Pictorial History of Our Savior's Lutheran Church

In the back room of Hanson's Photography Studio on May 15, 1915, a new congregation was born.  Pastor A. P. Lea, whose pastorate was in Chippewa Falls, was present.  Only a small number of people were there and progress was slow at first.  But a second meeting was held in the early fall and at that time a subscription was started for the church building.  Plans were drawn for the building in 1917, but the country was in a war and the actual building work had to be postponed. 

A humble beginning?  Perhaps it was.  The congregation was growing in another area, however.  The Sunday School had been organized February 11, 1915, with 23 youngsters enrolled.  Classes were held in the M. T. Hanson home for several years and continued to meet in cold weather even after space was provided in the new church basement.

 

 

 

View of the birthplace of Our Savior's, the M. T. Hanson building.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday morning at church, August, 1965.
 
< Grandma Dorthy Finses and Grandma Gena Selmer at the 1953 Kaffee Lag
Sunday School kids in church 1973.   >
< Worship service 1976.
Education unit dedicated in 1976. >
< New stain glass windows were dedicated to the church between 1989 to 1995.
This is the view as you exit the rear of the church today, April, 2001. >
This is the view of the sanctuary as it appears today.  The stained glass window above the altar was dedicated in 1996.  >