# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S56
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56 Proceedings of the twenty-fifth convention

congregation at Edgerton, O., and Prof. J. Ph. Schmidt of Greensboro, formerly pastor of the Grace congregation, served it until W. G. Schwehn, a candidate for the ministry trained in St. Louis, was installed as missionary on August 31, 1913. The congregation is making gratifying progress. It has 127 souls, 73 communicants, 19 voting members. The enrollment rose at the beginning of this year to 87 children; so an assistant, Harry Lynn of Mount Pleasant, had to be appointed to the lower class on January 8.

Mount Calvary in Sandy Ridge, Cabarrus Co., 7½ miles north of Concord, is a branch. To it belong 44 souls, 18 communicants and 5 voting members. Last school year the small congregation set up and maintained a weekday school at its own expense. That was something quite new in our mission. The teacher, Addie McTier, had 65 children on the roll; the average attendance was 45.

Kannapolis is a model city that has arisen in recent years, six miles north of Concord and three miles from Sandy Ridge. There is a large cotton mill there in which Negroes are also employed. Toward the end of 1913 Pastor Schwehn of Concord founded a preaching place in Kannapolis. The services are held in a private house and are attended by an average of 20 hearers. The president of the mill and builder of the town, J. W. Cannon, has offered him a building lot for a Lutheran chapel as a gift. The money for a chapel has already been given by dear friends of the mission.

Mount Pleasant, Mount Calvary. Missionary: John Alston. Mount Pleasant lies in Cabarrus Co., nine miles east of Concord. The little town has about 700 inhabitants; a fifth of them are Black. Our congregation numbers 128 souls (increase: 11), 59 communicants (increase: 6), 12 voting members (decrease: 4), 37 Sunday-school pupils (increase: 12), 35 weekday-school pupils (increase: 15). The services, held on Sunday evenings, are attended on average by 55 persons. In this biennium the congregation has raised $379.82 for kingdom-of-God purposes. The members are, as their pastor says, "humble tenants in poor circumstances, who give as the Lord blesses them". Missionary Alston says in his report: "Mount Calvary is making slow progress. In the past two years 11 persons have been confirmed. Those who have not moved to other stations remain faithful to our dear Lutheran Church. Most of our members who move away go to High Point. With God's help we have not only met our current expenses but also paid off a debt, procured a church bell, roofed our church, and made other improvements." The congregation has suffered from removals. The same holds true of the two branches, St. Peter's and Immanuel.