The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-12
TO CHURCH.
Lafayette Lutherans to Lay
the Corner Stone Of
Christ Evangelical
Church.
HOW THE BUILDING WILL LOOK
Numerous Societies and a Big
Sunday School - Doings Of
Clergy and Flock.

The cornerstone will be laid tomorrow
of the new Christ Evangelical Church
at the corner of Woodward street and
c-ommunipaw avenue. The ceremonies
will begin at three o'clock in the after
noon. Before that hour the members Of
the congregation and of the Sunday
School will assemble at the chapel now
in use on Wilton street and march in a
body to the new church. The dedication
ceremony will be performed by the Rev.
C. B. Rabbow, pastor of the church, who
will be assisted by the Rev. H. Sehooper
of Union Hill and the Rev. f. Hotter,
pastor of ST. PauIs German Church. All
the ministers of Hudson county rave been
invited to be present.
The Lafayette Choral Society and choir,
composed of choristers from several
churches, will be present and during the
services will sing sacred music.
The members of the congregation of the
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church have
labored hard and earnestly to procure the
necessary funds to erect a suitable church,
u as the one which Is now in the
course of erection. For over a year they
have been devising ways and means of
founding the requisite sum, and have at
last succeeded. The fair which was held
in Lafayette Hall during November
proved a decided success and over one
thousand dollars were realized. This with
the already well filed treasury, proved
sufficient and the new building was
started.
The basement win be of brown and
opan ~, 11I.~ - !,
of the building will be frame. The
basement will be divided of into class
rooms, to be used by the Sunday school.
The decorations of The church will be
handsome, though modest. The princi-
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
has several societies connected with it,
and all are at present enjoying prosper
The Ladies' Society comes first, which
meets on the second Wednesday OF each
month. The society. was organized in
President, Mrs. J. Keller: vice Presl-
dent, Mrs. ). Martens; Secretary, Mrs.
NJ. Marschner; Treasurer, Mrs. d,
Brown. The Ladies Society has sixty
The Young Peoples Society meets on
the. first Tuesday of each month. This
thirty members, Of whom the following
are .ofiicers:-President, the Rev. c.
Rabbow; Vice President, Herman
Drewes; Secretary. William Bremen
Treasurer, Miss Henrietta Ahrens.
The Junior Luther League meets or
the second and fourth Fridays of the
month. The League was organized last
May and has over thirty members: The
officers OF the League are:--President
Josephine Echterbecker; Recording Sec
rotary, Miss Henrietta Mining; Core
spending Secretary, Miss Matilda
Drewes; Treasurer, Mr.. G.. Martens.
The Choral Society of the church was
organized in 1894 and has now twenty
male and female voices. Mrs. Ella
Finnemann is the leader.
One of the particular features of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church is the Sum
day school This body is divided into two
divisions. the English speaking division
and the German speaking division. The
former meets every Sunday morning. The
officers are;-Rev. c. e. Rabbow. Super
i~ntendent; Secretary and Librarian, ].
English speaking division is new, having
been organized in May, 1896.
The German speaking division meets
every Sunday afternoon. This division
has been in existence since 1881. and has
these oficers.-Rev. c. B. Rabbow, Super
tary, Miss Olga Marschner; Treasurer,
Miss Henrietta Ahrens; Librarian, Henry
Gehrken.
The church organization recently elect
ed officers as foilows:-President, C. Mar
tens; Secretary, E. Herksten; Treasurer,
J. Keller. The Board of Trustees is made
up of the folowtng:-Messrs. c. Miller. ].
WTttpenn, H. brewer. C. Luck. I. Schoen-
wetter, F. Tembert and J.. Erwetter.