Visit to Faith in Mt. Pleasant

A happy end of the world to everyone! (or at least end of the Church Year)  Sunday I was at Faith Lutheran in Mt. Pleasant filling in for Pastor Scudder.  During the Bible class hour I had the opportunity to present on St. Silas.  There were at least a couple of ladies in attendance who had heard me speak at the LWML Fall Zone Rally in Muscatine as well.  I conducted the service and preached following Bible class.  The elders were very gracious in inconspicuously directing the idiosyncrasies during the Service of the Sacrament.  Every congregation has them, and elders who know what's going on are a gift from God when a visiting pastor is unfamiliar with the local custom.

Thank you for having me to present and conduct service.  Your congregation was my 20th as I make my way around Iowa District East.  Here's a map of where I've been (click image for a larger size; imagery is a screenshot from Google Earth).  If you only count 19 dots, it's because St. Paul in Williamsburg and Lutheran Interparish School in Williamsburg are so close together that the dots overlap.  Faith is the red dot toward the bottom right corner of the district.  North Liberty is the blue dot just below and to the right of center.

Thank you also to all of you, and especially those involved with the Old Threshers, for your donation to St. Silas.  As I mentioned during Bible class, your contributions to the capital campaign that funds St. Silas are greatly appreciated because that means I don't have to focus on raising money or concern myself with funding.  I'm able to devote myself to being faithful to what God has called me to do, which is what North Liberty needs.  Thank you also for welcoming my wife and daughter.  They're real troopers coming with me all over the district to a different congregation almost every Sunday.

Check back here to stay up to date on things with St. Silas.  Thank you again for having me.

In Christ

Pastor Andrew Richard

St. Silas Lutheran Church
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