Cheryl Chojnacki
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Elgin and Batavia pastors join to share stories of faithAug 16, 2010 4:41 pm - In September 2001, just a couple of weeks after the world watched with horror as the Twin Towers were attacked, the church family at Vineyard Church of Elgin experienced...
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Concerts, nativities at area churchesNov 10, 2021 7:07 am - As we head into the Christmas holidays, area churches invite us to celebrate the Christ Child, the reason for this holy season, with a wide variety of special events. T...
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Vineyard Church to host unity serviceNov 09, 2021 8:08 pm - Counting your blessings this Thanksgiving season? Vineyard Church of Elgin, still thankful for its new church home purchased just this past spring, plays host to this ye...
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Going Gothic: Hampshire congregation plans new sanctuaryNov 09, 2021 8:59 am - In planning for a new place of worship, the parishioners of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church are not afraid to look back as they also look forward. The 131-year-old ...
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Hampshire resident reflects on his half-century of driving a truckNov 08, 2021 11:23 pm - Back in 1959, when some of the roads around Hampshire were still gravel and Bob Kudlicki's sons were still babies, the young father climbed into his four-year-old Chevy ...
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Time for global praise this SundayNov 08, 2021 5:39 pm - For a few moments one day this month, Christians all over the world will stop what they're doing to worship God together in a massive, global hymn sing. That's the visio...
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The meaning of Easter in troubled times: Fox Valley pastors speak outNov 07, 2021 7:01 am - Looking for something a little different for my Easter column, I posed a question to area pastors: What is the relevance of Easter in these trying and uncertain times? ...
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AME church reaches out to the Elgin community at-largeNov 07, 2021 12:20 am - Though small in number, Faith Community A.M.E. Church is great in heart, and its can-do spirit casts a very long shadow. Two years ago, the Elgin congregation hosted a ...
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Rev. Williams installed as senior pastor at Elgin churchNov 06, 2021 10:18 pm - When the Rev. David Williams agreed to interim at Westminster Presbyterian Church, he thought it would be a temporary gig. But the Elgin congregation recently installed ...
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Hampshire church forgoes Ash Wed. serviceNov 06, 2021 8:09 pm - Today is Ash Wednesday, the traditional start of Lent and the day you'll often find smudges on the foreheads of the faithful. Symbolic of remorse or repentance, the ashe...