OUR GIFT SHOPS Martha’s Michael’s Gift Shop Gift Shop Located next to the main lobby - Ext. 3540 Located in the Family Fun Center - Ext. 3544

ALL OCCASION GIFTS ALL OCCASION GIFTS • Souvenirs • Greeting Cards Apparel • T-Shirts • Sweatshirts • Apparel • Candy • Souvenirs • Jewelry • Snacks • • Accessories • Greta’s Fudge • Jewelry • Bottled Water Novelty Candy • Beer • Pop • Wine • Travel Necessities • Juice • Snacks • Pop SWIMWEAR Men, Women, Teen, and Children FULL SERVICE COFFEE BAR • Regular Coffee • Mocha • Espresso • Hot Chocolate POOL TOYS • Chai Tea • Iced Coffee Floaties, Balls, Rings and Goggle • Americano • Assorted Hot Teas • Latte • Blended Frozen Coffee • Cappuccino • Steamer Swim Diapers • Flip Flops & Sandals • Swim Cover Ups & Towels BEER & WINE Featuring Bavarian Inn Wines OVER 160 TYPES OF CHEESES!

• Gift Boxes, Baskets and Made exclusively in our shop: Cheese Trays • Variety of Gifts and Souvenirs • Flavored Cheeses: Chocolate • Imported domestic beers and Mint, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Frankenmuth Cheese Haus wines Chocolate and Strawberry • Sausages • Cheese Spreads: Garlic, Figurinespiel • Crackers Horseradish, Bacon, Jalapeno, • Jams Smokey Jalapeno, Fiery Hear about “The World of Cheese” • Honey Jalapeno and our Creamy Blue featuring five children and their pets from around the world, sharing their stories • Jellies and preserves Cheese spread about their countries and some fun • Old-fashioned candies facts about the cheeses produced there. • A large assortment of imported FREE Performances every day at 9am, 11am, and American specialty foods SAMPLES! 2pm, 5pm and 8pm.

Jan - May: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Jun - Aug: 9:30 am to 9:30 pm | Sept - Dec: 9:30 am to 9:00 pm

545 S Main St. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 | (989) 652-6727 | www.frankenmuthcheesehaus.com

Frank’s Muth believes gifts should be exciting, not forgettable. Featuring uncommon collections of gifts including vintage automobile, hunting and fishing, John Wayne, Old Guys Rule, Michigan apparel, Coca Cola memorabilia, kitchen gadgets, bar décor, jerky, hot sauces, and craft beer and wine. We are in the business of making memories with gifts that will never be boring. OPEN DAILY: 9:00AM - 10:00PM

561 S. Main St, Frankenmuth, Michigan • (989) 480-5024 www.franksmuth.com PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW STORE HOURS: WWW.FRANKENMUTHRIVERPLACE.COM

Emilie B’s is a women’s apparel boutique specializing in the latest on-trend and contemporary clothing and accessories. (989) 652-2753 925 S. Main St. H-4 www.emiliebs.com

Calla Lilies is a boutique for classy and sophisticated women’s apparel. Featuring misses and plus sizes. Check out our new European fashion line, Ulla Popken. Our passion is to help every women look and feel great!

(989) 652-2128 925 S. Main St. B-5 www.callaliliesstore.com PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW STORE HOURS: WWW.FRANKENMUTHRIVERPLACE.COM

Featuring an extensive collection of unique items dedicated to cats and dogs. From pet jewelry and collectibles to breed merchandise, we aim to please all pet lovers!

(989) 652-4810 | 925 S. Main St. G-4 www.hellocatsndogs.com

Celestial Jewelry, Zodiac Candles, Solar Garden Stakes, Garden Gnomes, Cute Concrete Dragons, Hand Painted Fairy Figurines And A Magnificent Collection Of Fairy Garden Miniatures

(989) 652-0071 925 S. Main St. G-5 www.enchantedforeststore.com PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW STORE HOURS: WWW.FRANKENMUTHRIVERPLACE.COM

Jerky Joint is “The Meating Spot”. Featuring specialty jerky, exotic meats, pickled foods, seasonings, rubs, and LIVE ON THE EDGE AT WOODY’S! sauces. With over 300 types of jerky, Featuring alternative jewelry, military gifts there is something for everyone. and apparel, collectable knives and swords, and t-shirts with attitude. (989) 652-4810 (989) 652-7347 925 S. Main St. G-4 925 S. Main St. C-1 www.jerkyjointfrankenmuth.com www.woodysstore.com

Featuring a vast selection of Irish themed merchandise including authentic imported sweaters and hats, jewelry, gifts, and Michigan’s largest selection (989) 652-2718 of Guinness merchandise. 925 S. Main St. B-1 www.funkyskunkstore.com Located on the river in downtown Frankenmuth is mid-Michigan’s headquarters for Minnetonka footwear. Discover Frankenmuth gifts, souvenirs and t-shirts for all ages. Choose from a fine selection of leather belts, hats, wallets and handbags.

Store Hours: Open 9:am - 9:00 pm daily (989) 652-2902 775 S. Main St. www.coveredbridgefrankenmuth.com

Take a step back in time at this working Historical Farm. Your tour includes many hands on exhibits and learning experiences including petting the Farm animals. HOURS: ​April - Saturdays and Sundays 10am - 5pm May - October open Tuesday - Sunday from 10am - 5pm Memorial Day Monday OPEN 12 - 4pm November - Saturdays 10am - 5pm

989-652-5437 7775 Weiss Street www.grandpatinysfarm.com St. Lorenz Lutheran Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Lorenz

Address: 1030 W. Tuscola Street, Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Office: 140 Churchgrove, Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Phone: 989-652-6141 Fax: 989-652-9071 Website: www.stlorenz.org

Pastors: Mark D. Brandt, Joel C. Kaiser, Shawn Fenske and Vicar Corey Shaffer

Traditional Service: Saturday - 6:30 pm Sunday - 8:00 & 9:30 am

Sunday - 10:45 am Contemporary Service: Missouri in the Worship Center on the west side of the Synod school campus. The next year, 1846, a larger group of 90 left Germany, German Service: 2nd Sunday of the month- 11:00 am and joined the settlers here in Frankenmuth. Among them were Johann Stephan and Margaretha Fürwitt Tours: St. Lorenz Church, Historic Log Cabin Church, Zehnder and others who were to play a leading role Cemetery and the Museum in the development of St. Lorenz and Frankenmuth. The grandson of Johann Stephan, Johannes Matthias Church History: St. Lorenz Lutheran Church was Wilhelm Zehnder, gave up farming and went into the established on August 18, 1845 when the first 15 settlers restaurant business. Today the Zehnders are famous for from Germany arrived on the spot along the Cass River Zehnder’s Restaurant and the Splash Village Hotel and that was to be their home. Arrangements had been Waterpark, the Bavarian Inn Restaurant and Bavarian made to buy 680 acres of land at $2.50 an acre for Inn Lodge, two separate corporations owned by different the new settlement. Their leader was Pastor Friedrich Zehnder families. August Craemer. Among the things they brought along were a processional cross, (still used today), and two There were many children in the second group so it was large bells to call the people to worship. These bells can necessary to begin a school for them. They also started be seen in the old cemetery across the road from the a school for the Indian children. The Indian children that church. *(See Bell Story at end of article.) attended the school lived with Pastor and Mrs. Craemer in their log cabin home, which also served as the first Their community was named Frankenmuth, which, in church. As the Indians moved farther and farther west, German, means the Courage of the Franconians. Their an Indian mission was established in 1848 in Chief church was named St. Lorenz, after homeland churches Bemassikeh’s village on the banks of the Pine River. in Nürnberg and Rosstal. The settlers had been sent This mission continued until 1869, when it was finally by Pastor Wilhelm Loehe of Neuendettelsau, Germany, closed. to be missionaries to the Chippewa Indians of this area and to the German immigrants who were coming to The growth of the congregation and the community America in great numbers. grew in leaps and bounds. The young congregation had been worshipping in a log cabin since Christmas of 1846. They built a larger frame church in 1852, as

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the congregation numbered 345 baptized members, room were added in 2003. In 2006, St. Lorenz Lutheran and the one-room school had forty-seven students. School had an enrollment of 511, with 30 teachers and The frame church was enlarged in 1864 and served the a support staff of nearly 20. St. Lorenz Lutheran Church congregation until 1880, when a new brick church of has a baptized membership of 4,760. Gothic design was built on the north side of the road. St. Lorenz Bell Now Connects By the time the congregation celebrated its seventy-fifth Three Continents anniversary in 1920, the parish had 2,215 members and 350 children attending St. Lorenz schools. In 1965 the When our first settlers came to Frankenmuth in question came up whether to split up into a number of 1845, they brought 2 church bells along, both cast smaller churches or to build on to the existing church. in Nürnberg, Germany. The one bell is decoratively The latter course was taken. The church was enlarged inscribed with the deacon St. Lorenz on one side and so 1,200 people could be comfortably seated. New this Latin inscription on the other side: Concordia, stained-glass windows were installed to tell the history of 1580, Res Parvae Crescunt, which means “Great the congregation and the community. Only a few minor things come from small beginnings.” These two bells changes have been made since. were used for many years. In 1880, when St. Lorenz built the large brick church with the tall steeple, they St. Lorenz Lutheran School also has taken some big purchased new bells. The bells brought over from strides since that 1846 beginning. In 1855, teacher Germany were put on display next to the replica log Riedel taught everything in German to the 80 children in cabin church. his schoolroom. However, by 1855, half the day was in German and the other half in English. In 1861, a second In 2004, the Bavarian Museum in Augsburg, Germany school district was established a mile west of the church. put together an exhibit “Emigration from Bavaria to This continued until there were 8 one-room school America since 1683.” In their request to the districts in the Frankenmuth area. Frankenmuth Historical Museum for items to display, they included the St. Lorenz bell. The bell would be At the 50th anniversary of St. Lorenz in 1895, the a focus point for that exhibit because it was such an enrollment was 376. At this time there was only one extraordinary thing that the first Frankenmuth settlers public school district. Tax funds from the township would bring a couple of bells along with them. Sending treasuries supported the teachers of St. Lorenz. This the bell turned out to be a near impossibility, so it was changed in 1901 when the State Superintendent of decided to make a replica. Education ruled that this unique arrangement would no longer be permitted. In 1902, public schools were Judy Zehnder Keller had impressions of the bell made established in each of these districts, and the St. Lorenz and sent to J. Grassmayr GMBH & Co., a bell casting Schools did not receive any more public tax funds. company in Innsbruck, Austria. They cast a replica and In 1928, St. Lorenz built a Central School on Main sent it to Augsburg, Germany where it became part of Street in Frankenmuth, and began the consolidation of this exhibit. these one-room school districts. This consolidation was completed in 1946. The enrollment was 360 at this time. This special exhibit, called “Good Bye Bayern/ Grüß Gott America – Emigration from Bavaria to America th By 1956, St. Lorenz decided to build a new school on since 1683,” opened up on June 24 and continued to Churchgrove Road, having eight rooms for the lower September 26, 2004 in Nördlingen, Germany. Besides grades. In 1969, St. Lorenz had added enough rooms the bell, a number of other items from Frankenmuth to this school so that the Main Street School could be became a part of this exhibit: a springerle board, carved abandoned. A new pre-school wing and new dining by Christoph Nuechterlein (1851-1930), a picture of the

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Zehnder “Schlachtfest,” showing the participants with all to give the details of the bell. It was delivered to the sausages they made, and a number of other artifacts Augsburg to express their thanks for giving them the and documents. It was visited by thousands of people, honor to cast this bell. including the Zehnder/Keller family from Frankenmuth.

When the bell was cast, the question was what to do with the bell after the exhibit was done. Judy has worked closely with Dr. Horst Becker from Neuendettelsau, Germany on many different projects. Neuendettelsau has numerous mission societies from which missionaries have been sent to Frankenmuth, Tanzania and New Guinea, just to name a few. Dr. Becker was sent to Tanzania, Africa in 1959 and served there for many years. He suggested the bell be given to a poor village church where it would be well received and treasured. Nearly 90% of the one million population of this remote area of Tanzania near Mt. Kilimanjaro are Christians. A strong spiritual connection of three continents (Europe, North America and Africa) would also be accomplished via the travels of this simple bell due to the mission-related significance it held.

In August of 2005, the Zehnder/Keller family, Don, Judy, Michael, Martha and William went to Tanzania with Dr. Becker and his wife Martha, to dedicate this bell. On Sunday, August 14th, the bell was dedicated at a 4-hour service, at the recently remodeled Lutheran Church in the village of Fuka, in the West Kilimajaro District of Tanzania. A festival meal of goat was part of the festivities.

While in Tanzania, the Kellers offered to bring a couple of church members to Frankenmuth, Michigan. They would receive training in the hospitality and tourism business, and offer them to experience the many facets of church life here in America.

Subsequently, Mr. Saltieli Munisi, Assistant General Secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, and Mr. Allan Kimaro, Assistant Manager of the Uhuru Hostel, visited Frankenmuth from March through May in 2006. The experiences they had here have been put to good use, since their return to Tanzania. This is a copy of the document Grassmayr made

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St. John’s Evangelical Frankenmuth Bible Lutheran Church Church

Address: 1200 E. Genesee St., Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Address: 565 Churchgrove Rd., Frankenmuth, MI Phone: 989-652-6201 Phone: 989-652-3535 Fax: 989-652-3807 Website: www.stjohns-frankenmuth.org Website: www.frankenmuthbible.com E-mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

Worship Services: Sun. - 10:00 am Worship Services: Sun. - 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and Sunday School: Sun. - 9:00 am, Sept. through May 11:15 a.m.

Blessed Trinity Catholic Frankenmuth United Church Methodist Church Address: 958 E. Tuscola St., Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Phone: 989-652-3259 Address: 346 East Vates St. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 Website: www.blessedtrinityfrankenmuth.org Phone: 989-652-6858 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.fmuthumc.org

Weekend Mass Schedule. 5:00 p.m. Sat., Traditional Service: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Sun. Sun. - 9:30 a.m

Holy Day Mass Schedule: 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m. on the Holy Day

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