|1903 – Mr. Julius Hohenhaus and wife, who lived about eight miles north of Courtenay, attended services at Zion Lutheran Church, southwest of Courtenay, and stopped in at the parsonage to inform the pastor that there were a number of Lutheran families in and around Wimbledon who would welcome the preaching of the Word of God by a Lutheran pastor. After due consideration, Pastor Lueker promised Mr. Hohenhaus that if he found conditions as represented in Wimbledon, he would serve there to the best of his ability. Accordingly, on June 1, 1903, Rev. Lueker explored the region around about Wimbledon, calling on Albert Krueger, Julius Voigt, John Kempf, two Brueske families, F. Grahn, Wm. Voigt, and others
1903 – Services were held three miles east of Courtenay in the Altringer schoolhouse
1903 – Karl, Alfred and Emma Krueger and Dorothy Voigt were the first to be baptized
1908 – The little group acquired the site upon which the present buildings stand from the Feckler Bros. for the sum of $500
1908 – nine men assembled at the home of Louis Kuhlmann and took the first definite steps to organize a congregation by discussing a constitution for future adoption, and on December 5, 1908, at a meeting in the Voigt schoolhouse, the St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wimbledon, North Dakota, was organized and the constitution, which had been discussed on November 20, was adopted. The first officers were: Louis Kuhlmann, elder; Julius Voigt, elder; John Kempf, elder; Wm. Voigt, Jr., secretary; and R. Brueske, treasurer
1908 – St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wimbledon was organized and previously discussed constitution was adopted. On that date, the congregation numbered 52, with 27 communicant members
1909 – A definite decision was reached, and in April, 1909, the contract was let to Mr. J. R. Clausen of Wimbledon for a frame church building 63 ft. long, 33 ft. wide and 30 ft. high with a bell tower
1909 – Dedicated its new house of worship. On that day, August 8, the congregation held two services, one in the morning with Reverend Hinck of Great bend preaching the sermon, and one in the afternoon with Reverend Klausler of Hankinson as the speaker
1919 – Pastor Lueker succeeded in starting a Sunday School
1919 – It was also deemed advisable to have the pastor live in Wimbledon. Up to this time he had been living in the parsonage which was connected with the Courtenay congregation. Building operations were begun soon after, and on November 9, 1919. The parsonage was dedicated. On November 11, Pastor Schulz moved into his new home, and the Courtenay parsonage was sold to Mr. Henry Kracht
1919 – The present Ladies Aid was organized and ever since that time has been functioning to assist the congregation in various ways
1922 – The present constitution of the congregation was adopted on May 21, 1922, and in the following June this congregation was received into membership with the Missouri Synod at the District Convention held at Great Bend, North Dakota
1924-1929 – the basement and garage were added to the church property
1933 – The congregation celebrated its 25th anniversary
1949 – St. Paul’s Church celebrated its 40th anniversary
1959 – Members commune at an average rate of nearly five times a year
1959 – The 50th Anniversary Celebration of St. Paul’s was held on August 9, 1959
1959 – The congregation celebrated its 50th anniversary
1965 – The Ladies group was reorganized into 4 Circles
1975-1976 – a second house of worship was built and dedicated by the congregation. Ground breaking ceremonies were held on July 13, 1975 and the work was started on October 1 of that year. The dedication was on October 31, 1976. The old building was then torn down and removed from the site
1984 – Members now commune twice a month
1984 – Every Wednesday morning the adult members are invited to attend a Bible class which is led by the pastor
1984 – During the 75th anniversary year of 1984, the congregation erected a bell tower using the bell which had previously been in the old church building. The bell tower stands roughly the height of the church and is topped by a six foot mission cross
2008 – The congregation celebrated its 100th anniversary
Past Ministers at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church – Wimbledon
C.H. Lueker – 1903-1917
John F. Schulz – 1918-1923
Ed. Mix – 1923-1924, 1929
W.A. Gerdes – 1924-1929
A.N. Lange – 1929-1936
Lambert J. Mehl – 1936-1941
Clem Mehl – 1941-1950
Laatz – 1950-1951
Carl Fischer – 1951-1953
Fred Riedel – 1953-1954
Edward J. Rutter – 1954-1964
Fred A. Muenchow – 1965-1968
Norman Porath – 1968-1973
Richard Ames – 1974
Arthur Patscheck – 1974-1980
Dennis Huntington – 1981-1982
Henry Friedrich – 1983
Jeffrey Harter – 1983-1989
Harry Dramstad – 1990
Donald Hunter – 1990-1993
Rex Longshore – 1994
Steven Haag – 1994-1999
Robert Leiste – 1999-2001, 2002-2004
Jim Meyer – 2001-2002
Anthony Ahrendt – 2004-2005
