Chancel Choir Begins Rehearsals on September 19th at  9:00 am

Please contact Music Minister Janet Jones for more information -815-521-0519

We have decided to change things up a bit this year.  So join us for Welcome Back celebration during coffee hour after worship on Rally Day, September 12th.

Come and start the church year off with your church family.  We look forward to seeing you!

Check out the new ad produced by the UCC Office of Communications. It is a fast-paced and wonderful reminder of the way God is Still-speaking in our lives and our world. The first time I watched The Language of God I saw compassion, love, equality and justice. Take a look and let me know what you see & hear.

Sunday March 28th Palm Sunday 10:30am Join us as our Concert band, Choir & children and youth help us celebrate with Jesus and the Disciples as they make their way into Jerusalem in a parade of peace.

Wednesday March 31st 7:00pm - Our Holy Week Taize Service will remember the Disciples and Jesus as they gater for the Last Supper. The service will include Taize chants, sharing of communion and the powerful ritual of handwashing as we remember the way jesus washed the feet of his disciples.

Friday April 2nd - Good Friday

6:00-7:00 pm Prayer Walk -Spend time in each of several Prayer Stations designed by the members of our youth group. This is a wonderful way to prepare for the Good Friday Worship experience or if you can’t stay for the service it’s a great way to honor the sacrifice Jesus made and to enter into God’s healing Love

7:00pm - Tenebrae Service This powerful service will lead us into an experience of the Disicples and the grwoing darkness in their lives and their hearts as they walked with Jesus to the cross. It will invite us to examine our own hearts and lives as we seek to become more faith-filled followers.

Sunday April 4th -Easter Sunday

8:00am -Contemporary Resurrection Celebration -We'll begin with a brief drama and then experience the joy of the resurection with the leadership of our Praise band, Inspiration!

9:00 - 10:00am  -Resurrection Breakfast - Share the joy of Easter as we share in Fellowship with oneanother at this Free Breakfast. All are welcome!

10:30am Traditional Rescurrection Celebration - Join us for as we sing the familiar songs of easter and welcome again the new life which God always brings out of our long nights of sorrow.

Join us for worship at 7:00pm Ash Wednesday 2/17, for our first Taize prayer Service of the year. These powerful services offer a time of prayer and reflection along with communion and the singing of the beautiful chants created in the Taize community in France. We’ll begin the evening with a simple soup, sandwich & salad supper from 5:30 -6:15pm. All are welcome for both the meal and the service. 

This Sunday November 1, 2009 we will celebrate All Saints Day with a powerful worship experience that invites us to "rekindle the gift of God that is within" as we remember the saints in our congregation and our lives who have testified to God's love and grace by putting their faith into action. We will celebrate communion and light candles of remembrance as we ponder God's call through the words of 2 Timothy 2:1-9a.

Come and see if God is calling you to love!

Remember that daylight savings time ends at 2am November 1st, so set your clocks back so you arrive on time for worship.

Blue Christmas Worship Decemver 6th  - 4pm

Soup Sandwish & Salad Supper 5:15pm

One of the most powerful things about Christmas is its focus on the gift of Divine Love that was given to each of us. But often as the holidays draw near we are faced with an unexpected sense of pain from loses wehave suffered -loss of loved ones, loss of financial security, loss of health, loss of a job, loss of relationships, loss of any kind. Any loss involves feelings of grief.  So it is that for many people Christmas is a very difficult time of the year. This feelings of loss seemeven more pronounced in this season of joy. That's why the Stephen Ministers of our congregation host an annual Blue Christmas Worship experience.