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Hundreds of bikes and bikers fill Phillips Park

Bikers leave Motorcycle Sunday for an afternoon ride

Today, Sunday May 1, was the 16th annual Motorcycle Sunday sponsored by the Warehouse Church. Hundreds of motorcycles in various shapes and forms filled Phillips Park in Aurora. Also aRead More

Fourth St. United Methodist Church Celebrates Ministry to Aurora

Fourth St. United Methodist Church Celebrates 125 Years of Ministry in Aurora

Celebrating 125 Years–Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner, second from right, posed with a proclamation declaring Sunday, May 1, as “Fourth Street United Methodist Church Day” in Aurora. From left are RalphRead More

Author Karen Kaplan of Highland Park will discuss “Descendants of Rajgrad: Learning to Forgive.”

Aurora Holocaust Memorial Wednesday, May 4

Temple B’nai Israel, 400 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora, will hold a Yom HaShoah– Holocaust memorial–service at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4. The public is invited. The service will openRead More

Annual children's event draws thousands

Fun for the whole family! 

Aurora’s premier children’s event is coming on May 7 (rescheduled from April 30), 1-5 p.m. at the Aurora Transportation Center parking lot (Spring Street and Lincoln Avenue). In recognition ofRead More

‘This church has kept people together’  – The Beacon-News

The impact of an institution is often measured by the shadow it has cast, and for the Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Aurora , that shadow is long. Source:Read More

Prayer Walk and Neighborhood Walks Are All Part of a Community Prayer Effort

May 5th National Day of Prayer in Aurora | Again Offers Unique Prayer Opportunities

 Aurora area residents are encouraged to participate in various prayer efforts in observation of the May 5th National Day of Prayer. Again this year, a couple of unique opportunities areRead More

A new website is launched.

XPian News to Bring Christian News

Welcome! I am writing this this introductory blog on a beautiful April Saturday. Two days ago on April 21 would have been my dad’s 103rd birthday. It made me think about aRead More

Luncheon and concert are part of 125th anniversary celebration

Fox Valley Festival Chorus concert to highlight church’s 125th anniversary celebration

Fox Valley Festival Chorus, an Aurora-based ensemble of 60-plus voices, will perform American made selections at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Fourth Street United Methodist Church 551 S. FourthRead More

Aurora group says refugees need to be welcomed – Aurora Beacon-News

Members of Justice for Our Neighbors – a free immigration legal clinic for immigrants and refugees – celebrated the group’s fifth anniversary not by throwing a party, but rather advocatingRead More

Aurora deacon works to bring faith to those in need – Aurora Beacon-News

It’s hard to think that anyone who serves in ministry could be busier than Deacon Bruce Watermann, who serves several Catholic parishes in Aurora . Source: Aurora deacon works toRead More