Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-27
HOLDS BIG
CHURCH MEETING
WARREN ENTERTAINED THE RED
RIVER DISTRICT OF THE sWED-
ESH LUTHERANS THIS WEEK.,

HiSCn LILO hlCl OF HE, SWED-
18Th LUTHERANs THIS WEEK.
The annual business meeting of the
Red River District was held in the
Swedish Lutheran church of this CITY.
Monday evening and all Tuesday.
The Red River District is one of
the districts of the Minnesota confer
ence of the Augustana Synod and con-
talns 80 congregations divided into 9
parishes: The Hallock parish, Rev.
L. 2. Lundgren pastor, contains three
gregations. The st. Hilaire parish,
Rev. Axel Sand pastor, three congre-
cations. The Warren parish, Rev. E.
O. Chelgren pastor, three congrega-
tions. The Alvarado parish, vacant,
three congregations. The Thief Riv-
or Falls parish, vacant, congrega-
aons. The Englund parish, Rev. A..
}. Ryden, pastor, three congregations.
The Kennedy parish, Rev. Kr. Rosen-
thal pastor, three congregations. The
Grand Forks parish, Rev. J. NJ. Per-
SeniuS pastor, three congregations
The Fosston parish, vacant, five con-
grsgations. The Roseau parish, Abr
Wattman, preacher, four congrega-
tions. The Lancaster parish, C. O. A.
sphira, preacher, four congregations.
At the annual meeting the following
ministers and delegates were present:
Rev. L. P. Lundgren, Hallock; Rev.
Axel Sand, st. Hilaire; Rev. E. O..
Cheigren, Warren; Rev kr. Rosen-
thai, Kennedy, Rev. J. NJ Persenius,
Grand Forks; Abr. Wattman, Ro-
seau; c. 0. A. Sphira, Lancaster; J..
NJ Peterson Red River; Y. D. Swan
son, Fridhem; Algot Johnson, Tabita;
John NJ. Swanson, Black River; John
Stromquist, Warren; Alfred Johnson,
Emmanuel; A. HogDerg, Foldahl; An
drew Nordlund, Alvarado; John E.
Morberg, Bleomwood; l.. Peterson
Thief .RFiver Falls, FredrilS Person,
Englund; L. G. Franzen, StrandQuist;
C. A. w. Johnson, w. Enaus; John
II. Anderson, E. Emaus; John A. Carl
son, Poplar Lake; e. Haglund,
Saron; Sven Hanson, Sikar.
The following officers were elected:
President, Rev. L. P. Lundgren, Hal
lock; Vice President, Rev. Axel Sand,
st. Hilaire; Secretary, Rev. J. NJ. Per-
senius, Grand Forks: Treasurer, Rev.
q. o. Chelgren, Warren.
Reports were read by the President,
the Treasurer and the Missionary Of
the district.
1t was decided to renew the call
to Mr. Peter Dahlquist as missionary
Of the district. An allowance of 5000.
was petitioned for from the confer
ence as part of the salary of the mis-
stonary.
Mr.. Abr. Wattman was recommend
ed to the conference as qualified to
receive license to preach in the Ro-
seau parish. and C. O. A. Sphira was
recommended as qualified to receive
license to preach in the Lancaster
parish.
The president OF the North Star
College gave very encouraging re-
port and the District decided to con-
tinue giving this promising institu-
ton It's moral support (good wilD.
The following petitions were recon-
mended to the conference:
Allowances: Grand Forks parish,
$50; Roseau parish, $4,000; Alvara-
do parish, $4,000; strandquist, $780,;
Kar,stad, S10O; E. Emaus, $50. ~
To be taken into the Conference
and Synod: Sion Congregation,
Bronson, Mimi; Zion, Lancaster,
MINI, and Strathcona, MINI.
Mission meetings will be held as
follows: Fosston parish April 81;
Warren parish, May 1926; Alvarado
parish, May 26; Grand Forks parish,
June 1929; Hallock parish, July r.
1s; Lancaster parish. July 14-15; st.
Hilaire parish, Oct. 1926; Thief River
Fails parish, Oct. 27-2s; Kennedy par
ish Nov. 1915; Englund parish, Nov.