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Blank canvas inspires Illinois community to dream big

Posted August 3rd, 2020

In 2004, members of Second Congregational United Church, known as SecondFirst Church since federating with First Presbyterian Church, dreamed of building a gymnasium for the community of Rockford, Illinois — and they did it.

Soup suppers, flowering crosses and feeding fish

Posted March 20th, 2020

On Easter Sunday, 1949, four years after the end of World War II, the One Great Hour of Sharing offering brought relief to neighbors in need within the United States for the first time. In the 1960s, it expanded to include international needs.

International Peacemaker fights hunger in war-torn Cameroon

Posted August 23rd, 2019

Jaff Bamenjo hails from Cameroon, a country embroiled in internal warfare the last half of this decade.