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Published August 14, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Mount Zion Lutheran Church groundbreaking


Nancy Weeks, left, and Carol Kriegl, representing Women of the ELCA, remove soil for the laying of a brick cross. Weeks was the first woman to serve on the Mount Zion Church Council. Photos by Randy Hanson

  • Nancy Weeks, left, and Carol Kriegl, representing Women of the ELCA, remove soil for the laying of a brick cross. Weeks was the first woman to serve on the Mount Zion Church Council. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • Mount Zion Lutheran Church, as it now appears, is located at 505 13th St. So.
  • These are Archnet USA renderings of what Mount Zion Lutheran Church will look like when the new ministry space is completed. Submitted graphics
  • Katie Hayes and Alex Arneson, youth representative on the church council, assist in the groundbreaking.
  • Building committee members, from left, Bill Peterson, Cindy Saathoff, Bill Olson and Karen McConville sing a hymn during the groundbreaking service. Choir director Craig Gustafson also is a member of the building committee.
  • Bill Derrick, left, and Mark Johnson of Derrick Companies help lay the brick cross.
  • Pastor Brian Ferguson celebrates after fitting the last brick into the cross.
  • Choir director and building committee member Craig Gustafson leads the worship music.
  • Church council president Jim Johnson looks at a drawing of the future ministry space with his mother, Sandy Johnson of Stillwater.
  • The congregation of Mount Zion Lutheran Church participates in a groundbreaking service Wednesday evening, Aug. 3. Photos by Randy Hanson