EXTERIOR of new United Church of Christ, 301 S. Minn. Architect is Englen Twin Cities.

Dedication services for the new church building of the United Church of Christ, 301 S. Minnesota, are scheduled Sunday. Groundbreaking for the new building was held a year ago, also on the last Sunday in August.

Services Sunday are planned especially for the congregation with an open house for the public set for Sept. 9. The open house will focus on the church’s relationship to the New Ulm Community, according to the Rev. Gary Kasten, church pastor, while this Sunday’s service is planned more for UCC families.

Worship services have been held in the new church since June. After the old building on this site was torn down last fall, most of the Sunday services were held in the church parish hall on Third S. However, for several weeks, during the construction of a new roof joining the parish hall to the new church, services were held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, and other local churches also shared their facilities.

Preceding Sunday’s 10 a.m. dedication and worship service will be a presentation of slides and movies taken during the building process. These will be shown at 9:30 a.m. in the parish hall. Showing pictures will be Hobart Anderson, Dr. T. R. Fritsche, Melvin Oswald and Albert Held.

At 10 a.m. a drum roll by David Emmeck and a trumpet fanfare by Harold Rosener, Jim Schuetzle and Jeff Doe will call the congregation into the new worship area for the presentation of the keys and the dedication service. Following the service, at about 11:45 a.m., a pot-luck dinner will be served in the parish hall.

UNITED Church of Christ’s sacristy.

Others taking part in the dedication include Jeff Keckeisen, candlelighter; Coral Stolte, Mrs. Gardell Kuelbs and Mrs. Walter Gareis, call to worship; Tom Dosland, invocation and Mrs. Roger Schmid and Bill Macklin, scripture reading.

Special music will be presented by Mrs. William Steinke on the new church organ, and the choir, under the direction of Mrs. William Lewis.

Taking part in the presentation of the keys will be Urban Salonek of Springfield, representing the general contractor, Engelen Twin Cities; Warren Kane of Austin, the architect; Mrs. Harry Stegeman, head of the building committee, and Warren Fink, president of the church council.

Dedication sermon will be given by the Rev. Kasten and members of the church council will serve as ushers. Representing the Minnesota conference of the United Church of Christ will be Lee Christopherson, conference business manager.

Mr, and Mrs. Armond Preuss are chairmen for this Sunday’s dedication service while Mrs. Steinke is serving as general chairman for dedication plans, including the community-oriented service Sept. 9.

On Wednesday a meeting of the Beehive staff is set for 7:30 p.m. in the fireside area of the church to make plans for the first session of the Beehive Sept. 15. The Beehive is the church education program for grades 1-6 held one Saturday a month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN congregation is having a campout Saturday and Sunday at Green Lake Bible Camp near Spicer. The church picnic will he held there at noon Sunday. Family activities are planned for the weekend with a vesper service Saturday night. Members may come to spend the entire weekend or any part of it. The picnic is potluck.

The Rev. Walter Ulrich will conduct the 3 p.m. Sunday service at HIGHLAND MANOR CHAPEL.

A fellowship dinner will be held at the CHURCH OF CHRIST at 100 N. Wash. at noon Sunday.

The church’s youth group is leaving at 2 p.m. Sunday for a meeting at the church of Christ in Horicon.

Sunday has been designated Promotion Sunday at REDEEMER LUTHERAN’S Sunday School. Parents are to try to get their children to Sunday School at 8:45 a.m. Pastor C. William A. Kuehner will be the guest speaker at the 10 a.m. service.

The church council will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday. On Thursday, the first Parsonage Funding program will be held at 7:30 p.m. for members of the church whose last names begin with letters A-G. Other meetings will follow and will be publicized.

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Ron Brown will be lay reader at the service of morning prayer Sunday at ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Chip Lohmann, guest speaker, will tell about his experiences at the Boy Scout jamboree.

There will be no vestry meeting Monday.

The youth of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH will leave for innertubing in Apple River Saturday at 8 a.m. Those going should bring a large sack lunch and a minimum of $3.

The New Ulm Christian School will give California Achievement Tests on Monday and Tuesday to grades K-9.

A Communion service is set for 9 a.m. Sunday at ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH. The winter schedule will begin Sept.9, with two services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. and Bible classes and Sunday school at 9:40 a.m.

New Ulm Daily Journal, Aug. 24, 1973