St Johns Lutheran Church
The following information comes from LDS film #1550343
1847-The first burial was made in the St John
Cemetery.
1860-The first services were conducted by the reverend Christian Dingeldey, Lutheran missionary, in an old schoolhouse on the John Weidinger farm.
1861-The St John congregation was organized as a German Evangelical Protestant church.
1866-The first building of the congregation was built adjoining the cemetery on ground given by Peter and Catherine Schreier.
1879-Ground next to the church property was purchased for the purpose of a parsonage and school.
1888-The Ladies' Aid was organized on Ascension Day.
1890-The parochial school of the congregation was closed and a church steeple was added to the building.
1903-The present parsonage was built and dedicated.
1912-A resolution was passed by the congregation that henceforth no free preacher of the German Evangelical Protestant Church shoule be called as pastor.
1914-The English language was first used in the worship service.
1917-The church building was renovated and modernized. New furniture was installed throughout the building and the stained glass windows were added.
1922-The congregation voted unanimously to unite with the Evangelical Lutheran Church and become a synodical member of the United Lutheran Church in America.
1933-Extensive repairs were made both to the inside and the outside of the church building.
1941-Two hundred persons were in attendance for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the building and the eightieth anniversary of the congregation.
1953-Additional ground was purchased by the congregation for an extension to the cemtery.
1961-The old church demolished and new building begun.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 January 1902, page 6
CHURCH ELECTIONS
The German Protestant Evangelical St John's congregation at Tug
Fork, Campbell County Ky. elected the following Church Directors:
President-John Hieber
Secretary-George Scheffing
Treasurer-John Heiert
Trustees-H Schnabel, H Dillhardt, William Ziegler and George Warth.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 June 1903, page 9
NEWPORT BRIEFS
The St John's Evangelical Protestant Congregation of Tug Fork, Ky. will give a grand picnic at John Hieber's Grove, Tuesday July 14.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct 1917, page 12
NEWPORT
Celebrates Golden Jubilee
St John's Lutheran Church, Tug Fork, renovated and remodeled, was
reopened yesterday with golden jubilee services at 9:30 am and 2:30 pm.
Addresses were made by Rev Charles Schoenwandt, former pastor; Rev L J Motschman of St Mark's Church, Newport; Rev E R Wagner, Rev E A Born, Rev H W Little, Rev J C Schubert and Rev John Frederick.
Captain John Sauser is the only surviving charter member of the congregation. He is 83 years old.