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Title
St. John's Evangelical Church - Historical Summary
Description
A short historical summary of the church.
Date
ca1968
Identifier
2019.236
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Text
By 1894, the number of Finnish-speaking people In town had increased so that a Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized and in 1907-08 a church building was erected on Glendale Street at a cost of $8,000 and dedicated in June 1908.
A parsonage was built in 1928 at a cost of $6,225. It had no synodical connection until November 10, 19O8 when it affiliated with the Suomi Synod. Rev. John Vartianen was the pastor at the time.
A Sunday School was organized In 1906, Ladies' Aid Society In 1906.
They had fourteen pastors up to 1934.
There were one hundred seventy-flve members in 1934 at the 40th anniversary celebration at which Jacob Laurila, chairman of the celebration committee, recited a history of the church.
In 1967 the church moved to a new building ever the town line In Sudbury, at the junction of Great Road and Waltham Street.
Rev. Larry K. Wolff is Pastor at present.
A parsonage was built in 1928 at a cost of $6,225. It had no synodical connection until November 10, 19O8 when it affiliated with the Suomi Synod. Rev. John Vartianen was the pastor at the time.
A Sunday School was organized In 1906, Ladies' Aid Society In 1906.
They had fourteen pastors up to 1934.
There were one hundred seventy-flve members in 1934 at the 40th anniversary celebration at which Jacob Laurila, chairman of the celebration committee, recited a history of the church.
In 1967 the church moved to a new building ever the town line In Sudbury, at the junction of Great Road and Waltham Street.
Rev. Larry K. Wolff is Pastor at present.
Storage
SU9-4
Monograph Collection
Monograph Collection