| Summary: | Succeeding pastors have been: S. H. Njaa, 1913- 1949, whose long pastorate spans much of recent history particularly the transition period from the Norwegian to the English language with the passing of pioneers. 1938 was the first year the minutes were written in English. Victor Overbo served from 1949- 1953; Albin Sherve, 1954-1958; Raymond Poppe, 1958-1963; Orville Sunde, 1964-1973; Norman Beighley, 1974-1977; Jeff Blakeley, 1978-1980; and our present pastor is Dennis Ellingsen. Extensive repairs of various kinds were made on the church in 1920, a basement was constructed in 1926, the parsonage and church were repaired during Rev. Overbo's pastorate, and repairs on the parsonage were made in 1958. The church and the parsonage have been painted now in 1982 and present membership is 87. On January 2, 1896, a building committee composed of S. B. Draxton, Peter Skurdell, John Peterson, Peter F. Peterson and Charley Christen was chosen. The church was built in 1896 by Syvert Solberg with the help of local men for $1,425. On October 25, 1896, it was used for the first service. The congregation was incorporated in 1899, and received a deed to the land signed by Paul and Betsey Uglem June 27, 1902. The church was dedicated in 1904. That year the first organ was purchased and used until 1949, when it was replaced by an electric one. Clara Skurdell Draxton was the first organist. In 1909 Beaver Creek, Bethania, and West Union formed a parish and called Rev. T. Tjornhom, who served until 1913. The present parsonage was purchased in 1914. 202 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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