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All-volunteer Camino serves food, support and hope in Ukraine

Posted July 8th, 2024

When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Rev. Jan Dus was in Yemen, working at a hospital on a mission assignment for Doctors Without Borders. He knew immediately he needed to go home to the Czech Republic to try to mobilize help. “Honestly, I had no idea,” Dus said in an interview recently. “I couldn’t imagine the war would last this long.”

First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa, sets its missional sights on Ukraine

Posted September 28th, 2023

The lines of 164 years of Czech history at First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa recently blurred with current-day Ukraine, and the result was unexpectedly amazing.

First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa, sets its missional sights on Ukraine

Posted August 28th, 2023

The lines of 164 years of Czech history at First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa blurred with current day Ukraine and the result was unexpectedly amazing.

Solar panels at First Presbyterian Church near Ely in Iowa help put ecological stewardship into practice

Posted October 7th, 2022

First Presbyterian Church near Ely, Iowa, installed a solar array on Monday. The 26 panels will benefit the church for the next generation and beyond for the standard purpose of converting sunlight into electricity.