Sunday, January 15, 1922

Beautiful, bright, mild day. Arose 9:30 A.M. To Church & Sunday School. Rev. Meengs spoke. Dinner. Took nap. To Epworth League. Good meeting but rather small attendance. To Church. Ran stereopticon lantern. Talked. To bed 11 P.M.

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Rev. John Gerhardus Meengs was the pastor of the 2nd Dutch Reformed Church in Schenectady. He was born in the Netherlands in 1873 and worked at churches in Troy and Albany before going to Schenectady. His career also included missionary work with white settlers in Colony, Oklahoma in 1900-1901. More information about the Oklahoma mission can be obtained at this Chronicles of Oklahoma website: Missions. Rev. Meengs died in Schenectady in 1937. His son, John G. Meengs II, moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan before 1910 and his descendants still live in Michigan.

More information about Colony, OK can be found at Wikipedia. Below is an excerpt from the article and a photograph of the church the Dutch Reformed folks built at the mission site:

Taken from Chronicles of Oklahoma website