Community of Christ, Jacksonville IL

06/20/2023

Beloved Creator, help us to love others as you love them - A prayer for the week

06/07/2023

Have you heard the expression, a seed is no good unless it’s planted in soil? Faith is a seed. It’s just not there for the taking. It has to be nurtured to grow. Like the disciples touching the wounds on Jesus’ side, each of us need proof with our own eyes and our own hearts to believe. Some of us are scared to walk in the promise of God. We question, how will it happen? God says, stay close, trust in me and I will make it happen.

Join us on this Sunday. Church starts at 11:00 a.m. All are welcome!

05/16/2023

"'Charley's a Gal': James Jesse Strang's First Plural Wife, Elvira Eliza Field" with Amy DeRogatis

Join us this Thursday, May 18, as we gather with Amy DeRogatis to hear the fascinating story behind Elvira Eliza Field. James Jesse Strang claimed to be the rightful successor of Joseph Smith and began his leadership opposing plural marriage. But in 1849 he secretly married a young convert named Elvira Eliza Field and for six months she dressed as his fictitious nephew Charley Douglass and served as his personal secretary while he traveled on a missionary tour of the East Coast. Dr. DeRogatis will discuss the six months during which Field cross-dressed and will ask the audience to consider why she would take the risk of being photographed incognito. Thursday's online program will also feature a question-and-answer period following the presentation. The lecture begins promptly at 7:00 p.m.

To register:

James Jesse Strang claimed to be the rightful successor of Joseph Smith and began his leadership opposing plural marriage. But is 1849 he secretly married a young convert named Elvira Eliza Field and for six months she dressed as his fictitious nephew Charley Douglass and served as his personal secr...

03/30/2023

World Conference is coming up and there's still time to register!

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03/07/2023

Inspired by the Mission Prayer, we ask the question, “Where is God’s Spirit leading you today?” ⁣
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We hope you are a blessing of love and peace to those you encounter. 🫶

03/03/2023

"We love, because He first loved us" - 1 John 4:19

02/24/2023

Jan Kraybill, Community of Christ organist, will perform this evening at Illinois College' Rammelkamp Chapel. This will be a solo concert. Come on out and enjoy a night of music!

Tonight - 7:30 p.m. at Rammelkamp Chapel, 215 Park St, Jacksonville, IL 62650

You can find more info, including complete repertoire, on the calendar page of my website here: https://jankraybill.com/calendar

Thank you to Angela Bauer and the Jacksonville Journal Courier for this article about the event that appeared in the local newspaper: https://www.myjournalcourier.com/.../kraybill-smashing...

Friends near Jacksonville, IL, Jan would love to see you there!

Calendar. Jan Kraybill, a classical artist from Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.

11/23/2019

What are you thankful for?

Join us tomorrow (11/23/19) for Thanksgiving service!
Sunday school starts at 10am and worship at 11am. A Thanksgiving meal will follow at noon.

All are welcome!

04/03/2019

The Jacksonville congregation was featured on the Community of Christ Twitter page as they prepared for the 25th Anniversary of the Temple in Independence! 🎉

12/25/2018

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. - James 1:17

May God's blessings be yours this Christmas!

04/29/2018

Come & Join us this morning at Community of Christ. Sunday School at 10am followed by Church Service at 11am

01/21/2018

Come and join us this morning. Sunday School at 10am followed by Church service at 11am. Today's them is "Follow Me"