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A brief history of Trinity Lutheran School
According to the Trinity Lutheran Book of Memoirs written for the occasion of Trinity’s 75th anniversary by Pastor
E. Goedeking, the members of St. Paul and St. John congregations of Marysville met on August 14, 1878, to merge
and form Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Goedeking wrote:
“The young congregation used the Main Street Church (formerly Carney’s) as its Christian Day School which was first
taught by Pastor Zagel. What consecrated people the members of Trinity must have been! How they recognized the
importance of giving children specifically Christian training! For within the space of three years they built a
new Christian Day School Building which is now the present church chapel and which was dedicated in 1881.”
“The credit for the founding of Trinity Christian Day School is primarily due to the Rev. G. F. Zagel, the first
pastor, and in reality is but a continuation of the school maintained by his former St. Paul’s congregation.”
“The first called teacher for TrinitySchool was J. F. Bergener who served for 18 years. There came a time when
he had as many as 120 children in school. For a time, the little white house across the street from the church
chapel was pressed into service for school purposes. The great need for a more adequate building prompted Trinity
congregation to erect a school on Walnut Street in 1904 with dedication on January 14, 1905.”
“But time marches on and takes its toll. The building erected in 1904 seemed no longer adequate to serve the needs
of a growing parish and was in need of too much renovation. It was decided to erect a modern educational building
to serve the ever expanding need of the Sunday School, youth and other organizations, and to provide more adequate
and modern facilities for the ChristianDay School.”
“Thus it was that on Sunday, March 24, 1968, ground was broken for the new building. A unique feature of the groundbreaking
was the actual breaking of the ground by means of a plow pulled by teams of school children, Sunday School pupils,
and youth of the congregation. After what seemed an eternity of waiting, pupils and teachers were able to move
into the new classrooms after the Christmas/New Year holidays on January 5, 1970 The cornerstone laying service
took place on Sunday, May 17, 1970. The new building was dedicated to the Glory of God on May 28, 1972. Words could
never express the thanks and appreciation we all owe to those who seemingly never cease to tire of giving time,
treasure, and talent to make this dream come true. The many hundreds of hours of volunteer labor on the part of
members of Trinity kept the cost of this fine structure (about $400,000) within financial reach of Trinity congregation.”
The 1998-99 school year marked another milestone with the completion of a $2.6 million building project. This new
structure connected the church and educational buildings and was completed in December of 1998. This tremendous
addition has allowed ministry to grow through congregational programming as well as school programming.
May God bless our ministry together as we work in the new millennium. Praise be to Him who has led our steps thus
far! |
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