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St. Paul Lutheran Church - Port Huron

On April 1, 1917 (Palm Sunday), fifteen men met in the home of Carl Langolf of Francis Street to organize a congregation and build a church. St. Paul Lutheran Church was built in 1917 in an area of Port Huron called the Volga Plat at the corner of Wells and 14th Street.

In 1923, that structure became a Sunday School building and a new sanctuary was built. In 1974, the congregation moved to its current location at 3790 W. Water Street with the dedication of the new Ministry Center taking place on 22 February 1976. A new sanctuary was constructed in 1991.

Trinity Lutheran Church - Port Huron

Trinity's original name was the German Evangelical Lutheran Society of Port Huron, Michigan. Beginning in a rented building near Broad and Erie, the congregation soon purchased a chapel downtown on the corner of Erie and Ontario (now McMorran) at what is presently the center of the college campus. In 1874, property was purchased at Tenth & Griswold, and the congregation has been located there in several facilities since then. The first structure was dedicated 15 November 1874.

Emanuel Lutheran Church - Port Huron

Location
 
Elmwood & Stone
Port Huron, Michigan
 
History
 
The "German Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel Congregation of Fort Gratiot" was founded in 1879 by members from the Trinity Lutheran congregation located at 10th and Griswald. They also established a Lutheran parochial school which struggled for a few years.
 
The congregation disbanded in 1905.

First Reformed Church - Flint

First Reformed Church was founded in Flint in July of 1919 by Volga German families from Huck, Messer, and Döhnof. They were soon joined by families from many other colonies. The Rev. John Schmalz was called as the congregations first pastor, and he arrived on 1 December 1919.

This congregation is now called Peace Presbyterian Church and is affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

Location:

Corner of Buick and Gillespie Streets
Flint, Michigan

St. Agnes Catholic Parish - Yocemento

When the cement factory was built in Yocemento, Capuchin frairs began holding Catholic services in the homes of the residents. Local German and Volga German farmers near Yocemento sought permission to create a parish. They erected a frame building on a site west of the first bend of Big Creek. The church was later moved to its present site and was dedicated to St. Agnes. The cement plant failed in 1917 and the Hungarians gradually moved out of the community.

The church was later abandoned, and in 1931 it was moved to the Buckeye community where it was used as a community hall.