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Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility in Mt. Pleasant Iowa

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.