mural Archives

PC(USA) church brightens its community with a paint-by-number mural featuring a beloved Presbyterian pastor

Posted November 11th, 2022

Most people pass by First Presbyterian Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, noting its beautiful historic sanctuary. It sat on a one-way street, and the 1950s addition to the much larger sanctuary barely merited a backwards glance. But when the city of Manitowoc changed the street to a two-way, Rev. Matt Sauer, the church’s pastor, began to see that 1950s addition as a blank canvas — and an opportunity.

Mural project brings neighborhood together

Posted November 23rd, 2020

An Illinois community came together to paint a 1,700-square-foot mural on the side of a gymnasium promoting racial justice.

Blank canvas inspires Illinois community to dream big

Posted August 3rd, 2020

In 2004, members of Second Congregational United Church, known as SecondFirst Church since federating with First Presbyterian Church, dreamed of building a gymnasium for the community of Rockford, Illinois — and they did it.