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Below is video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, December 13, 2020 in rural New London, MN. With December soon upon us, let's help the churches of Norway Lake Parish finish 2020 strong with your careful consideration of financial offerings. You can mail your offering for First Lutheran Church or East Norway Lake Lutheran church to: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 NW New London, MN 56273. From everyone at Norway Lake Parish, we wish you and your family a safe...
After some communities saw large growth in case numbers for COVID-19, the numbers reported by the Minnesota Department of Health on December 3 show good news. While most media will not report a full picture with full context, The Voice is going to point out that daily testing volumes are three to five times higher than they were at any point last spring or summer. Case counts are following suit. For the community of the Brooten area in the zip code of 56316, the new cumulative case count for...
The Belgrade Commercial Club has placed a special mailbox just outside the Belgrade city hall building. Local children are asked to drop off letters to Santa at this location. A second idea the commercial club is putting into action is donating $15 from their club funds to every Belgrade Nursing Home resident to go towards the cost of getting a haircut from local hair stylists....
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, December 6, 2020....
Citizens of Brooten are excited to host an abbreviated Santa Day and lighted Christmas parade event on Saturday, December 12 starting at 4:30 p.m. After an hour to provide time for folks to participate in the drive-through "Treasure Collection" event, Brooten's traditional lighted Christmas parade will start at 5:30 p.m. *Update: in addition to what is listed below, the Padua Pub is joining the fun and will have a cheeseburger giveaway at one of the locations on main street on December 12....
Featured below is video for the Thanksgiving Eve worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in rural New London, MN. That video is the top video and labeled by the date in the caption. That's not all here! There's more below. In the second video included, the Norway Lake Parish joint choir of the two churches is shown singing at Thanksgiving Eve worship at East Norway Lake church on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. The Peter Baalson-directed choir sounded absolutely...
We're not sure when it last took place in Brooten, but it's definitely been a few years since a formal Christmas lights contest took place. Brooten Santa Day organizers kicked around the idea, and with Santa Day moving to a drive-through event on December 12, this works great to ask people to drive around town and vote on their favorite light displays. Ideas include, but are not limited to, categories for best inflatables, most lights and best kids display. The December 3 issue of the Bonanza...
The Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's family garden spinach patch is alive and well. In the photo is part of the spinach that's still lush and green in a photo taken on Thanksgiving Day. Will the spinach make it into December? According to the forecast, it is possible....
Below is video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, November 29, 2020 in rural New London, MN. With December soon upon us, let's help the churches of Norway Lake Parish finish 2020 strong with your careful consideration of financial offerings. You can mail your offering for First Lutheran Church or East Norway Lake Lutheran church to: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 NW New London, MN 56273....
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, November 22, 2020 in rural New London, MN....
Featured below is video for worship services at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, November 15, 2020 in rural New London, MN. Here is the mailing address to send your offerings: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273 Below please find a prayer that we hope you find comforting during these ever-challenging times: God, our peace and our strength, we pray for our nation and the world as we face new uncertainties around the coronavirus. Protect the most vulnerable...
Wednesday, November 11 next week is Veterans Day, a public holiday that will be held on the anniversary of the end of World War I (November 11) to honor U.S. veterans and victims of all wars. Veterans Day replaced Armistice Day in 1954. The November 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper published a story about Edward Rodgers, a World War II veteran who fought in multiple combats in the Pacific Theater operations in 1945. Rodgers also served as a Military Policeman in Japan after the peace was declared on September 2, 1945. On that day,...
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, November 8 in rural New London, MN. In-person worship will be held at East Norway Lake Lutheran church on Sunday, November 8 at 9:30 a.m., with multiple rules in place in accordance with Governor Walz's COVID-19 executive orders....
Featured below is video for All Saints Sunday worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London on Sunday, November 1, 2020....
Below is a 21-minute long video that features the science behind the value and importance of hydration and drinking proper amounts of water each day while navigating a world with respiratory diseases. This is especially important as we head into the winter months. In the video, Dr. Mobeen Syed states how important it is to keep the indoor humidity in your house or work place above 40 percent. And of course, drink more water! The modern lifestyle makes it very difficult for most children and adults to drink enough water every day. The more you...
A major shot of heavy, wet snow fell across a large portion of Minnesota on October 20. The Bonanza Valley area was not spared either, with at least four to six inches of snow falling in Brooten and surrounding areas. Below is a video taken on School Avenue by the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school that day as the school buses departed for their rural routes. Click here for a small photo gallery featuring pictures taken of the snowfall on Tuesday, October 19 in Brooten (short link):...
Below is video for Reformation Worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, October 25, in rural New London, Minnesota. This can also be considered "Week 33" of COVID-19 worship. At the outdoor worship at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, third graders will receive their new Bibles....
As was published in the October 8 and October 15 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper, the cities of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa will not have in-person voting for the general election on Tuesday, November 3. This information has also been published in previous newspaper issues in 2020. Ballots have been mailed to all registered voters in Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa and numerous rural Stearns County and Pope County townships. As of September 18, 2020, residents of Stearns County may vote in person through 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3...
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN on Sunday, October 18, 2020. In-person worship service will also be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 18 outside the First Lutheran church building. Worshipers can also remain in their vehicle in the parking lot during the church service and tune in to 103.5 FM on their radio to listen along....
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, October 11, 2020....
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, October 4, 2020....
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN on Sunday, September 27, 2020. Sunday morning outdoor parking lot worships continue on the east side of the First Lutheran church building. They begin at 9:30 a.m. Upcoming events: For the 17th straight year, the Blessing of the Animals will be held on Sunday, October 4 at First Lutheran outside the building at 1 p.m. This is in commemoration of St. Francis of Assisi. All are welcome to this celebration of God's...
Click to see worship services for Norway Lake Parish on Sunday, September 20, 2020 in rural New London, MN. We hope you are having a wonderful fall and enjoying the incredible weather we've been having lately. Sunday morning outdoor parking lot worships continue on the east side of the First Lutheran church building. They begin at 9:30 a.m. Upcoming events: For the 17th straight year, the Blessing of the Animals will be held on Sunday, October 4 at First Lutheran outside the building at 1 p.m....
Below is video for worship on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN....
Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, September 6, 2020 in rural New London, MN....
