Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Organized in 1858 by the following people:
Bauer, Michael
Bickel, Mattheus
Bickel, Melchior
Joeckel, Philip
Kanzenbach, Christian
Knoerr, Johann Michael
Koenig, Caspar
Kohn, Christian
Kohn, George Michael
Kohn, Johann
Kohn, Johann Michael
Liebing, Margaretha
Mueller, Johann
Neuberger, George Leonhard, sr.
Schulein, Matthias
Soldner, Johann Georg
Steinacker, Christian, sr.
Winter, Gottfried
Pastors who served the congregation and years of service:
| Rev. Anton Wagner | 1858-1859 |
| Rev. C. J. A. Strassen | 1859-1865 |
| Rev. Friedrich Hachenberger | 1865-1870 |
| Rev. Henry Weseman | 1870-1874 |
| Rev. E. A. Grothe | 1874-1900 |
| Rev. Paul Schmidt | 1900-1904 |
| Rev. Edward R. Schauer | 1904-1926 |
| Rev. Victor A. Mennicke | 1927-1944 |
| Rev. M. H. Gross | 1945-1951 |
Major highlights in the congregation's history:
| 1858 | Founding of the congregation. |
| 1850s and early 1860s | Rapid growth of the congregation as Pomeranians settle at Reeseville and augment the original contingent of organizers, who were Bavarians. |
| 1860 | First articles of incorporation for the congregation. |
| 1861 | First church building erected by a Mr. Weigel on land donated by Johann Michael Kohn. Present-day (2002) used as a workshop for the minister. |
| 1866 | First parsonage built. Two-story oak log house. Used until 1905. Converted into firewood in 1930. |
| 1871 | Construction of the current (2002) brick church. Mason was August Stoebe. Construction overseer was George Leonhard Neuberger, sr. |
| 1876 | Construction of 200x12x8 ft. horse barn by August Reese on land purchased from Charles Liebing. Had 20 stalls with spaces for 2 horses in each stall. |
| 1878 | Congregation installs a "melodium" in the church. Before this time, all singing was a cappella. |
| 1895 | Founding of daughter congregation in the village of Reeseville--Immanuel Lutheran Church. |
| 1899 | Re-incorporation of the congregation. |
| 1901 | Two bells purchased and placed in belfry. |
| 1904 | Stained glass windows installed in the church. |
| c. 1904 | Rev. Schmidt purchases the first automobile in Reeseville. |
| 1905 | New, two-story frame parsonage is erected. Currently (2002) still used as the parsonage. |
| 1908 | Installation of pipe organ in the church. Currently (2002) still in use. |
| 1910 | Reeseville Telephone Company installs phone in the parsonage. |
| 1924 | After heated debate about the "Teufellichte" or "devil's lights", the congregation has electricity installed in the church and parsonage. |
| 1927 | Congregation arranges for services to alternate betwen the German and English languages. Prior to this time all church work was conducted in German. |
| 1927 | Formation of Sunday School and a youth group. |
| 1929 | Complete reconstruction of the interior of the church. Addition of a basement and new bell tower. |
| 1940 | Congregation agrees to hold English services the first three Sundays in a month, with a German service on the last Sunday of a month. |