Recent History of KRLC Church!

Recent History (in progress....)

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2023 Blessed to be a Blessing

• Bjorn Ojard stepped down as Council President after serving for 6 years. Thank you, Bjorn, for all the time and effort you put in during your term. He got a lot accomplished during his term and guided us excellently during the very challenging Covid-19 pandemic.
• Helene Hedlund was elected to serve as Council President.
• Hannah Weishaar was hired as our custodian.
•  KRLC won the Holy Cow award for world hunger within our Synod.
• Our Mountain dulcimer group started up with 8 participants. Sticks and Strings and Seraphim started up again.
• Summer picnics were well attended and much enjoyed with lots of good energy, including a few indoor picnics during colder months. Music jam sessions were held after picnics.
• The Council established a building/kitchen use policy and a sexual misconduct policy, worked on by-law updates, and started meeting bi-monthly rather than quarterly.
• KRLC received six new members.
• Dani Mattson was hired to do "Children's Time" over the summer.
• Sound tiles were installed in the lower level, helping reduce noise levels significantly.
• First aid/CPR training was held and well attended.
• VBS was held monthly on the evening of the monthly picnics.
• Started up Children's Church, Kid's Connect and confirmation, with two young folks completing confirmation.
• Fall Fun Fest was held in September, raising money for ????? and Scandinavian Meatball dinner was served in October.

2022 Getting our Mojo Back

• Covid-19 moved from pandemic into endemic, allowing our church family to be together more and returning to past activities. Our Sunday in-person worship averaged 22 people in January and 61 people in December! 
• Over the year we were slowly able to start back up with coffee fellowship, remove our masks, return to musical activities and children's education programming. A welcome and stunning return to a new normal!
• We continued virtual meetings such as Lectio Divina and W/ELCA until spring when we started back in person.
• KRLC won the LSS Servant of Christ award for all of our social outreach efforts.
• Summer worship services were held outdoors in our garden and were very well attended. Our Tech team worked through new challenges with outdoor streaming.
• Church picnics were held monthly during the summer, providing a great opportunity to connect with others in the community.
• Two young women were confirmed and 11 new members were received.
• Scandinavian meatball dinner was served in the fall.
• Lenten study was held both in person and virtually.
• We initiated a group to evaluate the future of our memorial garden and other landscaping issues. 
• Food safety classes were offered and well attended. 
• Randi and Lawrence were married and Carol Carlson returned as our primary church musician.
• We utilized a custodial service for most of the year, but that was discontinued in the fall and volunteers stepped up while we considered options.
• Sam Black stepped down as our bell choir director. The bell choir continued as self-directed and LeeAnn Olson started a group of new ringers. 

2021

• Covid 
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