One very active outreach ministry at First Presbyterian Church combines talents, ideas, information, and fellowship. In 2010 congregation member Kay Darby and the late Judy Haimbaugh read an article about “prayer shawl” knitting groups in churches. They loved the idea and started a group at the church. They needed a name for the church bulletin […]
Woodstock schools’ Kindness Closets will be more full thanks to full hearts at Woodstock Area Community Ministries. WACM hosted a series of children’s magic shows and Broadway presentations last winter and spring at the Woodstock Opera House and Stage Left Café to raise money for Woodstock School District 200 programs for students who face financial […]
Magic, music acts March 27 to benefit families in need An afternoon of magic and music at the Woodstock Opera House will benefit programs of the Woodstock Area Community Ministries and the Kindness Closet clothing program of Woodstock School District 200. Crystal Lake magician Kevin Sarnwick and Chicago-based singing duo Jeff Winter and Janis Fine […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com “The Creation of The Music Man,” Charles Troy’s 90-minute multimedia presentation on the making of the classic musical, will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Woodstock Opera House. Net proceeds of the show will benefit the direct assistance program of Woodstock Area Community Ministries; Woodstock School District 200’s […]
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