Land Donated for Norway (MI) Construction

The church is nearly finished with construction of a 12,700-square-foot facility that includes a sanctuary and gymnasium. A farmer in town who had attended the church as a boy, Dan Olson, donated the land for the building. Olson split his property into five parcels and gave one of the parcels to the Covenant church, said pastor Jim Danielson. Other parcels were given to three other Protestant congregations in town and the fifth was donated to Norway for a museum. When Danielson asked Olson what prompted the unique gift, Olson said, "The Bible says we're supposed to tithe and I decided to do it all at one time."

Danielson said that church hopes to be using the new facility in November, although an official date has not been set. Parking lot paving and placing floor coverings are among the final details, said Danielson. The Evangelical Covenant Church of Norway has been using its current building since 1898.

A retired contractor, Marvin Pollard, has been one of many volunteers whose efforts have saved the church substantial amounts of money in the construction phase, Danielson added. Pollard has also donated equipment to aid the project.

The Covenant church in Norway is located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Danielson is a child of the church and had been pastor of a local Baptist congregation before taking an interim position at the church of his youth. He has been the full-time pastor there for nine years.

For more information about the church and its ministries, call Danielson at 906-563-9480.

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