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KESH'SHI
("Hello" in the Zuni Language)
Neighbors, Fellow Community Members
and Visitors!
At last.... The NEW
is completed and in operation:
the Dedication-Open House took place at Zuni Christian Reformed Church & Mission
School on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1999.
For information about the New Center, call 505.782.5649
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| The Center's inviting entrance! |
Daren Wallace in the Youth Room |
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"Welcome to the
Zuni Christian Reformed Church. We
are glad you are here to celebrate with us this significant event in the life of our
Congregation - the Dedication of the A:shiwi Vander Wagen Ministry Center. Just two
years ago, on October 12th, 1997, we celebrated our 100th Anniversary. It was almost 100
years ago to the day that Andrew
& Effa Vander Wagen arrived in Zuni to begin the Ministry of the Christian
reformed Church, creating, according to Andrew, "considerable excitement in the
village of Zuni [...] because two young missionaries - 'tutaches' as they were called -
had arrived."
- Greeting at Dedication - 9/12/99 |
Greeting
from Zuni Christian Mission School Students; they have "really enjoyed (the Center)
already!" |
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Great financial resources have been generously committed to this project from our
community and from across the nation. The impetus for starting this venture came from a
large gift from Dr. John (Vander Wagen) Wagner and from the early inspired decision of
contractor Rick Murphy (Andrew & Effa's
great grandson ) to oversee the project on a non-profit basis. About 300 people from all
walks of a life have contributed. Former Zuni Tribe Councilman Harry Chimoni served as
liason to the Council and various committees & agencies paved the way to see this
Center completed. It is now a precious new resource for the Church and the whole
Community. |
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Reference
to the Ministry Center's new bell... Dr. John (Vander Wagen) Wagner's other
contribution to the Ministry Center. |
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Left to right: congregation members Vernon Wiering, Wil Seciwa, Lorentino
Christian, Charlotte Bradley, Noreen Pablo Myron Sheche and J.C. Cheama delivered the
"Dedication Litany": "We, the people of the Zuni Christian Reformed Church,
in deep gratitude, dedicate the A:shiwi-Vander Wagen Christian Ministry Center in the name
of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit". |
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Members
of the YFF. Family. Rev. George Yff served at Zuni 1938-1944. Mrs. Yff (4th from right)
traveled to Zuni from Michigan. |
Members of the
NATEWA Family. Rex Natewa was a Zuni Translator & Evangelist from 1938 until 1965. |
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An interesting archival photograph by J. Alfred Hall. Pictured here are (from right to
left): Thulu Ku, Andrew Vander Wagen, Tsatusulu, Kuyate, Rev. Freyling, Huseyseyna,
Sawiina (spelling of Zuni names approximate).. |
Andrew
Vander Wagen (2nd from right) with Zuni friends and Rev. Herman Fryling (5th from right)
circa 1896. |
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Richard
Dodson (grandson of Andrew & Effa) to Pastor Mike Meekhof & the Congregation:
"Andrew and Effa would be proud of all you have done with this Church". |
View
of the attending Congregation; at bottom right, Rex and Percilla Chimoni. Rex retired as
an Evangelist in 1996 and is now an Outreach Counselor with the Zuni Recovery Center. |
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| Local
and visiting members of the Vander Wagen Family. |
This page is
especially dedicated to
Eleanor (Vander Wagen) Smith
Daughter of Andrew & Effa Vander Wagen.
This feature is part of a series of community information
pages which are dedicated to local professional craftspeople & businesses and various
institutions,
who are among our many "Good Neighbors":
pay them a visit while traveling through Zuni!
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Now available in Zuni...