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Salem Historical Church
28547 220th St, Paynesville MN 56362
Please consider a donation to Salem Historical Church. Each dollar is carefully spent to preserve the church to the Glory of God. We are grateful for those who settled on the prairie to farm and raise their families through many hardships. Our hope is that Salem Church will continue to stand for generations to come.
The annual Salem Fest held on August 13, 2017 recognized the Christian Faith and Life's Work of Salem's son, Dr. Lowell Gess. This year's program told the story of how young Lowell knelt at the altar at Salem, dedicated his life to Christ and heard the call to 'be a medical missionary'. The story follows his 96 years of living filled with its many twists and turns and ends with his most recent trip to Africa in August of this year.
Attached is the program script which was compiled from Lowell's own books and woven together by Linda Liestman from Paynesville MN. You may click on either icon--MS Word document or the PDF file to read the story in it's entirety. Below the story icons, you will find a short YouTube video which documents Dr Gess's travel to Africa during the worst of the Ebola Crisis.