# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1931_S20
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

Prof. O. Theiss, who has been laboring so enthu-
siastically in our mission during the past year,
read the closing prayer, pronounced the benediction,
and made the announcements. Je also read the
congratulatory letters sent by the sister congrega-
tions and expressed our gratitude first to our Lord
God for His love, for the gift of His Son, and for
the saving Gospel; to the vast number of loyal
Christians of the Synodical Conference whose gen-

De Fremery Park. It is very easily accessible from
all parts of the city; the street-car runs on Six-
teenth Street. The lot is 40100 feet, the chapel
26X40. The main entrance is on the side, and a
hall, 7X33, in the rear leads to the three aisles in
the chapel. The windows are of colored glass. The
lights are inverted drop-lights. The walls are
papered light cream. The chapel is heated by gas.

Added on to the chapel is the large Sunday-school

Bethlehem Chapel, Oakland, Cal., Dedicated January 4, 1931.

Rey. John McDavid, in gown, together with his members and friends of the mission.

erosity made it possible for us to obtain this beau-
tiful chapel; to some of the local churches, who
donated an altar, an altar cloth, a font, an organ,
and a lectern; to those of our own members: who
donated two beautiful candlesticks, a crucifix, an
altar chair, and some curtains for the rear of the
church; to Mr. id. Meese, who gave his time in the
purchasing of the property and the letting of the
contracts for the remodeling of the chapel.
Bethlehem Chapel is ideally located. It is sit-
uated on the southeast corner of Magnolia and
Sixteenth streets, just in front of the beautiful

or assembly room, 14X33, .and back of that a
kitchen, 12X17, and two lavatories.

Bethlehem Congregation was started in 1926.
Rey. G. Mieger invited the undersigned to Oakland
to gather the Lutherans of our race who came here
from the South. ‘The first services were held in
Zion Church, the mother church of most of the Lu-
theran churches in Oakland and vicinity. Since
then we have been holding services in a lodge-hall,
once a month. It was a very difficult thing to in-
terest strangers in our services on account of the
location and place; but we continued undismayed.