 Bob Olson...........................1996 Bob Olson...........................1997 Mark Blaue..........................1998 Mark Blaue..........................1999 Jeff Brown ...........................2000 Jeff Brown ...........................2001 C ONCORDIA S CHOLARSHIP R ECIPIENTS FOR P ROFESSIONBAL S ERVICE IN THE C HURCH Sandra Boehme Martha Knippa William Loeshmann Albert Loeschmann Milton Uecker Darlene Schultz Robert Prout Michael T. Nelson William B. Knippa Dewayne R. Nelson, Jr. Stephen A. Wagner Jane Ann Roszell Mark Doepner Bruce David Rudi Terry Juelg Vogeli Buena Marie Haecker Kris Wenk Stephen Wenk David Anglin Gary Koopman Luke Biggs Bernard Schey Bonnie Burghard Scottie Quinn Brad Beckman Jennifer Zapata Amber Maroney Kristin Burghard Lisa Kammrath Cassie Pfeiffer Laura Banks Stephanie Sass Laura Quandt Peter Burow Melody Mayer Addie Sabatino Josh Knippa 76 ✦ THE CONCORDIA STORY
P ASTORS W HO H AVE S ERVED C ONCORDIA Dr. Guido Merkens ......................1951-1993 Melvin Spenn ..............................1961-1962 E.A. Wolf.....................................1965-1969 Steven McClintic..........................1968-1972 Theodore Graalmann ...................1972-1977 Norman Abbott ........................1976-present David Ebs.................................1978-present Robert Jaeger ...............................1984-1996 Robert Boyce ...............................1986-1987 Victor Kollmann ..........................1987-1992 David Kipp ..................................1992-1995 Patrick Boomhower .....................1993-1996 Dr. William Thompson ................1994-2001 Carl Schneider.............................1995-1998 Paul Burow..................................1997-2000 Bill Reagan ...............................2000-present Steven Farmer ..........................2000-present Ely Prieto .................................2000-present M EN FROM C ONCORDIA O RDAINED P ASTORS Brad Beckman Luke Biggs Bill Knippa Al Loeschman D.R. Nelson Scott Quinn Bill Schwertlich Melvin Spenn Steve Wagner Stephen Wenk V ICARS T RAINED AT C ONCORDIA Melvin Spenn James Haner Kenneth Deneke Charles McClean Ronald Meier Steven McClintic Vilas Mazemke Paul Raabe Tom Ries Victor Kollmann Daniel Tutwiler Craig Schinnerer Michael Neidow David Brockoff Greg Seitz Harry Tatone Frank Winter Jon Braunersreuther Phil Bloch Jeff Wuertz Scott Schmeiding Scottie Quinn Tim Pauls Matthew Boarts Steven Farmer C ONCORDIA S CHOOL P RINCIPALS Rev. Dr. Guido A. Merkens .................................1952-1954 Mrs. Neva Odell ................................1954, acting principal Mr. Richard Miller ..............................................1954-1956 Mr. Dean Dammann ...........................................1957-1963 Mr. Gerald Brinton .............................................1963-1971 Mr. James Boriack ..............................................1971-1973 Rev. Dr. Albert Merkens......................................1973-1975 Mr. Tom Zimmerman............1973-1975, assistant principal Mr. Gerald Brinton .............................................1975-1977 Mrs. Neva Odell .................................................1977-1989 Mr. Bruce Rudi .....................1987-1989, assistant principal Mr. Bruce Rudi................................................1989-present Addenda ✦ 77
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I first came to Co
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that would express God’s love thr
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Address Record, which gave us the n
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School led to action. A companion b
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they kept in mind Merkens’ commen
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was sent gratis by CPH to every pas
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We tried to get everything done in
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Perhaps the innovation in which Mer
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Page 35 and 36: ✦ Above: At Easter Sunday service
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Page 41 and 42: ✦ Left: Concordia operated a bus
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Page 47 and 48: eally selling short the good people
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Page 53 and 54: has up here on 281,” Thompson sai
Page 55 and 56: experience as a lay pastor had dram
Page 57 and 58: tract for the purchase, but also au
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Page 65 and 66: two full-time pastors and two part-
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Page 69 and 70: Seminar speakers, like Paul Maier,
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