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New Cowboy Church of Northern Door Isn't Just for Cowboys
By Diane McNeil and Sponsored by Lakeshore Motorsports LLC
Aug 3, 2011 - 9:00:00 AM
It’s easy to get to the newly-chartered Cowboy Church of Northern Door. Find Uncle Tom’s and drive north on Timberline Road to 12376 Timberline Road, where you will see a sign welcoming all to the non-denominational, 'No Barrier' Cowboy Church.
The Cowboy Church of America has a rich tradition of meeting the spiritual needs of cowboys and rodeo riders and people traveling who can’t always find their church.
But it’s not just for those visiting Door County. This reporter met many friends at the horse-barn, there for the music and fellowship.
Pastor Lloyd and the Fairland Bluegrass Band.
That’s right. The Cowboy Church of Northern Door is held in a horse-barn. But, unlike any other horse-barn up here, Bob Tidball’s horse stable has rubber mats on the floor and airy box stalls for his beautiful horses, who enjoyed the service while out in their pasture. Those horses provided the visual background for the traditional bluegrass music provided by the Fairland Bluegrass Band out of Sturgeon Bay, and for the impassioned sermon by Pastor Lloyd Michalsen, founder and driving force of the Cowboy Church of Northern Door.
Folding chairs filled the walkway of the barn and outside, until there was standing room only. The Cowboy Church is growing rapidly and may soon outgrow the generous donation of space by Tidball. Luckily for all those present, the weather was comfortable with a gentle breeze cooling everyone off.
At the entrance, Nancy, Lloyd’s wife, handed out programs, showed people the box of cowboy hats that were there for people to borrow for the duration, and answered questions. There was a jar on the table for free will donations which pay for the free New Testaments handed out freely to all who wanted one. Families, couples, friends all felt the fellowship created by the sharing of music and the uplifting message of the day.
Fairland Bluegrass Band.
The hour-long service or program included group singing, many musical offerings by the Fairland Bluegrass Band and Floyd’s ‘house band’ and then a short sermon by Pastor Lloyd, an experienced and seasoned storyteller and musician in his own right.
Lloyd Michalsen and his wife Nancy established and hosted ‘Door Jam’ in Sister Bay for two years. After losing that space, Lloyd answered the call for a summer ministry, and the Cowboy Church began. While applying for a permit to conduct gatherings in Liberty Grove, Bob Tidball overheard Lloyd’s inquiries and later offered his barn to the Cowboy Church of Northern Door.
Lloyd was familiar with Cowboy Church from his travels to Tennessee and the surrounding states. Most Cowboy Churches are in Texas, Montana and other western states. There are 200 such churches in the
Standing room only!
United States and only three in Wisconsin. Two are in the western part of our state near the Mississippi and then there is the Door County Cowboy Church.
For more information contact Pastor Lloyd at (920) 421-1327 or email storymanlloyd@yahoo.com.
Two 'cowboys' taking a load off and having a snack.
2011 Summer Schedule:
June 26: House Band in concert with the “Hired Hands” July 3: House Band in concert July 10 Fairland Bluegrass Band in Concert with special guest Brian Ogne July 17: House Band in concert with Poet Sharon Auberle July 24: Fairland Bluegrass Band in Concert July 31: House band in concert Aug. 7: Final service featuring OneVoice country trio in concert The Door Jam Fish tale players will also be on hand.
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