Elstad Lutheran Church
37784 Dogwood Rd
Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota 55949
37784 Dogwood Rd
Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota 55949
Elstad Lutheran Church
Lanesboro, Minnesota
1854-1954
Elstad Lutheran Church
Organized in June of 1854 by Pastor U. V. Koren, who served for five years. Succeeding pastors-
N. E. Jensen 1859-1869
Kr. Magelssen 1869-1914
N. S. Magelssen 1914-1949
I. R. Gronlid 1949-
The First church was built of logs in 1866 and remodeled in 1892.
Present church was built in 1910.
The Choir was organized in 1880; the Ladies Aid in 1882; the Luther League in 1917, succeeding "Ungdomsforenigen"; and the Sunday School in 1925.
The present membership is 288 souls.
"I was glad when they said unto me; Let us go into the House of the Lord."
Info from - back of Elstad Lutheran Church plate
Lanesboro, Minnesota
1854-1954
Elstad Lutheran Church
Organized in June of 1854 by Pastor U. V. Koren, who served for five years. Succeeding pastors-
N. E. Jensen 1859-1869
Kr. Magelssen 1869-1914
N. S. Magelssen 1914-1949
I. R. Gronlid 1949-
The First church was built of logs in 1866 and remodeled in 1892.
Present church was built in 1910.
The Choir was organized in 1880; the Ladies Aid in 1882; the Luther League in 1917, succeeding "Ungdomsforenigen"; and the Sunday School in 1925.
The present membership is 288 souls.
"I was glad when they said unto me; Let us go into the House of the Lord."
Info from - back of Elstad Lutheran Church plate