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2017

Church

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Stories From River Bend Church, James C. Schaap Mar 2017

Stories From River Bend Church, James C. Schaap

Pro Rege

Dr. Schaap's historical vignettes, Small Wonder(s), are aired weekly on KWIT-KOJI, 90.3 FM, in Sioux City, Iowa, and available on the station's website or at https://plus.google.com/u/0/collectin/UtiFIB


Finding Sanctuary: How Danish American Churches Helped Immigrants Navigate Life In Uncharted Waters, Krister Strandskov, Russell Lackey Jan 2017

Finding Sanctuary: How Danish American Churches Helped Immigrants Navigate Life In Uncharted Waters, Krister Strandskov, Russell Lackey

The Bridge

The summer before graduating from Grand View University, I set out on a journey throughout the Midwest and California to photograph Danish American churches.1 My purpose in visiting these churches was to discover what stories their architecture told. I wondered what tied them together as well as what made each unique. I also hoped to learn more about my own Danish American heritage by visiting the very places many of my relatives worshiped and even pastored. Here is what I learned.