Today was a special day.
We spent the day celebrating and rejoicing over 25 years of God's goodness towards Lakeland Presbyterian Church. This sweet church has been such a blessing to our family and we are so thankful that God saw fit to bring us here 20 years (next month) ago!
It was such a fun day hearing the first pastor of Lakeland, Bill Whitwer, along with others such as Dr. Jim Biard, Hunter Brewer and our own John Duke, Paul Zetterholm, and Dad. After lunch on the grounds, we had a time of a bit of a "history lesson" about where the chapel came from, how the church was started and so forth. I loved hearing everyone's stories and how far we've come since then. It was such a reminder of God's providence for His people.
While working on the slideshow for today, these were in the pile of pictures I received and I had to share them.
When looking through the pictures, it said "First Sunday" under this one
I really loved looking through these and feeling like I was getting a tiny glimpse of the history of Lakeland Presbyterian.
You don't want to finish this post without watching this awesome video that one of our church members did for the 25th celebration! Click here to watch it.
Our family couldn't be more thankful for the 20 years we've been here. This church IS family and we've seen so much of God's goodness through our time here.
"For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations."
Psalm 100:5
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