Valley Grove Churches #3 Youth T-Shirt

"Valley Grove Churches #3" by Patti Deters. Even on a cloudy day, this historic white church with the steeple and bell tower at Valley Grove, Nerstrand, MN is beautiful, especially with the added colorful texture. "Valley Grove - Two Churches #3" by Patti Deters. Here's a history of these two churches taken from valleygroemn.org - "A newly ordained young pastor from Norway, Bernt Julius Muus, arrived in the United States in 1859 and conducted his first worship service in the congregation on November 18, 1859. (Pastor Muus later became one of the founders of St. Olaf College.) The following year, the community decided to build a church of locally quarried limestone. The one-room structure, with a gallery and steeple, was finished in 1862 and dedicated on October 18, 1868. You see it before you on the left.

In 1870, the congregation changed its name from Tyske Grove to Valley Grove, and in 1874 the members purchased and installed the first church bell.

The congregation out...

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