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Music to God's Ears
Music has been an important part of worship at MPLC from the beginning. Children’s and Youth Choirs, Senior Choir, Bell Choirs, fine...
Sep 23, 20251 min read


From Round to Square - an Altered Altar
The original altar in MPLC's sanctuary was round, heavy, and HARD to move. Constructed on a wooden form covered with mastic and marble...
Sep 16, 20252 min read


Holy Inspiration - A Building Fit for MPLC
On September 14, 2025, Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church will celebrate the 50th anniversary of our church building, exactly 50 years after...
Sep 9, 20253 min read


Busting at the Seams (Part 2)
The Education Wing was constructed underground, next to the existing 2-story church building. The wing is connected by adjoining ramps....
Sep 2, 20252 min read


Busting at the Seams (Part 1)
If you came to MPLC after 1997, you might not realize that today’s church didn’t always look the way it does now. The original church...
Aug 26, 20252 min read


What did it Cost to Launch the Spaceship Church?
View of the original church sanctuary (undated photo). MPLC started the process of building a new church building by purchasing land in...
Aug 19, 20251 min read


Every Time a Bell Rings...
Two years after the present MPLC building was constructed, a bell was installed on a stand outside the church entrance. But this bell...
Aug 12, 20251 min read


Ramping Up for Accessibility
Construction of ramp leading up into the sanctuary (1975) Completed ramp today. Left side leads up to the sanctuary; right side leads...
Aug 5, 20251 min read


This is the Church. This is the Steeple.
Two cranes lower the 120-foot steeple into place through the roof. (Feb. 13, 1975) Midway through building construction, on February 13,...
Jul 29, 20251 min read


Built on a Rock the Church Shall Stand
Construction of the building framework, circa early 1975. Have you ever wondered what holds up our sanctuary? Most rectangular church...
Jul 23, 20251 min read


But Why is It Round?
In the early 1970s, MPLC member Burt Blomgren remembers driving back from a trip to Madison and spotting an usual, round building in...
Jul 15, 20252 min read


I'm Dreaming of a New Church Building
How do you begin to imagine a new church building? As MPLC started dreaming about the next church building God would have them build, the...
Jul 8, 20251 min read


From Mygatt's Corners to 16th St. and Highway 31
Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church (MPLC) officially became an independent congregation on April 29, 1956 after nine years as a “daughter...
Jul 1, 20252 min read


Still Round after Fifty Years!
In 2025, Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church celebrates fifty years at 1700 S Green Bay Road! MPLC’s “unusually shaped building” was completed...
Jun 17, 20251 min read
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