How a congregation became “cool”
Courtesy of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
In 1958, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church was erected on pastureland in Decorah, Iowa. Like most buildings from that era, it was heated with fuel oil. During the 1960s, the congregation switched to natural gas, burying the church’s 2,000-gallon fuel-oil drum in the yard and installing downdraft, forced-air furnaces. By the 2010s, times had changed drastically. […]
