Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (Saint Louis, Missouri) Records

Record Group — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Collection ID-1483

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Box 1

History
Official Acts Lists (in folder) 1946-1955
Cradle Roll Lists January-December 1947 - November 1949
Confirmation Class Lists 1940-1965
Board of Christian Education Meeting Minutes 1940-1948, 1973, 1984, 1992
Church Council Meeting Minutes 1956, 1958-1960, 1962-1966, 1972
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 1942-1943, 1963
Constitutions and By-Laws
Constitution Revision Committee 1945
Resolution establishing Endowment Fund
Board of Elders Meeting Minutes 1933-1977
Ushers Constitution and Meeting Minutes 1929-1983

Box 2

Voters' Meeting Minutes 1940-2009

Box 3

Voters' Meeting Minutes 1894-1939
Voters' Meeting Minutes Book 2, 1923-1928
Voters' Meeting Minutes Book 3, 1929-1932
Voters' Meeting Minutes Book 4, 1932-1936
Voters' Meeting Correspondence, 1906-1928
Lutheran Youth League Constitutions
Youth Committee 1961
COBWEB-Walther League/Youth Newsletter 1958, 1969-1970
Junior Boys' Society Constitution
Junior Walther League Constitutions
Junior Walther League Meeting Minutes 1913-1919, 1948-1959
Young Peoples' Society Meeting Minutes 1919-1934
Senior Walther League Constitution
Senior Walther League Board and Regular Meeting Minutes 1934-1965

Box 4

Sunday School Teachers Meeting Minutes 1910-1930, 1964-1966, 1970, 1972-1974
Mary and Martha Society Board and Regular Meeting Minutes 1943-1952, 1969-1977, 1986-1989
Ladies Auxiliary of Concordia Aid Association - Branch 19 Meeting minutes 1925-1950
Membership Committee Meeting Minutes 1939-1940
Senior Society Meeting Minutes 1957-1970
Altar Guild Meeting Minutes 1920-1924, 1929-1936
Fellowship Meeting Minutes 1974-1984
Married Couples Club Meeting Minutes 1948-1974
Men's Club Meeting Minutes 1940-1971

Box 5

Ladies Aid Society Meeting Minutes 1898-1917, 1923-1960, 1986-1987
Ladies Aid Board Meeting minutes 1957-1986
Bible Study for Christian Service Committee of the Ladies' Aid Society Meeting Minutes 1944-1966

Box 6

Our Redeemer Messengers (Newsletters) 1936-1999

First Floor Flat File - Drawer # 1 (AUG 2011 #22)

Sepia photograph - Confirmation Class of 1932
Order of Service, March 20, 1932
Confirmation Certificate of Eleanor Mary Debney

Dates

Creation: 1894 - 2009

Biographical / Historical

The first service of this congregation was held in November 1892 in English by Rev. Martin S. Sommer of Grace Lutheran Church at Holy Cross School assembly hall. The first service held January 1893 in Anchor Hall, Jefferson and Park Avenues. The English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer was organized in March 1894. A tornado destroyed Anchor Hall in May 1896, so the congregation worshipped in the social hall of Emmaus Lutheran Church. The cornerstone for a new church building was laid in January 1897 and was dedicated in March 1897. A Christian Day School was started in the church basement in April 1897. The congregation was accepted as a member of the English Synod in April 1901. Dedication of a chapel to be used as church and school occurred in September 1901. In 1903, operation of the Christian Day School was suspended indefinitely. The cornerstone of a new church building was laid in May 1908 and the building was dedicated in January 1909. In May 1911, Our Redeemer hosted the convention of the English Synod that dissoved and became the English District of the LCMS. Our Redeemer Cemetery was purchased in 1915. The front half of the chapel was replaced by a two-story parsonage in 1918, and the congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1919. Renovations of the interior of the church were done in the 1920s. Our Redeemer was granted a perpetual charter under the laws of the State of Missouri in February 1935. The official name of the congregation was changed to the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in December 1939. Affiliation of the congregation was changed to the Western District of the LCMS in June 1940. The 50th anniversary was celebrated in March 1944. Our Redeemer became a charter member of the Lutheran Association for Higher Education in 1945. Property was purchased for a teacherage in November 1956. Classes of Lutheran High School South were held at Our Redeemer in 1957-1958. Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the present church building was held in October 1958, and the congregation celebrated its 75th anniversary in January-May 1969.