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Jennifer Stripling listens as the Rev. Steven Struecker, full-time farmer and pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Livermore, Iowa, and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lu Verne, Iowa, preaches at the church in Livermore on Sunday, July 9, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford

Jennifer Stripling listens as the Rev. Steven Struecker, full-time farmer and pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Livermore, Iowa, and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lu Verne, Iowa, preaches at the church in Livermore on Sunday, July 9, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford