Memorial Lutheran Church of Afton, MN

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

🎓Celebrating Memorial Graduates!🎓

Ella Peterson graduated from Stillwater High School. She will be attending North Dakota State University in the fall.

Congratulations, Ella!

06/14/2026

🎓Celebrating Memorial Graduates!🎓

Haakon Bjork graduated from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business. He is pursuing work in the field of business analytics.

Congratulations, Haakon!

06/14/2026

Welcome!

06/14/2026

Welcome to Sunday worship at Memorial Lutheran Church of Afton, MN

06/14/2026

🎓Celebrating Memorial Graduates!🎓

Kaia Bjork graduated from the University of Vermont. Her future plans include attending graduate school for a Masters in Special Education.

Congrats, Kaia!

06/10/2026

Mysteries, Yes
Mary Oliver

Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
to be understood.

How grass can be nourishing in the
mouths of the lambs.
How rivers and stones are forever
in allegiance with gravity
while we ourselves dream of rising.
How two hands touch and the bonds will
never be broken.
How people come, from delight or the
scars of damage,
to the comfort of a poem.

Let me keep my distance, always, from those
who think they have the answers.

Let me keep company always with those who say
“Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.

06/07/2026

Welcome to Sunday worship at Memorial Lutheran Church of Afton, MN

06/03/2026

"Everything is Waiting for You" By David Whyte

Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice. You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the
conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.

06/03/2026

Join us for VBS at Memorial for four days of Rainforest Falls fun!
Join us in the Amazon for:
🦋 New friends
🦋 Amazing experiments
🦋 Creative games
🦋 Super-fun snacks
🦋 Surprising adventures
🦋 Incredible music

For: Children age 4 - those entering 5th grade
When: June 22-25, 9am - Noon (drop-off)
Where: Memorial Lutheran Church of Afton
Cost: $30 per child. For families with multiple children attending, the fee is $25 per child.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Register online: memoriallutheran.org/vbs