Women of Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will make holiday cookies, candies, and bean soup mix, to raise funds for missions projects. Congregant Emmy Lou John said United Methodist Women will sell boxes of cookies for $10, plates of 20 buttermints for $2, three rosettes for $2, bags of...
By Al Benson “What you do to one color, you do to all colors,” said an Ojibwe nation member at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora Sunday, Nov. 7. Joseph Standing Bear Schranz, a Methodist, gave chronicle of centuries of injustices imposed on native Americans by the U.S. government, settlers,...
Children enjoy lunch among playground equipment Monday, Aug. 2 during an outdoor program at Blackhawk Park in Aurora by Wesley United Methodist Church.
Aurorans, left, Jackie and Lilly Jaramillo, hand out take-home kits to guests at Wesley United Methodist Church's outdoor Blackhawk Park program July 12.
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora is asking congregants and community members to write letters to support black Methodist churches vandalized in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Saturday, Dec. 12, racist mobs attacked Asbury United Methodist and Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal churches, two renowned, historically black congregations in downtown Washington, D.C.....
Reverend John Bell, pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora, stands among three Oak tree-mounted fabric installations celebrating the recent pride month on the Church's front lawn.
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will deliver dinner to Mutual Ground domestic violence shelter in Aurora Thursday, May 28. Reverend John Bell, pastor, said “We will deliver a meal to the residents and staff members of Mutual Ground for their dinner. We will order Taqueria tacos and sides for...
Paul Eggert of Aurora is among new officers recently elected to lead Aurora District United Methodist men. One of five districts in the United Methodist Church Northern Illinois Conference, the Aurora District comprises 76 clergy and 58 churches from Sugar Grove to Yorkville to Morris, plus Lombard, Orland Park, and...
Wesley United Methodist Church preschool in Aurora will hold an all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta fundraiser from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Proceeds will help benefit the preschool. Dinner will include pizzas, pastas,...
Five Fox Valley United Methodist churches will co-sponsor an annual community Ash Wednesday service to open Lent at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Wesley UMC, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Donations will be accepted to benefit Aurora area farmers...
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with in-church and community-service activities Sunday, Jan. 19, after the 11 a.m. service. Club 345, a group for third through fifth graders, will be host to a hands-on activities in the Church parlor to teach about MLK,...
Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora, will show “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (PG) at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17. The public is invited. Admission, parking, and refreshments, are free. Reverend John Bell, pastor, said, “(participants can) enjoy a night out with unlimited buttered popcorn...
Lessons and carols, an old-English worship tradition, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission, parking, and refreshments, are free. Acclaimed Naperville harpist Nichole Luchs will provide music. Reverend John Bell, pastor, said...
A Halloween party Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora highlight: A musical pumpkins game.
