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Article: Serving downtown neighborhood First Lutheran Church marks 135 years of ministering to the community
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- The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2005
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First Lutheran Church, Benton Street, Joliet, 1871. First Lutheran Church, 1905. The interior of First Lutheran Church has undergone many changes. This is the way the auditorium appeared in 1905. First Lutheran Church, today.
JOLIET -- Even as First Lutheran Church at 55 W. Benton St. in Joliet makes plans to celebrate its 135th anniversary, there is some initial discussion about how to partner with other area Lutheran churches -- perhaps even with Santa Cruz Lutheran Church in Joliet -- to make everyone's ministerial efforts stronger.
The Rev. David Klack, the pastor who will soon leave First Lutheran Church, came to the church last year intending to increase its dwindling membership, he ...
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