Religion
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Tri-Cities Methodists celebrate new year with combined serviceJan 02, 2024 9:11 pm - Three Fox Valley United Methodist congregations rang in 2024 with a combined New Year's Eve worship. The 9:30 a.m. event was hosted by Baker Memorial UMC in St. Charles i...
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Ingleside teen starts GoFundMe to save her Catholic grade schoolJan 02, 2024 6:00 am - Seventeen-year-old Susan Lutzke says her quest to save St. Bede School in Ingleside is about family. The senior at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein and a 2020 St....
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Mental health first aid course to be offered at Naperville’s St. Thomas the Apostle ChurchDec 29, 2023 4:49 pm - Wanted: Good Samaritans desiring to help anyone they may witness struggling with an emotional or mental health issue or a substance abuse disorder. Medical or health care...
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Alpaca and donkeys featured at Holy Trinity’s Living NativityDec 28, 2023 10:13 pm - This year, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin staged a Living Nativity with real animals. Church members in shepherd costumes staged the Bethlehem scene. The alpaca ...
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Live nativity: Aurora church congregants enact first ChristmasDec 27, 2023 11:39 am - The first Christmas came alive on Christmas Eve at Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Aurora. For a second year, congregants were invited to borrow church costumes ...
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Treecycle community partnership keeps unsold Christmas trees from landfillDec 26, 2023 11:06 pm - Geneva Park District is again partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva’s Green Sanctuary Team to provide Geneva area retailers an alternative to placi...
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Luther College’s Nordic Choir to perform at Huntley church Jan. 28Dec 26, 2023 8:35 pm - The esteemed Luther College student Nordic Choir will be perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, 10805 Main St. in Huntley. The Nor...
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Junteenth Organization and MCC celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy with Jan. 10 programDec 26, 2023 8:35 pm - On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the McHenry County Juneteenth Organization and McHenry County College will be celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The pr...
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Faith groups say more foster families are needed to care for the children coming to the U.S. alone
Dec 21, 2023 7:28 am - HOMESTEAD, Florida — Snuggling on the sofa across from the Christmas tree, Sol proudly showed off the dog her foster parents gave her for earning all A’s even though she ...
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Catholic group for LGBTQ people praises news about same-sex marriage blessingsDec 19, 2023 1:07 pm - Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich also welcomes it, saying it will help more people ‘feel the closeness and compassion of God.’