Phil Gunderson and Lloyd Sorlien remember when their church was just a pile of field rocks. Now it’s a uniquely constructed stone church tucked away in the rolling hills that descend into the James River Valley south of Menno, South Dakota.
Cars are parked outside Our Saviors Lutheran Church when it was just a basement with a roof. Members worshiped in the basement for about a decade while building plans were put on hold in part due to World War II.
Local field rock makes up most of the Stone Church, officially Our Savior’s Lutheran near Menno, S.D., but a few pink stones forming a cross at the peak of facade were collected in Norway, the ancestral home of the church founders.
The inside of the Stone Church near Menno features a stained glass window over the alter depicting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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The pump organ at Our Saviors Lutheran Church near Menno, S.D., is decorated for Christmas.
