847-628-6118 | Worship every Sunday @ 11 a.m.
847-628-6118 | Worship every Sunday @ 11 a.m.
Learn more about our church, history and team.
We are a come-as-you-are church for believers and nonbelievers alike looking for connection. Learn more about our mission and vision.
We are passionate Jesus followers with a call to teach and equip God’s people to live meaningfully with purpose and generosity.
To love God, love people, and serve people.
The message displayed on our sign on Plank Road reads “Love of Neighbor, Love of Children, Love of Creation – A Just World for All.” This mission campaign introduced by the United Church of Christ took root and blossomed at St Paul’s. Loving God and one another shapes and inspires our life together – from worship, to learning experiences for all ages, to serving meals, distributing diapers, and hosting the community drum circle and lots in-between. God does extraordinary things through ordinary people and doesn’t wait for perfect – Thanks be to God! Come worship with us on Sunday morning and meet a caring community, seeking to follow Jesus with purpose and heart. Welcome! I pray you feel God’s love in this place.
On October 31, 1875 the cornerstone of St. Paul’s Evangelical German Church was laid in downtown Elgin. St. Paul’s first pastor Rev. Katendahl described the faith of the founders like this, “Without fear and with enthusiasm they proceeded with the work of laying the cornerstone.” In 2009, like the faithful members before them, “without fear and with enthusiasm,” the congregation sold the downtown building and visioned new ways to be the church and serve the community. New construction of the church on Plank Road was completed in December 2012 and our mortgage paid off in 2017. Today, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ is an Open and Affirming congregation, seeking to grow in faith and serve one another united in Christ’s love, guided by the Holy Spirit, and relying on God’s grace.
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