Family science night at Wesley United Methodist Church
A girl launches a homemade crash-test carrier during a family science night at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
‘Art and Soul’ camp at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora
A second annual arts camp for neighborhood youth opened Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora. “Art and Soul,” a free evening camp featuring a daily dinner and indoor/outdoor activities, was scheduled to run July 10-13. Simply Destinee, an Aurora-based dance center, was a partner with the Church for...
Family STEAM at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora
Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora, will be host to a family STEAM night featuring simulated crash tests. The science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, event will take place Wednesday, July 26, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Church. The public is invited. Admission and...
Fox Valley Brass ensemble performs at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora
Yorkville High School instrumental music instructor, Victor Anderson, right, directs a Fox Valley Brass ensemble during a mini-concert at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora Sunday, June 24.
Reverend Scott to start at Wesley United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church (UMC), 14 N. May Street in Aurora, will welcome the Reverend Tammy Scott as incoming pastor Sunday, July 2. Services are held online at 9:30 a.m. and in-person at 10:30 a.m.. The public is invited. Admission is free, although a free-will offering will be accepted. Rev....
Bittersweet greets John Bell on his Aurora departure
By Al Benson Reverend John Bell felt bittersweet last weekend. Departing as pastor at Aurora’s Wesley United Methodist Church, the Aurora resident was honored for 10 years of ministry at gatherings last weekend. Bell, 53, a Downers Grove native, earlier announced plans to accompany his wife, Alison, to Louisville, Ky.,...
Reverend John Bell will leave Wesley United Methodist Aurora
The Reverend John Bell, pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church Aurora, since 2013, will cap a decade of ministry with farewell events Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4. He will be guest of honor at a dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 3, in the Gathering Place room at the Church....
Celebrating Mother’s Day at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora
Celebrating Mother's Day, Michelle Curiel, director of praise and worship at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora, distributes 35 mini flower pots to congregants.
Aurora’s Wesley United Methodist Church host to Housing 101 panel
The Rev. John Bell, right, pastor at Aurora's Wesley United Methodist Church, greets community activist Helen Ratzlow at a "Housing 101" panel at the church April 12.
Funding for Aurora youth, family programs
After 70 years of educating youth, the preschool of Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora closed in March 2022. The school’s legacy will continue to be felt with grants totaling $2,000 to help church staffers provide youth and family programs. Sunday, March 26, Paula Loague, preschool board president, presented $1,000...
Sisters of Story quartet’s show at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora
Kim Schultz, foreground, performs in Sisters of Story quartet's show "Keeping Faith: Sisters of Story." Background is Lucia Thomas, accompany, on vocals, violin, banjo, and oud.
Wesley United Methodist Church collecting for a new academy in India
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora is collecting donations to help an Aurora family start a school called The Precious Academy in Pithoragarh, India. Wesley congregants, Lynnette Singh and her husband, Khem, have started the Academy. They are working on setting up a library and computer lab and adding playground...
Journey of Hope United Methodist men’s Lenten breakfast and worship service
Stan McGraw of Aurora, from left, the Reverend Norval Brown, Cary United Methodist Church pastor; and Paul Eggert, Aurora, reunite at Journey of Hope UMC, Elgin, Saturday, Feb. 18.
Making blankets for veterans: Wesley United Methodist Church needs volunteers
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora, will be host to a nonprofit that makes fleece blankets for veterans. Starting Tuesday, Jan. 17, Wesley will welcome Veterans Outreach of Illinois to its building at 14 N. May St. Pastor John Bell said, “Beginning on January 17 and then every Tuesday from...
Third annual Light Up the Night: Candlelight and Community vigil in Aurora
By Al Benson Candles, readings of names, and reflections on recently-passed persons highlighted a memorial service Wednesday, Dec. 21 in Aurora. A third annual Light Up the Night: Candlelight and Community vigil was held outdoors on the Water Street Mall in downtown Aurora. The Reverend John Bell, pastor at Wesley...
Gathering Community series continues
Continuing its Gathering Community series, Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora, will hold a free dinner and family activity at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Michelle Curiel, Wesley children and family director, said the event will...
Series of January storytelling workshops in Aurora
A series of four storytelling workshops will be held by Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora. Thew Elliott, traditional worship director and workshops leader, said admission and parking are free at the Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. The schedule is from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan....
Indoor live Nativity scene at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora Christmas Eve
Ready to play a sheep Emilia Jackson, 3, joins family members who were going to re-enact an indoor live Nativity scene during Christmas eve worship at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Wesley United Methodist Church: Pizza dinner, holiday movie
Continuing its Gathering Community series, Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will hold a pizza dinner and showing of a movie from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Launched in September, the Community Gathering series...