Happy First Day of Summer! Looking at the weather forecast, the transition from a wet spring to a warm summer seems almost immediate. For the first time in quite a while, at least here in East Perry County, my weather app doesn’t show a chance of rain for the next 10 days; and, starting tomorrow, the high temperature tops out at 90 or higher (today we only reach 89).
This week has typified another aspect of this job that I love: its flexibility. As a grandmother of four and daughter & daughter-in-law to aging parents, hardly a week goes by that I am able to adhere to a “regular” schedule. I am blessed to have the flexibility to enjoy time with grandchildren when it is available as well as be there to help our parents when they need it. We had our two year old grandson (and his parents 🙂 ) visiting the first part of the week, and yesterday I spent first with my mom as she had an internal defibrillator placed and then with my mother-in-law as she is in rehab recovering from a broken hip. Praise God they are both doing well!
I guess I’m telling you all of this by way of explanation as to why it’s almost 2:00 on Friday, and I’m just now getting around to this post. It also might explain why I don’t have a lot to say in this post! I do, however, want to highlight few things that have been going on at the museum.
Last Saturday we welcomed members of the Carrollton Circuit of the MO District as they stopped by on their tour of Lutheran congregations/sites in St. Louis and East Perry County.
We welcomed members of the Weber family throughout the weekend as they held their reunion in Atlenburg.
On Tuesday, descendants of Pastor Heinrich Loeber, the first pastor of Trinity, Altenburg, made the trip down to the museum during their reunion in St. Louis.
We’re looking forward to seeing the ladies from Concordia, Sikeston tomorrow.
Plans are in the works to revamp the display cases going down the hallway of the main gallery to more concisely tell the story of the immigration and the founding of the original seven colonies.
The 1925 Tri-State Tornado display will be taken down soon, with plans underway to preserve some of it in a permanent display.
Replacing that display will be one showcasing some of the many certificates that we have in our collection: baptism, marriage, and maybe some others that I haven’t uncovered yet. Stay tuned for more details!
Be on the lookout next week for the official opening of registration for this year’s conference Origins: Sailing, Survival & Settlement.
Last week I highlighted some new acquisitions that we recently received. I pictured one of the stained glass window wallhangings with the comment that if you wanted to see the rest, or read the full story about them, you would have to come to the museum. It was pointed out through a comment on that post that coming to the museum is not possible for many readers. I hadn’t thought about it in those terms, only thinking that I didn’t want to give too much away for people who might otherwise come to see them. So here, as might be said, is the rest of the story (and pictures):
These wallhangings come to us from Grace Lutheran Church in Piedmont, MO. The church was formed by Rev. J. Carl Rusch on November 5, 1972 when he invited Lutherans from the area to attend a service at the former Gish-Bowles-Cedar funeral home in Piedmont. The congregation purchased the funeral home on December 31, 1973. They continued meeting at that location until August 2022 when the congregation was down to only two members and the building was sold.
