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Hi Chuck!
As far as I know, the only Lutheran church in Dollar Bay is First Lutheran Church, an ELCA congreation (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). It came into being about 1900 when some of the early residents of this community (then known as the "Village of Clark") began meeting in th Finnish Temperance Hall. Finnish pastors - the Revs. J. Gust Nikander and John Back of Hancock - served the people in marriages, baptisms, confirmations, funerals, etc. (Both, as you probably know, were instrumental in the founding of Suomi College in Hancock - now Finlandia University.) However, the first members of the church were primarily from the Swedish-speaking areas of Korsholm, Finland.
In 1902, the Lutherans built a church at 300 Avenue "G," which is now known as "Granite" street, and changed the name to "Finnish Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church." It kept that name until 1930, when it became known as "First Lutheran."
I've only been to Dollar Bay a few times so I'm not all that familiar with the all the small towns and villages in that area, but isn't there a town of Woodside near there?
Karen
As far as I know, the only Lutheran church in Dollar Bay is First Lutheran Church, an ELCA congreation (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). It came into being about 1900 when some of the early residents of this community (then known as the "Village of Clark") began meeting in th Finnish Temperance Hall. Finnish pastors - the Revs. J. Gust Nikander and John Back of Hancock - served the people in marriages, baptisms, confirmations, funerals, etc. (Both, as you probably know, were instrumental in the founding of Suomi College in Hancock - now Finlandia University.) However, the first members of the church were primarily from the Swedish-speaking areas of Korsholm, Finland.
In 1902, the Lutherans built a church at 300 Avenue "G," which is now known as "Granite" street, and changed the name to "Finnish Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church." It kept that name until 1930, when it became known as "First Lutheran."
I've only been to Dollar Bay a few times so I'm not all that familiar with the all the small towns and villages in that area, but isn't there a town of Woodside near there?
Karen
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