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Dear Friend, Over the years we have enjoyed getting to know you through some of the many different seminars, bible courses etc… that we have offered to the community. Here’s some good news you will not want to miss.  Mark Finley the former speaker of “It Is Written” and world evangelist has just completed the [...]

Chicagoland: Hope Can Be Yours We are underway with our city-wide evangelistic meetings in Chicagoland. The first series began on April 16 at the Gurnee Church with evangelist Emmanuel Baek. This past weekend meetings began in several places including Crystal Lake, Burbank, Joliet and Southwest. Mark Finley is preaching in two locations: North Shore and [...]

For days now you and I have followed with broken hearts the tragedy that has unfolded in the nation of Haiti. I have had opportunity to speak to a number of our members here in the Illinois Conference who have personal roots in Haiti. The pain that they are bearing is enormous. One of our [...]

Dear Church Family and Friends, Attached you will find the current church newsletter. Tomorrow, Sabbath November 7, 2009, Teenie Finley will be our guest speaker for the 11:00 worship service. Please prepare and bring additional food for fellowship  lunch for all of our guests who will come. There will be a prayer time in the [...]

ACTIVITIES OF THE WEEK: Today October 31   5:47 p.m. Sunset Sunday 11/01 Daylight Savings Ends Monday 11/02 7:00 p.m. Elder’s Meeting Tuesday  11/03     7:00 p.m. Soup and Salvation Wednesday 11/04  6:30 p.m. Finance Seminar (DG Library) 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER: Oct. 30- Nov. 1 – One Day Youth Rally Nov. [...]

Soup and Salvation is a part of the overall outreach effort for Prayer, Literature, Visitation, and Bible study. This will begin tomorrow evening October 27, at 7 PM. We will meet at our home, 5522 Lee Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515 for about 1 hour as we plan the work God has given us to [...]

ACTIVITIES OF THE WEEK: Sabbath September 3 12:30 p.m. Fellowship Dinner Hostesses: Cindy Sokolies,Tammy Arner, Kay Mercado and Venice Garcia Please bring a vegetarian dish and a salad to share. 1:30 p.m. Pathfinder Meeting 6:29 p.m. Sunset Sunday September 4 10:00 a.m. Pathfinder Club 12:00 noon Pathfinder Staff Meeting Monday September 5 7:00 p.m. Elder’s [...]

We are moving forward with Chicagoland: Hope Can be Yours, our major evangelistic initiative for the rest of this year and 2010. There are numerous evangelists and evangelistic programs involved in this project, including Mark and Teenie Finley, vice-president of the General Conference and Ron Clouzet, ministerial director of the North American Division. This is [...]

It gives me great joy to write to inform you that we, as the congregation of Downers Grove Seventh-day Adventist Church will be holding our first services in our newly renovated Sanctuary this coming Sabbath, September 26, 2009. As you may know, we have been in a building project for the past several months, and [...]

CHURCH OUTING TO STARVED ROCK & MATTHIESSEN STATE PARKS Today right after potluck.  Both state parks are only 1/2 mile apart. We can all go the respective areas that we desire personally and then we will meet at 6:00 p.m. for a picnic supper and vespers. If you want something for supper snacks, be sure [...]