On the First Sunday in Advent, December 3, 1871, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Serbin, Bastrop County, Texas was dedicated to the service of the Triune God. The Dedication Rite was done in the Wendish and the German language by Pastor J. Kilian, after which he held the Wendish sermon. The undersigned held the dedication sermon in the German worship service based on Ephesians 4, 19 -22. In the afternoon, Pastor Proft preached on the Sunday Epistle, which concluded the richly blessed celebration of the day. The building stands on a hill of rocky ground, covering 40 by 50 feet, is 24 feet high, has 3 foot thick walls made of quarry stones, and its high Gothic windows make a festive and lovely impression.

May this House of God serve our Lutheran Zion with richest blessings.

C. Braun, Pastor