The first Expressions of Faith exhibit in our church began after Ron Byars, former pastor, told of exhibits held annually in East Lansing, Michigan at Ascension Lutheran Church. In 1990, it was their 28th year.

On a Faith and Arts Committee in our church, I drove up to East Lansing to photograph (on slides) the current exhibit and brought them back to show to some of our congregation. It was a beautiful and imaginative display through their building, and many of the works were in a permanent collection. They, too, had started small with works by many of their members, but later others outside the Lutheran church were invited and it became a juried widely-known exhibit. The piece that Joan Bush and I purchased (with committee funds and approval) was John Swanson's "The Shepherds", a serigraph (or silkscreen print) which hangs in our foyer across from the office. Few silkscreens are so intricate. The artist is from Grand Rapids, MI.

Our own Expressions of Faith exhibit began the following year and has continued since that time.

- Miriam L. Woolfolk