The Verdel Presbyterian Church of Verdel and the First Presbyterian Church of Niobrara both merged to form the Niobrara-Verdel Presbyterian Church in the spring of 2015. Both churches had been a part of a larger parish for the past 40 years and had recently began worshiping together weekly. Due to the aging population of its members the Verdel Church chose to close its doors at the end of 2014. Deciding how to do this required a lot of planning. Because the two congregations had worked together for so long, their bond could not be broken! The two churches together agreed that both churches would close and a new church would be formed. The congregation voted to call the new church the Niobrara-Verdel Presbyterian Church and it retains the property of both "old" churches.