Day 59 - Plymouth Church

Today we attended the church we were members of while we lived in Minneapolis, Plymouth Congregational Church. Visiting Plymouth is always a poignant experience for us - this church will always be "our church", even though we don't live here any more. The music is wonderful (Philip Brunnelle is organist and choirmaster). We were lucky - Philip was there on this summer Sunday. The Rev. Vivian Jones was in the pulpit -Vivian is now Minister Emeritus and is visiting from Wales for several weeks. His sermon topic today was "On Goodness" - a very excellent viewpoint of Christianity as it has changed through the centuries. We saw many friends who all greeted us so lovingly. The facility looks wonderful with the sanctuary, Guild Hall, and much else as beautiful as ever. The congregation is soon demolishing the "old" education wing and will build a much larger facility. Demo'ing is to begin tomorrow. It was fun to see the old (actually does not seem so old) facility one more time. I didn't take any pictures -- too busy talking with friends. It was a wonderful morning.

Afterward Herr's, Giske's, Jan Mattox and we went to the Minneapolis Institute of Art for lunch -- it was very pleasant. We then said our fondest farewell to these wonderful friends. Gary and I walked around the Institute to see the new Target wing and some other areas. It is a very fine museum!

We depart Minneapolis tomorrow.