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Rev. Lawrence W. Wick (1940- ) oral history

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Track 11, Transcript p. 27-28: Track 11, Transcript p. 27-28
Transcription: Track 11 RA: .. .overall.... Oh well, I can't help but say "Thank you" for an excellent presentation. You did ask how many other churches we have done. Uh, I have a very good St. Francis report and I have a very good historical report of St. Joe from Elizabeth Kirk so that, uh, we have... .we don't have them all. I've been trying to find somebody who would do Trinity. And there is one man, but he's moved away (Laughtert) and tried to get another person to, ah, to do it. Because the history has been done and, of course, Trinity started. LW: It's over a hundred years old. RA: Well, it didn't start as a Methodist church, you know. It started .... We have the abstract at the library in which people gave so much money and the Dingees, I believe, gave the ground. And then they were to be repaid if, and when, there were enough of their denomination to start a church in the community. They would receive the money back. LW: . .. .and start as a community church. Cont. p.28 RA: It was a community church in the very beginning. And there were, at least, six or seven denominations that were. And it mentions each man's true denomination and yet he was joining the original community church. LW: Well, I have enjoyed the opportunity to share with you. I think I know a little bit about the life of this congregation myself and its impact on the community. RA: It's been a great pleasure, I'm sure, and I hope the community will profit from our morning together. I'm Rhea Adler signing off. (End of tape)
Creators: Wick, Lawrence W., 1940-, Interviewee; Adler, Rhea Saul
, Interviewer
Media Type: Audio; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Interview of Rev. Lawrence Wick, pastor of Wilmette Lutheran Church, by Rhea Adler in Wilmette, Illinois, in April 1978. Describes the history of the church from a Swedish congregation.

ABSTRACT:

Pastor - Wilmette Lutheran Church - Third parish served — Family and community participation — Home—owner
Educational background — Sears Roebuck international scope Theological training at Lutheran School of Theology — Chicago -
Frederick Lutheran Church, Virgin Islands - Chaplain at
Elgin State Hospital - Institute of Pastoral Care -
Ordination — Richmond, Illinois pastor — Purdue University,
Master of Science degree in Counseling — Doctor of Ministry
degree, Chicago Theological Seminary
Community activities - Board of Rotary - Wilmette Library Board - Wilmette Clergy Council

Elaboration of the Wilmette English Lutheran Church — Back (south
end) of church first built - 1929 built sanctuary for
$60,000 - Crash - Couldn’t make payments — Moved out -
Worshipped in Masonic Temple. Church building sold to
Board of American Missions of old United Lutheran Church Eighth pastor — Congregation strongest it’s been - Debt free
Endorsement fund — Large contribution to Wilmette community — Three charter members in present congregation

Controversy among Lutheran churches — Mergers — A.E.L.C. — Danish — Finnish — Lutheran Church of America solidified -
Dr. Robert Marshall of Kenilworth - Member of Wilmette
Church made president
Local congregation strong in worship and music — Organ — Overhauling by Curt Roderer of Evanston
Church staff

Illinois Synod of Lutheran Church of America — 800 acre camp near Oregon, Illinois
Changes in congregation — Youth activities — Church extension — Benevolence
Church related colleges
World missions — Peace corps — Third World attitudes-changes

First church in Wilmette - Community Church - Included various denominations
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: April 1978
Date Of Event: 1929
Subject(s): Lutheran churches
Oral histories
Wilmette Lutheran Church
Pastors
Personal Name(s): Wick, Lawrence W.
Local identifier: R 977.32 WI
Language of Item: English
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Copyright Date: 1978
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
Copyright Holder Contact Information: 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
U.S.A.
Recommended Citation: Wick, Lawrence W., and Rhea Saul Adler. Dr. Lawrence Wick. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1978.
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