Ostmark Lutheran Church-ELCA, in rural Watkins, founded 113 years ago by immigrants from Varmland, Sweden, announces the following upcoming events: • Annual Ostmark Churchmen’s Ice Cream Social from 3-7 p.m. Sunday, July 22. • Favorite “Traditional and Old” Hymn Sunday at 9 a.m. July 29. • A “country-style” worship service featuring “Rebekah’s Well” at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 12, followed by the annual Ostmark Churchmen’s pork chop and sweet corn dinner, with the Relay for Life “Music & Light Fest” at 8 p.m. that evening. Regular worship services are 9 a.m. Sundays with Holy Communion on the first and third Sundays of the month. Ostmark is located 12 miles northeast of Litchfield, off of Highway 24, or 7-1.2 miles southeast of Watkins. For more information or directions, call the church at (320) 693-8450.
