Our second pastor was the Rev. Lucas Abels. On November 1, 1899, Rev. Abels was called to take charge of the Church as stated supply. Rev. Lucas Abels accepted the call and preached his first sermon on his 48th birthday, December 17, 1899. On September 8, 1900, the congregation voted to elect Rev. Lucas Abels as their Pastor. This unanimous call was accepted and the new pastor was duly installed. The membership of the Church was 120; with an attendance at Sunday School (called Sabbath School) of 145.
Rev. Lucas Abels served our Church for 16 years. He was called home from his field of labor after an illness of several months on September 12, 1915. Rev. Abels in buried in the Hickman Cemetery.
(The above was taken from the congregations own written history.)
Rev. Abels was born in Ostfriesland, Germany. He attended Dubuque College and Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained to the ministry on April 23, 1874 at the Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He moved to Hickman, Nebraska from Ashton, Iowa. He'd served the Ashton German Presbyterian Church, as well as the one at Zoar, Iowa from 1895 to 1899. His wife was Johanna, called "Hannah."
Rev. Lucas Abels served our Church for 16 years. He was called home from his field of labor after an illness of several months on September 12, 1915. Rev. Abels in buried in the Hickman Cemetery.
(The above was taken from the congregations own written history.)
Rev. Abels was born in Ostfriesland, Germany. He attended Dubuque College and Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained to the ministry on April 23, 1874 at the Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He moved to Hickman, Nebraska from Ashton, Iowa. He'd served the Ashton German Presbyterian Church, as well as the one at Zoar, Iowa from 1895 to 1899. His wife was Johanna, called "Hannah."
Our second pastor was the Rev. Lucas Abels. On November 1, 1899, Rev. Abels was called to take charge of the Church as stated supply. Rev. Lucas Abels accepted the call and preached his first sermon on his 48th birthday, December 17, 1899. On September 8, 1900, the congregation voted to elect Rev. Lucas Abels as their Pastor. This unanimous call was accepted and the new pastor was duly installed. The membership of the Church was 120; with an attendance at Sunday School (called Sabbath School) of 145.
Rev. Lucas Abels served our Church for 16 years. He was called home from his field of labor after an illness of several months on September 12, 1915. Rev. Abels in buried in the Hickman Cemetery.
(The above was taken from the congregations own written history.)
Rev. Abels was born in Ostfriesland, Germany. He attended Dubuque College and Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained to the ministry on April 23, 1874 at the Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He moved to Hickman, Nebraska from Ashton, Iowa. He'd served the Ashton German Presbyterian Church, as well as the one at Zoar, Iowa from 1895 to 1899. His wife was Johanna, called "Hannah."
Rev. Lucas Abels served our Church for 16 years. He was called home from his field of labor after an illness of several months on September 12, 1915. Rev. Abels in buried in the Hickman Cemetery.
(The above was taken from the congregations own written history.)
Rev. Abels was born in Ostfriesland, Germany. He attended Dubuque College and Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained to the ministry on April 23, 1874 at the Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He moved to Hickman, Nebraska from Ashton, Iowa. He'd served the Ashton German Presbyterian Church, as well as the one at Zoar, Iowa from 1895 to 1899. His wife was Johanna, called "Hannah."
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