Gary police team up with city churches for gun buy-back program

GARY | Obadiah Wilson said his congregants in the city's Tolleston neighborhood worry about their safety and that of their family members, in large part because of the number of guns on the streets.

Movement of nonprofits, churches offer conference

CROWN POINT | Salt & Light of NWI will host a conference Dec. 1 for churches, small groups and community members seeking to serve, impact and transform Northwest Indiana.

Gary’s Gun Buyback Program deemed a success

GARY | The Gun Buyback program hosted Aug. 18 by the Gary Police Department is being called an “overwhelming success.”

NWI church leaders gather to plan unified approach to service

MERRILLVILLE | Church leaders and staffers from eight local congregations met this month to work toward a unified approach for serving communities in Northwest Indiana.

New group seeks to help Gary grow the faith

GARY | With hope and a prayer to stem the decline in church affiliation, Gary area Lutheran churches have organized into the Gary Area Lutheran Association. The new group will host a variety of worship opportunities and social gatherings, inviting former members to return to the church and w…

Resale shop blessed with buyers

Volunteer Barb Standish folds clothes at the recently opened Winfield Resale Shop where four churches sell high-quality used clothing to help those in need.

Resale shop blessed with buyers

WINFIELD | An organizer of Winfield's resale shop is pleased with the support received in the store's first month.

Blessings, challenges in NWI from faith perspective

Members of the church perform with lit candles after a power outage forced the musical "Scrooge" to go on without electricity at Family Christian Center in Munster on Dec. 12, 2010. The church often uses pyrotechnics in its productions. The church has nearly outgrown its current building, wh…

Resale shop to open in Winfield

WINFIELD | Generating profit isn't a top priority for four local churches that will open a resale shop in Winfield.

Catholic churches to take special offerings for Carmelite Home

The Diocese of Gary will take a special collection Sunday to help an embattled East Chicago organization that helps children in need.

Book editors want NWI to embrace change

CROWN POINT | A book that calls for appreciating Northwest Indiana and getting involved in the community was at the heart of a town hall meeting Tuesday at a Crown Point church.

Authors hope to educate and help region by reaching out

CROWN POINT | Joey Mayfield and his co-author, Jason Topp, want the readers of their book to consider it an impetus and a call to action.

Church to build new gymnasium

SOUTH HOLLAND | The Power and Light Evangelistic Church will build a gymnasium at the site of the church and school.

Mass to celebrate beatification of Pope John Paul II

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | The beatification of Pope John Paul II has inspired a special Mass in the city this weekend.

Mass to celebrate beatification of Pope John Paul II

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | The beatification of Pope John Paul II has inspired a special Mass in the city this weekend.

Candy, not baseball, the name of the game at South Holland egg drop

SOUTH HOLLAND | For 6-year-old Malik Reese, Sunday was a very good day.

Towering Mother of God statue arrives in St. John

ST. JOHN | Goosebumps cropped up on Jane Smith's skin as a truck hauled an 8,400-pound statue Sunday into the parking lot at St. John the Evangelist Church.

Munster church marks its post-flood renewal

MUNSTER | It took two years, five months and nine days, but South Side Christian Church rose from the September 2008 floodwaters.

Day care at Chicago Heights church stresses education

CHICAGO HEIGHTS When Cheryl Anderson realized there was a need in her community, she said she decided to do something about it.

Some churches grow while others prefer a small congregation

Minister Cornelia Hopkins gives the Sunday sermon at Union Community Church in Valparaiso. The church prides itself on having a close-knit multicultural congregation. "Small gatherings create more intimacy," said the Rev. Gregory Jones of the church.