Winfield First Presbyterian Church Remembers Israel

The Fellowship  |  October 14, 2024

Our Flags of Fellowship event brought together church communities like Winfield First Presbyterian Church in support of Israel and the Jewish people by planting 1,200 Israeli flags for each person lost on October 7, 2023. We learn more about the event from Southeast Iowa Union:

Across the world people did just that holding vigils and ceremonies this past week to remember those lost in that attack, including Winfield’s First Presbyterian Church.

“I was impressed with how quickly the flags went up,” First Presbyterian Church Reverend Jeremy Blauvelt said. “Subtracting the flags that were inside, there were at least 1050 outside, and it took less than a half hour to put them in.”

… “It was really neat to see it all come together,” Rev. Blauvelt said. “But the really more impressive part was afterwards.”

Blauvelt shared that later in the afternoon when he returned to the church to tidy the flags a little more, he saw many people driving by and taking in the sight. He said a handful of people even stopped to thank him for the display.