Religion
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Feliz Noel: Latino Christmas traditions adapt and evolve locallyDec 06, 2024 1:36 pm - Latino Christmas traditions range from hundreds of thousands of religious celebrants making pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines to personal observances performed at home starting Sunday.
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Naperville interfaith community to celebrate 20th annual World Peace Day prayer serviceDec 06, 2024 9:45 am - Twenty-three interfaith groups in DuPage County will mark 20 years of annual World Peace Day interfaith prayer service on Jan. 5, committing to "radical inclusion, mutual respect, compassion for all.“
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Good Shepherd’s Blue Christmas service offers a healing time for reflectionDec 05, 2024 9:14 pm - Good Shepherd Church in Naperville invites those struggling during the holidays to a Blue Christmas service on Dec. 21 to find comfort and renew hope.
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Naperville’s Good Shepherd Church hosts 15th annual ‘Encounter Christmas’Dec 05, 2024 9:01 pm - After starting 15 years ago with 130 attendees, Good Shepherd Church's beloved "Encounter Christmas" event has grown to well over 1,000 people expected this year to find peace amid the chaos of the season.
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West Dundee church to host Dec. 14 Cookie WalkDec 04, 2024 12:54 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee will host its Cookie Walk on Saturday, Dec. 14. They will be selling homemade, decorated cookies, pretzels, bars, barks, candies and other holiday sweet treats by the pound.
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Advent is a time of preparationDec 04, 2024 12:06 pm - Annettee Budzban says that Advent is a time to get ready for Christmas.
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Vineyard Church of Elgin hosts Blue Christmas serviceDec 03, 2024 11:23 pm - Vineyard Church of Elgin will host a Blue Christmas service on Sunday, Dec. 8, for people who are struggling to find holiday joy or just need a quiet moment in the midst of the season.
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Roselle church to host ‘A Night in Bethlehem’Dec 03, 2024 10:38 pm - The St. Walter Performing Arts Ministry will present “A Night in Bethlehem,” a living nativity, on Dec. 6-7.
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Lombard’s Faith UMC to host candlelight Christmas Eve serviceDec 03, 2024 10:22 pm - Faith United Methodist Church in Lombard invites the community to the candlelight Christmas Eve worship.
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Wheaton’s Gary UMC to offer Advent study on art and MaryDec 03, 2024 9:26 pm - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton is offering “Picturing Mary,” a Midweek Advent study, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Dec. 4-18.