J.L. Allen
Puritan Board Sophomore
My family and I have attended Westminster OPC in Indian Head Park, Illinois, for a few years now. My children were baptized there, and my family has been so very blessed the people we worship with. I went from desiring to explore the ministry to working on my status as a licentiate. Lord willing, I will finish that part of the process later this year.
Long before we arrived, the church was well established in a humble chapel provided to rent by Lyonsville Congregation UCC. Westminster has been there for over 20 years. Right before things got crazy in 2020, we switched places with Lyonsville to utilize their larger worship space. They, unsurprisingly, have been dying off as people are losing interest in liberal "Christianity." Westminster, by the grace of God, has been blessed with growth. Please pray it continues. This coming Lord's Day will be Westminster's last day at Lyonsville before moving up the street to rent space from more like-minded, Gospel-loving LCMS Lutherans. Reverends Bruce Hollister and @Alan D. Strange will be preaching in the morning and evening respectively. Hope Lutheran is an older congregation with regards the average age of congregants. I think our presence there will be a blessing to them.
I post this with no particular intent other than sharing my appreciation to my church and her leadership. God is good to us, and we are thankful for this. If you have visited, or are planning on visiting, be advised that 1/23/22 will be the final worship at Lyonsville. The following Lord's Day (the 30th?) will be our first worship service at Hope Lutheran. There's a picture of the front of the building (mind the 2cv) on their website above. We will be using their gymnasium and some other space for Sunday school and mid-week activities. I believe that entrance will be the doors on the left side of the building (picture more in the center).
Long before we arrived, the church was well established in a humble chapel provided to rent by Lyonsville Congregation UCC. Westminster has been there for over 20 years. Right before things got crazy in 2020, we switched places with Lyonsville to utilize their larger worship space. They, unsurprisingly, have been dying off as people are losing interest in liberal "Christianity." Westminster, by the grace of God, has been blessed with growth. Please pray it continues. This coming Lord's Day will be Westminster's last day at Lyonsville before moving up the street to rent space from more like-minded, Gospel-loving LCMS Lutherans. Reverends Bruce Hollister and @Alan D. Strange will be preaching in the morning and evening respectively. Hope Lutheran is an older congregation with regards the average age of congregants. I think our presence there will be a blessing to them.
I post this with no particular intent other than sharing my appreciation to my church and her leadership. God is good to us, and we are thankful for this. If you have visited, or are planning on visiting, be advised that 1/23/22 will be the final worship at Lyonsville. The following Lord's Day (the 30th?) will be our first worship service at Hope Lutheran. There's a picture of the front of the building (mind the 2cv) on their website above. We will be using their gymnasium and some other space for Sunday school and mid-week activities. I believe that entrance will be the doors on the left side of the building (picture more in the center).