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Lebanon First continues work in Harrisburg
12/6/2012
HARRISBURG -- Since the Feb. 29 tornado tore through the southern Illinois town of Harrisburg, the members of Lebanon First UMC have been part of the recovery and rebuilding effort.
Early after the storm, Lebanon First UMC pastor Rev. Peter J. Wehrly worked in the community as part of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference Spiritual & Emotional Care (SEC) Team, under the direction of Rev. Karen Blank-Ewell, Director of the IGRC office of Pastoral Care & Counseling. The SEC met with storm...Granite City Gains a Vision for Feeding the Hungry
10/27/2011
GRANITE CITY – A vision for caring for a community’s hunger during the summer by providing them a free lunch has become a partnership of church, the school district and several government entities that is growing and meeting the needs by taking ministry to them.
Granite City Trinity UMC has embraced such a vision of feeding children during the summer. The congregation, which had been a student pastorate until returning to full-time status in 2009, the congregation began to see...Fairview Heights Christ UMC announces launch of second site
1/27/2011
Fairview Heights Christ UMC will launch a second site for ministry on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 – a strategy that targets growth exponentially rather than by simple addition.
The multi-site ministry, targeting the Collinsville-Maryville area, is aimed at reaching new persons who otherwise do not have a church home.
“We have grown by 400 in four years,” explained Rev. Shane Bishop, senior pastor at Christ Church. “More than half of...
