History

1855

First German Lutheran Church of Dallas formed

1861

Name changed to St Peter Congregation aka Evangelical Protestant Church

Jan 7, 1869

Voters approved resolution to become St Peter Evangelical Lutheran Congregation

1869

Rev Joseph Schmidt called to be first pastor

1869

Jacob Nuffer donated land for simple wooden church in Dallas Township

1878

Agreed to divide church with 1 building in Dallas township, 1 in Fowler, maintaining 1 congregation and 1 pastor

Oct 16,1886

Purchased land in Riley Township

July 15,1888

Cornerstone laid for present church building

Nov 11,1888

First baptism-Anna Rossow

1892

First Burial in St Peter cemetery-2 month old Paul Nuffer

1894

Congregation officially split into St Peter, Riley and St Paul, Fowler

1897

Schoolhouse added to parsonage for German school

1901

Purchased first organ, (5 octave reed) for $90

July 1914

Ladies Aid established

Early 1920’s

Began to conduct English service on alternate Sundays, others remained in German

1924

First English confirmation of students (10 in English, 2 still in German)

1931

Parish hall built

Sept 1931

Young Peoples Society formed (Walther League)

Early 1930’s

Spouses began sitting together, formerly men sat on one side of church and women on the other

1933

Electricity installed

1939

English service every Sunday, early German service on 2nd & 4th Sundays

Sept 1941

Opened Lutheran Day School with 23 students, replacing German school & becoming 100th Lutheran parochial school in Michigan

1942

Built school and hired first teacher

Late 1947

German services phased out

May 1948

Installed pipe organ

1952

Added parking lot

1954

LWML organized

1955-1956

Added second classroom and second teacher

1957

Added 20 ft to church along with major renovations

Oct 2, 1960

Added Bible class and Sunday school

1964

Installed new church steeple

1997

Built current Fellowship Center

Mar 7, 2004

Dedication of New School and Church Offices

1869-1872

Jos. Schmidt

1872-1876

E.C. Georgii

1876-1894

J.W. Witte

1895-1903

G.H. Berger

1903-1921

E. Heinecke

1922-1924

George Moehring

1924-1932

H. Wohlert

1932-1947

F. Coellner

1948-1955

Herbert C. Kaas

1955-1959

Roland Rauber

1960-1966

Elmer B. Schiefer

1967

Vacancy for 16 months

1968-1974

Marvin L. Barz

1974-1982

Roger Heintz

1982-1986

Michael Martin

1987-Present

Jeffrey Heimsoth

1941-1942

Rev. F. Coellner

1942-1943

Robert Garmatz

1943-1947

Merle Radke

1947-1959

Gerold Becker

1959-1981

Raymond Bergdolt

1981-1982

Dale Trapp

1982-1985

Daniel Westfall

1986-1991

Al Geil

1991-Present

David Bremer

1953-1957

Ruth Becker

1957-1958

Myrna Spaude

1958-1959

Irene Jurchen

1959-1962

Margery Seibert

1962-1966

Ruth Kurth

1966-1967

Mrs. C. Standiford

1967-1971

Janet Hartman

1971-1972

Ruth Schultz

1972-1974

Glenna Ott

1974-1982

Marion Koeppen

1976-1978

Mark Koschman

1978-1979

Ethelynn Herbstreet

1979-1982

Fred Raffler

1982-1988

Karen Doederlein

1982-1983

Susanna Mangold Heath

1983-1985

Jim Aumick

1985-1986

Rhonda Rasdorf

1988-Present

Sue Yelden

2001-Present

Nancy Heimsoth

2007-Present

Kim Kidder

Worship Schedule

Sunday: 8:00AM and 10:30AM

Saturday: 6:00PM

(A non-traditional worship style is offered on the 1st and 2nd Sundays of the month at the 10:30AM service)

Special Activities/Events

Day School New Family Orientation, Monday Aug 25 at 7:00PM

Red Cross Blood Drive, Tuesday Aug 26 1:00-6:45PM

Preschool Final Enrollment & Information Night, Wednesday Aug 27 at 7:00PM

Day School All Family Orientation, Wednesday Aug 27 at 7:00PM

Ladies Aid Quilting, Thursday Sep 4 & 18

Golf Scramble, Saturday Sep 13

Journey to Financial Freedom Seminar, Saturday Sep 20 9:00AM - 5:00PM

St. Peter Lutheran Church and School

St. Peter Lutheran Church
and School