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An incredibly generous miracle

Posted July 25th, 2024

Thursday’s Synod School preacher, the Rev. Katie Styrt, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Milan, Illinois, calls John’s account of the wedding at Cana “the kind of miracle that doesn’t line up with good stewardship policies. I don’t know of any church recently that has given away 180 gallons of wine. That’s about 908 bottles. That’s not in anybody’s budget.”

Children at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City are learning kindness by showing it to others

Posted May 9th, 2023

The children of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City, Iowa, are “growing up in the church and learning how to be the hands and feet of Jesus,” says Nichole Hoffman, children’s ministries outreach coordinator at a church that’s living out its Matthew 25 ministry among members and friends of all ages.