Should have gotten this up earlier. If you know anyone who could use food–meat, dry goods, dairy, fruits, vegetables, desserts, bread–please suggest they go to the Nunda Township Hall on Friday mornings. A truck from the Northern Illinois Food Bank … Continue reading
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A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren: Hultgren Supports Passage of Bill to Expand Giving to Illinois Food Banks, Charities Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) today supported passage of H.R. 644, the Fighting Hunger Incentive Act, a … Continue reading
Again about ten on Friday morning, the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake in cooperation with the Northern Illinois Food Bank will distribute three to six pallets of food to those who come. The Nunda Township facility is between … Continue reading
Free food will be distributed from local supermarkets at the Nunda Township complex between Route 31 and the McHenry-Crystal Lake Blacktop (Walkup Road on the map below) Friday at 10 AM. A lot of it is frozen and there is … Continue reading
The First United Methodist Church will distribute food from local grocery stores at the Nunda Township Office complex this morning at 10. It’s a hard place to find so there’s a map below: If you have friends or acquaintances who … Continue reading
This Saturday the First United Methodist Church hosts a Northern Illinois Food Bank truck filled with free food. The time is 2-6. Everyone is welcome. (And if you want to help out, you would be welcome, too.) It’s impossible to … Continue reading
While the First United Methodist Church’s Pre-School is in session, the free food provided by the Northern Illinois Food Bank is being distributed at Nunda Township. People have probably been lined up for an hour when I arrive at about … Continue reading
The free food distributed at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake has moved to the Nunda Township complex on Bay Road for the winter. Nunda Township’s offices are located between Route 31 and what Crystal Lakers call the … Continue reading
Friday morning free food will be available at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake. The truck from the Northern Illinois Food Pantry usually arrives about ten, but people start lining up as much as an hour earlier. Four … Continue reading
Christian singer Cheri Keaggy will perform in concert at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake Sunday afternoon at 3 PM. This will follow a weekend women’s retreat at the church, located at the corner of Dole and West … Continue reading
The Northern Illinois Food Pantry drops 5-6 pallets of food from local supermarkets at the First United Methodist Church in Crystal Lake each Friday. Now that pre-school has started, folks interested should look for the tent in the back corner … Continue reading
As an intermission between Republican politicians, the Allegiance Color Guard from Dundee came marching by. Horses pulling a stage coach also added interest. A necessary component of any parade with horses is a place to put any horse apples. The … Continue reading
The term “no-fault divorce” was not used in Pastor Scott Field’s speech to the Northern Illinois Conference Evangelical Association Monday, but the comparison makes sense. The title of Field’s talk was “Somnambulating, Surviving, and Strategizing for the Coming UMC Implosion.” (“UMC” means … Continue reading
This summer the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake will be receiving four-five pallets of food from Walmart, Sam’s Club, Jewel and Meier about 10:30. There are vegetables and fruits, bread, desserts, usually some dairy. The food is available … Continue reading
“God says, ‘If you don’t love your brother, you don’t know me.’” That was part of what Bud Gregory of Kairos Prison Ministry of Illinois had to tell of his weekend experiences at Stateville participating in four-day weekend retreats for prisoners. … Continue reading
Christian singer-songwriter Cheri Keaggy appeared in concert many times at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake during the last fifteen years. She is coming back to lead the 11 AM worship service the first weekend in February. Kegy … Continue reading
The First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake is holding its second meal packing event for Haiti. Inspired by the tremendous community outpouring headed up by the Salvation Army in 2007 when 780,000 meals were packed by hundreds of community … Continue reading
That headline pretty much summarizes the final question Federal Judge Frederick Kapala had to decide in whether or not to dismiss former McHenry County Sheriff Deputy Scott Milliman’s wrongful termination suit. The Judge points out it had to determine “whether … Continue reading
University of Chicago doctoral student Tyler Natoli spoke to the United Methodist Men of the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake Saturday morning about his stay in Antarctica. He has just returned. He is part of the team that … Continue reading