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ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="15" VSPACE="15"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT>T<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >his congregation is situated in the southwest corner of Minnesota, and it still exists. </FONT><IMG SRC="7bfd97d0.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="381" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Cottage" >    T</FONT>here is no information to suggest that it was people from Holla who gave the church its name. According to <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" >O.M.Norlie</FONT>'s book “<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" >Norwegian Lutheran Congregations in America 1843-1916</FONT>” however, one of the officials of the church was one <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Lars Bøe</FONT>. This same man is mentioned in <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" >Martin Ulvestad</FONT>'s book “<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" >Norwegians in America</FONT>” as <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Lars Halvorsen Bøe</FONT> from Lower Telemark. He came to the Beardsley area in 1871 and was there when the congregation was formed in 1885.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Cottage" >H</FONT>ere are some of the information I was sent from the pastor of today:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="727b3620.png" border=0 width="435" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> HOLDEN LUTHERAN CHURCH IS FOUNDED:<IMG SRC="621f3850.jpg" border=0 width="243" height="389" ALT="The new Holden Church - Beardsley, dedication of the new church-innvielse av den nye kirken" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> "In 1872, the first Scandinavian settlers came to the western part of Big Stone County in Minnesota, and took homesteads there. At that time, smal homes were built of logs, sod, and some settlers even lived in dugouts. (A dugout Is a temporary shelter “dug out” of the ground with a roof built over it. Dugouts were usually so shallow that an adult would be not able to stand upright in them.)  It was very difficult at that time for the first settlers, but most of them came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, where they were used to hard labor since childhood. Among those early settlers active in Christian work were:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="472" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#660000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#990000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 192 WIDTH="119"><div> <B>Albert Allison</b></div> <div> <B>Lars Anderson</b><B> </b></div> <div> <B>Thomas Berg</b></div> <div> <B>Amund Erickson</b></div> <div> <B>Ole Erickstein</b></div> <div> <B>Mathias Fossen</b></div> <div> <B>Haagen Gllbertsen</b></div> <div> <B>John Guddlng</b></div> <div> <B>Lars Halvorson</b></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="107"><div> <B>Ole Hendrickson</b></div> <div> <B>Arndt Holmlie </b></div> <div> <B>Ole Holte </b></div> <div> <B>Enck Jacobson </b></div> <div> <B>Anton Johnson</b></div> <div> <B>Halvor Johnson</b></div> <div> <B>Peter Johnson </b></div> <div> <B>Peder Jonson </b></div> <div> <B>Gunder Knudson</b></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="112"><div> <B>Ole Moen</b></div> <div> <B>Alexander Morck</b></div> <div> <B>Even Nelson</b></div> <div> <B>Lars Olson</b></div> <div> <B>Mathias Olson</b></div> <div> <B>Ole Paulson</b></div> <div> <B>P. Petteson</b></div> <div> <B>Andrew Sanvlg</b></div> <div> <B>Charles Seip</b></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="124"><div> <B>Anton Skundberg</b></div> <div> <B>John Skundberg</b></div> <div> <B>Lars Skundberg</b></div> <div> <B>Ole Skundberg</b></div> <div> <B>Johannes Syverson</b></div> <div> <B>Ole Talberg</b></div> <div> <B>Hans Thompson</b></div> <div> <B>Ole Talberg</b></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333300" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>        </b></FONT>  These people had been baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith, and were happy when ministers came to them, as they did from time to time. Yet they longed for a place to worship, so these people banded together to plan for a congregation. On February 16, 1885, a group of men gathered at the Arndt Holmlie home for the purpose of organizing a Norwegian Lutheran congregation. Pastor Sorlie conducted the meeting, and the congregation was named <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Big Stone Lake Evangelical Congregation</FONT>.  (Big Stone Lake is a large <IMG SRC="5d8f7880.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="392" ALT="The new Holden Church - Beardsley, 75th Aniversary Celebration-75-års jubileum for menigheten." ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">body of water which lies along the border between Minnesota and South Dakota It Is a short distance away from the location of the church building. Later the name of the congregation was changed to Holden Lutheran Church). Services of worship would be held In the local school house. (This school building likely a small one room wooden structure no longer exists.)</div> <bR> <div>                The first officers included:</div> <bR> <div> Arndt Holmlie, Trustee</div> <div> Ole Moen, Trustee</div> <div> M. Olson, Trustee</div> <div> Lars Anderson, Treasurer</div> <div> Anton Skundberg, Secretary.</div> <bR> <div> Seven days later, on February 23, 1885, another meeting was held. Gunder Knudson donated two acres of open farm land, five and a half miles south of Beardsley, Minnesota, for a cemetery and church site. A call was extended to Rev. E. L. Kjelaas who served as pastor until 1890.</div> <bR> <div> The congregation grew, and In the year 1900 the first of the two church-structures which served as home for Holden Church was built by Lars Johnson of Beardsley, Minnesota on the land donated by Gunder Knudson. The Buildlng Committee consisted of Lars <IMG SRC="5d07d4f0.jpg" border=0 width="637" height="335" ALT="Holden Church - Beardsley, a home for the new congregation / et hjem for den nye menigheten" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0">Anderson, Ole Moen, and John Skundberg.</div> <div> The Building Fund was not very large at this time, but $410.00 was subscribed by the men, and the Ladies Aid added the sum of their treasury which was $257.00. The church building was dedicated on July 8, 1909 with Rev. E. E. Gynild, president of the Lutheran Free Church, officiating. Before the congregation had organized, several people died and these were burled across the road from the Holmlie home. They were later moved to the Holden Cemetery.</div> <bR> <div>            In 1914 a barn was built on the church property (The barn, probably not much more than a shed or stable, was for keeping the horses In a sheltered spot during worship services and other activities at the church building. When automobiles replaced horses, the barn was no longer needed) and was sold In 1932 to Ed Erickson for the sum of $300.00.</div> <bR> <div> At a meeting held on December 1, 1935, It was decided to build a basement under the church building. Ingvald Kvatum, Anthony Pederson, and Henry Skundberg were appointed as a Building Committee. $950.00 was subscribed to the Building Fund. The basement was completed In the spring of 1936.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5d9bad10.jpg" border=0 width="442" height="209" ALT="Holden Church - Beardsley, destroued by the tornado 1944 / ødelagt av en tornado i 1944." ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">On June 17, 1944, after devastating the community of Wilmot, South Dakota, a tornado crossed the Minnesota-South Dakota border and angled southeast of Beardsley, Minnesota, completely destroying the Holden Church building. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the building was beyond repair."</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>