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Our Redeemer celebrates 70 years of faith BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM
The long history of a Pine City faith community will be honored this Sunday as Our Redeemer Lutheran Church celebrates 70 years in Pine City. Our Redeemer was formed in 1946 when two other churches – the mostly Norwegian Milburn Lutheran Church and the mostly Swedish Pine Grove Lutheran Church – decided to join together and move from their locations outside Pine City into one congregation within the city. The old Pine Grove Church building, which stood for many years five miles southeast of Pine City, was moved into town in the winter of 1947 and completely rebuilt and redecorated, using many of the fixtures from the old Milburn church. Reverend Robert Engwall was installed as the first pastor of the new church. On Nov. 6 the congregation will hold a special “Heritage Sunday” celebration. The day will begin with
a 1940’s style worship service at 9:30 a.m. “What we wanted to do is to capture the heritage and tradition that we grew out of,” said Pastor FredHanson. “We were able to find a worship service from 1941, the original liturgy the way that it would have been sung and spoken. So the choir has been working very hard on that. “It’s been really fun, not only for our older members, but for our younger members and the kids,” Hanson said. “It has really become very intergenerational. I’m really excited ... I think there’s something very beautiful and sacred in that. “I think it’s an important time for us as a congregation,” he continued. “Before you look too far into your future, it’s important to look back into your past.” After the service, coffee and treats will be offered in the fellowship hall where visitors will also be able to view many articles, pictures and PHOTO PROVIDED memorabilia from the early days of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church’s original home was the old Pine Grove church building, moved from Our Redeemer. All are welcome. out of town into Pine City.
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Election day is fast approaching, and Pine City area voters will be hitting the polls along with the rest of the nation on Tuesday, Nov. 8. TOWNSHIPS Brook Park Township: Lion’s Den, Main St S, Brook Park Chengwatana Township: Town Hall, 27136 Forest Rd, Pine City Mission Creek Township: Town Hall, 24784 Main St, Beroun Munch Township: Town Hall, 32837 Cedar
Creek Rd, Hinckley Pine City Township: Town Hall, 21977 St Croix Rd, Pine City Pokegama Township: Town Hall, 18336 Town Hall Rd, Pine City Royalton Township: Town Hall, 6052 Royalton Rd, Braham CITIES Brook Park: Fire Hall, 3rd Avenue and Main St, Brook Park Henriette: Henriette Free Methodist Church, 21004 St Hwy 108 Pine City: Pine Government Center, 315 Main St S, Pine City Rock Creek: City Cen-
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ter, Hwy 70 and County Rd 361, Rock Creek For information pertaining to township elections, please contact your Town Clerk. Other election related questions can be directed to the Pine County Auditor’s Office at 320-591-1670, or 635 Northview Dr NW, Pine City, MN 55063. Stil unsure about where to vote? Visit www.sos.state.mn.us/ elections-voting/ for the Minnesota Secretary of State’s guide on how to vote, and enter your address for specific instructions.
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Victims confront Barnard at sentencing BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM
Self-proclaimed pastor Victor Barnard, 55, who pled guilty to two counts of felony first-degree sexual conduct on Oct. 11, faced his victims in Pine County Court on Oct. 30 as he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. VICTIMS SPEAK OUT The two women who originally came forward to speak to law enforcement about Barnard described to the court what his years of abuse had done to them.
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Jess Schlinsky was the youngest of the 10 “Maidens” who Barnard brought to live with him in the house known as “The Lodge,” with her parents full permission, back in 2000. “I was 36 days from being 13,” Schlinsky said. “Victor Barnard pushed and pressured me. I had been raised to revere him as a leader. I was afraid of making him angry. He stole my innocence, my childhood and my virginity.” She said that Barnard compared himself to Paul and Jesus.
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Meanwhile, he sexually abused her and other girls in the Lodge for the next eight years SEE BARNARD, PAGE 14
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