To: The Saints of Iowa District East
From: Rev. Dr. Gary Arp
Due to the generosity of the people of Iowa District East, other LCMS churches that contributed, private donors, and LCMS Human Care, the Palanga, Lithuania project has now reached its goal for enough funding to finish the inside of the building.
According to Rev. Dr. Darius Petkunas, Pastor of the Palanga Parish, work on the building can continue through the winter season and hopefully can be completed for a July or August Dedication. He states ”the people of the Palanga Parish are deeply thankful to their Christian brothers and sisters who contributed to the support of this project, and for their prayers, and they look forward to the day they can once again worship their Lord Jesus Christ in their own church building and also be able to carry out their Diaconal ministry.”
Iowa District East will continue to raise funds to furnish the rooms in the Diaconal Center and I encourage you to support this wonderful work..
To view a video of the Palanga project and also a musical performance by Auguste and Ieva Petkunas on YouTube use the following web address. www,youtube.com in the YouTube search type in "gmarp1".
