Chester. Saint John's Lutheran Church

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Church Constitution (1898)
Church Constitution (1948)
Church Constitution (1968)
Church Constitution (1978)
A Brief History of St. John Lutheran Church Chester, Nebraska
Photocopy of Photograph: Church Interior (early 1900s)
Photocopy of Photograph: First Parsonage (1901)
Photocopy of Photograph: Church Exterior with Congregation and description (1903)
Photocopy of Photograph: Church Exterior (1911)
"German Lutherans Lay the Corner Stone for the New Church Building" (Chester, NE: June 8, 1911)(2 copies)
"German Lutherans Dedicate the New Church" (Chester, NE: November 16, 1911)
Announcement of Church Dedication Services
Article on Church Building (1911)
History of Altar and Art Glass Windows
"Celebrates Twenty-Fifth Jubilee" (Chester, NE: 1923)
My Church vol. 1 no. 4 (October 1926)
My Church vol. 2 no. 8 (August 1927)
Order of Service: Dedication of Flags and Unveiling of Honor Roll (March 19, 1944)
"Lutherans Dedicate New Pipe Organ Sunday A.M. Sacred Concert by Candlelight in the Evening" (Chester, NE: 1948)
Publications about New Organ (1948)
"Chester Dedicates New Parsonage" Lutheran Witness Supplement(1945)
Photocopy of Photograph: Church Exterior with Congregation and description (1948)
"Lutherans to Observe 50th Anniversary October 10, 1948" (Chester, NE: 1948)
Booklet: 50th Anniversary (1898 - 1948)
Service Bulletin: 50th Anniversary (October 10, 1918)
Booklet: 50th Anniversary of Church Dedication (1911 - 1961)
Orders of Service: Dedication of St. John's Lutheran School (October 3, 1954)
"Lutheran School Dedicated Sunday" (Chester, NE: 1954)
"Lutheran School Closes in 1969 After Serving Many Years" (July 1, 1970)
"Chester Lays Cornerstone for New School" (Chester, NE: 1954)
"Golden Anniversary at St. John's, Chester" The Lutheran Witness vol. 80, no. 26 (December 26, 1961)
Voter's Assembly Resolution to Establish Cemetery Trust Fund (April 21, 1968)
Service Bulletin: 6th Sunday After Trinity (July 29, 1973)
Service Bulletin: Erbschaftsonntages (September 16, 1973)
Service Bulletin: 75th Anniversary Service
Letter: Announcement of 75th Anniversary Services
Publications about 75th Anniversary Services (1973)
Service Bulletin: Holy Trinity, "Youth Sunday" (June 17, 1973)
Service Bulletin: 75th Anniversary Service, Afternoon Festival Service
"Sunday School" (Chester, NE: 1976)
"St. John Lutheran Church Dedicating Addition Sunday" (Chester, NE: 1997)
"St. John Congregation Celebrates New Addition" (Chester, NE: 1998)
Quitclaim Deed (May 6, 1986)
Real Estate Transfer Statement (May 5, 1986)
Dedication of Liquid Wax Candles (February 21, 1996)
"St. John Celebrates 100th" Chester Herald, October 14, 1998
"Special Services to Highlight St. John Centennial Sunday" (Chester, NE)
Letter: Centennial Churchworker Invitation (July 28, 1997)
Booklet: 75th Anniversary (1898 - 1973)
Photo Directory (1987)
100th Anniversary Flyer
Alumni Choir Invitation (October 11, 1998)
"A Brief History of St. John Lutheran Church (1998)
Service Bulletin: 100th Anniversary (October 11, 1998 at 10:00 AM)
Service Bulletin: 100th Anniversary (October 11, 1998 at 2:00 PM)
Trifold Pamphlet: A Brief History of St. John Lutheran Church Chester, Nebraska (October 11, 1998)
Booklet: 100th Anniversary (1898 - 1998)
Record of Congregation (Revised March 2003)