Cheryl Chojnacki
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Wayside Center's walk to benefit Elgin's homelessNov 06, 2021 5:34 pm - Elgin's Wayside Center has an outdoor fundraiser this weekend, and director Phil Wood is actually hoping for cold and wind and snow. Wait, what? Haven't we seen enough t...
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Football and fundraising go hand in hand at Immanuel LutheranNov 06, 2021 3:24 pm - The Rev. William Yonker can hardly wait for the Super Bowl this weekend, though he's not a fan of either team that won the right to play in Tampa Bay. No, Yonker's loya...
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Church, pastor find new meaning in new yearNov 06, 2021 11:44 am - As revelers rang in the New Year with late night partying, some churches brought in the year with prayer. At Elgin's Second Baptist Church, which is predominantly Africa...
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Doctor and Santa turn out to be one and the same at Barrington hospitalNov 06, 2021 10:36 am - With an underweight baby in intensive care, Melinda Hovland was anxious to talk to the neonatologist. He was supposed to be making rounds shortly in the special care nur...
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Bethlehem Marketplace coming to Algonquin churchNov 06, 2021 12:54 am - Braiding rope for belts. Grinding spices with mortar and pestle. Coating nut-stuffed dates with sugar. Hardly the activities of a modern-day marketplace, at least not at...
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Epworth UMC tries to connect more families to churchNov 05, 2021 10:57 pm - Epworth United Methodist Church in Elgin launched a new worship service last Sunday with the lofty goals of attracting families with young children, providing quality ti...
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Tough times put additional burden on animal sheltersNov 05, 2021 10:41 pm - They don't know the Dow from a bowl of chow or a bailout from a bale of hay, but our animal friends are affected by the faltering economy just the same. In a time when ...
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Elgin church revisits traditional cemeteryNov 05, 2021 8:52 pm - Under a spreading crabapple tree on the corner of its Elgin property, Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren has carved out a beautiful new interpretation of the traditi...
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Children's Theatre presents 'Willy Wonka' at Elgin's Hemmens centerNov 05, 2021 5:15 pm - In a cold barn west of Elgin, a dozen or so parents gathered every night for weeks to build a giant gumball machine, a huge cauldron, an 8-foot TV set and a pink candy b...
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Colombian pastor to speak on his country's conflictNov 05, 2021 5:06 pm - In Colombia, says Ann Legg, 40 years of civil war have killed thousands and displaced nearly four million people. By anyone's standards, the narcotics-fueled violence an...