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St. Charles Congregational Church celebrates 175th Anniversary


The St. Charles Congregational United Church of Christ will celebrate the 175th anniversary of its founding on March 4, 2012. 
 
Former pastors, The Reverends Edwin Remaly, Christine Barton and William Nagy will join the present clergy, The Reverends John Rodgers, Suzy Daly, and Pat Kitner to celebrate the  occasion during the 9:30 worship service.  Special music will be provided by the chancel choir, bell choir and children’s choirs. 

Special guests invited are The Reverends Dan Schiefling, Jr., Donnley Dutcher, Tim Rhodes and Eric Fistler, former members of the congregation who have entered full time Christian Ministry in the United Church of Christ.   

The Congregational Church, one of the first in the State of Illinois, was formally organized and established on March 4, 1837, the day that Martin Van Buren became President of the United States and the city of Chicago was incorporated.     It had its beginnings in a log cabin with nine members.   Services continued to be held in private homes until a permanent building was begun in 1842 on  land given to the church by Darwin Millington and his wife. In 1998, the congregation relocated to its present home on Fox Mill Boulevard in Campton Hills.   The original building on the corner of Walnut and Third Streets now houses the Free Methodist Church and Lazarus House. 





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