Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
St. Andrew's Preservation Committe fed a large crowd on Sunday, July 10. 2011.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
From Left to Right: Albert Sayler, Jeanne Walth, Vernon Gerber.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
From Left to Right: Vice President Vernon Gerber and President Gary Wolf.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
St. Andrew's sanctuary dressed up for Christma in July.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Christmas in July.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Beautiful St. Andrew's altar.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
With baptism font.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
From balcony.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Altar in the 1893 stone church - Andreas Gemeninde.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Exterior of stone church - erected 1893 of native sandstone.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
View from the east.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Beautiful iron fence welcomes visitors in to the cemetery.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Michael Miller, NDSU's Germans from Russia Heritage Center and Carol Just, St. Andrew's Preservation Committee.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Dr. Tom Isern, Advisory Committee, Suzzanne Kelley, board president, Preservation North Dakota.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Gary Wolff, President, reading names of founding members.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Descendant lighting a candle.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Descendant lighting a candle.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Descendant lighting a candle.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
95-yr-old descendant lighting candle in memory if his grandparents.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
St. Luke's Choir.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Pastor Allen Wagner, former intern at St. Andrew's.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
15 candles in memory of the 15 founding families of St. Andrews.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
In the middle of the service a storm rode through. Nothing but the 15 candles to light our way.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
God speaks in mysterious ways - candles representing the 15 founding members cast beautiful shadows as the program continues in story and song.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
View of descendants and guest from the altar.
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU:
Following the service, Karen Meidinger Retzlaff, daughter of the congregation shared the history of the buildings that the St. Andrew's Preservation Committee is committed to preserving.
