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668 Graceland Ave. Des Plaines, IL 60016
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Together in Christ: Brief Stories from Our Church Community
Our FREE PRAYERS booth welcomed community members of all ages and backgrounds who created colorful prayer flags together. Visitors wrote their hopes, concerns, and gratitude on fabric strips, transforming personal prayers into a beautiful visual display. These handmade flags now wave on our front lawn as symbols of our community's shared dreams for peace, healing, and connection.
When the prayer flag collection has completed its journey, the flags that brought our community together were respectfully retired after months of sending their messages into the wind.
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During the summer, the flags were hung on lines crisscrossing our big front lawn.
Pastor Hope helps a young artist create a prayer flag.
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Faded prayer flags take their final flight, releasing blessings into the sky with the rising smoke.
A Big Welcome to Our New Friends at Iglesia Casa de la Gracia!
The congregation at Iglesia Casa de la Gracia has moved into our building. We look forward to working with them in Christ’s ministry.
When we work together, we make our community stronger. We’re excited to spread God’s love and light as we join in faith.
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The beauty of candlelight on a Christmas Eve.
We spent an hour in our Olde English sanctuary singing carols and, of course, reading the Christmas Story. Then, with the room lights darkened, we closed with Silent Night. The photos say it all.
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Guest vocalist Bea Gigante sings
O Holy Night.
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