Poverty and Vitality: Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa saw a need in its community for an animal shelter and heeded God's command to care for its neighbor, Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility. It has resulted in a program that engages prisoners at the facility to help train animals cared for by the shelter, which is still in the construction phase, and thus make them more adoptable. It is one of the numerous ways First Presbyterian has been energized by looking outside the walls of the church to live out the Matthew 25 vision in its Southeast Iowa community. Visit pcusa.org/matthew25 to learn more about the Matthew 25 vision.