Coming, Wednesday (April 19), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

AURORA, Ill., April 17, 2023 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., April 19, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, 701 S. Eola Road, Aurora. The Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet Mobile Food Pantry will be delivering healthy food (meat, produce, and non perishable items) to people in need. No identification or information will be required or collected. This event is open to anyone in-need of food! Mobile food pantries use a “drive thru” method to distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please clear space in yourRead More
West Aurora church merges
After 163 years in ministry, Aurora Advent Christian Church holds farewell worship service

AURORA, Ill., April 3, 2023 — With tears, hugs and bittersweet memories, Aurora Advent Christian Church held its final worship service on Sunday, April 2, after 163 years of ministry.Read More
Dr. Vin Gupta addresses a critical community health need.
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) save lives.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) save lives. Every single community center, gym, recreational facility, soccer field, restaurant should have a functioning one easily accessible and staff trained to use them. https://t.co/dGnoxPQAMCRead More
Till is a must-see movie that will hopefully bend our country’s moral arc closer to a more just society.
‘Till’ is a mandatory movie for our times

AURORA, Ill. – I went to school for sixteen years and was never taught about Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old black youth whose brutal murder by white supremacists in 1955 addedRead More
If you refuse to identify and call it what it is then you are in danger from suffering its ravages.
Hesham Shehab: Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, July 17, 2022 Holy Trinity Lutheran, Burbank, IL Text: Luke 8:26-19, English Standard Version Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon 26 ThenRead More
Former churches... Fourth St. UMC & Flowing Grace UMC
After 4-year ministry, Aurora Methodist church holds final worship service

AURORA, Ill., June 7, 2022 — After four years of community ministry, Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church held its final worship on Sunday, June 5. Congregants gathered at Cool AcresRead More
Food drive coming this Saturday to Aurora & the Fox Valley
Letter Carriers 30th Food Drive Will Help Feed Needy Families in All 50 States; Aurora & Fox Valley

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its annual national food drive on Saturday, May 14. NALC’s food drive, which was first held in 1983,Read More
“First Share” of STEM supplies
Closing: Aurora’s SciTech Hands-On Museum Announces Future Plans; “Last Look” on June 3

AURORA, Ill., May 4, 2022 — SciTech Hands-On Museum (SciTech), an award-winning hands-on STEM museum dedicated to inspiring learning through creative, interactive and educational activities and programming announced today theRead More
Sons of Norway meeting at St. Olaf Church, Montgomery
At remembrance service, Fox Valley Norwegian-Americans honor deceased brothers, sister

MONTGOMERY, Ill., May 2, 2022 — Fox Valley Norwegian-Americans celebrated deceased brothers and sisters at a service of remembrance Sunday, May 1. Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 heldRead More
Tisby told RNS the allegations that his sermon promoted CRT are “ludicrous.”
Grove City College rejects ‘wokeness,’ CRT in new report

by: Kathryn Post April 25, 2022 (RNS) — Grove City College insists it’s not “going woke.” A new report from the conservative Christian college in Pennsylvania denounced school-sponsored courses andRead More
Lions volunteers and 30 East Aurora High School students served a record 600 breakfasts.
Aurora Lions Club raises $1,343 for Ukrainian refugees; serve record 600 breakfasts at fundraiser

AURORA, Ill., April 18, 2022 — Aurora Noon Lions Club will donate $1,343 to aid the more than two million men, women and children who have fled the ongoing conflictRead More