Religion
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Nov 25, 2025 1:41 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St., Aurora, will open Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, with the annual hanging of the greens with congregants decor...
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Gary UMC cookie walk to benefit missions on Dec. 6Nov 25, 2025 12:19 pm - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton will host its second annual cookie walk on Saturday, Dec. 6. Last year, the cookie walk raised over $6,000, which was donated to various missions locally, nationally, and globally.
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First Congregational Church of Naperville seeks historic landmark statusNov 25, 2025 12:01 pm - The First Congregational Church of Naperville, founded in 1833, recently submitted its application to the Naperville Historic Preservation Commission to acquire histor...
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Advent calendar symbolizes faith and hopeNov 25, 2025 11:58 am - Annettee Budzban discusses the significance of Advent calendars and how they serve as a reminder of the faith and joy associated with the Christmas season.
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FaithBridge’s Interfaith Thanksgiving event celebrates immigrationNov 19, 2025 1:53 pm - FaithBridge, a local interfaith organization, will host its annual interfaith Thanksgiving program on November 23rd, featuring speakers from various religious traditions addressing the theme "Welcoming the Stranger: We Are All Immigrants".
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God blesses us with his graceNov 19, 2025 1:02 pm - Annettee Budzban says that grace is more than a prayer, it is what he gives us to get through our daily lives..
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‘Optimistic’ about a papal visit: Pritzker meets Pope Leo XIV in Rome and extends invite to ChicagoNov 19, 2025 11:54 am - Gov. JB Pritzker sat down with Pope Leo XIV in Rome, discussed immigration raids in Chicago, and presented ‘Da Pope’ beer to the Illinois native.
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Aurora church to host Mobile Museum of Tolerance Nov. 23Nov 19, 2025 11:29 am - New England Congregational Church in Aurora will host the Mobile Museum of Tolerance on Nov. 23, featuring a workshop on fighting for civil rights, roles of upstanders and bystanders, and how students can prevent hate and promote tolerance.
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Gary UMC in Wheaton offers Sunday Advent studyNov 18, 2025 8:32 pm - The Rev. Steve Conger will lead the Advent study, “Names for the Messiah,” at Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton on Sundays, starting Nov. 30
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Training our minds to be thankfulNov 18, 2025 7:16 pm - Years ago, the Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos discovered faces in nature, leading him to train his brain to recognize such patterns. A friend's book on everyday miracles taught him how the brain can be trained to notice blessings and goodness around us, just as he learned to see faces in unexpected places.