Coming, tomorrow Wednesday (Jan. 18), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church
AURORA, Ill., Jan. 17, 2023 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Jan. 18, 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
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
Yes, every time somebody sees God for who he is, they lose their consumer mentality.
Hesham Shehab: The Cost of Mission
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, July 10, 2022 Peace Lutheran, Lombard, IL Text: Genesis 12:1-4 The Cost of Mission Grace to you and Peace from God our FatherRead 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
Check to health department
Kendall PADS closes for good, transfers funds to health department
After several years of providing meals, shelter, and social services to the area’s unhoused community, Kendall County PADS has decided to dissolve the nonprofit homeless support organization. Citing concerns overRead 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
Helping Ukrainian refugees at local and national level
Aurora Lions to collect donations for Ukrainian refugees; to match up to $500
AURORA, Ill., April 8, 2022–Celebrating its 100th anniversary year, Aurora Noon Lions Club will collect donations to aid the more than two million men, women and children who have fledRead More
Annual Community Event Commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus
Churches Unite for Aurora Easter 2022 Sunrise Service at McCarty Park
AURORA, Ill., April 15, 2022 – Several Aurora churches are uniting for a brief Easter sunrise (6:30 a.m.) worship service at Aurora’s historic McCarty Park, East Galena Boulevard at FourthRead More
Sign-up at https://KiwanisOneDay.org.
Kiwanis Encourage Volunteers for Fox River Cleanup Tomorrow, April 9
Aurora, Ill. – Kiwanis members serve their communities all year long, but the excitement for service really builds in April of each year. Kiwanis members come together for Kiwanis One Day –Read More
Graham returns from Ukraine visit.
Franklin Graham writes to Putin, Zelenskyy to ask for a cease-fire during Holy Week
by: Yonat Shimron March31, 2022 (RNS) — Fresh from a two-day visit to Ukraine, the Rev. Franklin Graham said he wrote to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Ukraine PresidentRead More
