2004 Synod Assembly: "Called Into God's Marvelous Light"

Live update added 9:20 a.m., Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Habitat Home Blessed by Bishop, Assembly Participants, Volunteers

"It's more fitting to rebuild that which is no longer plumb, straight, and true, just like we are," remarked Trent Fluegel, Executive Director of the Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity.

About 40 people gathered after the close of the assembly for the blessing of the house. Though the renovation of the old home will not be done until the end of June, Bishop Harold Usgaard led those assembled in a prayer of blessing. "It's exciting to see so many working," he noted.

Though the family that is to occupy the home was working elsewhere, Bishop Usgaard asked Fluegel to pass along a gift to them. He presented a doorknocker with the inscription, "Peace to all who enter here."

Over 170 people signed up, and many more just showed up, to help work on the house. "You don't know how much this does for a neighborhood at risk," Fluegel said. "You have given hope for a neighborhood and hope for a family."

God's marvelous light shines brightly.

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