Langmeil Cemetery Tanunda SA#Cemeteries#SouthAustralia
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Date: 2022-05-09

The first Lutheran Pastor to arrive in the colony of SA in 1838 was Pastor Kavel. Initially involved with the formation of Bethany, Pastor Kavel came to nearby Langmeil and was instrumental in the formation of this new town, and its Church before its eventual morphing into the larger township of Tanunda. A memorial to Pastor Kavel sits in the cemetery at the rear of the Langmeil Lutheran Church.
Located at 7 Maria Street, the Langmeil Lutheran Church was built in 1888. The history of the church explains: "a new Dankes Kirche (Thanksgiving Church) was built to mark the 50th Jubilee of the establishment of the Lutheran Church in Australia. The dedication of the new church took place on November 25th, 1888. Members of the Angas family financially supported the building of the new church. A hall was built in 1960, and it is now incorporated in the Langmeil Centre."  The church is notable for its entrance through an avenue of cypress trees and its impressive cemetery where Pastor Augustus Kavel, the man responsible for the German emigration to South Australia, is buried. The church history is particularly proud of the windows noting "The first memorial window in the northern wall depicts three aspects of the life of the Lutheran Church in Australia – its faith, its missions outreach and the Christian education of the young. The face of Pastor Kavel (centre), the founder of the Church, recalls that our pioneer fathers migrated for faith and conscience sake. The on-going mission of the Church – “to preach the gospel to all people” is represented by the portrait of Dr. John Flierl (left) who was commissioned in Langmeil in 1885 to serve as the first missionary ever to set foot in New Guinea. On the right is Pastor G.F. Leidig, the founder of Immanuel College. The second stained window in the northern wall portrays the pilgrimage of every Christian as they journey towards their heavenly home. In the “pulpit window” we see Christ who constantly knocks at the door of each heart through the preaching of the Word of God, which is the “Light of Life”. The absence of an outer door handle reminds us that each heart must be opened from within. The altar window was placed in the Church in 1938 to mark the centenary of the Lutheran Church in Australia.
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