Around the District

Open doors in the former school facility of St. John Lutheran Church, in Forest Park, Illinois, saw hundreds of moms, babies and grandmas swarm in on March 14-15.

Faith Lutheran Church in Geneva, Illinois, will be hosting a concert of the African Children’s Choir on Sunday, May 7, at 7 p.m.

St. Paul Lutheran Church, 6201 Vollmer Road, Matteson, Illinois, will host a Stephen Ministry Introductory Workshop on Saturday morning, May 6.

Rev. Keith Haney, from the LCMS Northern Illinois District staff, has published a six-session Bible study on healing racial divides, available online now from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis.

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.

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.

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.