After moving to Fort Howard, Pastor Iverson's congregation decided to name their new settlement "Ephraim" and a day after their arrival they chose a "56 foot hall" in the rented buildings as their place of worship. They were called to prayer by a bell every morning at 6:00 and the Daily Words and Text were read by Brother Iverson. They also met at 8:00 every evening for prayer.
A longer worship service was held every Wednesday evening and, of course, regular worship services on Sunday; which meant a sermon at 10:30AM, a second talk or Gemein-Stunde at 3:00 PM and an evening service when the litany was prayed. All of the services were conducted in Norwegian or Danish. Rev.Iverson also organized a "singing school in order to exercise the members to sing our beautiful church tunes with greater precision."
On the 17th of November, 1850, seventeen members of the group covenanted with one another and were regularly organized as a Moravian congregation. This was the beginning of the West Side Moravian Congregation in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary in the year 2000.
Brother Otto Tank provided work for the members of the new congregation and he was also appointed an assistant in the service of the mission. On December 1st, 1851, a new temporary place of worship, attached to Tank's home, was set apart for worship at Ephraim.
