Fall of 1934 - The first impetus to start a mission in Waterloo was given when Mr. M. Merklinger, Mr. Paul A. Schendel, and Mr. Max Herz met in the home of the latter.
Winter 1934-35 - Further informal meetings were held and the matter of a mission was brought to the attention of Pastor A. Orzen of St. Paul’s Kitchener, and to the president of the Ontario District, the Rev. Frank Malinsky of Elmira.
February 13, 1935 - A number of Lutheran family heads, still unaffiliated, together with eight members of St. Paul’s residing in Waterloo, met in the St. Paul’s parish hall with Pastor Orzen and his Church Council. It was then that a motion was made and adopted to establish a mission in Waterloo.
March 8, 1935 - Call was extended to the Rev. K.A. Kriesel, Saskatoon, Sask.
May 5, 1935 - St. Paul’s congregation released 51 souls after the morning service to organize a congregation in Waterloo. That same day, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the installation of our first pastor, Rev. Karl A. Kriesel, took place. Pastor Albert Orzen officiated, President Frank Malinsky and others assisted.
May 13, 1935 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer was organized in the home of Mr. M. Merklinger, twelve members signing the constitution. There was a total of 42 communicants and 9 baptized members.
Societies called into being included the following: May 19th the Sunday School; May 30th the Ladies’ Aid; and on October 14th the Walther League.
Our first “house” of worship was the upper floor of the old Waterloo Town Hall. Peter Goetz painted a watercolour of the Town Hall as it existed in the 1930s. The picture presently hangs in the Severn Street Narthex over the stair well.
August 4, 1936 - The present building site (120’x150’) on the corner of John and Severn streets was purchased for the sum of $475.00.
October 13, 1936 - The plans for a church at an estimated cost of $14,300.00, prepared by the Architect, Mr. Wm. H. E. Schmalz, was accepted, followed by a subsequent motion to erect a basement-church first.
April 4, 1937 - The ground was broken.
June 20, 1937 - The basement church, at our present location, was dedicated and open for worship.
Winter 1934-35 - Further informal meetings were held and the matter of a mission was brought to the attention of Pastor A. Orzen of St. Paul’s Kitchener, and to the president of the Ontario District, the Rev. Frank Malinsky of Elmira.
February 13, 1935 - A number of Lutheran family heads, still unaffiliated, together with eight members of St. Paul’s residing in Waterloo, met in the St. Paul’s parish hall with Pastor Orzen and his Church Council. It was then that a motion was made and adopted to establish a mission in Waterloo.
March 8, 1935 - Call was extended to the Rev. K.A. Kriesel, Saskatoon, Sask.
May 5, 1935 - St. Paul’s congregation released 51 souls after the morning service to organize a congregation in Waterloo. That same day, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the installation of our first pastor, Rev. Karl A. Kriesel, took place. Pastor Albert Orzen officiated, President Frank Malinsky and others assisted.
May 13, 1935 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer was organized in the home of Mr. M. Merklinger, twelve members signing the constitution. There was a total of 42 communicants and 9 baptized members.
Societies called into being included the following: May 19th the Sunday School; May 30th the Ladies’ Aid; and on October 14th the Walther League.
Our first “house” of worship was the upper floor of the old Waterloo Town Hall. Peter Goetz painted a watercolour of the Town Hall as it existed in the 1930s. The picture presently hangs in the Severn Street Narthex over the stair well.
August 4, 1936 - The present building site (120’x150’) on the corner of John and Severn streets was purchased for the sum of $475.00.
October 13, 1936 - The plans for a church at an estimated cost of $14,300.00, prepared by the Architect, Mr. Wm. H. E. Schmalz, was accepted, followed by a subsequent motion to erect a basement-church first.
April 4, 1937 - The ground was broken.
June 20, 1937 - The basement church, at our present location, was dedicated and open for worship.
Redeemer Lutheran church
Established 1937