New Hampshire
Pastor riding from Iowa to New Hampshire to aid church work
NASHUA, Iowa (AP) — A pastor and bicycling fanatic is driving 1,500 miles from Nashua, Iowa, again to his house in Nashua, New Hampshire.
The Rev. Andy Armstrong started his experience on the Little Brown Church on Friday, Might 13, to carry consideration to wanted renovations at The First Church, the place he’s pastor.
The First Church wants practically $150,000 to restore its church bells. The church was inbuilt 1893 and homes 15 bells first exhibited on the Chicago World’s Truthful.
However an engineer’s evaluation says age and the impacts of climate are taking a toll on the bells’ structural parts.
To boost consciousness, Armstrong headed to Nashua, Iowa, and was greeted by Mayor Alex Anthofer and the Little Brown Church’s pastor, the Rev. Drew McHolm.
Earlier than being given a tour of the church, Armstrong gave Anthofer a key to his metropolis in New Hampshire.
“I’ve an excellent feeling that (Armstrong) and I are gonna speak forwards and backwards, and I hope he does come again,” Anthofer advised the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. “I feel it will be thrilling to go on the market and truly see Nashua in particular person.”
Nashua was initially referred to as Bridgeport, then Woodbridge. The city settled on the identify Nashua in honor of two brothers who got here from Nashua, New Hampshire. One owned a grocery retailer and the opposite constructed a steam noticed mill.
Armstrong’s experience is named Tower to Tower, and he’ll experience throughout eight states. His stops in Iowa embrace Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Muscatine earlier than he crosses the Mississippi into Illinois.
Armstrong says he’s not going to be a salesman, however will inform folks concerning the function of his experience if requested.
“Most individuals I meet, it’s going to be about hospitality,” Armstrong stated. “However, these God moments are going to occur too. I’m going to be grateful for hospitality firstly. And when that stuff comes up, the spirit leads.”