New Hope Lutheran Church Sand Creek WI

Small community members care deeply for one another.

New Hope Lutheran members care deeply for community.

There is a community here for ALL God's people with our HOPE God's grace INSPIRES us.

Through Jesus' death on the cross, God showed us a love we can hardly imagine showing for another. It is a love we often feel unworthy of receiving. It is love that inspires us. God's grace inspires us to do many things, but three in particular:

​LOVE: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” -John 15:13

God’s grace shown to us through Christ’s death on the cross is the ultimate sign of love for someone else; thus the inspiration for us to love others. "Others" means the people closest to us, but perhaps more importantly, other people in our midst. Our neighbors. The outsiders. Those who are different.

GROW: “Still other seed fell on good soil where it produced a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” -Luke 8:8 God's grace inspires growth. Not growth in sense of membership numbers BUT focus of the church to grow faith of its members. Growth is going to happen here through community. Growth is going to happen here through interaction with people just like us. AND, growth is going to happen here through involvement with others who are NOTHING like us.

SERVE: “The son of man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” -Matthew 20:28 God’s grace inspires us to serve one another. The word of God inspires us to serve our neighbor. God in Christ Jesus challenges us to serve the outsider, the new person, the unfamiliar, and those different than us.

These three elements, however, DO NOT stand alone.

There is LOVE in SERVICE, and SERVICE in LOVE.

There is LOVE in GROWTH and GROWTH in LOVE.

And, you guessed it,

GROWTH with SERVICE and SERVICE with GROWTH.

 

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In 1867, about 40 families of Norwegian descent settled west of the village of Sand Creek and together formed "Our Savior's Lutheran Congregation".

The following year, 1868, a second group of families settled east of the village of Sand Creek and organized "Zion Lutheran Congregation".

In 1968, after mergers of various national Lutheran Synods and growing desire of the two congregations to provide a more unified, God-pleasing ministry to the community, Our Savior's + Zion congregations were aligned to the Sand Creek Lutheran Parish.

Two years later, in 1970, after extensive study with many cooperative ventures in worship and work, the two congregations entered a consolidation, thus born "New Hope Lutheran Congregation".

In the early years, members of both former congregations worshiped in private homes served by interim pastors. In 1881, Our Savior's congregation erected a church building two miles west of Sand Creek on county road "V". In 1912 growth of the western congregation erected a second building eight miles west of Sand Creek, also on county road "V" in "Lower Pine Creek", still used for worship. In 1883 Zion congregation erected its building in the village of Sand Creek. All three buildings were expanded with renovations to better serve the congregational needs over the years.

Following consolidation of the two congregations and abiding Articles of Agreement, New Hope Congregation launched a thorough study of its physical needs. Thus construction began to build the church we currently worship in. Ground broke June 4, 1972 with the first worship service April 19, 1973.

History timeline follows from that point forward:

1975

*Vote prohibits women assisting Holy Communion (since changed)

1978

*Lutheran Book of Worship Hymnal initiated

*Sand Creek Mortgage Burning with guest, Dr. Vernon Anderson

1980

*Dedication Pine Creek Building Addition/time capsule

1981

*Sand Creek Pipe Organ Dedication

1982

*New Pine Creek Church pews purchased

*Pine Creek Church Mortgage Burning Celebration

*Christian Day School began (Preschool)

*Pr. Mark Hall Ordination September 12th

1983

*Constitution Amendment approved ALC to proceed merger with other Lutheran Churches

1984

*Pr. Hilmar Mostul serves as Interim

*Pr. Jon Simundson Installed August 19th

1985

*Pr. Michael Sparby Ordination November 10th

1986

*Pr. Michael Peterson Ordination March 16th

1987

*Pine Creek celebrates 75th Anniversary

*New Hope Lutheran Foundation Established

1989

*Pr. Robert Arneson serves as Interim

1990

*Pr. Dale Moe Installation August 19th

1992

*Rural Internship Program begins with Ruth Larson's year of internship

*Our Savior’s 125th Anniversary

1993

*Zion's 125th Anniversary

1994

*Kari Olson begins year of internship

1995

*Lutz Meyer begins year of internship

1996

*Gloria Berg begins as Parish Worker

*Pr. Richard Sorenson serves as Interim

1997

*Pr. Barbara Koch Installed July 10th

1998

*New Hope Parsonage Blessing March 22nd

*Gloria Berg completes service as Parish Worker

1999

*May completion of Sand Creek steel green roof

2002

*Pine Creek Nave + Chancel walls/floor refurbished

2003

*Pine Creek stained glass windows refurbished

*Sand Creek LP furnace/AC installed

2005

*Diane House begins year of internship

2008

*Pine Creek LP furnace/AC installed

2009

*Pine Creek well redone with new steps/sidewalk

2010

*New Pine Creek outside sign erected

*Pine Creek 100th Anniversary

2014

*August retirement of Pr. Barbara Koch after 17 years

*Pr. Joshua Toufar installed September 14th

*New paint/flooring throughout Sand Creek church

2015

*Sand Creek Handicap Accessible Doors installed

2016

*Pine Creek Handicap Accessible Renovation begins

2017

*Pine Creek Handicap Accessible Renovation complete

*Pr. Joshua Toufar Farewell July 30th

*Welcome Interim Pr. Janelle Harrison August 15th