St. Peter's Lutheran Church and Zion Church Timeline
All information until 1998 is from A History of the Congregation of St. Peter's Lutheran Church 1873-1998 and St. Peter's Lutheran Church Kinde, Michigan 1873-1973 100th Anniversary Forward with Christ
1844- Rev. W Swartz of Ruth organizes the Lutherans in Port Crescent
1873- The German Evangelical Lutheran St. Peters Church of Port Crescent is organized. Services are held in private homes
1882- Rev. Theodore Schoech of Port Hope succeeds Rev. W. Swartz
1884- All Saints Episcopalian Church built at a cost of $900 1890- Rev. E Berner of Port Hope succeeds Rev. Theodore Schoech
1893- All Saints Episcopalian Church bought by St. Peter’s
1893- A group that had been holding services with Rev. Berner decides to have a church of their own, so they establish the Evangelical Lutheran Zion Congregation of Town Bloomfield under Rev. Berner
1901- Mr. Albert Iseler donates an acre of land to Zion Church
1907- $130 was offered, with land, from businessmen of Kinde for St. Peter’s to relocate. The church was then lifted and dragged down to Kinde, probably in the winter. When it was settled, a block veneer was added. Also, Mr. William Schnufhase built an alter, which is still used today
1910- St. Peter’s Ladies Aid is established
1911- St. Peter’s and Zion decide to build a parsonage and Rev. Berner leaves and is replaced by M. L. Luecke from Cadillac
1914- St. Peter’s decided to have German Services one week, English the next. Zion organizes Ladies Aid.
1918- Zion Ladies Aid dissolved. Rev. M. L. Luecke won a car from by selling subscriptions to Port Huron Times Herald
1919- New Zion Ladies Aid organized
1921- St. Peter’s decides to have 2 English Services and 1 German
1938- Discontinued German Services
1939- Rev. M. L. Luecke retires; Rev. W. A. Rook takes his place
1942- Our men in service include- Bernard Stiebe, Lester Clark, George Musolff, Carl Selby, Harold Schuman, Herbert Pawlitz, Wesley Nut, Alfred Pfliger, Malvern Clark, Carl Reithal, Deward Reimann, Walter Ulrich, John E. Jurgess
1943- Rev. Edwin Roehrs succeeds Rev. W. A. Rook
1944- St. Peter’s leaves the word German out of name
1945- St. Peter’s buys Methodist church and turns it into a hall, as printed in Bay City Times
1950- St. Peter’s and Zion join, Rev. Harold Krueger takes place of Rev. Edwin Roehrs
1952- Zion church reverts to Edward Hass farm
1953- Rev. Gottfried G. Press of West Branch, succeeds Rev. Harold Krueger
1954- Church Remodeled
1956- Installation of Rev. Raymond Staudacker, of Crookston, Nebraska
1964- Served by several vacancy pastors, including Otto Fedcke of Saginaw
1966- Vote to build new parsonage after arrival of new pastor, Vicar Emil Zmijewski serves one year
1967- Installation of Rev. Eugene Friedrich of Garden City, sold old parsonage
1970- Eugene Friedrich dies April 25, Rev. Francis Koessel Installed November 1
1973- St. Peter’s celebrates centennial
1977- Rev. Carl Wuerffel is installed, with his wife Thelma and children
1978- Re. Carl Wuerffel dies, wife allowed to stay until new pastor arrives
1979- Rev. John Beck installed, comes with wife, Judy, and sons
1983- Rev. Beck leaves, Pastor Corl does the vacancy
1984- Rev. Mark Elliot installed, comes with wife, Susan, and children
1987- Rev. Glenn Kohn installed, comes with wife, Martha, and children
1990- Rev. Randolph Schnack installed, comes with wife, Vicki, and children
1998- 125th Anniversary
Pictures of the buildings in 1973 (Hall now sold)
