Minnekirken

Minnekirken is a small Lutheran congregation that meets just steps away from the Logan Square blue line station. Attending a service at Minnekirken is both a religious and a cultural experience as the congregation is historically Norwegian and some services are delivered in the Norwegian language. Sunday service starts at 11:00am, perfect for young people who went out the night before, and church members share coffee and snacks directly after the services, around noon. Special cultural events are held at various times. Church members are friendly and love to see new faces. There is no sanctimoniousness or exclusion practiced at this church. I recommend Minnekirken highly.

This is purely for the architecture. It was weird to just be all over Scandanavia, get to Chicago and find this. After a very brief trek through Logan Square I ran across the street to see this. Didn’t realize there was a Norwegian contingent here. Regardless, a great looking Kirke!

Being of not a church going type; my family has taken the heritage cooking classes and really enjoyed it. For 10 $ you get the lesson, the supplies to cook and lunch. It’s fantastic to support a group that seems to be dwindling. If your interest is there, do check it out. Classes start every fall.
It is as good as it gets if you are a Norwegian, of Norwegian heritage, or are YOU a Norgephile. and want to rub elbows with some people who let coffee (not Intelligentsia, people) flow and are friendly. With my grandparents expired and travel for 4 to Norway expensive — this is a great resource.
*disclaimer*: churches seems to attract the those who flew over the nest. it’s something about radical inclusion and that Jesus tie in. As an
outsider to the congregation, they are there albeit harmless.

«Minnekirken» means «Memorial Church» in Norwegian, and this is the last church in Chicago to still hold Norwegian-​language sermons. Sure, it’s only in Norwegian one Sunday a month, but it’s a nice bit of heritage hearkening back to when Logan Square was a Norwegian neighborhood — home of people like Knute Rockne.
Beyond the tie to the Norwegian past of Logan Square, Minnekirken is a pretty ordinary church. The people are mostly cordial, they have coffee and cookies after the sermon, and like a lot of old churches in older Chicago neighborhoods, at least as many of their parishioners commute in from the suburbs as live in the surrounding neighborhood.
I’m giving it four stars for the historical ties, and not passing judgment on the theology or function as an actual house of worship.