Carl F. Anderson Charles F. Anderson John P. Anderson John Brink Frank C. Carlson August Dombrock Fred Halstroff John E. Holm Charles Holmberg James Holmberg John Holmberg

Ossian Holmberg Andrew L. Johnson F. Ed Johnson Ernest Nelson Frank L. Peterson Frank Quist John E. Quist C.E. Sandberg Gust Sandgren Alfred Swanson John Turnquist

The building committee members chosen were: James Holmberg, Fred Halstroff, and Frank L. Peterson. Carl J. Buss was also a committee member who was to supervise the work.

1900
The proposed Chapel building was to be 28 x 40 x 14. One acre of land was donated by Mary Andrews who was a cousin to Louise Johnson (Ernest) Nelson in Lamar. Miss Andrews was a single lady who owned her own dry good store in Center City, Minnesota, and also was a member of the Chisago Lakes Lutheran Church in Center City.

The petition was granted that the Chapel and land should become property of the Bethesda Congregation. The group received a loan of $300.00 from Bethesda, Sand Lake.

Logs were donated, cut, and sawed at the Centuria Lumber Mill. Members of the community, regardless of creed or nationality, lent a helping hand so that the building was completed at a cost of $814.23. Visiting Pastors of the Chisago Lake District preached occasionally.

August 1900
The first religious school was held in the Lamar Chapel with thirty-three pupils in its class with Alice Noreen as their teacher.

Steps were taken to organize the new Fristad Church in Centuria as a railroad station had been developed at the townsite with plans for a railroad also, therefore eliminating Lamar's plan of becoming a village. James Holmberg, Fred Halstroff, and Enoc Sandberg were appointed to secure signatures for prospective members. A list was posted in the Anderson and Johnson Store in the Village of Centuria where those interested might sign their names. Thirty to fifty families sign the list.

1906
The Lamar Chapel was outgrowing its quarters. The interest for a new congregation at Centuria increased so strongly that it was decided to postpone further action since there was a change of pastors at Sand Lake.

Late 1908
In 1908 the matter of the new congregation progressed. Additional prospective members were secured with thirty Sand Lake members and thirty-nine other members forming the nucleus for the congregation.