Visit from Friends

On Friday, I received visitors from Michigan here in Pella, Iowa.  Rev. Rich Rienstra and his wife Carol were visiting family in West Des Moines over the Labor Day weekend and stopped by to say hello.  Rev. Rienstra is the founding pastor of Celebration Fellowship, a prison congregation in Ionia, Michigan.  Before I moved to Iowa, I was a regular volunteer at Celebration Fellowship and worked closely with Rich.  

We had a nice visit in Pella.  We met at the the Smokey Row coffee house and enjoyed good conversation with our beverages.  I told Rich and Carol that Smokey Row was an important location for New Life because that is where the ministry idea was planted in a conversation/prayer with Pastor Art Van Wolde.

Afterwards we took a scenic drive around Pella, driving by the Vermeer Mile, Pella Corp, the windmills, the local Pella Christian Schools, and Central College.


Please pray for Celebration Fellowship as it is under a leadership transition.  Rich is retiring to tackle new challenges.  Meanwhile, Celebration Fellowship is interviewing candidates to replace him.
Prayer is the most important work of a Christian.  Please pray.


Pastor Rick