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ATONEMENT HISTORY - 1960
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1961 |
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September 10 - First worship service held at 10:30 AM at Sunnyside Elementary School |
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October 22 - Special observance to lay the cornerstone for a new building |
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December 17 -First service in the new building; a Christmas program with 107 people in attendance |
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1962
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May 20 - Dedication of new building, with Dr. E.C. Reinertston presiding (Reinertson was president of the southeast district of the ALC) |
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First vacation church school; 54 attended |
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October - First wedding: Judy Ratfield-Warren Johnson |
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A kidnap party was held by church women |
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For 6 straight Sundays attendance was over 100 |
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Rev. Senft left Atonement on December 31st to accept a call in Stillwater, Minnesota |
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John Fahning, a second year student at Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and the first member of the congregation, led the parish until a new pastor arrived |
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February - Rev. Charles H. Akre, youth pastor at Grace Lutheran of Watertown, SD, began serving as pastor of Atonement. He conducted his first service on Ash Wednesday. He was installed later that month by Dr. E.C. Reinertson. |
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April - The first circle meeting was held (believed to be Rebecca Circle) |
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May - The congregation voted to buy the property from the American Lutheran Church (church building and parsonage) at a cost of $97,500.00 |
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June - The first Mother/Daughter Tea was held |
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November - The women of the church began sewing gowns for the Carol Choir |
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1964
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April 5 - The Cherub Choir presented a concert at Anoka Rest Home |
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May - 110 people were served at a Mother/Daughter banquet |
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October 4 - The choirs presented "The Story of Jesus in Song" |
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November - The teens participated in a suburban church roller-skating party |
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November 15 - Pastor S. Kishii, a Japanese teacher at LBI in Japan was a guest for Mission Sunday |
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1965
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January - Atonement members, including Gladys Boyer, were engaged in teacher training under the Bethel Bible Study program |
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Easter Sunday - 335 people attended this worship service |
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1966
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February 16 - Atonement held a Sweetheart Dinner at Captain at a cost of $5/couple |
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October 6 - Members sang in a Cantata, with Una Solheim serving as director |
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1967
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Mrs. Lu Anderson began the third Bethel series of Bible study |
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1968
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From a desire to become a self-sufficient congregation, Atonement began a campaign called "Make the Break in '68"; they assumed a loan and sold bonds |
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