Chronology
1870 A preaching station was started at Otis, Indiana by Rev. J.H.H. Meyer of Valparaiso, Indiana.
1871 St. Paul's first called-pastor, was Rev. Ellias Hieber, who served a triple parish of Otis, Porter, Station/Chesterton and Westville, Indiana.
1873 The triple parish was disabled and Rev Emil H. Hardrat of Michigan City served Otis and Porter Station/Chesterton.
1874 Otis organized (a second time?) to build a church
1875 Otis church is dedicated
1878 Otis organized again; constitution, dated July 10, 1878, extent. First resident pastor of Otis was Rev. Emile. R. Hamann.
1880 Rev. Hamann organized the St. John Evangelical Church in Chesterton,; triple parish of Otis, Westville, and Chesterton.
1881 Beatty's Corners Cemetery was deeded to St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
1905 Otis and Westville a dual parish
1907 Triple parish of Otis, Westville, and Michigan City,IN served by Pastor Emil H. Polzin
1908 Otis Ladies Aid organized (Lutheran Service Organization)
1921 Otis and Westville return to a dual ministry. Reverend Paul F. Buck, Pastor
Church minutes changed from German to the English language
1925 Aid Association for Lutherans chartered and first Sunday School established
1935 St Paul Luther League organized
1980 Otis and Westville dual parish discontinued, both congregations continued the Lord's service as separate parishes
1988 Young Believers Club organized
1988 Men's Club organized
2002 Beatty's Corners Cemetery inclusion into the Indiana Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology, Cemetery and Burial Ground Registry (Revised 2011)
In His Service at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Otis, Indiana 46367
1871-1872 Elias Hieber
1873- 1878 Emil Hardrat
1878-1882 Emil Richard Hamann
1882- 1883 Johann Leonard Daib
1883- 1895 Friedrich Wilhelm Schlechte
1895- 1903 Martin Christian Helinrich Baade
1904- 1912 Emil H. Polzin
1912- 1921 Oscar Adelbert Sauer
1921- 1925 Paul Frederic Buck
1926- 1928 William Herman Medler
1928- 1930 Walter E. Bauer
1930-1933 Curtis Clemens Stephan
1933- 1941 Edgar Paul Schmidt
1942- 1949 Howard Theodore Behrens
1950- 1955 Walter Martin Ave-Lallemant
1956- 1958 Arlo Theodore Janssen
1958- 1960 William Arthur Busse
1960- 1964 Lanny Raymond Zup
1964- 1967 Daniel Frederick Hentscher
1967- 1968 Loren Allen Boettcher
1969- 1973 Karl Emanuel Hofmann
1973- 1974 Horace Dwight Hummel
1975- 1980 Emo Leopold Szedlak
1982- 1987 Marcus Ronald Mueller
1987 Garry Everett Wickert
1993- 2005 David W Werner
2006- 2010 vacancy Pastors (alphabetical order)
Jason Braaten
John M Dreyer
Brian Mosemann
Thomas Sabel
Peter J Scaer
2010 Thomas Sabel,
June 27th installed by LC-MS, Indiana District President, Daniel May
1871 St. Paul's first called-pastor, was Rev. Ellias Hieber, who served a triple parish of Otis, Porter, Station/Chesterton and Westville, Indiana.
1873 The triple parish was disabled and Rev Emil H. Hardrat of Michigan City served Otis and Porter Station/Chesterton.
1874 Otis organized (a second time?) to build a church
1875 Otis church is dedicated
1878 Otis organized again; constitution, dated July 10, 1878, extent. First resident pastor of Otis was Rev. Emile. R. Hamann.
1880 Rev. Hamann organized the St. John Evangelical Church in Chesterton,; triple parish of Otis, Westville, and Chesterton.
1881 Beatty's Corners Cemetery was deeded to St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
1905 Otis and Westville a dual parish
1907 Triple parish of Otis, Westville, and Michigan City,IN served by Pastor Emil H. Polzin
1908 Otis Ladies Aid organized (Lutheran Service Organization)
1921 Otis and Westville return to a dual ministry. Reverend Paul F. Buck, Pastor
Church minutes changed from German to the English language
1925 Aid Association for Lutherans chartered and first Sunday School established
1935 St Paul Luther League organized
1980 Otis and Westville dual parish discontinued, both congregations continued the Lord's service as separate parishes
1988 Young Believers Club organized
1988 Men's Club organized
2002 Beatty's Corners Cemetery inclusion into the Indiana Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology, Cemetery and Burial Ground Registry (Revised 2011)
In His Service at St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Otis, Indiana 46367
1871-1872 Elias Hieber
1873- 1878 Emil Hardrat
1878-1882 Emil Richard Hamann
1882- 1883 Johann Leonard Daib
1883- 1895 Friedrich Wilhelm Schlechte
1895- 1903 Martin Christian Helinrich Baade
1904- 1912 Emil H. Polzin
1912- 1921 Oscar Adelbert Sauer
1921- 1925 Paul Frederic Buck
1926- 1928 William Herman Medler
1928- 1930 Walter E. Bauer
1930-1933 Curtis Clemens Stephan
1933- 1941 Edgar Paul Schmidt
1942- 1949 Howard Theodore Behrens
1950- 1955 Walter Martin Ave-Lallemant
1956- 1958 Arlo Theodore Janssen
1958- 1960 William Arthur Busse
1960- 1964 Lanny Raymond Zup
1964- 1967 Daniel Frederick Hentscher
1967- 1968 Loren Allen Boettcher
1969- 1973 Karl Emanuel Hofmann
1973- 1974 Horace Dwight Hummel
1975- 1980 Emo Leopold Szedlak
1982- 1987 Marcus Ronald Mueller
1987 Garry Everett Wickert
1993- 2005 David W Werner
2006- 2010 vacancy Pastors (alphabetical order)
Jason Braaten
John M Dreyer
Brian Mosemann
Thomas Sabel
Peter J Scaer
2010 Thomas Sabel,
June 27th installed by LC-MS, Indiana District President, Daniel May