Catholic

Holy Family Parish
316 S. Logan St.
         217-732-4019

Pastor:
  Rev. Jeffrey G. Laible
Assistant:
 
Rev. John Huy Pham
Liturgy schedule:
  5PM Saturday
  8AM & 10AM Sunday

Website:
www.holyfamilylincoln.com
E-mail:
info@holyfamilylincoln.com

Christian

Jefferson Street Christian Church
1700 N. Jefferson St.
         217-732-9294

Preaching minister:
  Dustin Fulton

Worship:
  9AM & 10:45AM Sunday
Midweek activities:
  "Truth North": 6PM Wed.
Website: www.jeffstreet.org
E-mail: dustinf@jeffstreet.org

Lincoln Christian Church
Independent Christian Church
204 N. McLean St.
         217-732-7618

Preaching minister:
  Ron Otto

Worship:
  8:15, 9:30, 11AM & 6PM
  Sunday
Midweek activities:
(Beginning Sept. 12)
  Adult, Youth & Kids' Club:
 
6:30PM Wed.
Website: www.lincolnchristianchurch.org
E-mail: gtparmenter@insightbb.com


Prairieland Christian Church
P.O. Box 108, 1st St. Hartsburg, IL 62643
         217-642-0415

Minister:
 Vance Russell

Sunday School:  9:30AM
Worship: 10:30AM

Church of God

Lincoln Church of God
1415 Fourth St.
         217-732-8989

Pastor:
  Jacob Skelton

Sunday School:  9:30AM
Morning Worship:
  10:45AM
Evening Service: 6PM
Wednesday Family Hour:
  6:30PM

Episcopal

Trinity Episcopal Church
402 Pekin St., Lincoln
         217-732-7609
Pastor:
 James Cravens
Worship:  

 7:30 & 9:45AM Sunday
 9:00AM Wednesday

Independent

Kingdom Life Ministries
2500 Woodlawn Road
         217-732-1466
Pastor: Joe Bennett
Worship:  
 10AM & 6:30PM Sunday


Lincoln Bible Church
2316 N. Kickapoo St., Lincoln
      
  217-735-5959
Pastors:

 
Don Hoover
 Ron Denlinger
Worship: 10AM Sunday
Sunday School: 9AM
Home prayer meeting (call for location): 6:30PM
Overcomers in Christ:
 7PM Tuesday 
Website:
www.lincolnbiblechurch.org

Lutheran

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
1140 N. State St., Lincoln
         217-735-9320
Worship: 10AM Sunday
E-mail: gslc@ccaonline.com


Immanuel Lutheran Church  ELCA
1409 Pulaski St., Lincoln
         217-732-6777
Pastor: Dan Wissmann
Worship: 9AM Sunday
Sunday School: 10:15AM
Praise Service:
 5PM Saturday
Website: http://www.immanuellincoln.org
E-mail: immanuel_lincoln@verizon.net

Nondenominational

Open Arms Christian Fellowship
1377 1200th St., Lincoln
         217-732-5606
Pastors: Larry Crawford
, 309-830-0461
Kevin Wolf
, 309-838-8564
Worship: 10AM Sunday
Discipleship Training & Bible Bowl: 9:05AM
(starting Sept. 16)
Home Group:
 Tuesday
(call for location)
Prayer Meeting:
 7:30-9PM Wednesday
Website: http://comebackministries.com
E-mail: comeback7@msn.com

United Methodist

First United Methodist Church
302 Broadway St.,  Lincoln
         217-732-2204
Pastor: Jame Hahs

Asst. Pastor: Julie Azbell
Worship:  
 9AM Sunday
Sunday School: 10:15AM
Website: www.gbgm-umc.org/
lincoln1stumc/index.html

Pentecostal

 

Presbyterian

First Presbyterian Church
301 Pekin St.,  Lincoln
         217-732-6141
Pastor: Rev. Phillip Blackburn

Worship:  
 10AM Sunday
Celebration: 6PM Wed.

Website: www.firstpreslincoln.com
E-mail:  office@firstpreslincoln.com

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Seminary Student Interns at Local Church

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[November 08, 2007]  Mary Alice Suter of Springfield has joined the staff of St. John United Church of Christ as an intern.

Suter, a second-year student at Eden Seminary in St. Louis, said her quarter-time job involves working with the youth group and Christian education committee, preaching one sermon a month, acting as liturgist, leading the congregation in prayer, and presenting children's sermons. Pastoral care is also a component of her internship.

She says of her first two months' experience, "I like it here. The Evangelical background isn't something I have experience with." She knew about the Congregationalist component of the UCC from her membership in First Congregational UCC in Springfield. The UCC merged Congregational, Christian, Evangelical and Reformed churches in 1957.

Suter's prior experience includes two years as Christian education director at the Springfield church. She says the two congregations have similar struggles and strengths.

The Rev. Rich Reinwald, pastor at St. John, mentors Suter in conjunction with both Eden Seminary and the Illinois Conference Western Association of the United Church of Christ. His role, he said, is to "basically be an encouragement, answer questions and offer support."

A graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Suter double majored in French and English, with a concentration in creative writing. "Language and writing are something I've always had a passion for," she said, "but teaching was not my call. … Church was always a place where I felt at home and I could be myself." Her goal is to work in parish ministry.

She said she is also passionate about social justice and could see herself in nonprofit work such as a prison ministry. At Eden she co-chairs the Social Justice Council, which organizes activities such as a peace rally or a service focusing on nonviolence. She belongs to the Eden chapters of NAACP and Four Rivers, a gay rights group. Following her mother's example, she sees a mission to help where God's children are suffering.

Suter was raised in St. Louis but now lives in Springfield. Her husband, Cary Suter, does computer network support with the Illinois State Police.

While working three years in day care, Suter developed an interest in early childhood education. She believes churches often do not minister to families as a whole but separately to individuals. One of her goals is to help parents in their role as "No. 1 Christian education teacher and No. 1 guide in how to be a Christian."

Locally, one thing that interests Suter is the impact of distinguished theologian Reinhold Niebuhr as "someone the St. John congregation is proud to have an affiliation with." So often, she added, there is a divide between theologians and churches. She has enjoyed seeing how the two come together here, where Niebuhr was ordained.

Suter spends at least three days a week continuing her coursework at Eden. "Sometimes I feel like Gumby, like a little person stretched along I-55," she confessed.

[Text from file received from Lynn Spellman]


Blackburn College Choir to Sing Here

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[November 07, 2007]  The Blackburn College Choir will perform during the 10 a.m. worship service Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of Ottawa and Pekin streets in Lincoln.  The choir will also present a 20-minute concert following the service.

Elizabeth Zobel is director of the 30-member choir.

Blackburn College is a 590-student, coed, independent, Presbyterian, four-year liberal arts college located in Carlinville.

The Rev. Phillip Blackburn is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and Julie Kasa is the director of music for the church.

The public is invited to the service and concert.

[Text from file received from Glenn Osborn]


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