Shrove Sunday colorful at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery
From left, Jerri Lynn Baker and Diana Raimond of Oswego and Barb Johnson, Yorkville, celebrate Mardi Gras early on Shrove Sunday, March 2.
Dixieland band opens Lent at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
A Dixieland band opens Lent Sunday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Fat Tuesday celebration March 4
Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will celebrate Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, with a free pancake dinner and craft-making from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4. The public is invited said Lead Pastor Rev. Tammy Scott. Admission and parking are free. The family event
Lent: Dixieland worship, drive-thru Ash Wednesday
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora, will open Lent with an annual Dixieland worship service, a Mardi Gras-style luncheon and Ash Wednesday services including a drive-thru imposition of ashes. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Sunday, March 2, a Dixieland band featuring Kristin
Aurora Boy Scouts participate in Scout Sunday
Aurora Boy Scouts Charlie Rendall, left, and Andrew Banach pass collection plates during annual Scout Sunday, Feb. 2 at Aurora’s Wesley United Methodist Church.
Celebrating Michelle: Aurora church honors staff member
By Al Benson Unofficially, it was Michelle Curiel Day at Aurora’s Wesley United Methodist Church on Sunday, Jan. 26. The celebration featured gifts, speeches and a reception attended by members, friends and relatives. During and after Sunday worship services, the Aurora resident was honored on her last Sunday as Wesley
MLK Prayer Breakfast Jan. 20
The Fox Valley Christian Ministerial Alliance is inviting the public to its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m Monday, Jan. 20, at Gayles Memorial Baptist Church, 730 Gillette Avenue, Aurora. The morning event will feature dedicated prayer segments followed by a complimentary breakfast.
MLK program January 19
United Methodists of the Northern Illinois Conference will honor the memory of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a program at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 at First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple Avenue in Downers Grove. The public is invited to the event and admission and parking are
Plano Methodist Church Sunday School
The children at the Plano Methodist Church learn from puppet Galileo about Jesus’ birth during the month of December.
Wesley United Methodist Church: Celebrating Jesus’ baptism
Reverend Tammy Scott, Lead Pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora, invites children to place unwanted names or labels in a bowl of water during Sunday worship services.
Aurora Methodists open new year with ‘star’ words
Congregants at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora were seeing stars Sunday, Jan.5. In a second annual celebration of Epiphany, when three kings followed a star to bring gifts to the Christ child, Wesley members and friends were invited to select a star from 80 wooden stars in a collection
Candlelight worship, pageant celebrate Christmas Eve
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora celebrated Christmas Eve with an annual pageant by youth and adults before a candlelight worship service Tuesday, Dec. 24. The pageant featured youth and adult volunteer actors from the congregation in period costumes. Thew Elliott, church music and liturgy director, led carol singing and
Aurora, Tri-Cities Methodists share worship Dec. 29
Aurora and Tri-Cities United Methodist churches celebrated the first Sunday after Christmas with a shared worship service Sunday, Dec. 29. The event at Batavia UMC featured leaders from Aurora Wesley UMC, Batavia UMC, Geneva UMC and Baker Memorial UMC, St. Charles. Rev. Melissa Meyers, Batavia UMC pastor, opened the service
Forty nativities from around the world
New England Congregational Church Aurora celebrated the season with a display of 40 nativity sets from around the world Sunday. The sets were loaned by Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago from its “Art and Faith of the Creche” exhibition through Dec. 21. Students of the Beloved Community, a
Multi-cultural nativities on display at New England Congregational Church in Aurora
The community is invited to a unique and exciting “open house” event at New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard, Aurora, Sunday, Dec. 15 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.. On display will be a fascinating collection of multi-cultural nativities on loan from the Loyola University Museum of Art
50 nativity sets from around the world on display at Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist
Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist, 5 W. Washington Street in Oswego, celebrated the season with an annual display of 50 nativity sets from around the world Friday, Dec. 6. Held during a chili and pie supper fundraiser by United Women in faith, the 20th annual display was held
Suburban United Methodist men celebrate Advent in Batavia
Suburban United Methodist men celebrated the Advent season Saturday, Dec. 7. The event by Prairie Central District United Methodist Men featured an annual breakfast and worship service at Batavia United Methodist Church. Attendees represented Batavia, Aurora, Oswego and other northern Illinois UMC congregations. Reverend Melissa Meyers, senior pastor at Batavia
Fifty nativity sets to be displayed at Oswego church Dec. 6
Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist, 5 W. Washington Street in Oswego, will display 50 nativity sets Friday, Dec. 6. The 20th annual display will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the church during the Oswego Christmas Walk in downtown from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. The
Oswego Presbyterian nativity pageant Dec. 13
Oswego Presbyterian Church, 1976 Route 25, will stage a live nativity pageant from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. The church’s annual presentation will feature a depiction of the story of Jesus’ birth every 15 minutes. Live animals are
Thirteen faith communities join in celebration
Christians, Jews, Muslims, and 10 other faith communities spanning Kane and Kendall counties came together Sunday, Nov. 24. InterFaith Aurora, an ecumenical nonprofit, sponsored its 16th annual “Thanksgiving Celebration of Music and Friendship” at New England Congregational Church in Aurora. An estimated 150 persons attended the program with the theme