I forgot to use it

By PASTOR MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario I do business with a store that regularly sends me a $5 coupon to apply to future purchases. I pointedly put that coupon in my pocket, fully planning to apply it to my purchase that day as I...

He is out

By PASTOR MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Back in August at our farm, I put our ram in a pen by himself so he would not mate with our female sheep. He was none too happy about being alone and in the shed. Sometimes in life, we find...

Free community supper set for Oct. 30 in Elroy

A free community supper will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Elroy United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 204 Royall Ave. This community supper is offered on the last Wednesday of each month and, according to event organizers, “gives...

Lew Wallace

By PASTOR MICHAEL T. GJEFLE Faith Independent Baptist Church, Ontario Lew Wallace: Does that name sound familiar to anyone? He was born in 1824 and died in 1905. He was a major-general in the Civil War, and amongst other things, he authored a famous novel. Do you know...

St. Paul’s to offer Easter vigil

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton will hold a prayer vigil starting immediately after the Good Friday service and ending before the Easter Sunrise service. The time periods are from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 5–6 a.m. Sunday....

Pacific Garden Mission group to speak in Ontario

A group from Chicago-based Pacific Garden Mission will give a program at Faith Independent Baptist Church in Ontario at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Pacific Garden Mission produces a radio drama, “Unshackled,” and aspires to help men and women in physical and spiritual...

Wilton church to observe Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

To mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Faith Congregational Church in Wilton will host a breakfast program at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22. Each January, local churches throughout the United States and the world observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. All...

Grace Lutheran Church to host ecumenical breakfast

To mark Advent season, the women of Grace Lutheran Church in Elroy will serve an ecumenical breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The event, a more-than-30-year tradition at Grace Lutheran Church, will consist of a meal and a time to sing Christmas carols. Women from...

Stained-glass windows restored at St. Paul’s, Wilton

A special service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton on Sunday will celebrate the restoration of the church’s stained glass windows. The project, estimated to cost $115,000, is now about two-thirds complete, and the final phase is scheduled for completion in...

Dawn (Arndt) Lindberg will be ordained Nov. 14

Re-dedication of St. Paul's Lutheran Church set for Sunday, Nov. 15 By LARRY BALLWAHN | St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilton will host two events this weekend. Dawn (Arndt) Lindberg, formerly of rural Wilton, will...

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