Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church Otis IN

Welcome to St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, Church, a Missouri Synod congregation with more than 140 years of serving the people of northwestern Indiana with the mercy and love of Jesus Christ through the preaching of the Word and administering the Sacraments.

St. Paul's is a small intimate congregation with a giant-sized heart.
The Sunday morning service begins at 10 am with fellowship and Bible study following.

St.Paul, Otis, is a delightful congregation of unique members (some call themselves characters) who are eager to show the love of God to all, members and non-members alike.

 

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Chronology

1870 A preaching station was started at Otis, Indiana by Rev. J.H.H. Meyer of Valparaiso, Indiana.

1871 St. Paul's first called-pastor, was Rev. Ellias Hieber, who served a triple parish of Otis, Porter, Station/Chesterton and Westville, Indiana.

1873 The triple parish was disabled and Rev Emil H. Hardrat of Michigan City served Otis and Porter Station/Chesterton.

1874 Otis organized (a second time?) to build a church

1875 Otis church is dedicated

1878 Otis organized again; constitution, dated July 10, 1878, extent. First resident pastor of Otis was Rev. Emile. R. Hamann.

1880 Rev. Hamann organized the St. John Evangelical Church in Chesterton,; triple parish of Otis, Westville, and Chesterton.

1881 Beatty's Corners Cemetery was deeded to St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

1905 Otis and Westville a dual parish

1907 Triple parish of Otis, Westville, and Michigan City,IN served by Pastor Emil H. Polzin

1908 Otis Ladies Aid organized (Lutheran Service Organization)

1921 Otis and Westville return to a dual ministry. Reverend Paul F. Buck, Pastor Church minutes changed from German to the English language

1925 Aid Association for Lutherans chartered and first Sunday School established

1935 St Paul Luther League organized

1980 Otis and Westville dual parish discontinued, both congregations continued the Lord's service as separate parishes

1988 Young Believers Club organized

1988 Men's Club organized

2002 Beatty's Corners Cemetery inclusion into the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology, Cemetery and Burial Ground Registry (Revised 2011)

In His Service at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Otis, Indiana 46367

1871-1872 Elias Hieber 1873- 1878 Emil Hardrat 1878-1882 Emil Richard Hamann 1882- 1883 Johann Leonard Daib 1883- 1895 Friedrich Wilhelm Schlechte 1895- 1903 Martin Christian Helinrich Baade 1904- 1912 Emil H. Polzin 1912- 1921 Oscar Adelbert Sauer 1921- 1925 Paul Frederic Buck 1926- 1928 William Herman Medler 1928- 1930 Walter E. Bauer 1930-1933 Curtis Clemens Stephan 1933- 1941 Edgar Paul Schmidt 1942- 1949 Howard Theodore Behrens 1950- 1955 Walter Martin Ave-Lallemant 1956- 1958 Arlo Theodore Janssen 1958- 1960 William Arthur Busse 1960- 1964 Lanny Raymond Zup 1964- 1967 Daniel Frederick Hentscher 1967- 1968 Loren Allen Boettcher 1969- 1973 Karl Emanuel Hofmann 1973- 1974 Horace Dwight Hummel 1975- 1980 Emo Leopold Szedlak 1982- 1987 Marcus Ronald Mueller 1987 Garry Everett Wickert 1993- 2005 David W Werner 2006- 2010 Vacancy Pastors (alphabetical order) Jason Braaten John M Dreyer Brian Mosemann Thomas Sabel Peter J Scaer 2010 Thomas Sabel, June 27th installed by LC-MS, Indiana District President, Daniel May