Plate. Saint Paul Lutheran Church (Sedalia, Missouri), 1882 - 1982

Accession #: AUG 2022 #31. The obverse has a gold outer rim. There is a black line drawing of the side edifice of the church in the center with the following text.

• 100th Anniversary
• St. Paul's Lutheran Church
• Sedalia, Missouri
• 1882-1982

The reverse has the following text. St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation of Sedalia was organized in 1882. The first services were conducted by Pastors J. Briebel, California, Missouri, and M. Holls, Mora, Missouri, in a building at Second and Lamine. In 1883 the congregation purchased the church at 517 South Lafayette. In 1923 the congregation purchased property at Broadway and Massachusetts, where the present church was dedicated in 1928.

Pastors of the congregation:

• C. F. Graebner (1885-1889)
• Henry Lobeck (1889-1897)
• Theodore Bundenthal (1897-1905)
• Charles Baepler (1905-1921)
• Herman H. Heidbreder (1922-1948)
• Walter F. Strickert (1948-1968)
• Melvin R. Geffert (1969-1973)
• Erhard W. W. Wolf (1973-)
• Lambert J. Mehl (1982-)
• Present membership: 740 Communicant members; 930 baptized members.
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