Mt. Pleasant News

The public is invited to attend special meetings with evangelist Mike Manor, of Greenville S.C., at Independent Bible Church, in Wayland.Manor is an accomplished speaker, musician and song writer. After giving his life and talents to Christ, he has traveled the United States preaching and encouraging people in their walk with the Lord.Services with Manor will be held at the following times:?Sunday school at ...

The Mt. Pleasant Zone of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) will hold their annual Spring Rally on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, located at 2611 Lucas St., in Muscatine.Registration and a coffee social begins at 8:30 a.m. The meeting and program is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch is included.The theme of the rally is "New Life in Christ" based on Matthew 28:19. The ...

Nutrition is in the news more now than ever before.We now see nutrition as more than prevention of specific deficiencies ? for example, consuming enough iron to avoid deficiency symptoms like anemia. Nutrition is now a means to prevent everything from heart disease and cancer, to sore joints and fatigue.New food products, meal replacement bars and shakes, and even multivitamin/mineral supplements seemingly make ...

DEAR ABBY: How do I talk to my husband about putting his dog "Sunny" to sleep? My husband is the most loving, caring, generous person I have ever met, and I don't know how to tell him it's time to let his best friend go.Sunny is 15-1/2 years old and can barely walk because of bad hips. The poor thing can see only shadows and is almost completely deaf. He has been like this for the last two years and is deteriorat...

The Henry County Ministerial Association, in partnership with Iowa Wesleyan University, will be co-sponsoring an informational class on the teachings of Islam.The class is free and open to the public, and will seek humbly to understand how Christians and Muslims can best relate to one another. The intent of this study is to help Christians gain a deeper understanding of Islam.There will be a question and answer ...

Gardeners tend to be conservation-minded, sharing the goals of soil health and plant health, heritage and diversity. All of those values are threatened by garlic mustard, a good-looking, but insidious invader.Garlic mustard is a European plant. Not surprisingly, in the U.S., it showed up first in the East, then progressed to portions of the Midwest. Iowa counties north of Henry County have been organizing garlic ...

A support program for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., on Friday, April 8, at Great River Hospice House, located at 1306 S. Washington Road, in West Burlington.?First Friday Share? will include a short presentation followed by visiting and sharing with others.The program will be co-led by Chris Oleson, Great River Hospice director, and Barbara Miller, a social ...

The Fairfield Art Association announces the annual 2016 ?FHS Student Art Exhibit" featuring the students of art instructor David Kraemer.The display will be in the Main Gallery at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center (FACC) during the month of April. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., on Friday, April 1. This is the 50th year the FAA has hosted a student exhibit from Fairfield schools.Throug...

First Baptist Church, in Mt. Pleasant, will host an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m.This family event will feature the hunt for eggs along with hearing the story of Easter, and having Resurrection Rolls. Local children and their families are all welcome to attend.First Baptist Church, of Mt. Pleasant, is located at 100 East Webster, in Mt. Pleasant.

For 2016, the Wayland Community Garden planners invite church members to partner with families or individuals in the local community to increase the healthy living of their families.To kick off the 2016 Wayland Community Garden, planners are inviting all people who are interested in volunteering in the garden to a free dinner on Thursday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m., at the Wayland Community Center. Every guest will ...

Happy birthday!March 25Christina Goettsche, Bobbie Jo Miller, Penny Hudson, Tracy St. Clair, Luke Cox, Yvonne Hoenig-Troutman, Conrad Totemeier, James Kinney, Joe Oschwald, Dick Ross, Claire Johnson and Jolie WilkinsonMarch 26Allison Lair, Abby Burden, Carol Carpenter, Ellen Krieger, Connie Hummell and Debbie LudwigMarch 27Grant Davidson, Austin Decker and Sharon Messer Happy anniversary!March 26Jim and ...

A three-day celebration of God?s mercy in the Jubilee Year of Mercy will be held at St. Paul Catholic Church, in Burlington, from Friday, April 1 to Sunday, April 3.The celebration begins with the opening Mass, with Bishop Amos, on Friday, April 1, at 5:30 p.m., with a light meal following Mass.On Saturday, April 2, ?Why be Catholic?? with Patrick Madrid will be featured. The day begins at 9 a.m. and ends at ...