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  • “Confirmed Lutheran” T-shirt Reformation Red

    $16.00 – $18.00

    Above Martin Luther's Seal it says, "This is Most Certainly True" and below it the shirt is stamped just like a passport saying, "Confirmed Lutheran!" Good for today's confirmands as well as for those who "read for the minister" when memory work really mattered and "Public Questioning" or catechization was enough to make Lutheran boys' ... ... more

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  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our Basement

    $15.95

    CD
    The songs on this CD center around the "reformation" which was underway in Midwestern churches in 1960, and how the Church Basement Ladies reacted to the changes. Some of their reactions included: Beverly's first pair of high heels for confirmation; the Pastor announcing his impending nuptials; Mrs. Snustad and Mrs. Gilmerson planning a food ... ... more

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  • Away in the Basement

    $15.95

    CD
    The CD of the Christmas production was recorded in the Fall of 2009 by five cast members. Unlike the first two productions, this show had two sets of cast members rotating in and out to meet the intensely scheduled calendar of holiday shows. Vocals on the recording are by Greta Grosch, Robbie Mancina, Dorian Chalmers, ... ... more

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    Bracelet Extension

    $2.50

    This exclusive sterling silver charm bracelet and the necklace are reminiscent of your high school days, but with a lot more class! The bracelet and necklace were designed by Suzann Nelson and Janet Martin, Those Lutheran Ladies (midwestern authors, humorists and performers), and sold exclusively by them. Rural Charm BraceletNostalgic Rural Charm Bracelet ... ... more

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  • Church Basement Ladies

    $15.95

    CD
    Church Basement Ladies, the first show in the series, is a humorous reflection about growing up in an era before women wore pants to church, and before men served in the church basement. Church Basement Ladies gives you heartfelt, hilarious insights into the lives of those who prepared and served at weddings, anniversaries, funerals ... ... more

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  • Gift Certificate

    $5.00

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  • Growing Up Rural – You Smell Barn

    $16.95

    Rural by luck, Norwegian by birth, Lutheran by golly.... Growing Up Rural is a companion to the award-winning book, Growing Up Lutheran, that was the inspiration for all six Church Basement Ladies musicals. ... more

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    Jiggle Your Jell-O DVD

    $14.95 $10.00

    DVD Featuring "Those Lutheran Ladies," David Cook and Greta Grosch. Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, commonly known as "Those Lutheran Ladies," have adopted new personas for this crazy DVD. Watch them portray Myrtle Klemetson and Ethel Urness, Emil's Mrs. — the ladies just down the road apiece — as they try to understand the younger generation ... ... more

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    Nostalgic Rural Charm Bracelet

    $59.95

    This exclusive sterling silver charm bracelet and the necklace are reminiscent of your high school days, but with a lot more class! The bracelet and necklace were designed by Suzann Nelson and Janet Martin, Those Lutheran Ladies (midwestern authors, humorists and performers), and sold exclusively by them. Sterling Silver, 7 inches ... more

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  • Rise Up, O Men

    $16.95

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  • Scrap Lumber T-shirt

    $16.00 – $18.00

    A sketch of a happy, busy man looking over his scrap lumber pile and the saying, "Just How Much Scrap Lumber Does a Man Need to Save?," from the book of the same name, fill the front of this t-shirt. It has been suggested that a warning label belongs with this item because a man ... ... more

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  • The Last (Potluck) Supper

    $15.95

    CD
    Here is the soundtrack from the fifth musical in the Church Basement Ladies series. It is 1979, the day of the church’s Centennial Celebration, and past parishioners have gathered to share hotdish, bars, and stories from the last 100 years. As the women work in the kitchen, these shared memories burst into life through a ... ... more

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