Augustana Lutheran Church of Hyde Park

The Community Breakfast is this Saturday, August 15th, 2026. All are welcome, and volunteers are needed. Dining Room set up is from 8 to 8:45am. Kitchen set up and cooking also take place at those times. Serving takes place from 9am-10am. Clean up begins at 9:45am. We were short staffed last month, but we made it through. I know it’s so much going on at Augustana, and in ...

Pastor Goede’s final service at Augustana will be on Sunday, August 23 at 9:30 am and Bishop Wayne Miller will join us to preach and lead the farewell and Godspeed liturgy. There will be a luncheon following the service.

Please welcome Adam Groenke as he begins serving as Augustana’s pastoral intern. Adam’s first Sunday will be August 16. Many of Augustana’s interns from the Divinity School are part-time as they continue to take classes, as Elizabeth Schoen did last year. Adam, though, is at LSTC and, like Kyle Duff a few years ago, he is doing an ELCA internship and will work full-time a...

On Saturday, August 22nd at 7 PM, join us in roasting the guests of honor with some good-natured ribbing. There will be beer! The guests of honor will look back and never forget why they left us.

We are looking for people to be roasters. If you’re interested, contact Dan Friedrich (

Dear Friends,

Jean Schwab, a longtime member of Augustana, died early this morning. She had gone into the hospital to be treated for colitis, but had an unexpected coronary and died. She was 80 years old.

She and her husband, Jim, adopted a family of girls many years ago, and have continued to be a support for them and their children. As an anchor of t...