The first church council called Rev. Ernest C. H. Heydler as its pastor. Elected to council were Mathias Nothacker, Andreas Burkhard (these men do not show in any of the city directories); Heilmuth Krapp, a carpenter who lived at 40 Lowell Street; Frederick Seith, a carpenter of 22 Kelly Street; Adam Schnell, a cutter of 4 Elmira Street; J. Michael Lang, a mason of 49 Maiden Street; Carl Mass, a blacksmith of 45 Catherine Street; Frederick Lauer, a mason who lived at the corner of St. Joseph and Hoeltzer Streets; Johann Krautwurst, a shoemaker of 30 Scrantom Street and Frederick Schmidt, a shoemaker of 8 Sellinger Street.