Mrs. Marilyn Murray White was born in Columbia, Missouri in 1926, and moved to Moorhead that same year. Mrs. White describes her more than 40 years of involvement with and membership in the First Congregation Church of Moorhead, where she served in many capacities including four years as Church Education Director.
First building of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church. The stairs up the hill lead to the home of House of Hope's founder and first minister, Edward Neill, on Summit Avenue. Caption reads: "First church edifice of House of Hope, St. Paul which stood at the corner of Walnut and Oak St and residence of its first minister on Summit Avenue."
This lecture is part of a series of lectures presented during Bethel University's Founders Week. The annual Founders Week conference centered around a contemporary theme. Invited speakers engaged the theme from divergent perspectives to an audience of pastors, laypersons, and Bethel college and seminary students. Note: The written transcript which accompanies this audio recording varies from the audio file. This written trasncript is the base test of the lecture; but slight variances in speech patterns and language will be found in the audio recording.
Exterior view of the First Lutheran Church. Located in Block 75, Lot &, Railway's Sub. of Block 70. Note: name change occurred in 1922, but the photograph may be older. April 03 - loaned to First Lutheran for reproduction for their Anniversary Celebration in 2004.
Confirmation class including Anna Anderson, Hulda Johnson, Axel Johnson, Ted Anderson, Elof Hammner, the Ekstrom kids (possibly Pastor Ekstrom's children?).
The advisors listed in the 1938 College Bulletin for the years from 1934 to 1940 are: Francis Gross, chairman and former president of the North American Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Frank Mulcahy, secretary of the Northwestern National Bank and Trust Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Joseph Matt, president of the Wanderer Printing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Edward Callahan (not pictured), member of the Law Office of Smith and Callahan, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Photographic collage of Renville County's Catholic churches. Views include: the altar boys and the rectory, a portrait of Father L. Hart, exterior view of the second St. Patrick's Church in Birch Cooley, exterior view of St. John's Catholic Church in Morton, exterior view of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Franklin.
A photo collage of the city of Renville churches; including the Catholic church, the Norwegian Lutheran Church, the Methodist Church, and the German Lutheran Church.