IF YOU ARE
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 A Church Home Or Just Visiting the Beautiful Upper Peninsula,
Please Join Us For Worship at 10:00  every Sunday Morning online or in person. Our worship schedule, across campuses is available by link, right here.
Event schedules are on our Facebook page.
IF YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR
 
A Church Home or just visiting the beautiful Upper Peninsula,
please join us for worship at 10:00 every Sunday morning, online or in person. Our worship schedule, across campuses is available by link, right here. Event schedules are on our Facebook page.
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One Partnership, Two Campuses
Serving Ishpeming | ELCA, Northern Great Lakes Synod

WELCOME

We are one partnership, worshiping across two campuses – Bethany Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church – serving Ishpeming and its surrounding neighborhoods. Rooted in Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, we believe God’s grace is for all people and all creation, calling us into lives of compassion, justice, service, and hope.

You are welcome here.

Whoever you are, whatever your story or questions, you are free to listen, to join in as you are able, and to be met by the living presence of God.
 
Our Shared Calling 

Together, we live a simple and faithful commitment:
Serving God, Community, and Individuals by developing, strengthening, and sharing a witness to the message of the Gospel; through an increased understanding of our ministry and our daily living, both individually and as a congregation.

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Since 1870

Bethany Lutheran Church in Ishpeming, Michigan, was founded in 1870 by immigrants who came to work in the area’s mines.

Faith Lutheran Church served the town of Winthrop, also known as National Mine, beginning in 1903.

We have been present together since our ancestors journeyed here, recognizing that our languages may not have been the same, we spoke the radical love of the Gospel then, and still do. Now we do it more intentionally, together.

Tradition & Reformation

In the early decades of the 20th century, Lutheran congregations in this region often lived as shared or multi-point ministries, shaped by geography, population, and mutual care.

Within that wider pattern, Bethany and Faith share a remembered history of cooperation and pastoral connection, reflecting a long-standing trust that the Spirit’s work was not limited to a single building or neighborhood. 

Serving the Edges

 
As one partnership with two campuses, we serve the edges of Ishpeming; east and west, long-established neighborhoods and changing communities. We understand these “edges” not as margins to be forgotten, but as holy places where God is already at work.

Across both campuses, we seek to be present with our neighbors, attentive to local needs, and open to partnership; trusting that Christ’s body grows not by centralizing power, but by sharing life.

Since 1870

Bethany Lutheran Church in Ishpeming, Michigan, was  founded in 1870 by immigrants who came to work in the area’s mines.

Faith Lutheran Church served the town of Winthrop, also known as National Mine, beginning in 1903.

We have been present together since our ancestors journeyed here, recognizing that our languages may not have been the same, we spoke the radical love of the Gospel then, and still do. Now we do it more intentionally, together.

Tradition & Reformation

In the early decades of the 20th century, Lutheran congregations in this region often lived as shared or multi-point ministries, shaped by geography, population, and mutual care.

Within that wider pattern, Bethany and Faith share a remembered history of cooperation and pastoral connection, reflecting a long-standing trust that the Spirit’s work was not limited to a single building or neighborhood.

Serving the Edges

As one partnership with two campuses, we serve the edges of Ishpeming; east and west, long-established neighborhoods and changing communities. We understand these “edges” not as margins to be forgotten, but as holy places where God is already at work.

Across both campuses, we seek to be present with our neighbors, attentive to local needs, and open to partnership; trusting that Christ’s body grows not by centralizing power, but by sharing life.

Officers & Boards
  • Council President – David Leverton
  • Council Vice-president - Bruce Bussone
  • Council Secretary - Jill Carter
  • Christian Education – Diane Garrett
  • Property – Bruce Bussone
  • Social Ministry – Jill Carter
  • Stewardship – Addy LeMire
  • Worship and Music – Denise Kaukola-Mason
  • Treasurer - Cheryl Sleeman
Gathering Gifts
Choir practice is every Sunday at 9AM. We also practice our craft on Wednesdays at 6:30PM. Bell choir meets at 5:15PM, on Wednesdays.

Drop off location for:
The New Free Store
Local Food Banks
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