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Party Like It’s 1869

A church in Grand Rapids, Mich., celebrated its 150th birthday in a unique way. “Fountain Street Church has been proudly different, sometimes contrary, often controversial,” Senior Minister Fred Wooden said. “So, this was a little bit in our character to do something off the beaten path, as it were.” The church has partnered with a local brewery to produce their very own beer: Fountain Streeter. “I guess this is stepping out of the usual pattern,” Wooden said, “but church is not what happens in the building, it’s what happens in people’s hearts.” Brewery Vivant held a release party to premiere the beer, and the church is asking the community to join them. “What is beer,” Wooden said, “but bread with an attitude?” (MS/WXMI Grand Rapids) ...That depends: will he use it for communion?