church in rural michigan

I like this picture - a pristen church with pickups out front. This is church in Rural Michigan. The church to the right is a Christian Reformed church in the town of Ellsworth. It's the church we have been attending. The format is very traditional, but the messages are meaty. The pastor and his family ministered ten years in Tawain and six years in the Phillipians. Funny how we've met international missionaries in rural America.

It is also funny that Ellsworth is historicaly a Dutch founded community. The church originally had its services in Dutch! It's still attended by many people with Dutch ansestry. We can't seem to get away from those Dutches... :)