Community Corner
Blessing farmers, tractors Sunday
Signaling the start of the farm planting season, west suburban farmers and their tractors will be blessed in fifth annual ceremonies at Suydam United Methodist Church, 9931 Suydam Rd. in Leland on Sunday, April 6.
At 10 a.m., Rev. Jodeen Immer of Montgomery, church pastor, will bless farmers with soil, seeds and water at a service in the church sanctuary. Rev. Young Me Park, UMC DeKalb district superintendent, will assist.,At 11 a.m., Rev. Immer and Rev. Park will use an evergreen branch dipped in a bucket of water to bless 10 tractors in the church parking lot.
A potluck luncheon will close the event.
For more information, call Rev. Immer at (815) 498-2626 or (630) 896-9369.--END--