April 19, 2011 at 4:43 p.m. ET LUEBECK, Germany (RNS) Residents of this north German city have long taken pride in four native sons — three Catholic priests and a Lutheran pastor — who were beheaded ...
The German Band performs on the lawn at First Lutheran Church in Parkersburg during a previous German Fest. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — First Lutheran Church’s annual German Fest is set for ...
Wayne E. Lessmann comes from generations of Texans. So, naturally his first words and early religious experiences were in ... German? "The Lutheran church where we went when I was a child still had ...
Why do more than 400 people attend an event that many can’t even pronounce? Because the visitors to this event at Mountain View Lutheran Church share a common love of the German language and customs. ...
The first Easter Bonnie Alwardt spent in Germany was 1953, when she was 7 years old. Her father was stationed in the military there. While some historians say the Easter Bunny originated among German ...