[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lutheran Church in Banff, AB est. by RT Rundle

[John Rauchert]

Rundle was a Wesleyan Methodist missionary from England, so it is interesting that he would established a Lutheran Church.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Terrill_Rundle

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Date: Friday, August 17, 2007 1:01 pm
Subject: Lutheran Church in Banff, AB est. by RT Rundle
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> Hello...Just thought I'd add this bit of info. After the Calgary SGGEE
> Convention, (which was great btw), I visited Banff near Calgary, 
> and was
> interested in a bit of the history there. The First Lutheran 
> Church in Banff
> was Est. by R.T. Rundle, and a huge mountain mass was also named after
> him...Mount Rundle...beautiful! Exquisite to see.
> 
> Robert Rundle was responsible for visiting the native Indians in 
> the early
> 1800's...bringing the Lutheran faith to the area. I've captured 
> images of
> the Church & Mount Rundle for anyone interested, I can privately 
> send jpgs.
> 
> Gilda Patterson
> Calgary, AB
> Canada
> 
> 
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