Trinity Lutheran Church - Wilton is a member congregation of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. http://www.lcms.org/
1872 - The oldest known records of Trinity Lutheran Church of Wilton list the baptism of Anna Pauline, daughter of Johann Priese and his wife, Katherine (nee Otte). The baby was baptized on September 20, 1872; so this date is regarded as the official beginning of the Wilton cong
regation.
1886 - The Wilton congregation underwent a division on January 2, 1886, when a large part of the membership voted to align itself with the Iowa Synod Lutheran Church.
1886 - On February 24, 1886, the small remaining group first adopted the name “Trinity Lutheran Church”. The congregation was served by Pastor Andreas Mueller.
1887 - During 1887, under Pastor Mueller’s leadership, the congregation built a church which was 20 by 30 feet in size. This small church received an addition around 1903, when another 20 by 30 feet of building was added crosswise across the front and altar space and a bell tower were added.
1903 - No date has currently been found which would confirm the acquisition date of the church’s altar, but it could be presumed that the altar was either already owned by the time of the addition built in 1903, or was acquired about that time. Lydia Wobschall, who was baptized in 1903, remembers that the altar stood for at least a few years without the statue of Jesus. Thus, the altar which stands at the front of the church today has been present at services for at least 117 years.
1916 - The baptismal font was donated by the confirmation class.
1929 - The bell which still rings from the tower of the current brick structure was originally purchase in October of 1929. It was installed soon after, so that after having been constructed in 1903, the belltower first held a bell 26 years later.
1950 - The wooden structure begun before 1890 served as the congregation’s church home until 1950, when the current building was completed. Both the altar and the bell were transferred from the wooden structure to the current one.
1950 - The church cornerstone was laid in place during a ceremony held Sunday, July 23, 1950. Contained within it are several items of historic interest. Among them is a letter of congratulations from then President Harry S. Truman and also a letter from Luther W. Youngdahl, governor of Minnesota at the time. Other letters included are from the Rev. Gamber, president of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, Minnesota District and from the Rev. Behnken, then president of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, based in Oak Park, Illinois. Also among the items placed in the cornerstone were: a copy of the congregation’s constitution, Financial statement from Jan. 1950, Promotional material concerning the building of the new church, Program of the cornerstone laying ceremony, List of contributions toward the construction of the new church, List of officers and a short history of the congregation, A copy of the Minnesota Lutheran and the Lutheran Journal, Mission pamphlets, Copies of Sunday School material, Copies of the local newspaper containing information about the building and the cornerstone laying, Hard coins in different denominations and various reports, meeting minutes and sermon texts.
1955 - Church windows product of vision, planning, and hard work. The windows were designed by the Rev. Malling and cut and pieced together by church members. A large part of the cutting and piecing of the glass was done by church member Theodore Schroeder, who worked from full-sized drafts drawn by Rev. Malling. The stained glass windows include a bit of history in them: the purple colored crosses incorporated into many of them are made of glass which was once the glazing of the first building. The windows were completed in December of 1955.
1973 - 100 Years, Centennial Celebration took place on Sunday, October 14, 1973.
1997 - 125 years of God’s Grace and Blessings, a celebration took place on September 21, 1997.
1910 - 1923: The Wilton congregation called its own pastor for the first time in 1910 and on August 11, Ministerial Candidate Edd Trapp was ordained.
1917: First parsonage was built on the same property as the church.
1924 - 1947: Pastor E.F. Wachholz
Vacancy: Pastor Hein
1948 - 1973: Pastor Guenther Wilhelm Malling
1974 - 1978: Pastor Stanley Rosenau
1979 - During 1979, the parsonage originally built on church property in 1917 was replaced by a new parsonage.
1979 - 1990: Pastor Richard E. Langhorst
1991 - 2013: Pastor Glenn L. Korb
2014 - Present: Pastor Larry R. Sipe, Jr.
2025 - Rev. Larry Sipe, Jr. was installed Sunday, March 30, 2025, as pastor of the newly formed Multi-Parish consisting of First Lutheran Church – Waldorf, Trinity Lutheran Church – Wilton, Immanuel Lutheran Church – Freedom and St. John’s Lutheran Church – Danville at First Lutheran Church in Waldorf, Minnesota, Vivian Township, Waseca County by the Rev. David Mumme, 1st Vice President South District
