Minutes of the Ladies' Missionary Society of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, May 28, 1919.

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Ladies' Missionary Society of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church: Organizer of meeting

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Text

Item Type

Documents

Description

Handwritten minutes of the May 28, 1919 meeting of the Ladies' Missionary Society of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cambridge, Ontario.

Notes

Minutes bound in a 16.5 cm x 27 cm brown, soft cover notebook. The words "Account Book." are printed on the cover, and "Women's Missionary Society, May 28/19 - June 27/23" is written in black ink.

The Women's Missionary Society of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Preston, Ontario was organized on February 16, 1912. The purpose of the organization was to teach members about the church's missionary work, and to provide financial assistance.

Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is one of five synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, consisting of more than 200 member congregations and 78,000 baptized members. The territory of the Eastern Synod runs from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In July 1861 the Canada Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada was organized by the former Canadian Conference of the Pittsburgh Synod. In 1867 the Canada Synod helped organize the General Council. In 1908 the Central Canada Synod organized as a result of English activity of the General Council. In 1918 both synods became part of the United Lutheran Church in America. In 1925 the Canada Synod and the Central Canada Synod merged, retaining the name Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada. In 1962 the Canada Synod reorganized as the Eastern Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, comprised of the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and most of Ontario. In 1985 the Eastern Canada Synod withdrew from the Lutheran Church in America to join with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. In 1986 the new church began to function officially, retaining its membership in the Lutheran Council in Canada.

Transcribed by Michael Skelton in 2013.

Date of Original

May 28, 1919

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 16.5cm
Image Height: 27cm

Subject(s)

St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Preston, Ont.)
Women in the Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada. Women's Missionary Society
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Preston, Ont.). Women's Missionary Society

Local identifier

S100_3.54.6.2.2.3

Collection

Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada fonds

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Cambridge

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.3834 Longitude: -80.31637

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Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections

Reproduction Notes

S100 Disc8

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Full Text

Preston May 28th, 1919.

The monthly meeting of the Women's Missionary Society was held this evening at the home of Mrs. Merkel with an attendance of nine.

Rev. Voelker opened the meeting with prayer and Miss Martin read portion of scripture.

The minutes were then read and adopted.

Correspondence was read from Unionville asking the society to pay towards slavs.

Synodical dues of $3.00 and 90C extra are to be paid.

Moved by Mrs. Kleindinst sec. by Miss Volkman that we pay $5.00 towards slavs.

Mrs. Stahlschmidt, Mrs. Kleindinst, Miss Volkman, Mrs. Mickler, Mrs. Pelz and Mrs. Sippel were appointed delegates to Mission Convention in Waterloo on June 24th.

The roll was then called.

Topic for the day: In Lumber Camp and Mines. The following

(Page 2)

papers were read

"The Breakers Boy" by

Miss Volkman

"Musings of a Hungarian Baby" by Miss Schultz and "The story of a red dragon" by Miss Martin.

A vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Merkel for the use of her home.

Meeting closed with Lord's Prayer.

Miss Schultz invited the society to her home for the next meeting.

Dues amounted to $4.30