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Two Aurora United Methodist churches are partnering in a joint Ash Wednesday service to open the Lenten season.

A United Methodist congregation in Aurora is exploring new ways to worship with a five-week Sunday evening worship series at a Batavia restaurant.

Aurora Methodists like a challenge. Congregants at Auroras Flowing Forth UMC responded to a Fill-the-Truck Mission Challenge issued by the UMC Northern Illinois Conference. Donations of household products and cash will benefit the UMC Midwest Mission Distribution Center in downstate Chatham.   The conference goal for the MMDC was 6,000 pounds of items and $1,000. The Rev. Derek Rogers, Flowing Forth UMC pastor, said local congregants collected 19 bottles of dish soap, 15 liquid household clean...

Celebrating Lent: Aurora Methodists host Soul Reset book study Tom Carter of Aurora, left, leads a "Soul Reset" discussion by Auroras Flowing Forth United Methodist Church at Luigis Pizza in Aurora Feb. 25. The six-Thursday Lenten study explores the book by the Rev. Junius B. Dotson, late UMC general secretary of discipleship ministries who died Feb. 24. Courtesy of Al Benson   Updated 3/3/2021 2:47 PM Celebrating Lent, Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora launched thr...

Auroras Flowing Forth UMC offers Ashes to go, virtual community service, Lent-in-a-box kit Auroras Flowing Forth United Methodist Church is among ministry leaders and ecumenical organizations employing creative ways to celebrate Ash Wednesday this year. Courtesy of United Methodist Communications   Updated 2/10/2021 11:49 AM Ash Wednesday, which falls on Feb. 17, is the official beginning of the season of Lent. Typically, Christians gather on this day in a service of penitence an...

Aurora church hosts sermon series with area pastors The Rev. Nathan Arledge, left, pastor of missions and community engagement at Myers Park UMC in Charlotte, N.C., joins Rev. Derek Rogers, pastor at Auroras Flowing Forth United Methodist Church, in a virtual Jan. 24 sermon titled "Why Does God Seem Distant Sometimes?" Courtesy of Al Benson   Updated 1/27/2021 1:38 PM The Rev. Derek Rogers of North Aurora, pastor at Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora, continues his v...

Aurora Methodist pastor answers Tough Questions in sermons   Posted1/19/2021 7:40 PM The Rev. Derek Rogers of North Aurora, pastor at Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora, continues his "Conversations on Tough Questions" virtual sermon series on Sunday, Jan. 24, with "Why Does God Seem Distant Sometimes?" Rev. Rogers said he will be joined Sunday by Rev. Nathan Arledge, pastor of missions and community engagement at Myers Park UMC in Charlotte, N.C.   The public is invit...