A few months ago a friend and fellow pastor contacted me. He asked if I'd be willing to connect with a friend of his daughter who is a reporter. She had heard about a pheasant I shot years ago and the caring conversations about faith that the pheasant facilitated. She wanted to do a story about ministry in rural settings. This led to me having a Zoom conversation with Betsy Froiland, the reporter. This led to Betsy, coming from Minneapolis to Aberdeen for the weekend to experience Bethlehem and Hub City and talk with numerous people of Bethlehem. (She even talked with Al Froiland as he was serving Sunday coffee, and they learned they are related.) 

Here's the story that Betsy Froiland wrote for The Daily Yonder.

-Pastor Jeff Whillock

Picture on left: Bethlehem congregants share pews at Sunday morning worship (Photo by Betsy Froiland)