Calvary Lutheran Church in Wood Dale, Illinois, recently started a faith-based support group for people with mental illness, in partnership with the Natinal Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in DuPage County.
“Your 2017 Stewardship Emphasis” will be presented at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oak Lawn on Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
LEA President Jon Laabs presented the organization’s prestigious Christus Magister award to Rev. William Beckmann on March 5.
Walther Grade School Band program alumni and high school music alumni are invited to participate in an alumni concert with Mr. Richard Rose as he retires.
Pastor Paul Brunner was called to glory on March 21 and visitation and funeral services will be on March 29 and 30.
Concordia University Chicago’s theater production company will open “The Fantasticks” at Madison Street Theatre, 1010 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois, on March 31.
Delegates of the LCMS Northern Illinois District met in special convention Saturday, March 11, at Concordia University Chicago and approved the realignment proposed and distributed by the district Board of Directors in January.
Dr. Merle Radke, of St. Louis, a commissioned minister and long-time professor at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois, died on March 8, 2017. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, April 8, at the university.
Northbrook, Illinois, based Lutheran Church Charities quickly responded to a devastated and hurting community with their Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) volunteers, chainsaw teams, and LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs.
Peace Lutheran Church in Lombard, Illinois, will host concerts for the public on Saturday, March 18, and on Saturday, March 25. Featured guests are Yale’s Living Water Christian group and then the NIU steel band.