Day: July 4, 2020
A dozen volunteers from Flowing Forth United Methodist Church conducted two one-day “Serve Local” mission trips in Aurora...
COVID Coping—Aurora Methodists refocus mission trips on hometown
AURORA, Ill., June 29, 2020 — When COVID-19 canceled out-of-state mission trips, Aurora Methodists refocused on their hometown. A dozen volunteers from Flowing Forth United Methodist Church conducted two one-dayRead More
Judd Lofchie, real estate broker, attorney and Aurora 10th Ward alderman, made the announcement.
Fox Valley Habitat to open New Aurora ReStore
MONTGOMERY, Ill., July 3, 2020 — Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will open a ReStore specializing in new and gently used home goods in west Aurora. Judd Lofchie, realRead More
“I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us,” Douglass said, “I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary!"
Opinion: The Fourth of July: Time to celebrate or lament?
by: Paul O’Donnell (Antipas L. Harris) July 2, 2020 (RNS) — Like most people, I love the Fourth of July: Picnics, family reunions, summer vacation, fishing trips, packed beaches, streetRead More
“God answers prayer,” said Jackson, president of the General Missionary Baptist State Convention.
Some question replacing Mississippi’s Confederate symbol with ‘In God We Trust’
by: Jack Jenkins (RNS) July 2, 2020 — The Rev. Isiac Jackson Jr. was one of many Mississippi residents who took it as a spiritual victory when the state’s lawmakersRead More