CONGREGATIONAL/LOCAL NEWS

Yellow Creek Church of the Brethren (Pearl City), one of the oldest congregations in the district, will celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2023. Plans for specific events are under way. Happy anniversary, Yellow Creek!

The Rockford Community fellowship, facing significant maintenance and repair needs to its large facility, sold the building and 3.5 acres of land to another area church on Nov. 3. Rockford plans for now to continue as a virtual church with occasional ‘house church’-type meetings.

Franklin Grove, another of the district’s oldest congregations, voted in October to cease regular worship services at the end of 2022, and to formally close sometime next year. A closing service will likely be scheduled for next summer or fall.

The emerging group in Madison, Wis., will hold its second gathering this Sunday evening, Nov. 13. Please be in prayer for this group in Wisconsin’s capital city.

The Peoria First congregation this week is making its annual Fall Mountain Mission Trip to the Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky. The church takes a caravan of vehicles full of supplies for mission and service projects in the region. Our prayers are with them as they travel!

Do you have congregational news: celebrations, milestones, “Jesus in the Neighborhood” stories or other things to share with our district family? Please send those to the district office: andreag.iwdcob@gmail.com.