Plate. Trinity Lutheran Church (Gary, Indiana). 50th Anniversary, 1908 - 1958

This is a commemorative plate (10" diameter) for Trinity Lutheran Church (Gary, Indiana) with a gold rim and a line drawing of the church exterior. The obverse has the following text: Trinity Lutheran Church | Gary, Indiana | 1908-1958. The reverse has a brief chronology as identified below.

• Trinity Lutheran Church
• Gary, Indiana
• The First Service..........Reformation Sunday, 1907
• Congregation Organized...Sunday, August 2, 1908
• Church Cornerstone Laid......Sunday, May 7, 1911
• Church Dedicated.....Sunday, September 24, 1911
• Parochial School Begun..............September, 1911
• Pastor Walter Kamprad
• ....Installed.............................September 13, 1916
• Pastor Arnold C. Cook
• ....Installed.............................September 15, 1919
• Parsonage Dedicated...........................June, 1920
• Congregation Joins the Missouri
• ....Synod...........................................January, 1921
• First Pipe Organ Dedicated...September 10, 1922
• Silver Jubilee Service.......................May 10, 1936
• Church Balcony Enlarged.......................Fall, 1938
• Pastor Harold H. Engelbrecht
• ....Installed......................................August 22, 1943
• Remodeled Church Rededicated..October 23, 1949
• Pastor William E. Wessler
• .....Installed.......................................August 5, 1951
• Help From Lutheran Church Assn.September, 1951
• Cross-Rose Window Dedicated....October 25, 1953
• Golden Anniversary Services...........May 4-11, 1958
• SOLI DEO GLORIA!