Chetek Lutheran

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Chetek Lutheran celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1908. Still a Scandinavian church -- really, a Norwegian church -- in a Norwegian community, neither the congregation nor anyone else could have expected the changes which were awaiting them. Over the next three decades change seemed almost the rule. English replaced Norse at the home and in church. Members began to think of themselves as Americans first -- and as descendants of immigrants second. In 1922, the congregation decided to conduct half of its services in Norse and half in English. By 1930, when Pastor Lund (pictured at right) had retired, regular preaching in Norse was a thing of the past.

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