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St.
Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lake
Mills
The roots run deep at St. Paul
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lake Mills.
Thousands of babies have been
baptized, teens confirmed and young couples married in the beautiful
stained-glass adorned building since its dedication in August of 1913.
In 2005 the congregation and
students moved to a new facility on the south end of Lake Mills off of Highway
89.
The 1,800-member congregation and
over 200 students were outgrowing the
In 2001 the congregation purchased
27 acres of the Untz farm just outside the city and
began construction of phase one last summer.
The new building, located at 1530 S.
Main St., off of Highway 89, is the first of a three-phase building plan and
includes 12 classrooms, a gym, a concession stand, two large kitchens,
administrative offices, a large library and a fellowship hall that will be
temporarily used as the worship hall.
This first phase totals 45,000
square feet of space. After phases two and three are finished, which will
include more classrooms and the actual church worship building, the entire
complex will have 100,000 square feet compared to the present 35,000-square-
foot facility.
The new church worship area, to be
completed in phase two, is planned to have enough space to seat 700 to 1,000
people. The original church on
St. Paul’s,