Lutheran Church of Hope hosting Christmas light show for 2nd straight year

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Last year for the holidays people had to find makeshift ways to celebrate. Gathering indoors proved difficult with surging coronavirus cases and deaths, so a local church decided to gather people outside while staying safe.

The Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines put on a makeshift light show in the parking lot for families to come and drive through. The show received overwhelming support, so much so that the church is hosting a light show again this year.

“Last year’s Christmas we didn’t have anything that people could come to indoors,” said Jeremy Johnson, a pastor at the Lutheran Church of Hope. “So we started it last year, but it was such a success we couldn’t not bring it back this year.”

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