Photo 31-JAN-34

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Glen Cary Lutheran Church. The local joke is that the Swedes and Norwegians that originally populated the area originally worshiped together in various homes until there was means to erect a church. Story goes that one old Swede stated during a meeting that, "I believe we should conduct services in the same language as Jesus Christ did when he walked this Earth -- and that was Swedish." The Swedes and Norwegian then formed separate congregations. Glen Cary is the Norwegian side of this supposed split. I'm sure this same story has been told in other locales where there are Swedish & Norwegian churches. Old joke, I'm sure.

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