The holiday season in Perry County is brimming with festive events and family traditions to make your season merry and bright! Here’s your guide to all the magic happening this Christmas: 🎄 Christmas Tree Exhibit at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum📅 November 15 - January 15⏰ 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Explore nearly 50 beautifully decorated Christmas trees at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum. Each tree has its own story, celebrating the spirit of the season. A must-see for all ages! 🎶 Lighting the Way to Hope Tree Lighting📅 December 1 at 6:00 PM📍 National Shrine of the Miraculous Medal Gather for the Lighting the Way to Hope Tree Lighting outside the Shrine Church. The evening will be filled with Advent and Christmas carols to inspire hope and joy. ✉️ Polar … [Read more...] about Celebrate the Magic of the Holidays in Perry County! 🎄✨
Top places to view the solar eclipse in Perry County
Here is a list of great places to be in Perry County to view the total solar eclipse. Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial 1172 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Perryville MO 63775 Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum 75 Church St. Altenburg MO 63732 Saxon Lutheran Memorial 296 Saxon Memorial Drive Frohna MO 63748 Hemman Winery 13022 Highway C Brazeau MO 63737 Saxony Hills Brewery 303 Maple St. Altenburg MO 63732 Perryville Regional Airport 1856 Highway H Perryville MO 63775- This was a fly-in destination. We had 147 airplanes from all over the U.S. fly in for the 2017 eclipse. Pretty cool. Perry Park Center- Perryville City Park 800 City Park Dr. Perryville MO 63775- We promoted this in 2017 to schools. Plenty of shade, restrooms, etc. for kids. Bank of Missouri Soccer … [Read more...] about Top places to view the solar eclipse in Perry County
Christmas Country Church Tour 2018
The start of the second day of the church tour arrives along with the realization that I am behind where I want to be in photographing the number of churches, I needed to yesterday to complete the tour today. I also made arrangements to get my tire fixed and have breakfast in Perryville rather than at the bed and breakfast. This also means that my second goa for the trip which was to photograph more of the Perry County Barn Quilt Tour has to be tabled. One thing I’ve learned as a photographer, there are times that you must let go of the plans you made and give it over to God. There are many times that I’ve gone out to shoot a specific wildlife and found them not to be on the same schedule I’d planned. But if I give the time up to God, He has never disappointed my heart nor my lens. But … [Read more...] about Christmas Country Church Tour 2018
Pathway 2 The Promiseland
Embark on a customized tour featuring heroic immigration stories and the Faiths that saved them. Travel throughout Perry County's beautiful countryside visiting these remarkable houses of worship built by our earliest pioneers. Hear their diverse accounts of immigration, see their humble beginnings, understand their quests for religious freedom and new beginnings. Travel with these brave pioneers and experience this culturally rich and unique tour of faith in the heartland, in Perry County, Missouri. Lutheran Heritage Museum & Log Cabin 75 Church Street, Altenburg, Missouri In 1838, 700 Saxon Germans left their homes, farms, businesses and all they knew behind to embark on a dangerous sea voyage to America. See where they found their land of opportunity, rebuilt their lives and … [Read more...] about Pathway 2 The Promiseland
Year End Review: 2018
We have been working so hard, we wanted to share some really big accomplishments for the Perry County Tourism office during 2018. We wanted to make it short and sweet… but let’s face it the list is LONG! Check them out! Earned two awards from the Missouri Department of Tourism! Innovator Award :: awarded to Perry County Heritage Tourism by the Missouri Division of Tourism at the 2018 Governor's Conference on Tourism. Perryville and Perry County's efforts during the Great American Eclipse were recognized with this year's Innovator award. What a great way to celebrate Perryville and Perry County's significance on this event and the impact we have made locally and around the world. Rising Star Award :: awarded to Trish Erzfeld, Perry County Tourism Director by the Missouri Division of … [Read more...] about Year End Review: 2018
Die Kleine Schule (The Little School)
Concordia Lutheran Church of Frohna, Missouri built the Little School in 1898. It was a day school where the children of the parish were taught "reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic" as well as religion. For the most part, children in the primary grades were taught in this building. Prior to the construction of this school, a number of other buildings were used by the congregation. One of these was the log cabin dwelling on the Bergt farm which is now a part of the Saxon Lutheran Memorial located just a short distance north and east of the Little School on Saxon Memorial Drive. The Rev. Christian H. Loeber taught school in this log cabin in 1850 and 1851. This building is one of the oldest existing buildings used as a parish day school in the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod. From 1851-1854 … [Read more...] about Die Kleine Schule (The Little School)
Adding a little Christmas nostalgia can lead to a tradition
Maybe this Christmas add a little family nostalgia to the menu by fixing a special holiday dish of Grandma's or of your heritage with perhaps a German or French themed dish. Lay out the old family album for family members to thumb through after the meal. Hang up live mistletoe to see who will go through special efforts to avoid it. Decorate your tree with old ornaments, tinsel, hand cut sugar cookies or stringed popcorn and cranberries. Or maybe suggest a traditional outing. The Christmas Country Church Tour is a wonderful self-guided tour of thirty-two uniquely beautiful country churches in Bollinger county, northern Cape Girardeau county and Perry county. In its 13th holiday season the Christmas Country Church Tour has grown beyond the county lines of Perry County, Missouri. From little … [Read more...] about Adding a little Christmas nostalgia can lead to a tradition
Hill of Peace- Friedenberg Lutheran Church history
Recently, several Perry County Historical Society members have been asking about Friedenberg Cemetery in Perry County, Missouri which inspired the director of our Genealogical Research Library and Archive Center, to pursue reprinting Chapter 11 - Peace Lutheran Cemetery - cemetery plat and lists from an out of print Friedenberg book. The Perry County Historical Society has been granted copyright permission from Rev. Dr. Daniel Harmelink, Executive Director of Concordia Historical Institute, to reproduce portions of the book "Friedenberg Remembrances: A Story of Peace, Faith and Life" by Friedenberg Lutheran Historical Society Book Committee, Copyright 1998 by Martin P. Oswald. If you are of Bavarian German Lutheran descent from Perry County, Missouri, you are likely related to this … [Read more...] about Hill of Peace- Friedenberg Lutheran Church history
Churches are the ‘heartbeat’ of every community
As the season of church picnics draw to a close again with the ending of summer I would like for everyone to stop and remember the communities centered around these churches. All the communities within Perry County at one time or another boasted stores, schools, mills and proud residents. But the churches were and are the heartbeat of every community. It was because of the local church that neighbors could meet, socialize and bond into not only a family of faith but a town of support. Every year the “church picnic” was no doubt the social event of the summer for each and every congregation. With a home cooked meal, music and games for the children the day was spent with family, friends and neighbors. Then there was the coveted make shift store commonly known as the “fancy stand.” Handmade … [Read more...] about Churches are the ‘heartbeat’ of every community
