DIRECTIONS

First Lutheran Church is easy to find. We are located at 1212 Minneapolis Avenue in Gladstone, just one block from the Van Cleve Park beach house.

To get to First Lutheran from Escanaba:
Head north on US 2/41 to Gladstone. Turn off on Lake Shore Drive. Follow Lake Shore Drive to 13th Street (at the beach house). Turn left for one block to Minneapolis Ave., then right.

To get to First Lutheran from Rapid River/Brampton/Perkins:
From the intersection of US 2/41 and M-35, take 2/41/35 south towards Escanaba. Exit LEFT at Delta Ave. Take Delta two blocks to 13th St. Turn right on 13th and go 6 blocks to Minneapolis Ave., then turn left.

Two parking lots are available, one on Minneapolis Avenue across from the church building, and the other across the alley from the church, with an entrance on Montana Ave.

LINKS TO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN MINISTRY

Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp is our church camp in Crystal Falls, offering programs for young and old alike. 2024 Registration is now open.

Lutheran World Relief is the agency through which much relief work is channeled throughout the world. Their web site is a great source for information on hunger and other crises around the globe.

The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) is one of ELCA seminaries.  Dan Durbin, a son of First Lutheran, is an alum. LSTC is also Pastor Elisabeth Daniels alma matter. 

Wartburg Seminary (Dubuque, IA) is another ELCA seminary. Alumni from First Lutheran include Tera Kossow, Diane Surtowski, Terry Frankenstein, Amanda Kossow and Jean Schmidt. Wartburg has a great youth ministry program, and lots of online courses available to anyone, as well as their regular residential degree programs.

For information on any of the 27 colleges and universities affiliated with the ELCA, click here.

Former members Pat Ziems, Jean Schmidt, Amanda Kossow, and Ben Durbin, Diane Surtowski, Terry Frankenstein, Tera Kossow are now ordained clergy in the ELCA.

1517 Media (Augsburg Fortress), our church publishing house provides an online store for quality Bibles, Christian books, study material, and other items.

Prayfaithfully is the Northern Great Lakes Synod’s prayer ministry site. An abundance of prayer resources, devotions, information, and the opportunity to submit prayer requests to the synod prayer team.

SUNDAY WORSHIP

8:00 am and 10:30 am