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From the Wisconsin State Historical Society’s digital collection: History of Sussex church historical society paper Waukesha Freeman October 8,1934 The Fortieth Anniversary of the Organization of St. Alban’s Parish, Sussex, Wis. With a Sermon Preached on that Occasion by the Rev. William Adams, D.D., Of Nahotah, Wisconsin. Beaver Dam, WI: 1882. Our Harvest Home service this year was appointed… Read more »
St. Alban’s doesn’t have bats in its belfry Oct 17 2000 12:00AM By Fred H. Keller StaffWriter Church photo below added May 15,2005 Mike Reilly Recently, the 12-year sexton of St. Alban’s Episcopal Churchgave this reporter a conducted tour of the 125-year-old St. Alban’s bell tower. In the climb up the interior of the bell tower, particularattention was paid to… Read more »
St.Alban’s Church History see also ChristmasAt St. Alban’s Church 1876 St. Alban’s 40th Anniversary St. Alban’s doesn’t have batsin its belfry
Christmas At St. Alban’s Church 1876 Photo Source: Recollections from the Past:Sussex, Wisconsin, Presented by Farmers & Merchants Bank, August 4, 1972 St. Alban’s Churchpresented so unusual and pleasing an appearance in the interior at the joyfulfestival of Christmas, that it deserves more than a passing notice. In addition to the usual evergreen decorations, the wallsof the scared edifice… Read more »
Retrospect: Brogan log cabin hosts first Catholic services By FRED KELLER Posted: Apr. 9, 2008, Sussex Sun As settlers arrived in the Towns of Lisbon and Menomonee (Menomonee Falls today), Irish immigrants made the area around Town Line Road an extended Irish and Catholic enclave, extending it eastward eventually to include what is now the Village of Lannon. James Brogan… Read more »
Sussex United Methodist Church began without a steeple By Fred Keller Sussex Sun, Posted: March 19, 2008 Sussex, Lisbon and Lannon churches can be divided into two categories: historic ones founded in the 19th century and the latecomers of the 20th century. One of the historic standouts is also one of the oldest, Sussex United Methodist Church at N63 W23523… Read more »
Lisbon Presbyterian Church gets ready for 165th celebration by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Dec. 13, 2011 The Lisbon Presbyterian Church has been known as the United Lisbon Presbyterian Church. The pioneers also called it the Sixteen Church through the 1940s because of the 1844 development of the Lisbon District #5 School or adjacent School Section 16 School… Read more »
Lutheran Evangelical Church Source: Recollections from the Past: Sussex,Wisconsin, Presented by Farmers & Merchants Bank, August 4, 1972 The church (Zion Evangelical Church aka German Evangelical Zion Church) was organized October 25, 1888. The church was completed in 1889. The parish was then served by the pastors from Brookfield and Menomonee Falls. From 1890-1898 it was served by pastors… Read more »
Everyone in the greater Sussex-Lisbon community knows of the annual Sussex Chili Cook-off community event where one can do three things: eat chili to your heart’s content, meet old and new friends, and in the process, raise money for the Sussex food pantry which was created in 1985 by the six Cooperating Churches of Sussex. At this last chili cook-off,… Read more »