This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1202.1 Message Board Post: Dear Jim: I believe the First German Protestant Lutheran Church in your query is the one that was located at the corner of South Main and East Sawyer Streets in Rice Lake, WI. My German grandparents were members of this church. >From the "The First Fifty Years, Rice Lake, Wisconsin", it states: FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: organized 1887; church Main & Sawyer 1909; burned 1928; rebuilt 1929; Pastors: Rev. John Freund 1887-1909; --; Rev. Walter Motzkus 1924; Rev. W. F. Beitz 1925-28. In perhaps the early 1950s, the church built in 1929 was sold, moved, and a new church was constructed around the corner at 15 East Sawyer Street, Rice Lake, WI 54868. The present pastor is Rev. Jerry Bernecker. This church is Missouri Synod Lutheran, and is known as First Lutheran Church. Cameron, WI is a town about 7 miles south of Rice Lake, and it is possible that the two churches might have shared a pastor in the early days. The present Missouri Synod Lutheran Church in Cameron is St. John's Lutheran Church, 1115 Main St., Cameron, WI 54822; Rev. James Vanek, Pastor. Best of luck in your research. Nadyne Reiten