Church
History:
The history of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church began
with ten organizational meetings in 1956. The meetings resulted in a
March 22 session when 21 men signed on as voting members. Those original
families included the names of Kuch, Klier, Subbert, Uthe, Koenig, Kuse,
Seeman, Heyer Lauffer, Simpson, Schuldt, Cohrs, Hopkins, Wischover,
Lahti, Bell, Schinkowski, Schilling, Mather and Sangmeister. Many of
those families still play a very active roll in the congregation today.
The Rev. Adolph E Ullrich was elected as a part-time pastor and installed
on April 15, 1956. At the first regular meeting of the congregation,
held on January 27, 1957, Pastor Ulrich reported that there were 26
voting members, 71 communicant members, 150 souls, 47 in Sunday School,
14 on the cradle roll 5 in each of two Confirmation classes.
On September 6,
1956, the Good Shepherd Ladies Circle was organized by eighteen ladies.
The youth group was begun in 1958 with the Subberts and Sangmeisters
serving as adult leaders.
Since 1956, the
congregation has been served by the Rev. Adolph Ullrich (its first pastor),
Rev. Erwin Baumgartner, Rev. Fred Ade, Rev. James Dishop and Rev. Kevin
Hahn (the current pastor).
