https://www.eaglelakelutheranchurch.com/home daily 1.0 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1602078287308-CTN54NST34ZP2C95E0PH/Screen+Shot+2020-10-07+at+8.43.54+AM.png Home Did you miss our Sunday Service, or did you just want to see it again? Watch our archived services under Resources>Worship Services, or click on the image above! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597341617895-FOELTZ0Y6B4UORAC1UFZ/26173538_908497559321604_5427817663667914995_o.jpg Home - Our Congregation The Eagle Lake Lutheran Church was founded on October 17, 1871, with a membership of 28 adults and 32 children. Since then, we’ve gone through numerous changes and enhancements. One of the biggest changes was the addition of a new sanctuary, which started construction in 2005. Worship in the new sanctuary took place in August, 2006. A re-conditioned pipe organ now adds much to the worship. Eagle Lake Lutheran Church continues to reach out to the community and nation and world through worship, study, and work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597341856274-LDBRTYRCUMYXO63Y1Q76/14468600_662948200543209_8950419757177406911_o.jpg Home - Our Mission Living together in Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we serve others https://www.eaglelakelutheranchurch.com/our-history daily 0.75 2020-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597871560529-Z69TI8Q21YK0US6YH8BA/IMG_1535.jpg Our History - The Eagle Lake Lutheran Church was founded on October 17, 1871, with a membership of 28 adults and 32 children. For a time, services were held in homes, but in 1876, the church (only the sanctuary) was built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597871613380-F4UKHS0Q04O3M3J5ZTCZ/IMG_1544.jpg Our History - The school room was added in 1887, the tower in 1897, and the kitchen in 1910. The parish hall addition was completed in 1951. The church building burned to the ground on Sunday, May 10, 1953. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597871693427-Z5TYCSPQLYYBNFUTNV01/IMG_1538.jpg Our History - The new church was built immediately, and Christmas services and the Sunday School program were held in the partially completed building. Otherwise, services were held in the Gearhart Funeral Chapel while Sunday School classes were held in District 34. Services resumed in the new building in the spring of 1954.The original members were Swedish farmers and their families. The Swedish language was used exclusively until the 1920s when English gradually became the language of the services and the organizations.For many years, the church was known as Eagle Lake Swedish Lutheran Church. It was often called the Swedish Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597871746047-S1V87VWZNOTV454UZPYC/IMG_1536.jpg Our History - Eagle Lake Lutheran Church was part of the Augustana Synod until the merger in the late 1950s, when it became part of the Lutheran Church of America. In 1988, as a result of another merger, it became a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).Eagle Lake Lutheran Church has gone through a number of changes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597871811265-R51I04S3EZHH950FSB2B/IMG_1540.jpg Our History - In the 1990s, office space and an education unit were added. During these years, growth took place with a doubling of both membership and attendance.For several years, members and friends talked of the need for more space and the possibility of building. Building of a new sanctuary and other space as well as kitchen remodeling began in 2005. Worship in the new sanctuary took place in August, 2006. A re-conditioned pipe organ now adds much to the worship.Eagle Lake Lutheran Church continues to reach out to the community and nation and world through worship, study, and work. The mission statement of the church: “Living together in Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we serve others.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597339312161-TB4JLVGBF2AG2CC3H6UM/IMG_1490.jpg Our History https://www.eaglelakelutheranchurch.com/calendar daily 0.75 2020-08-19 https://www.eaglelakelutheranchurch.com/staff daily 0.75 2025-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f35545438c15a47d8bb7410/1597588835675-DKAP4QAC3RB7I7H5URAJ/IMG_1508.jpg Staff - Ben Durbin Pastor I love what I do. I get to tell people about Jesus and God’s love for them and how God is at work in this world through them. I get to listen with others to the holy scriptures and how God speaks to us in the midst of our daily lives—in our struggles and joys and all of the “in-between” times. Since 2005, I’ve served in youth ministry roles in congregations in Gladstone, MI and Duluth, MN; as hospital chaplain in New York City; and as pastor in congregations in Rutland/Havana/Fargo, ND; Fergus Falls, MN; and Battle Lake, MN. I am husband to Sarah and together we are raising up four amazing children: Nora, Lucy, Evan and Zinnia, who bring joy and laughter into our lives and daily teach us more about God’s grace, abundance, (and patience!) than we could have ever dreamed. Life is so good. God is so good. 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