Christ Lutheran Church Ladies Aid and the Committee would like to thank and express our appreciation to all who so willingly shared their favorite recipes. In this year of 100th anniversary celebrations, we realize that there are many who have contributed to the history of our church. Although it was not possible to contact all of these peo-ple, we wanted to include at least some recipes from former confir-mands and pastors with special memories of all who have had a part in the history of Christ Lutheran Church.

Our special thanks to Merrilynne Haugen for the drawings and the design of our cover and to Isabelle Brocker for the drawing of our church as it is today.

The Cookbook Committee,

Bev Jansen

Esther Jansen

Malinda Richter

Sandy Strenke

The family of believers at Christ Lutheran Church - Pipe Lake pause in the year 1984 in celebration of the Centennial Anniver-sary. We begin by gratefully acknowledging the pioneer work of Rev. Theo. Buenger (later to become President of Concordia Col-lege, St. Paul) who faced the unsettled wilderness and labored so diligently in this vast area of Northern Wisconsin to conduct worship services and organize congregations. In October or November 1882, Pastor Buenger began work in the area along the Northwestern Railroad between Hudson and Spooner. Our own church's origin is traced not to Pipe Lake but to the lumbering town of Perley, Wisconsin near Echo Lake. Under the guidance of Rev. Buenger, members there first worshipped in homes, the log cabin of Mr. Tismer mentioned frequently.

LORD I HAVE LOVED THE HABITATION OF THY HOUSE AND THE PLACE WHERE THINE HONOR DWELLETH. Psalms 26:8.

That truth was becoming real to this original group of Lutherans, most of whom lived in the Pipe Lake area, as they called a special meeting and made preparations November 23, 1902, to consider the building of a new church under the Pastorate of Rev. G. Meyer.

We are especially grateful for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Schrankel, whose foresight and planning provide us today with this house of worship at this location. His donation of 2 acres of land for the church site, was extended to 3 acres with provisions for a cemetery and his offer was accepted on February 3, 1903. This new house of worship measured 26 feet x 36 feet and by September, 1903, the newly built rafters rang with praise to God in the ancestral German language. The church was situated on cleared land. Present pine trees to the southwest of the church were once where a row of bamguillar bushes grew. Hitching posts on both sides of the driveway and a stable below the hill to the back of the church accomodated the worshippers arriving by horse and buggy. The original steeple, later struck by lightning and replaced with our present steeple, was a 16 foot spire and topped with a huge metal ball.