The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-29
CHURCH OF R[DEEnER
New Building to Be Dedi-
Gated October T. Three
Days Exercises.

The dedication of the new church build
ing of the Church of the Redeemer will
take place on next Sunday, and the SER
vices in connection with it will OCCUPY
three days, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
The dedication proper viii be made at the
morning service Sunday at 1920. The dedi-
cation sermon will be preached by the
Rev. III. H. Weber, Secretary of the Board
Of Church Extension of the Lutheran
Church of the United States
The congregation will assemble in front
of the church previous to the first service
and the contractor will turn over the keys
of the church to the Rev. John E. Helm
del, who will lead the congregation into
the church, saying as he enters, peace
be within this house." and the congrega-
ton will respond with the words, sAnd to
all that enter therein" Responsive read
ings from the Psalms will be held in
front of the church and the Bible and
sacred vessels will be carried in and de-
posted on the altar.
The next service will be held at three
o'clock and the sermon preached by the
Rev. ]. B. Remensnyder, President of the
New York and New Jersey Synod; also a
sermon will be preached by the Rev. c.
Armand Miller, pastor of the Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church of New York City. In
the evening the sermon will be preached
by the Rev. Charles S. Albert, editor of
the Lutheran Publication Society's paper
of Philadelphia, Pa. The Rev. F. H.
Knubel of the Lutheran Church of the
Atonement, New York City, will also
preach at the evening service Sunday.
MONDAY evening at eight o'clock SER
nrH4chRd hW a
F. Behrnger. of Nvack president of the
Southern Conference of the New York
ana New Jersey eynod. aAd the Rev :.
j. Young, pastor of St. Johns Lutheran
Church of New York.
Tuesday evening at eight o'clock ser
mons will be preached by the Rev. A.
Hafer, of Jersey City and Rev. F. H.
Kitzmeyer, of Bethany Lutheran Church
of New York.
Special music will be feature of all
the services and the Choral Union of
the Church of the Redeemer wills render
anthems under the direction of the
organist of the church, Miss Anna
Tarncken. Charles Herig will sing tenor
solos at the Sunday morning service and
also Tuesday evening service. Miss
Theodore Schmitt will be the soloist Mon
Mayor Hoos is expected to deliver an
address on either Monday or Tuesday
evening.
The English. Evangelical Church of the
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Church organized in Jersey City The
church was organized at the advice of the
Board of Home Missions and Church Ex-
tension and the first service held on May
!, 1898, in Bamber Hall which was once a
Metllcdss Church. The Rev. e. E.
Neudewitz, directed the initial service
There were only seventeen persons pre-
sent at the service and the membership
has grown to over two hundred The
Sunday schoolwas also started on thai
day with six children and seven adults
the latter willing to become teachers
when services were needed. Services were
held once every Sunday by the Rev. E. e
Neudewitz. during the month of May ant
on June 5. 1898, the Rev. S. c. Burger
assumed charge of the inception of The
congregation and remained until the frs
OF October of that year, when he went
to India OF do missionary work
The present pastor took the pastoral,
on the 4th of. October. and had a congre
cation of only fifty-one, which he has in
creased to over two hundred members IL
me two years elapsing since that time
The church was Incorporated on the 6tf
of December 1928. and steps We're immedi
ately taken to obtain ground for the build
ing of the new church just completed Th,
church is located on Warner avenue anC
occupies three lots. 75x100 feet. The cos
of the lots was 81, 800. which was raised by
the congregation without any help from
outside. The cost of the building is abou
Ss.o0O, half of which has already beer
raised.
The Rev. John E. Heindel. pastor. is tn,
youngest minister of the Gospel in thi
city. He was graduated from the Gettys
burg Theological Seminary just prior Il
! his taking the charge. During his colleg,
| course he assisted in the organization o
| two churches in the neighborhood of hi
| home, York, Pa. Rev. Heindel will cele
brate his second anniversary of his pas
| tOrate next SUNDAY.