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 Church Today
Emanuel Lutheran Church of Greendale remains a small, friendly, congregation with good balance of children, young adults, middle aged, and elderly. There are a number of three generation families. We have a variety of occupations represented in our congregation.
We are one of two ELCA church in the area of Greendale, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Hidden Valley, & Bright. There are a couple other small, country churches in the county.
We offer Sunday School for children age 3-middle school as well as an adult Sunday School class. There is also a Junior Youth Group, which consists of middle school students, and Senior Youth Group, which consists of high school students. There are currently 9 youth involved in Jr. Youth and 8 involved in Sr. Youth.
Our current membership numbers (as of 3/9/11) are as follows:
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Baptized Members |
347 |
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Confirmed Members |
278 |
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Average Church Attendance |
90 |
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Children's Sunday School |
10 |
Church History
On August 28, 1866, twenty-six men of German descent met to form a German Protestant Church in Lawrenceburg . That day the congregation was officially organized, and a building committee was formed. A church building was erected and dedicated on August 22, 1869, at the corner of Main and Fourth Streets, in Lawrenceburg.
The congregation began and operated as an Independent Lutheran Church until 1921, when it joined the Indiana Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America. At that time, the Church received it’s current name of Emanuel Lutheran Church. After a series of mergers of Lutheran Churches in North America, the United Lutheran Church in America became a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The congregation is now identified as part of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod of the ELCA.
The congregation worshipped for 84 years at their Church on Main Street in Lawrenceburg, from 1869 till 1953. During the devastating floods of 1937, the Church Building suffered extensive damage, but the congregation repaired the damage, and then in 1953, was hit by a fire in the sanctuary. Because of the age of the church building and the extensive damage from the fire, and a generous offer of property, the congregation voted to move to its current location in Greendale. At the new site, ground was broken for the new building on April 10, 1955. The first service was held Christmas Eve, 1956, and the Church was dedicated on Reformation Sunday, October 27, 1957. Since that date, the church building has undergone several renovations, with the last being in 1966. The pipe organ had an extensive overhaul and update with the number of pipes nearly doubled, three banks of keys on the keyboard. Now, the organ’s quality of sound is outstanding!
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