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"Dear God, I just wanna take a minute, not to ask of anything of you, but simply to say Thank you for everything I have."
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Past Reverend's names on the walkway into Church. ⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪
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Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church
Second oldest congregation in the Texas-Louisiana Synod, United Lutheran Church in America. The founding occurred on March 24, 1867, under leadership of the Rev. C. C. Rudi, who had just moved to the Swiss Alp area. A ten-acre church site was donated by John and Christina Knippa by deed of March 29, 1869. Cedar was donated by J. F. Melcher and the Knippas, and original log church was built in 1869. In Feb. 1877 the cemetery was established and in Nov. 1877 an adjoining tract of 44.5 acres was added. The present church building was erected in 1889-90.
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History in a Pecan Shell
German Lutherans were the first settlers here around the time the Civil War was ending. The modest population was bolstered somewhat by Wends who transmigated from Serbin in Lee County. The Philadelphia Lutheran Church was opened in 1867 and the community got its own post office ten years later. The population in 1884 was a mere 35 people which reached the high-water mark of 100 in 1896. The decline set in just after 1900 and the post office was discontinued in 1906.
The community's proximity to Schulenburg and the county seat in La Grange dashed any hopes of growth (if there had been any). Swiss Alp sat content for decades becoming famous for its community dance hall. Three nearby Lutheran churches formed the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Swiss Alp in 1967. The region remains a cattle producing area and the population has increased from a mere 30 in the late 60s to 46 in 1990.
The community has a cemetery of its own but nearby are the Kaase, Philadelphia and Ammannsvillecemeteries.
Things I'd a very cute, cozy church, it reminds me of my childhood days
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