Tabor Lutheran Church celebrates mortgage burning ceremony

  • Reverend Dr. Jason Holt, a Presidential Ministry Associate with American Free Lutheran Church Congregations, places the paid off mortgage paperwork for Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster in a fire pit during a mortgage burning ceremony July 14. The church purchased what was formerly Shopko along U.S. Hwy. 12 in Webster and converted it to their worship center, paying down the 20-year loan in four and a half years, to the day. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz
    Reverend Dr. Jason Holt, a Presidential Ministry Associate with American Free Lutheran Church Congregations, places the paid off mortgage paperwork for Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster in a fire pit during a mortgage burning ceremony July 14. The church purchased what was formerly Shopko along U.S. Hwy. 12 in Webster and converted it to their worship center, paying down the 20-year loan in four and a half years, to the day. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz
  • The official mortgage paperwork for Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster was tossed onto the open flames July 14 in a ceremony, symbolizing the last of the congregation’s indebtedness being paid off 15 and a half years earlier than expected. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz
    The official mortgage paperwork for Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster was tossed onto the open flames July 14 in a ceremony, symbolizing the last of the congregation’s indebtedness being paid off 15 and a half years earlier than expected. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz

    Tabor Lutheran Church in Webster celebrated paying off the loan for their worship location with a mortgage burning ceremony July 14 in the parking lot of their new church home.

    During the ceremony church board president Larry Johnson spoke about the church and its history. He recollected when there were only 20 members and the location being in the country. Mike McCarlson, pastor of Tabor Lutheran …