
By Madelaine Jerousek-Smith, Faith and Leadership… CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—For as long as he can remember, Dick Talbott, 89, had worshipped at a church on the corner of First Avenue and Third Street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was baptized and married there. He witnessed countless weddings there, often held in late afternoon as the beautiful west-facing stained-glass windows bathed the sanctuary in light. Salem United Methodist Church was a sacred place to its 320 members. But after floods ravaged the century-old building in 2008, the aging congregation had to ask [...]
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