Second Reformed Church in Pella is aiming to build community in the winter by sharing the stories of residents.
Pastor Steve Mathonnet-Vander Well tells KNIA/KRLS News the church will host a Story Slam Thursday at 7 p.m., the first in a series of events scheduled this winter and spring. He says the Story Slam program aims to bring people closer together through experiences of life.
“I think we know that stories always connect at that deeper level of the heart, and they carry truth,” he says.
The first theme will be about “worst or first jobs”–including Dr. Bob Leonard of KNIA/KRLS and Richard Phillips of Monarch’s Restaurant,