Delafield Evangelical Lutheran Church was no different than many other rural churches. Founded by immigrant farmers who were seeking to raise crops, families and community, they placed their most loved building in their most loved spot, a church in the middle of a corn field. That steeple grew like the surrounding crops and similarly nourished those families . For the next 125 years, Delafield Lutheran Church was a source of continuity to generations of farm families. That continuity was broken in 1998 when the small congregation faced the harsh realities of a changing rural life and decided to disband the congregation and give away their beloved church building.