First Presbyterian Church Mt Pleasant Iowa

06/01/2026

05/24/2026

It was a joy to recognize graduating Seniors today! We pray that each day they are reminded of their community here and that they know they will always be a beloved child of God. Congratulations, Ashlynn, Zoe, and Karilyn!

05/18/2026

We hope to see you on June 6th at the Mt Pleasant Golf and Country Club ⛳️

Don't forget to register your team - it helps us plan for food and carts!!
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Can you do us a favor and share this flyer? It's our big event of the summer, and we would love for the day to be a busy, buzzing one! 🐝

05/16/2026

Sunday, May 17!

Join for worship in the fellowship hall at 9:45am followed by a conversation about the future! Breakfast burritos will be served and you are invited to bring a side item for brunch!

See you tomorrow!

05/10/2026

A Story of the Connectional Church.

Our youth group went on an overnight retreat to Camp Bear Creek this weekend. On the journey home, with two mini vans full of youth, we made a stop in Iowa City. Upon exiting one of the vans the sliding door jammed - wouldn’t open or close - and was nearly falling off completely.

The car dealerships and mechanics were near closing by this time on a Saturday evening. Pastor Sarah has done some work with St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City and has some connections with folks there through the Presbytery of East Iowa. She was able to text a few folks who reached out to another Presbyterian who’s husband is a mechanic and lived just a few minutes from where we were stranded.

Jason was able to fix the door and from the time we stopped to the time we were back on the road home it wasn’t more than 45 minutes! What service! We thank God for these good folks who were willing to give up part of their evening to come and help us. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Pictured: some of our crew cheering and bowing down to Jason after he closed the door.

05/09/2026

Second day of the youth retreat! We joined the camp volunteer work day to help get camp ready for summer programs. Our job was to get the pond activities ready by bringing life jackets to the pond and scrubbing and washing the kayaks and corcls. After a taco bar lunch we had some free time for human foosball, Gaga ball, and the labyrinth.

We had an adventure on the way home which I’ll share in another post.

Thank you so much for supporting the youth!!

05/09/2026

The Press On youth retreat was a fun full first day. We loaded up and drove up to Camp Bear Creek in Wyoming, Iowa. Today we’ll join others in a work day to help get the camp ready for summer!

04/30/2026

What a wonderful way to end our Wednesday program year. Both Re:Creation (K-5) and Press On (6th-12th) ended with some fun at East Lake Park! We are so thankful for these young people. It is truly a joy to see how God is working in them and through them. Next up, youth group retreat next weekend!

04/23/2026

It was service project night for the Press On Youth Group! Tonight we worked at two different homes to help with some yardwork. At the end of the night some of us got to explore the Riepe’s attic! What a way to Share God’s Love and be shaped as God’s People!

04/18/2026

Mount Pleasant is represented at the East Iowa Presbytery meeting at Saint Andrew Presbyterian in Iowa City!