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Read MoreMost Fab 2016 Awards
Effingham Living Magazine Most Fab 2016 Awards (at the Mars Theatre, Springfield, Tuesday Evening, 28 Jun 2016) We represented • Historic Ebenezer (Carolyn Arnsdorff and JohnRobert Peavy for Georgia Salzburger Society) and • Jerusalem Lutheran Church ( Mary Sue Kessler and Marty Talcott Hendrix); we received a certificate for each (the one for Ebenezer is part of this...
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Read MoreLanding Day – Meal Reservations Due March 6th
Landing Day Meal – 12:30 at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Please Notify Office by March 6 of Attendance Like last year, join us for a meal of “good rice soup” as was served to the first Salzburger Transport arriving in Savannah. Additionally, we will offer Brats, German potato salad, and desserts. The hearty chicken with rice soup and other items make a nice lunch before the meeting starts. To help plan, please send an email to [email protected] (or call 912-754-7001) the office with your number attending. What a great way to rekindle our ancestor links at our Landing Day celebration! Other Landing Day Info: Dr. Candace Rausch to Speak on The Georgia Salzburger Society’s 2016 Heritage Trip You are invited to join the Georgia Salzburger Society for Landing Day, which will be held Saturday, March 11th at 2:00 PM, at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ebenezer, Ga. Dr. Candace Rausch, a Georgia Salzburger Society/Greater Atlanta Chapter board member, will present a program highlighting the events of the recent Georgia Salzburger Society trip to...
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Read MoreBoltzius Statue
The statue of Rev. Johann Martin Boltzius was placed on this pedestal as the Salzburgers mark the 275th anniversary of their forefathers’ arrival in Georgia during the 2009 annual Heritage Day celebration.
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Read MoreJerusalem Lutheran Church
Jerusalem Lutheran Church is the oldest continuous worshipping Lutheran Church in America. Established in 1733, Jerusalem is located along the Savannah River near Rincon, GA in a settlement known as New Ebenezer. The first Sunday School in Georgia was held in 1734 and the first orphanage was built in 1737.
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Read MoreJerusalem Church Cemetery
Notes from the recent rededication:
Prayers for those who died long ago filled the sanctuary and grounds of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church on Saturday during services held for those buried in at least 250 unmarked graves outside the walls of the church’s cemetery.
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Read MoreSalzburger House
The Salzburger house was built in 1755 on a site near Jerusalem Church Cemetery. It was built of local pine cut into boards at a water powered sawmill located on the creek at old Ebenezer. It was relocated in...
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Landing Day 2017
Landing Day Meal – 12:30 at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Please Notify Office by March 6 of Attendance Like last year, join us for a meal of “good rice soup” as was served to the first Salzburger Transport arriving in Savannah. Additionally, we will offer Brats, German potato salad, and desserts. The hearty chicken with rice soup and other items make a nice lunch before the meeting starts. To help plan, please send an email to [email protected] (or call 912-754-7001) the office with your number attending. What a great way to rekindle our ancestor links at our Landing Day celebration! Other Landing Day Info: Dr. Candace Rausch to Speak on The Georgia Salzburger Society’s 2016 Heritage Trip You are invited to join the Georgia Salzburger Society for Landing Day, which will be held Saturday, March 11th at 2:00 PM, at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ebenezer, Ga. Dr. Candace Rausch, a Georgia Salzburger Society/Greater Atlanta Chapter board member, will present a program highlighting the events of the recent Georgia Salzburger Society trip to...
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Winter Newsletter
Click here to view or download a pdf of the Winter 2017 – January Newsletter Greetings to all, I hope this newsletter finds you in great health after the holidays (one small talent passed on by our ancestors is fantastic baking skills: pies, cakes/fruitcake, raisin breads, etc., plus sausage making but we seem to be missing a brewery). My thanks to all of you that supported the society by both gifts of resources, time and your talent this past year. The gifts to the main museum HVAC system and dehumidifier for the Loest Library are foundational and very much appreciated. Next up in priority are gifts for refurbishing the foundation to the Salzburger Haus. I also wish to mention we are a 501c3 organization and your gifts are tax deductible, plus you can leave an endowment gift at any time with the same tax benefits. Looking back, we had a very busy year. To mention a few below: First and foremost is our gratitude to everyone for assisting the successful reinstatement of Salzburger heritage in the Georgia Social Studies Core Curriculum. This endeavor took many months with much coordination plus the help of our members and representatives all over the state that stood up for keeping our importance to...
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Fall 2016 – November Newsletter
Click here to view or download a pdf of the Fall 2016 – November Newsletter Greetings to all, I want to thank all of those who attended Heritage Day. Attendance was very large again this year continuing a large popularity trend for the past few years. We enjoy seeing so many people visit for our program, fellowship, food, lemonade and music. The school invitation program is working very well by observing all...
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GSS Museum Holiday Schedule
We will have our regular schedule, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, OPEN 3pm-5pm, until the week of Thanksgiving: CLOSED – Wed, Sat, Sun 23rd, 26th, 27th Nov. 2016 OPEN-Wed 30th Nov (3-5pm) OPEN – Sat, Sun 3rd & 4th Dec 2016 (3-5pm) OPEN Wed, Sat, Sun 7th, 10th, 11th Dec (3-5pm) OPEN Wed, Sat, Sun 14th, 17th, 18th Dec 3-5pm) CLOSED – Wed, Sat, Sun, 21st, 24th, 25th Dec 2016 CLOSED – Wed, Sat 28th & 31st Dec 2016 CLOSED...
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Invitation To German-American Day
Dear Friends, You are invited to this year’s German-American Day celebration on October 4th at 5:00 pm in Orleans Square. G-A Day is a national holiday honoring German culture and heritage. It specifically commemorates the first significant immigration of 13 German families to Philadelphia in 1683 and their founding of Germantown. INVITATION TO GERMAN AMERICAN DAY WHEN: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 5 PM – 7 PM WHERE: Orleans Square, Savannah, GA German Beer, Wine, water and finger food will...
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Saving Grace The Show
“The Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church is located on the banks of the Savannah River about 30 miles above Savannah. The historic brick edifice is the oldest church building in Georgia and sometimes it is called the oldest public building in the state. The church was organized in Augsburg, Germany, in 1733 with the Reverend John Martin Bolzius and the Reverend Israel Christian Gronau as pastors. Both are buried in the church cemetery. The members had been exiled from their...
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LOEST LIBRARY — SPECIAL HOURS FOR RESEARCH
LOEST LIBRARY — SPECIAL HOURS FOR RESEARCH The Georgia Salzburger Society’s (GSS) Loest Library will be open for reseachers for extra hours during Labor Day Weekend: • Saturday, the 3rd of September, regular research hours of 3 PM to 5 PM (earlier hours by appointment), with an emphasis on genealogy and applications for GSS membership, and • Sunday, the 4th of September, extended research hours of 1 PM to 5 PM, with an emphasis on using early primary sources....
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Summer 2016 – July Newsletter
Click here to view or download a pdf of the Summer 2016 – July Newsletter Greetings to all, I am fresh off the ship (airplane) from a visit to Germany to stand where our ancestors Jerusalem Congregation was founded in Augsburg and the most gracious Franke Foundation. The trip was fantastic and I wish you all could have attended. We are putting together a powerpoint type program in the future for all of those...
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