Gateways to Global Ministry event for church members
A joint ministry event for the Disciples of Christ and United Churches of Christ titled Gateways to Global Ministry will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Peace Memorial United Church of Christ in Palos Park. The program targets lay leaders and staff with mission education duties, offering national executive talks in the morning and a choice of two of 12 seminars in the afternoon. Registration costs 20 per person or 5 for youth. child care is available.
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Palos Park
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First Christian Church
Dixon
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Rockford
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Rummage and bake sale to aid church nursery needs
The Sisters in Christ from Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church will host a rummage and bake sale with handmade crafts from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday September 16 at 2035 ill. Route 26. Proceeds fund nursery furnishings and support COVE Emergency Shelter in Sterling.
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Rochelle woman named leader of ELCA Northern Illinois Synodical Board
Esther Prabhakar a Rochelle resident and Faith Lutheran member was elected president of the Northern Illinois Synodical Board of the Women of the ELCA at a Sept 8 convention in Moline attended by 350 delegates. She aims to engage youth, support working women and single parents, promote stress management and leadership workshops, and recognize laywomen who sustain churches. Marie Hill of Rochelle and Leona Nelson of Mount Morris also joined the board.
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Moline
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Leona Nelson
Mount Morris
Northern Illinois
India
Faith Lutheran Church
John Prabhakar
Missionary Dawn Deets Shaped By Fifty Years Overseas
Dixon native Dawn Deets spent thirty years as a missionary overseas. Her work included a 15 year stint in Vietnam with leprosy patients and clinics in Pleiku. She later served in East Kalimantan Indonesia and Malaysia including Penang prison outreach and missionary children education. Deets plans to visit Western Pennsylvania in six weeks to speak to Christian Missionary Alliance churches.
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Christian Missionary Alliance Bruche
Hypocrisy in religion and politics through Matthew 23
The piece argues that mixing official religion with government breeds hypocrisy. It cites Jesus’s harsh rebuke of the Pharisees in Matthew 23 and notes seven Pharisee types from the Talmud. Politics and religion remain uneasy companions.
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