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Community Lenten Services 2020

Each year the churches of the Marion Ministerial Alliance gather for dinner and worship on Tuesday evenings throughout the season of Lent. They also gather for worship on Good Friday. Offerings collected go to support the ministry of the Marion Ministerial Alliance. A soup supper is served at 5:30 pm, followed by worship at 6:30…

Ash Wednesday

Join us in worship as we begin our annual journey to Jerusalem with Christ. Remember we are dust and to dust we shall return. Remember we are marked with the cross in baptism. Remember we are called to take up our crosses and follow. Wednesday, February 26, from 4 to 7 pm. Drop in and…

SI Smart Energy Workshop

Join us on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 3 pm for the SI Smart Energy Workshop. Are you interested in saving money on energy bills & reducing your environmental impact? Join us to learn more about your Smart Energy options. We’ll help clear the confusion around peak time rebates, hourly pricing, smart meters, electrical grid…

Next! From Long Range

We’ve spent the past month working on our strengths, listing them, thinking about them, and sharing them. This next bit, we’re going to think about what needs work, what we don’t do so well, or maybe what we don’t do at all. Hear what you think our strengths are, as you think about what we can do better.

LEAF Comes to Worship

LEAF shared what they do in worship with us today. LEAF, Little Egypt Alliance of Farmers, was founded in 2016 by seven Southern Illinois farmers, to support small sustainable farms. Our goals are two fold: to make ordering local food easier for busy customers;and to support small farmers by providing an online marketplace to sell their goods. Our…

Souper Bowl of Caring

Souper Bowl of Caring

Join us as we gather food resources for our community. We’ll receive food on February 2nd, 2020, to donate to the Marion Ministerial Alliance. Souper Bowl of Caring is dedicated to tackling all of the issues that exist in your communities, including poverty, hunger and homelessness. Did you know? 48 million Americans live in poverty? [1]…

Longest Night

While Christmas can be a great time of celebration, it can also be a difficult time. There are financial strains, as families attempt to provide all of the material goods that they can for one another. There are emotional strains, as there are empty seats at the table, either from death, illness, or separation. There…

Advent and Christmas Worship Schedule

The month of December is full of celebrations in the Christian Church. We work through the season of Advent, both marking time and preparing ourselves for the birth of the Christ child. We tell the story in song through our Advent cantata, remember that the season has its share of darkness that we struggle with…