Thank you to all who supported our carnations fundraiser!  We appreciate your generosity. COMING SOON!  The Pink Move Warning! There have been sightings of t...

MISSION MOMENT Please mail in your special offerings in support of our missionary -- or you can do a bank check to the church with MISSIONARY in the note lin...

From Pastor Katherine: One of the opportunities that we have in this COVID-19 world is the opportunity to show compassion.  We show it in many ways, beyond s...

Beginning at 7:30am on Tuesday, Housing Forward will centralize PADS Shelter services and Support Center services at one location at Oak Park Temple (thank...

"God, why have you abandoned us forever? Why does your anger smolder at the sheep of your own pasture?" (CEB) Have you ever cried out something like this to ...

This psalm, as comfortable as we are with it, and as wonderful as it sounds – is difficult to buy into in our present reality. In a Coronavirus world, where ...

The Theodicy Problem How can God be just when there is so much evil in the world? Why do good people suffer while those who oppress them seem to prosper? Whe...

“Oh, God! two-word prayer… Aunt Margaret’s sons/diagnosis/death of loved one…we cry out! Prayer can be a challenge for many of us. We struggle with the idea ...

Just around the Riverbend Everything can be new. The past is important, of course. The past tells us how God has been at work in our story. It gives clues ab...

Happy Valentine’s weekend. For some of us, this is a weekend to be endured, gotten through, toughed out. If Romantic Love isn’t a big part of our lives, this...

United Methodists can be both obedient to God's word and fully welcoming of LGBTQ persons in the church.

Something odd happened in November of 1805 on what is now the Oregon Coast. Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery reached the Pacific Ocean. They needed...

The world is a very complicated place. Sometimes we come here on Sunday morning, longing for someone to tell us that everything will be all right. But perhap...

Intergenerational, children and youth event to Feed My Starving Children in Schaumburg.  We will be packing food February 29th on the 2-4 pm shift.  RSVP ASA...

What in the world is happening in the Methodist church -- part II. February 16 Panel Conversation on the Future of the Methodist Church. Rev. Brittany Isaac w...

Want to have a night out without worrying about the kids? Please, leave the kids with us! We will entertain your kids on Valentines Day, February 14th from 6...

A trip to Israel-Palestine is a remarkable experience. Even with a commercial tour, the place itself would affect you. There are echoes, resonances of the st...

Driving around Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Grove allows you to see quite an array of lights and holiday decorations. Santas, reindeer, snow people, can...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, George Frederic Handel joined forces with Charles Jennens a devout Anglican, known for frequenting the theater, wh...