The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-28
REV. F. STILLWELL
RESIGNS AS PASTOR
Will Sever Relations With
Congregational Church,
October First
A HIGH TYPE CITIZEN
To Seek Holy Orders With
the Episcopal Church.
Duluth Diocese

Sunday morning Rev. Frederick
E. Stillwell preached a strong I'm
ion sermon at the Methodist
church. At the conclusion Of the
service he asked the members of
his congregation to meet with him
for a short time at the Congrega-
tional church.
At this meeting he rendered an
irrevocable resignation as pastor
effective October first.
The announcement of Rev. Still
wells resignation came as shock
to the community. During the year
he has been a resident of Sank
Centre, people of all denominations
have learned to hold him in a very
high esteem. He has worked in
complete accord with Rev. F. c.
Craig, pastor of the Methodist
church, and Rev. Earle B. Jewell,
rector of the Good Samaritan Epis-
copal church.
Rev. Stillwell is splendidly edu-
cationally equipped for the pastor
ate. He received his B. A. Degree
at Fargo, N. D., in 1914. He was
awarded the M. A. degree in 1921
while preaching in Minneapolis. In
1926 he received his B. D. Degree
from the Chicago theological School
the training center for Congrega-
tional ministers of the Midle West.
He specialized in Practical Theo-
logy,- including Religious Educa-
ton.
Rev. Stillwell was ordained at
Argyle, Mimi, in 1914. He has a
constructive record in churches of
different sizes and community sur
roundings. His most notable pas
torate was the Fourth Congrega-
tional church, of Chicago, where
he led in a church building pro-
ject of $4,000.
AS a boy Rev. Stillwell was a
communicate of the Episcopal
church. For over IS years his faith
er labored in the ministry of the
Episcopal church. Rev. Stillwell
will. seek Holy Orders in the Epis-
copal church. He will be assigned
by Bishop Bennett, of the Duluth
Diocese.
The Herald is mighty sorry that
Rev. Stillwell has seen fit to sever
his connections with this city. He
and his excellent family will take
the best wishes of the community
with them to their new home.
The following copy of the letter
of Rev. Stillwell will be of interest
to many Herald readers:
To the First Congregational
Church,
Sank Centre, Minnesota,
My Dear Friends:
On the corresponding Sun
day one year ago visited your
church as a guest preacher. AS
the result of that visit you
honored me with call to this
pastorate, which call accepted,
beginning my work among you
on Friday, September 81, 1929.
Just one year after the original
agreement I now stand before
you convinced our mutual good
indicates the severing of our
relationship.
Therefore, hereby submit
to you my resignation as pastor
of this church, to become eff
fective at the completion of one
year of service. and notify you
of my purpose to enter upon
new work October 1, 1880. This
resignation is unconditional and
cannot be reconsidered.
In connection Herewith
wish to state that have been
anxious to give you the best
possible chance to secure my
successor soon by submitting
this notice at the earliest pos
sible date. It is less than twen-
ty-four hours since my plans
had reached point where I
could take definite action in
this way.
NY fundamental purpose in
taking this step is that I feel
bound, by my own life-dedi-
cation to the Christian minis
try, to invest my feeble eff
forts where they will count the
most in building up the King
dom of Christ. After most
careful appraisal of all factors
and circumstances I have
reached the settled and clear
conclusion that this is not that
place. My higher duty there
fore requires that seek that
place elsewhere.
After over twenty years pro-
fessional service in the Con-
gregational denomination
have decided to seek holy or
ders in the Protestant Episco-
pal Church, the childhood
church of my mother and the
church in whose ministry my
father, for the last twenty-five
years of his life, labored. Where
I shall be first located is not
yet determined definitely except
that it will be somewhere in the
Diocese Of Duluth, as decided
by the Bishop. I wish to en-
phasize the fact that this step
is taken wholly on my own in
itiative, with absolutely no So
licitation, or suggestion, from
any Episcopalian, I say this
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