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St. John Lutheran Church (II) - Jefferson Park (Chicago)

There were several congregations established in the area that used the name of St. John's, and this one became known as St. John's - Mayfair.  It is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

The Rev. A. Detzer, Sr., from Des Plaines conducted the first services in this area in 1874, and the congregation was officially organized on 3 October 1875.  As the Volga German immigrants moved into the Jefferson Park and Mayfair neighborhoods beginning in 1888, many became members of St. John's.

July 22, 2017 - Chicago, Illinois - 250th Anniversary of Enders, Kind, Krasnoyar, Nieder-Monjou, Paulskaya, Reinwald, Susannental, and others

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Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Founding
of the Volga German Colonies of
Basel, Bettinger, Boisroux, Biberstein, Enders, Ernestinendorf, Hockerberg,
Hummel, Kaneau, Kind, Krasnoyar, Meinhard, Näb, Nieder-Monjou, Orlovskaya,
Paulskaya, Philippsfeld, Reinwald, Schaffhausen, Susannental, Urbach, and Zürich

St. Peter Lutheran Church - Bashaw

The first service held in the South Red Deer Lake area was on 1 May 1895 at the home of Mrs. Henrietta Fürst Sigalet. Volga Germans from Yagodnaya Polyana were among those who founded the parish of St. Peter Lutheran Church in 1897. The following year, St. Peter's congregation was granted 40 acres from the S.W. 1/4 Sec. Twp. 42 Rg. 22 W 4th for mission purposes. Early in 1903, construction of a 24- by 40-foot building was started.

October 7-8, 2017 - (CANCELLED) Fairfield, Connecticut - Celebrating 250th Anniversary of the Volga Germans [with Fall foliage!]

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Celebrating the 250th Anniversary
of the
Founding of the
Volga German Colonies

Saturday, 7 October 2017
(optional additional day on Sunday, 8 October 2017)

Fairfield, Connecticut

Riffel, Jakob

Jakob Riffel was born in Blumenfeld on 21 March 1893. In 1915, he completed his secondary education in Moscow and began to study medicine. After two years, he moved to Yalta and became a tutor. In 1918, he emigrated to Germany and began theological training in Marburg. He was ordained in 1922 and in 1923 was sent to Argentina to serve the Volga German immigrants there. He was called in 1924 to lead the Lutheran Church in Lucas González, Entre Ríos, where he served until 1941.

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