Thoughts on Sunday

 Why do the back pews fill first...one Pastor told us that people are afraid to be too close to God...the next Sunday a bunch of us started sitting in the front pews.  There is safety in numbers...we sat in those front pews a number of years.

The alter cloth was a bit messy...I thought about straightening it...I did not.  Sometimes life is not perfect.   Jesus lead a perfect life for all of us sinners and gave his life for us. 

I was an experience for me to visit this old church that my Great Grandfather built back in 1886.  The church is in Annandale Minnesota in a Historical Park.

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Church with a History

 My Great Grandfather Isak helped to build a church in 1886 near French Lake Minnesota.   Years later it was moved to be part of a Historical Village in Annandale Minnesota.  Last summer on one of our trips to Minneapolis to the U of MN Clinics we went one day early and took the time to stop for a quick visit. 

A photo of the Church near French Lake, Minnesota

A photo of the church being moved.

Photos of the church as it stands today.

Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church Built in 1886.   The red number 2 signifies the number of the building as they sit at the Historical Village. 

I was delighted to finally be able to see this church!  It had been on my list of things to do for a long time. 

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