Grace Lutheran Church

Our Story

Grace Lutheran Church was organized in 1925 and installed its first pastor, Reverend H. H. Hopmann on January 10, 1926.  The original building, a wooden chapel which resided on the current site of Grace Lutheran Church, was dedicated on September 25, 1927.  Grace was received into Synodical membership in August, 1928. 

The cornerstone laying of the new brick church building took place on September 28, 1941 and
that building was dedicted on March 15, 1942. 

     The first edition, which extended the church
     to the west, was dedicated on November 18,
     1962.

The Campus Center, now known as Cup of Grace, was built in 1989.

     The second edition, which exteded the building
     to the north and added a number of
     classrooms, meeting rooms, and offices, was
     dedicated on March 24, 1996.  This project
     brings us to the current building that sits on the
     site purchased for the church on May 16, 1927
     under the ministry of Pastor Hopmann.

Since then Grace Lutheran Church has been lead in ministry by a number of pastors. 

Rev. H. H. Hopmann (1926-1936)
Rev. Walter Brackensick (1936-1948)
Rev. E. J. Bernthal (1949-1973)
Rev. John A. Upton (1973-1978)
Rev. Jack Schneider (1974-1976)
Rev. Thomas Mendenhall (1977-1983)
Rev. Jonathan Vogel (1980-1988)
Rev. James Pennington (1984-1990)
Rev. Merle Mahnken (1991-1996)
Rev. Jeff Anderson (1988-2003)
Rev. Brian Bohn (1997-2000)
Rev. John Pasche (2002-2011)
Rev. Carl Lilienkamp (2004-2018)
Rev. Michael Feldmann (2011-2017)
Rev. Michael Buchhorn (2018 - present)                                                                                                                         Rev. Erik Christensen (2020-2023)                                                                                                                                    Rev. Paul Hammes (2024 - present)

Pipe Organ

Our current pipe organ was designed by choirmaster Jerry Glaser and custom built for our church by Casavant Freres Co. of Canada.  It was dedicated on September 9, 1979.  The organ has 3 keyboards with 56 notes each.  The pedal has 32 notes.  There are 31 stops and 2090 pipes arranged in 41 ranks.  The seven types of wood used in the organ's construction are oak, mahogany, birch, rosewood, ebony, ivory, and cedar.  In 1999 the organ was featured in the Omaha World Herald as one of the outstanding organs in the area.