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        • Easter 2020
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    • As A Young Family >
      • Sunday School 2021-22
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        • Confirmation Rite
        • Confirmation Lessons, 2021-2022
        • Home Huddles
        • Confirmation Worship Notes
        • Confirmation, Worship Leaders Helps
        • 8th Grade Mentoring
      • Fortune Lake Camp
      • Vacation Bible School
      • Youth Ministry
    • As an Adult >
      • Alpha Course
      • Bible Studies on ZOOM >
        • Wednesday 10am Study
        • Thursday 6pm Study: Revelation
        • "Gather" Women's Bible Study
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        • Colossians
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OUR HISTORY

The congregation of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church began worshiping together in 1887 on the second floor of a wooden school building purchased at an auction for $433 from the City of Negaunee.  This structure was moved to a lot on Park Street and Mitchell Avenue, which was purchased from the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company.  This building served the worship needs of the congregation for 35 years.

In 1921, faced with many needed repairs to the old building, the congregation decided to construct a new church.  Volunteer labor began dismantling the old church in March, 1922.  The cornerstone for the new church was laid on September 22, 1922 and construction was finished a year later.  The brick structure was a true Gothic architecture, its spire pointing to heaven.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church in 1887. The tower was added to the structure in 1899. The parsonage was built in 1903.
In 1938 the congregation entered into an agreement with Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company under which the company took possession of the church property.  Cleveland Cliffs was to maintain the property until such time when it would be necessary to move the church because of possible subsidence due to mining operations in that location.

In the spring of 1951 Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company informed the congregation that the church would be moved.  The contractor removed the brick veneer and part of the steeple.  The church was literally put on wheels and moved to its present site on the corner of US Highway 41 and Baldwin Avenue.

During the move, church services were held in the old Jackson School.


​Immanuel's Sunday School was organized in September 1890, with instruction in the Finnish language.  Because of declining enrollment, English was introduced in October, 1940.

In 1944 the congregation adopted the name Immanuel Lutheran Church to affirm its concern for the whole community.

The Sunday School went from 85 to 300 students by 1959.  Construction of a two story educational building began in May of that year to accommodate the growing Sunday School.

In 1990 Immanuel Lutheran Church voted to provide barrier-free access to all activities.  The parsonage was moved north on Baldwin Avenue and then sold.  The fellowship hall was constructed on the lot where the parsonage was located and was dedicated on June 23, 1991.

A new entrance to the front of the church, along with renovations to the west wall, classrooms, and offices was completed in 2010.
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MONDAY: 6:00 pm

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(906) 475-9161

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(906) 475-9403

Email

Office@ImmanuelNegaunee.org