Presbyterian Mission Agency All God's creatures ministry Archives

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

Posted January 29th, 2024

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. It has resulted in a program that engages prisoners at the facility to help train animals cared for by the shelter, All God’s Creatures, and thus make them more adoptable.

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

Posted June 26th, 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.”

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

Posted May 24th, 2023

Henry County, the home of First Presbyterian Church in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, lacks an animal shelter — but not for long. Community partners both inside and outside the church are working on what they call “Mission Pawsible,” the campaign to build All God’s Creatures, which when it opens will accommodate about 12 dogs and 50 cats, have medical exam space and quarantine areas, dedicated rooms for training, house a trap-neuter-release program for stray cats and kittens, and more.

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

Posted January 25th, 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.