First Church, located at the corner of Dole and West Crystal Lake Avenues, is holding an event for kids Sunday afternoon. It’s a Trunk or Treat event at which candidate and other goodies will be available. There will even be … Continue reading
Category Archives: First United Methodist Church
Due to the Nunda Township Republican Primary Election next Tuesday, the First United Methodist Church’s food distribution Friday morning will be at the Bethany Lutheran Church, instead of the Nunda Township Hall. The Bethany Lutheran Church is located at the … Continue reading
Friday at about 10 the Northern Illinois Food Pantry will deliver 4-6 pallets of food from local grocery stores to Nunda Township. It’s a hard place to find, but the accompanying map should help. Then, on Saturday in mid-afternoon, the Northern … Continue reading
The Salvation Army brought the idea to Crystal Lake in 2007, right after the devastating hurricane in Haiti. The old Cub Food store was packed with people from throughout the community. Upwards of 780,000 meals were packed in sealed bags. … 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
“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
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
If you feel that tug to be with people on Christmas Eve for a church service, may I suggest the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake. There are three services, as you can see below: As you can see, … Continue reading
Great place to find reasonably priced gifts, so I’ll just re-run last year’s article below. This is where I buy my $15 gifts for our Crystal Lake Kiwanis Christmas grab bag. I’ve even found items for $10. The items are … Continue reading
Great place to find reasonably priced gifts, so I’ll just re-run last year’s article below. This is where I buy my $15 gifts for our Crystal Lake Kiwanis Christmas grab bag. This weekend the Scrappy Quilters of the United Methodist … Continue reading
What follows is the first part of a long note from my sister, who lives in Joplin. Mercifully, her family lives in Leawood, about a quarter of a mile south of the Interstate on which I saw a photo of … Continue reading
Christian singer Cheri Keaggy will appear in concert at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake this afternoon at 4 PM. Fans can begin fighting for the seats down front at 3. Tickets are $17.50 at the door. I … Continue reading
Christian singer Cheri Keaggy will appear in concert at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake this afternoon at 4 PM. Fans can begin fighting for the seats down front at 3. Tickets are $17.50 at the door. I … Continue reading
Besides the cows and pigs and rabbits, turkeys and rabbits, there were a fair number of religious groups at the McHenry County Fair. I saw two familiar faces. They had handed out a number of Spanish Bibles at the immigration … Continue reading
Besides the cows and pigs and rabbits, turkeys and rabbits, there were a fair number of religious groups at the McHenry County Fair. I saw two familiar faces. They had handed out a number of Spanish Bibles at the immigration … Continue reading
Haven’t seen me write much on foreign countries here, have you? I’ve written about the building of really inexpensive schools in Angola by Rise, International. I’ve written a story about a Methodist missionary who will is trying to teach Zambian … Continue reading
Haven’t seen me write much on foreign countries here, have you? I’ve written about the building of really inexpensive schools in Angola by Rise, International. I’ve written a story about a Methodist missionary who will is trying to teach Zambian … Continue reading
This is the third statue by sculptor Dominic Zinanni in his series taking Christians from the manger to the cross. We have a second clay cross this week. The first one said, “Worship” on its base. This one has “bring … Continue reading