Anniversaries
ELCA congregations observing their found- ing in 2011 are listed in 25-year increments, beginning with 250 years and ending with 100 years. Source: ELCA Office of the Secretary.
250 YEARS MARYLAND: St. Benjamin, Westminster. PENNSYLVANIA: Mount Zion, Kutztown. SOUTH CAROLINA: St. Paul, Pomaria. VIRGINIA: Emanuel, Woodstock.
225 YEARS
NORTH CAROLINA: St. Mark, Cherryville. PENNSYLVANIA: Christ (Rupp), Kit- tanning; St. John, Mercersburg; Salem, Pleasant Hall. WEST VIRGINIA: Hebron, Wardensville.
200 YEARS OHIO: New Hope, Adamsville. PENNSYLVANIA: St. John, Boyer- town; Trinity, East Berlin; St. Matthew, Weatherly. TENNESSEE: St. James, Greeneville.
175 YEARS INDIANA: Salem, Indianapolis. OHIO: Faith, Fremont; St. Matthew, Lima; St. Paul, Roseville; Zion Evangeli- cal, Valley City. PENNSYLVANIA: Christ, Barto; Hebron, Blairsville; Second Evangelical & St. John, Chambersburg; St. Peter, Erie; Christ Evangelical, Gettysburg; Bern, Leesport; Trinity, Philadelphia; St. Paul, York.
150 YEARS ILLINOIS: St. Peter Evangelical, Camp Point; St. John, Metropolis. INDIANA: Trinity, Goshen; St. Paul, Greensburg; Grace, Syracuse. IOWA: Our Savior, Calamus; St. John, Decorah; St. Peter, Eldorado; Estherville, Estherville; Immanuel, Independence; Zion Evangelical, La Porte City; St. Mark, Oxford Junction. KENTUCKY: St. John, Melbourne. OHIO: Emanuel, Anna; St. John, Celina; St. Paul, Coldwater; Bethlehem, Pemberville; Brandt, Tipp City; First St. John, Toledo. MICHIGAN: St. Peter, New Haven; Trin- ity, Riga. MINNESOTA: Central Freeborn & East Freeborn, Albert Lea; Crow River, Bel- grade; Christ, Lake Elmo; St. John, Mont- gomery; LeSueur River, New Richland. PENNSYLVANIA: St. Mark, Bedford; St. Paul, Doylestown; Luther Memorial, Erie; St. Stephen, Mifflintown; St. James, Nescopeck; Zion (Shaffer’s) United, Seven Valleys; Mellingers, Stevens; St. Jacob,
York New Salem. NEW JERSEY: St. Matthew, Jersey City. TEXAS: St. John, Ellinger. WISCONSIN: Five Points, Blue River; Our Savior, La Crosse; Peace, Oshkosh; St. Peter, Prairie Du Chien.
125 YEARS IDAHO: Troy, Troy. IOWA: Trinity, Boxholm; Bethany, Emmetsburg; St. Paul, Des Moines; St. Paul, Ottumwa; Zion, Rockford; Bethle- hem, Royal; Zion, Ruthven; Trinity, Sioux City; Bethel, Story City; St. John, Sumner. KANSAS: Zion, Beloit; Emanuel, Hutchin- son; Excelsior, Wilson. KENTUCKY: Third, Louisville. MARYLAND: St. Paul, Aberdeen; St. Luke, Point of Rocks. MICHIGAN: Grace, East Tawas; Calvary, Elk Rapids; Bethany, Negaunee. MINNESOTA: St. John, Annandale; Little Bethany, Barnesville; East Chain, Blue Earth; East Moe, Brandon; Zion, Buffalo Lake; Bethesda Evangelical, Carlton; Zion, Cloquet; Bethany, East Grand Forks; Ness, Fertile; Hegland, Hawley; Eidsvold, Karl- stad; Grace, Lake Benton; Elmo, Parkers Prairie; St. Paul, Red Wing; First, Renville; Monson Lake, Sunburg; Danebod, Tyler. MISSOURI: St. John, Westboro. NEBRASKA: Zion, Ceresco; St. Paul, Emerson; Immanuel, Glenvil; St. Paul, Homer; Immanuel (Weyerts), Lodgepole; St. Paul & Pella, Omaha; Holy Trinity, Sidney.
NEW YORK: Trinity Evangelical of Flat- bush, Brooklyn; Grace and St. Paul, New York.
NORTH DAKOTA: Adams Mountain, Adams; Martin, Casselton; Leeds, Leeds; First, Mandan; Our Savior, McVille; Bethany, Minot; West Union, Northwood; Petersburg, Petersburg; St. Olaf, Reynolds; Beaver Creek, Sharon; Oak Valley, Velva. OHIO: St. Luke, Mansfield; St. Lucas, Toledo. OREGON: Valby, Ione. PENNSYLVANIA: Trinity, Altoona; Christ, Beaver Falls; Trinity Evangelical, Bechtelsville; St. John, Connoquenessing; St. Paul, Coudersport; Mount Carmel, Hanover; St. Matthew, Mount Jewett; St. Paul, Tarentum; Emmanuel, Turbotville. RHODE ISLAND: Emanuel, West Warwick.
SOUTH CAROLINA: St. Paul, Columbia; Bachman Chapel, Prosperity; Mount Tabor, West Columbia. SOUTH DAKOTA: Split Rock, Brandon; First, Britton; Butler, Bristol; Fron, Ros-
lyn; Zion-American, Scotland. TEXAS: Elizabeth, Caldwell; St. Mark, Cuero; Ebenezer, Maxwell; Christ of Elm Creek, Sequin. VIRGINIA: Luther Memorial, Blacksburg. WASHINGTON: First, Bothell; First, Poulsbo.
WISCONSIN: St. Paul, Fish Creek; First, Hayward; Bethel, La Crosse; St. John, Marion; Porterfield, Porterfield; St. James, Verona; Zion, Woodville.
100 YEARS ALABAMA: Faith, Clay. COLORADO: Saron, Strasburg. FLORIDA: Trinity, St. Petersburg. IDAHO: Trinity, Bonners Ferry. ILLINOIS: St. Paul, Benson; Grace Evan- gelical, Champaign; Christ Evangelical, Chicago; Grace and Peace, Peoria. INDIANA: Gethsemane, Corydon. IOWA: St. John, Arlington; St. Paul, Bou- ton; St. John, Le Mars. KANSAS: St. John, Bird City. MASSACHUSETTS: Our Saviour, East Boston; Christ, Natick. MICHIGAN: Christ, Detroit; Faith, Rock. MINNESOTA: Ebenezer Evangelical, Kandiyohi; Fridhem, Lengby; Our Savior, Lyle; Christ English & Christ, Minneapo- lis; Solway, Shevlin; Faith, Spicer; Peace, Winthrop. MISSOURI: St. Paul, Willow Springs. MONTANA: Volmer, Dagmar; Froid, Froid; Grace, Harlowton; Loring, Loring; High- land, Plentywood; Kremlin, Rudyard. NEBRASKA: Trinity, Axtell; St. Luke, Emerson; Grace, Hebron. NEW YORK: Resurrection, Buffalo; St. Luke, Farmingdale; Immanuel, Staten Island.
NORTH CAROLINA: Amazing Grace Evangelical, Granite Falls; Grace Evan- gelical, Liberty; Grace, Thomasville. NORTH DAKOTA: Lodgepole, Hettinger; Trinity, Jamestown. OHIO: North Riverdale, Dayton; Grace, East Palestine; First, Stryker; Bethlehem, Toledo.
OKLAHOMA: Salem, Stillwater. OREGON: Bethel, Portland. PENNSYLVANIA: Trinity, Gibsonia; Holy Trinity, Palmerton; Immanuel, Phila- delphia; Holy Spirit, Reading; St. Mark, Trafford; Ascension, Willow Street. PUERTO RICO: Getsemaní, Dorado; Betania, Guaynabo; San Pedro, Toa Baja. TEXAS: St. Paul, Darrouzett; Trinity, Lockney. WASHINGTON: Immanuel, Centralia; St. Peter, Spokane.
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