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9 families founded Deutschen Evangelischen Gemiende (German Evangelical Church) in Clayton , quickly changed name to Samuel, gathered as German speaking congregation (Community memories)
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(National/global memories)
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This began a switch from using only German in the congregation, 3/4 of services switched to English in 1934. (Community memories)
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In the 1920s, U City's (which had been incorporated in 1906) population more than doubled, and the majority of this population was foreign born. (Community memories)
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1940s-50s (community memories)
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320 N Forsyth address was chosen because there were 320 members at the time (community memories)
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Grew rapidly as a business District (community memories)
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Land from Ralph Clayton and Martin Hanley, courthouse first established (community memories)
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Sometime in early 1990s (Acts of reconciliation and justice)
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Adopted in July 2006, updated language on gender 2022 (Acts of reconciliation and justice)
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(acts of reconciliation and justice)
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(Community memories)
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Followed by reduced number of Chinese speakers attending Samuel (National -> community memories)
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Switched temporarily to Zoom worship (National/global memories)