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Kane County rejects proclamation supporting those who shun COVID-19 vaccine

By James Fuller – Daily Herald Media Group November 23, 2023 Saying it would send the wrong message, Kane County Board members shunned a proclamation this week supporting residents who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Link to full Kane County Chronicle article

Ascension 2023

Hesham Shehab: Ascension 2023… Jesus Prays for Us

Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, May 21, 2023 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Burbank, IL Text: John 17:1-11 Jesus Prays for Us Christ has risen. He has risen indeed.Read More

West Aurora church merges

After 163 years in ministry, Aurora Advent Christian Church holds farewell worship service

Pastor Matt Mull
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

Mobile pantry coming Wednesday!

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

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 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 ofRead More

Easter 2023 Message for XPian News

Hesham Shehab: Special Easter 2023 Message… Jesus Christ, “My God and My Lord”

Easter
Editor is sorry for his delay in this posting. Jesus Christ, “My God and My Lord” The grace, mercy, and peace of Christ Jesus rest upon each and every oneRead More

Palm Sunday 2023

Hesham Shehab: Palm Sunday… Behold the Servant – King

Palm Sunday
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, April 2, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: John 12: 20- 43 Behold the Servant – King Grace, mercy, andRead More

Starting Out Your Easter Sunday!!

Easter Sunrise Service on April 9

Two crosses

We salt and light the world because we’re His disciples.

Hesham Shehab: Salt and Light

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, February 5, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Matthew 5:13-20 Salt and Light Grace to you and peace from GodRead More

Mobile pantry coming tomorrow, Wednesday!

Coming, tomorrow Wednesday (Jan. 18), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 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 ofRead More

Jesus as the

Hesham Shehab: WalCamp Presentation – Jan. 7, 2023

In the Old Testament, God revealed His name to Moses: “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent meRead More

A timely video commentary.

John H. Armstrong: Was Reinhold Niebuhr’s Critique of Evangelicalism Accurate? (video)

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CAROL STREAM, Ill., November 30, 2020  Learn more about John H. Armstrong at XPian News… https://xpian.news/page/2/?s=armstrong&submit=Search… Visit John’s ministry… https://johnharmstrong.com/

Epiphany Sunday

Hesham Shehab: Epiphany Sunday 2023… Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, January 8, 2023 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Romans 6: 1-11 Dead to Sin, Alive to God Grace to youRead 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

Christmas Sunday

Hesham Shehab: Christmas Sunday 2022… What Are the Reasons for the Incarnation

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, December 25, 2022 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Texts: Old Testament Micah 5:1-4; Gospel Luke 2 What Are the Reasons forRead More

Fourth Sunday in Advent

Hesham Shehab: 4th Sunday of Advent… Do Not Fear. God Is with us.

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, December 18, 2022 Resurrection Lutheran Church, Crown Point, IN Text: Matthew 1:18–25 Do Not Fear. God Is with us. An American writer onceRead More

Second Sunday in Advent

Hesham Shehab: 2nd Sunday of Advent… A Sinner or a Brood of a Viper

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, December 4, 2022 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father andRead More

First Sunday in Advent

Hesham Shehab: 1st Sunday of Advent… God’s “Dream” Comes True

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, November 27, 2022 St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Whiting, IN Text: Isaiah 2:1-5 Yes, today marks the first Sunday of a new churchRead More

Mobile pantry coming this Wednesday!

Coming, Wednesday (Nov. 16), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Nov. 14, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Nov. 16, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead 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

Movie Till
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

The Holy Spirit is God.

Hesham Shehab: The World’s Best Counselor

Hesham Shehab
Sermon text preached by Rev. Hesham Shehab Sunday, October 23, 2022 Resurrection Lutheran Church, Crown Point, IN Text: Gospel of St. John, Chapter 14 The World’s Best Counselor Jesus said: 15Read More

Mobile pantry coming TODAY!

Today, Wednesday (Oct. 19), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., Oct. 19 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., Oct. 19, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead More

Yes, every time somebody sees God for who he is, they lose their consumer mentality.

Hesham Shehab: The Cost of Mission

Hesham Shehab
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

Hesham Shehab
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

Mobile pantry coming TODAY!

Today, Wednesday (July 20), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., July 20, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., July 20, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead More

Mobile pantry coming Wednesday!

Wednesday (June 15), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
AURORA, Ill., June 11, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offered to the community on Wed., June 15, 4:30 – 6 p.m., at Our Lady ofRead More

Former churches... Fourth St. UMC & Flowing Grace UMC

After 4-year ministry, Aurora Methodist church holds final worship service

Final communion at Flowing Forth UMC
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

PADS
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

National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 219 (Aurora)

Results of “Stamp Out Hunger” in Aurora

"Stamp Out Hunger" 2022 in Aurora
AURORA, Ill. — The 2022 edition (two year absence because of COVID-19) of “Stamp Out Hunger” took place in Aurora on May 14, 2022. The National Association of Letter Carriers,Read 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

Letter carriers Stamp Out Hunger
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

SciTech
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

Norwegian-Americans remember
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

Aurora Faith News

Veterans Victory Garden

Aurora food pantry to debut Veterans Victory Garden

AURORA, Ill., April 23, 2022 — Aurora’s Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry will unveil a VeteransRead More

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Books

Randall Balmer & new book

Randall Balmer on why racism, not abortion, birthed the religious right

by: Yonat Shimron Sept. 22, 2021 (RNS) — White evangelicals have long held that theRead More

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Catholic

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church

Wednesday (March 16), Mobile Food Pantry at Aurora church

AURORA, Ill., March 13, 2022 — A “drive thru” mobile food pantry will be offeredRead More

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Metro Chicago Faith News

Rev. Hesham Shehab

Hesham Shehab: Why the Father Sent His Son?

Sermon presented by Rev. Hesham Shehab on The John Ross Show (https://facebook.com/xpiannews) on Dec. 24,Read More

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Education

Grove City College

Grove City College rejects ‘wokeness,’ CRT in new report

by: Kathryn Post April 25, 2022 (RNS) — Grove City College insists it’s not “goingRead More

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Episcopal

President Joe Biden

Christian leaders meet with White House to advocate for social programs, voting rights

by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2021 (RNS) — Faith leaders representing a broad spectrumRead More

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Featured Posts

Opinion: Gov. DeSantis, Let My Ministry Serve Migrant Kids

In preventing care for unaccompanied minors, Florida’s governor is interfering with US law and religiousRead More

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Film

Terrence Howard

Actor Terrence Howard gets high marks at Judson University’s World Leaders Forum in Elgin

By Tom Siebert ELGIN, Ill., July 10, 2021 — Terrence Howard has a star onRead More

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Health

COVID-19 at Church Guidelines

CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally

CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally CORBEVAX uses recombinantRead More

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Immigration

World Relief Welcomes Announcement of Ukrainian Refugee Resettlement and Humanitarian Assistance, Urges Broader Welcome

BALTIMORE – Today, President Biden announced a plan to admit as many as 100,000 Ukrainians to theRead More

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International

World Council of Churches thinking of the refugees.

World Council of Churches urges Patriarch Kirill to lobby for Easter cease-fire

by: Jack Jenkins April 19, 2022 (RNS) — The head of the World Council ofRead More

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Editor's Links of Interest

The Roman Road from Insurrection – Russell Moore

This week we watched an insurrection of domestic terrorists, incited and fomented by the PresidentRead More

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National

Baseball Lockout

‘If you build it they will come’ no longer works for baseball — or organized religion

by: Bob Smietana March 4, 2022 (RNS) — Tom Johnson loves baseball. And he lovesRead More

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RNS Opinion

Storming of U.S. Capitol

Jim Wallis: Reconciliation needs truth

by: Paul O’Donnell (Jim Wallis) Jan. 29, 2021 (RNS) — “You will know the truthRead More

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Sports

Kevin McDowell

Ex-Geneva athlete goes to Tokyo Olympics

GENEVA, Ill., July 23, 2021–A U.S.A. competitor in the Tokyo Olympic triathlon will be aRead More

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