In the year 1874, a group of Danish immigrants met to establish a new Lutheran congregation. They named it the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pine River.

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In 1880, the decision was made to move the church to Poy Sippi and build a new building. In 1902 a steeple was added which is now the Steeple Memorial.

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In 1940 the church changed its name to First English Lutheran and in 1954 to First Lutheran.

 

In 1955 a new church was built and the old building was incorporated into the new one as the fellowship hall.

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The congregation was originally affiliated with the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, then the American Lutheran Church, and now the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).

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First Lutheran was a two-point parish with St. John’s of Saxeville for many years.  After a period of being a single parish, we have now joined Grace Lutheran in Berlin as a two-point parish.

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August 10, 2025 we celebrated our 150th anniversary!