Grue Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
1423 168th Ave NE
Buxton, Traill County, North Dakota 58218
1423 168th Ave NE
Buxton, Traill County, North Dakota 58218
Grue Evangelical Lutheran Church
Buxton, North Dakota
1879 -1954
July 11, 1954
75th Anniversary of
Grue Evangelical Lutheran Church
Organized March 17, 1879, with 63 charter members. (Later some withdrew to form their own congregation). This church was built in 1891. The Ladies Aid financed the construction of the basement in 1932 to serve as their dining hall and kitchen. Church records show - 433 baptisms, 326 confirmands, 44 weddings, 168 burials. Present membership - 41 families.
Pastors
O. H. Bostad, Christian Saugstad, Gustav Oftedahl, O. T. Nelson, T. J. Gronningen, H. A. Winther, Ludsvig Pederson, C. J. Christensen, Karl Stromme, Carl J. Carlsen,
My Church! My Church! My dear old Church
My Fathers' and my own!
She speaks, she breathes, she teaches,
From His written Word alone.
Infor from - back of the Grue Lutheran Church plate.
Buxton, North Dakota
1879 -1954
July 11, 1954
75th Anniversary of
Grue Evangelical Lutheran Church
Organized March 17, 1879, with 63 charter members. (Later some withdrew to form their own congregation). This church was built in 1891. The Ladies Aid financed the construction of the basement in 1932 to serve as their dining hall and kitchen. Church records show - 433 baptisms, 326 confirmands, 44 weddings, 168 burials. Present membership - 41 families.
Pastors
O. H. Bostad, Christian Saugstad, Gustav Oftedahl, O. T. Nelson, T. J. Gronningen, H. A. Winther, Ludsvig Pederson, C. J. Christensen, Karl Stromme, Carl J. Carlsen,
My Church! My Church! My dear old Church
My Fathers' and my own!
She speaks, she breathes, she teaches,
From His written Word alone.
Infor from - back of the Grue Lutheran Church plate.