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St. John Lutheran Church 1875-1968
St. John Lutheran Church 1968-present

St. John 1875-1968 church interior
St. John 1968-present chancel @Christmas
Thanks to Rick and Nancy Williams for providing the pictures of the old church and the interior picture of the current church.
"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" (Psalm 133:1, NKJV)
CHURCH HISTORY
St. John Lutheran Church was formed in 1875 by a group of German Lutherans who had settled in and around Powellsville and the Pine Creek area. It was incorporated on November 21, 1875, and the church was dedicated on Advent Sunday, November 28, 1875. The old church in the middle of the cemetery was used as a house of worship until 1968, when a new church was built across the road and dedicated on May 6th of that year. A new parsonage was built next to the new church and dedicated in 1973.

May God's richest blessings continue to rest upon the work that is being done at St. John.

(Taken from the St. John Lutheran Church 125th anniversary pictorial directory, p.2)

St. John Lutheran Church
5600 Junior Furnace-Powellsville Road
Franklin Furnace, OH 45629
The Rev. Janet Hatch, Pastor
Phone (740) 574-8028
E-mail: stjohn@zoomnet.net
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23, NKJV)
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1875 in history:
Ulysses S. Grant was president.
Ohio was only 72 years old.
There were 37 states in the union.
Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission.
Harvard and Tufts University play 1st college football game.
Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms.
Jesse James robs a train in Otterville, Missouri.
Aristides wins the very first Kentucky Derby.
The electric dental drill is patented.
Congress passes Civil Rights Act.
1st newspaper cartoon strip appears.
Albert Schweitzer and Edgar Rice Burroughs(Tarzan fame)were born in 1875.
Andrew Johnson(17th pres.) died in 1875.

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