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There is Freedom: A Sermon for Juneteenth

Juneteenth celebrations
Today, June 19th, is Juneteenth, a holiday our church has incorporated into our Sunday worship for the past few years. This is a lightly edited version of my sermon fromRead More

....but just say no to his fellow Black Sox teammate ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson

Black Sox Scandal: Local community leaders ‘reinstate’ Buck Weaver to baseball… 

Black Sox Scandal players
By Tom Siebert Aurora, Ill., June 13, 2021 — “Say it ain’t so, Joe.” Those famous words from a disappointed young fan more than a hundred years ago echoed hauntinglyRead More

Banks recognized for significant contributions to Wheaton College, the church, the Christian publishing world, and communities of color

Wheaton College Names Welcome Center after Dr. Melvin E. Banks, Sr.

Dr. Melvin Banks Sr.
Wheaton, Ill., June 4, 2021 — At its May meeting the Wheaton College Board of Trustees approved naming the College’s Welcome Center for the late Dr. Melvin E. Banks, Sr.Read More

Benefits Kiwanis and American Cancer Society

Online Kiwanis Fundraiser Auction, this Friday – June 13, Features Longaberger Baskets

Longaberger Basket
Aurora, Ill., June 2, 2021 — The Aurora and Fox Valley community are asked to bid on Longaberger baskets filled with items by the Kiwanis Club of Aurora from JuneRead More

Culminating three years of English-language classes with a volunteer tutor...

Aurora Dominican Literacy Center to graduate 28 women learners

Lucia Suarez studies with Mary Ann Wagner
AURORA, Ill., May 5, 2021 — Graduation week is May 24-28 at Dominican Literacy Center, 260 Vermont St. in Aurora. At ceremonies from 9:30 to 9:45 a.m., center founder andRead More

The ministry, started at Saddleback Church in the 1990s, announced the news of his death Tuesday (Feb. 23) on social media.

John Baker, founder of the Christian support group Celebrate Recovery, has died

John Baker
by: Bob Smietana Feb. 24, 2021 (RNS) — John Baker, co-founder of Celebrate Recovery, an evangelical support group that helps people with “hurts, hangups and habits,” has died. The ministry,Read More

“So many people have been introduced to the life-changing message of Jesus because of Dr. Banks’ ground-breaking initiatives,”...

Dr. Melvin E. Banks, founder of largest African American religious publishing company, has died

Dr. Melvin E. Banks, Sr.
“Dr. Banks was the first to create contextualized content that portrayed positive images of African Americans in the Bible,” — Jeffrey Wright, UMI CEO CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2021 — UMI (UrbanRead More

“These annual awards recognize Fox Valley area students...”

Local students win Aurora Rotary Club scholarships

AURORA, Ill., Dec. 21, 2020 — Eleven area high school students have received Aurora Rotary Club’s 2020 Ted Brattin Youth Service Award. Gretchen Timm, Rotary Club of Aurora president, saidRead More

The prerecorded virtual concert airs at noon Sunday, Dec. 6, at aurora.edu/Christmas.

Aurora University to perform virtual yule concert

Aurora University Christmas 2020
AURORA, Ill., Dec. 4, 2020 — Aurora University ’s annual Christmas concert goes virtual this year. The university’s music and theater departments present students and faculty members in “There’s NoRead More

The university published the 560-page paperback illustrated with vintage photos...

Aurora professor’s book chronicles university’s origins

Susan L. Palmer with her new book
AURORA, Ill., Nov. 23, 2020 — Aurora author and retired professor Susan L. Palmer has written “Occupy till I Come: The Origins of Aurora University in Mendota, Illinois, 1893-1912.” PalmerRead More