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St. John's Reformed Church - Montrose

A Congregational congregation was organized in Montrose in 1885, and in 1886 the group constructed its first building.

The first German Congregational Church was organized in 1910.

St. John's German Evangelical (Reformed) Church was built in 1913. It was affiliated with the German Congregational Church.

The congregation reorganized in 1924, but disbanded in about 1938.

St. John's Lutheran Church - Montrose

On 4 February 1940, a group of Lutherans organized a Lutheran congregation in Montrose, Colorado. They bought the former St. John's Reformed Church building on Park Avenue on 11 June 1940 and called the new congregation St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

In 2001, the congregation changed its name to Living Word Lutheran Church and in 2002 moved to a temporary location at 33 N. Uncompahgre Ave. They sold the old church building to Dr. Craig Cayo, an oral surgeon.

In 2011, the congregation constructed a new 5,000 square foot church building on Peyton Drive.

Seipert*

Anna Margareatha Seipert, daughter of Johann Philip Seipert, married in Wolferborn on 2 May 1753 to Joseph Schöneman, son of Conrad Schöneman. Both the bride and groom are recorded to be from the neighboring village of Michelau. [See Schöneman Family.]

Joseph Schöneman, a cobbler, his wife Anna, children (Johann, age 15; Rosina, age 12; Johannes, age 11; Anna, age ½), and his wife's sister Anna Maria [Seipert] (age 20) arrived from Lübeck at the port in Oranienbaum on 22 July 1766 aboard the pink Lev under the command of Lieutenant Fyodor Fyodorov.

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