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PC(USA) congregation in Iowa lives out Matthew 25 with All God’s Creatures and prisoners

Posted December 15th, 2023

First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa saw a need in its community for an animal shelter and heeded God’s command to care for its neighbor, Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility.

Presbyterian congregation joins with its neighbor, a prison, to live out its Matthew 25 calling

Posted June 26th, 2023

Marcy Stroud, the warden at the minimum-security Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, remembers very well the day she received a cold call from the Rev. Trey Hegar, pastor of First Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterian congregation in Iowa explains how forays into the community fit with its Matthew 25 focus

Posted May 4th, 2023

“Our church’s commitment to Matthew 25 is important to us,” says Ashlynn Beauchamp, a 15-year-old member of First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. “It gives us the opportunity not just to better ourselves and follow Jesus, but to branch out and work in the world to improve others’ lives, not just our own.”

Presbyterian congregation joins with its neighbor, a prison, to live out its Matthew 25 calling

Posted May 3rd, 2023

Marcy Stroud, the warden at the minimum-security Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility, remembers very well the day she received a cold call from the Rev. Trey Hegar, pastor of First Presbyterian Church.

PC(USA) congregation and partners work to build a home for all God’s creatures

Posted May 2nd, 2023

Henry County, the home of First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, lacks an animal shelter — but not for long.

PC(USA) church in Iowa celebrates all God’s creatures, great and small

Posted January 12th, 2023

The First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa — believing where there’s God’s will, there is always a way — envisioned a way to care for God’s beloved creatures.