Our History

• Norwegian settlers from the village of McFarland and the surrounding Town of Dunn gathered to form McFarland Lutheran Church. The congregation was established in 1867.

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• The first church building, dedicated in 1876, was destroyed in a windstorm in 1881.

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• The second church building, constructed in 1881, burned to the ground on Christmas Eve in 1895, probably due to a lighted candle on the Christmas tree that was not properly extinguished.

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• The next structure, the third church, was built in 1895, stood until 1975 when it was burned as an exercise for the local fire department. Destroying that wooden structure made way for the existing sanctuary, which was added to the 1962 education wing.

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• The gymnasium-sized multi-purpose room called the Family Life Center, education rooms, and a larger narthex were added in the 1990s and finished in 1997.

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• Work to remodel the sanctuary began in 2013. It was completed and joyfully dedicated in 2014.

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• McFarland Lutheran Church celebrated it’s 150th anniversary in 2017. While much has changed in our 150+ year history, what hasn’t changed is our mission and service to God’s world, at home and abroad.