Keith Schroeder, Mission Trip group to speak at Feb. 21 and 24 Lenten breakfasts at St. John's

The tradition of weekly ecumenical Lenten Breakfasts continues next week at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon. The breakfasts begin at 6:45 a.m., serving coffee, juice and rolls, with the program starting at 7 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend each week.
The men gather each Monday during the Lenten season and the women meet each Thursday for the breakfast events. Locations will be rotated between area churches each week, according to the remaining following schedule:
February 21 and 24 = St. John's Lutheran
February 28 and March 3 - First Presbyterian
March 7 and 10 - Zion United Church of Christ
March 14 and March 17 - St. Paul's United Methodist Church.

The featured speakers for the second week of the Lenten breakfasts, Monday, Feb. 21 and Thursday, Feb. 24, are:

Keith Schroeder
Keith Schroeder was born and raised in Postville. He completed a 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force.
The message he will deliver at the Monday, Feb. 21 Men's Lenten Breakfast at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon will center on "Faith Behind the Iron Curtain".

Koinonia Farms Mission Trip Representatives
Speaking at the Women's Lenten breakfast Thursday, Feb. 24 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon will be a representation of an area ecumenical group that took a mission trip to Koinonia Farms in Americus, GA in the spring of 2004.
Koinonia Farms is best known as being the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity. Today it is an operating pecan farm that serves as a "demonstration plot for the Kingdom of God" - a place where people of all races, ages and socio-economic status can live their faith on a daily basis.
Besides providing employment opportunities and low-income housing ownership, Koinonia has many avenues of outreach, including an afterschool program and a senior citizen center. The group also attended a Sunday School class led by former President Jimmy Carter.
Making the week-long trip last year were Keith and Pat Selberg, Nona Sawyer, Marge Harris, Deb Thorstenson, Betty DeBuhr, and Linda DeBuhr, all from Waukon; and Dean and Grace Bulman of Eitzen, MN.