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St John’s History The origins of St John’s date back to 1894. By the end of the 19th century many Lutheran families had settled in Westfield. Founded in Westfield, Massachusetts in 1901 as St John’s Evangelical German-Polish Lutheran Church initially meeting in rented space with Worship services conducted in German and Polish 1910 – building completed on State Street 1914 – English service began; although not every week 1927 – minutes of the church council meetings were recorded in English 1936 – congregation unanimously voted to join the Missouri Synod 1940 – major renovation to the church adding altar rail and lectern 1944 – voted to hold German service only during Easter and Christmas 1948 – voted to discontinue German services due to low attendance 1957 – voted to change the name to St John’s Lutheran Church 1962 – property purchased on Broad Street 1964 – building completed at 60 Broad Street 1969 – new constitution adopted allowing women to vote 1984 – mortgage for new building paid off in full 2001 – celebration of 100th anniversary 2014 - celebration of 50th anniversary of building at 60 Broad Street Come worship with us and be part of our history … |
Pastors Louis A Linn 1910 - 1917 Adolph Dassler 1917 - 1923 Reinholdt Tews 1924 - 1935 Casmir David 1935 - 1963 Frederick Puelle 1964 - 1976 Walter Menzel 1977 - 1980 Michael Gruel 1981 - 2006 Christopher Hazzard 2007 - 2015 David Riley - 2016 - current |
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