While visiting patients in the Camrose hospital during the early part of 1929 Pastor Raedeke met Mrs. Alfons Weiss, who at that time lived south of Kelsey near Sawyer School. She suggested we make an effort to conduct services in her neighborhood. It was at the Rosalind-Kelsey station that Pastor Raedeke had the unusual privilege of baptizing four generations within a period of twelve months. The great-grandmother was Melissa Batke, who was close to 69 years old when she was baptized in a service at Sawyer School in the presence of a large number of her descendants.
The Sawyerville Congregation, circa 1930
A Large Group was also Baptized in Roaslind
Like so many other families at this time the Raedekes had their share of tragedy. Their son, Gilbert Clarence, died in 1937 at seven years old. He is buried at the Camrose Cemetery.
Funeral Service for Gilbert Clarence Raedeke
The parsonage was added in 1939, built by Pastor Raedeke and volunteers from the congregation. Many people marveled that Pastor Raedeke and the congregation were able to construct a seven room parsonage with forced air heating not only for the house, but also for the attached garage at a cost of no more than $2,641.92 to the congregation. "Besides the bountiful blessings of the Lord we want to give full credit to the wonderful cooperation we received from the members of the congregation."
Pastor Raedeke finished his remeniscence with these words ...
At another time the writer was visiting in the hospital when one of the nurses told him of a patient, who had attempted suicide and shot off the top of his head with a shotgun. Upon inquiring about the man's name the writer found that the patient was a man who had attended the Lutheran services at Bawlf in the early days and was the same man the writer had called on only two weeks earlier. Entering the room the patient recognized the writer, who told him to relax and remain at ease because he was a very sick man. The pastor then told him, "The Lord has been very gracious to you not permitting you to succeed in your rash act, but remember your Savior has also atoned for this your sin." Then the writer reminded the patient of the many glorious promises of the Gospel assuring him of the complete, perfect, full and free salvation that Christ had also won and prepared for him. The patient died less than an hour later. What a wonderful evidence and demonstration of the grace, love and mercy of God, to permit this man once more to be assured of salvation.
There were times when the missionary and his wife were very discouraged and ready to give up, but experiences like this made them feel that all their many sacrifices were worth while, even though during the fifteen years of their ministry in the Camrose parish they used more than four thousand dollars of their personal funds to do the work in the Lord's vineyard.
After serving the Camrose parish for more than fifteen years Pastor Raedeke accepted a call to St. Matthew's Congregation at Stony Plain and preached his last sermon on Sunday, October 25th, 1942.
Rev. Alfred F. Miller 1942-1945
Rev. Miller was called to serve the Camrose, Rosalind, and Ferintosh congregations in 1942. The Camrose congregation continued to grow, and as time went on, a need for improvement to the church and property arose A church improvement fund was started in 1944.
Attendance at some of the preaching stations in the area began to dwindle and the members of these preaching stations were urged to attend services in Camrose. In 1945, the Kelsey and Rosalind congregations were established and plans were made to build in Rosalind
In November, 1945, Pastor Miller accepted a call to Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Calgary where he was pastor until his death in 1975.
since October, 1946, preached his farewell sermon to the Camrose congregation on Sunday, indicating the close of his pastorate here. 
