Kountze Memorial has a long history of service to the nation in times of war. In WWI, the congregation displays the largest known church service flag in the country with 250 blue and 4 gold stars.
Commissioned at Kountze Memorial, Mette Blair, RN, sails to southern India to provide medical services, continuing a long-standing tradition of missionary outreach. Blair labors in India for 42 years.
Kountze Memorial’s third Sunday school mission, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, at 42nd and Bancroft, is established by Assoc. Pastor, Rev. Weertz, and for many years is served by Deaconess Harriet Franklin. Pilgrim closed in 1971.