Pastor Roy Henry Joseph Bleick, 92, of Rockford, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
Called To Glory – Rev. Roy Bleick

Pastor Roy Henry Joseph Bleick, 92, of Rockford, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
Is the current American family structure more like a pole bean or a bush bean?
Rev. Jeffrey Lambrecht Installed at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Antioch
Rev. Joel Hess was installed as senior pastor at St. James Lutheran Church, Chicago.
Delayne Henry Pauling, 84, passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018, at The Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
During their Homecoming week, students from Walther Christian Academy in Melrose Park served various local and international organizations. Looking ahead, they will participate in cancer awareness month with various activities during the month of October.
St. John, Darien celebrates the Joyfully Lutheran lives of congregation members who lived in the 1800s during their annual cemetery walk. Watch our short video to see and hear for yourself.
Friends of Lutheran World Relief (FLWR) encourages all congregations in the Chicago-land area to bring their Quilts and Kits to any of the following sites on Saturday, October 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and/or on Sunday, October 7
“His enthusiasm draws people in to know more about Jesus… real hope, real life, because of Jesus…” This week, Pastor Philip Baerwolf of Immanuel Lutheran Church, East Dundee was named the National Lutheran School Accredidation’s 2018 School Shepherd.
For 32 years, Deaconess Lori Wilbert has served in a chaplaincy role at Stateville Correctional Center. As she teaches classes and builds community there she continues to see God’s grace and hope permeate the environment. Prison is a place in which God’s spirit dwells and is found in the mundane, obscene, and obscure.