# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1894_S71
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1894. 71

from St. Matthew's congregation in New York; a bell for about $90, from the young women's society in Joliet, Ill.; communion vessels from Pastor Sprengeler's congregation in Milwaukee; a baptismal font from the young people of the congregation in Altenburg, Mo.; a chorale book and preludes from Pastor Kösterings' congregation in St. Louis. On 2 July 1893 the new church was dedicated; Professor Dau and the missionaries Schooff and Phifer preached on the occasion to a full church. The property for the station in Concord is very favorably situated. It measures 75 by 160 feet and costs $850. The school is still held in the old dilapidated store that stood on the property, and since December 1893 has been under the direction of a capable teacher.

b. Rimerstown. This station, eight miles from Concord, was founded since the last session of the Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*]. A chapel, 32 by 20 feet with sacristy, was dedicated on 11 September 1892 and costs, together with an acre of land, $400. In the course of the two years 30 have been baptized here and 35 confirmed. The congregation counts 51 souls, 32 communicant members. In the Sunday school there are 35 children and church attendance varies between 47 and 100. The district is regarded as a very disreputable one. Yet the Word of God has not remained without fruit here either. Growth in knowledge and improvement of life are noticeable. Last autumn the first mission festival was celebrated here, and God willing one shall be celebrated this year too.

c. Gold Hill, Rowan Co., lies eighteen miles from Concord. For 1½ years services have been held here in a public Negro schoolhouse, at the request of the people themselves, who had heard our missionary preach several times in Rockville. On the Sunday after Easter 14 were baptized here and 20 confirmed and a congregation was organized with 7 voting members under the name "Evangelisch-lutherische Zionskirche" [Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church]. The average church attendance is 68; the Sunday school numbers 42 children and adults and, in the missionary's absence, is conducted by a member of the congregation. The members of the little congregation have collected $30 among themselves for a church. An interesting report on this station is found in the June number of the "Missions-Taube."

d. Rockville, Rowan Co., is seventeen miles from Concord. On Pentecost Sunday 19 children were baptized here in a Negro schoolhouse and 15 adults confirmed. The congregation counts 33 souls, among them 18 communicant members, and bears the name "Evangelisch-lutherische Christusgemeinde" [Evangelical Lutheran Christ Congregation]. In the services there are on average 66 hearers. The Sunday school, also conducted here by a member of the congregation, numbers 35 pupils. The use of the schoolhouse has been forbidden to us and we do not know where we are to hold services. See "Missions-Taube," July 1894.