After attending a training on faith communities helping with the migrant crisis, Grace Lutheran Church congregant Nancy Mathyer proposed hosting a migrant family in the church. The congregation took it to a vote in October 2023, and the measure passed with overwhelming support. “Part of Grace Lutheran Church is putting our faith into action courageously,”.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, local nonprofit Interfaith Action of Evanston led its fifth annual Walk for Warmth fundraiser, with nearly 300 people in attendance. Members from more than 20 area organizations and faith communities, such as Bahá’í Faith in Evanston, Northwestern Lutheran Campus Ministry and the Rotary Club of Evanston, gathered in the.