Visit to St. Paul Lutheran School, Latimer

This morning marked my last visit, at least for a while.  I had received an invitation to come up to St. Paul Lutheran School in Latimer, IA to preach at the chapel service and share about St. Silas.  The students there are supporting St. Silas through their chapel offerings, having raised over a hundred dollars so far!  For the Scripture reading I chose Acts 16:16-34, Paul and Silas imprisoned in Philippi followed by the saving of the jailer and his household.  This was the first time I had preached a sermon on this account, though those of you who have heard me present know I bring it up on a fairly regular basis.

Here's the final list of everywhere I've been, from July until now:

St. Paul's, Iowa City
Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca
Immanuel, Grand Mound
Prince of Peace, Coralville
Zion, Wilton
Our Redeemer, Iowa City
Lutheran Interparish School, Williamsburg
St. John, Homestead
Good Shepherd, Wellman
Peace, Shell Rock
Christ, Waterloo
Our Redeemer, Cedar Falls
Trinity Lutheran School, Cedar Rapids
Concordia, Cedar Rapids
Immanuel, Fairfield
St. John, Clinton
LWML Fall Zone Rally at Our Savior, Muscatine
Trinity, Lowden
St. Paul, Williamsburg
Immanuel, Grinnell
Faith, Mt. Pleasant
Trinity, Cedar Rapids
St. Paul, Wapello
Trinity, Elgin, NE
Grace, Neligh, NE
Our Savior, Muscatine
St. Paul Lutheran School, Latimer

Here's the final map of IDE:

And the final map including the visits to my vicarage congregations:

 
The yellow outline is Iowa District East, the blue dot is North Liberty, and the red dots are the places I've visited.  The only other name to be added to the list is St. Silas Lutheran Church on February 3rd.  Invitations are going out and we're going to see how long a fire code limit of 30 is going to last us.  Hopefully it will at least get us through the first service.  A strange concern though, that too many people might show up.  Church planters have had far worse problems.

To Pastor Lorenz and the teachers and students at St. Paul's:

Thank you for having me to visit, to preach and to tell you about the work that's happening in North Liberty.  Thank you also for your support through your offerings and through your prayers.  Continue to remember me in your prayers, as well as all whom the Lord gathers around his altar at St. Silas.

In Christ

Pastor Andrew Richard

St. Silas Lutheran Church
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