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Faith Briefs
Anointed Word International Ministries
(16250 84th Ave., Tinley Park)
Food Pantry
Every Wednesday, the
AWIM’s food pantry is open
from 9:30-11:30 a.m. For
more information regarding
qualification of receiving
food from food pantry
or to become a volunteer at
AWIM, contact Kindell Renee’
at kindell@anointedword.net
or Joyce Brunson
at joyceb@anointedword.
net or call (708) 429-2600.
Calvary Baptist Church (17430 94th Ave.,
Tinley Park)
Wednesday Prayer, Bible
Study and Sword Club
6:45 p.m. every Wednesday
Chicago Church of Christ (16530 Ridgeland
Ave., Tinley Park)
Sunday Service
12-1:30 p.m. every week.
Faith Christian Reformed Church (8383 W.
171st St., Tinley Park)
Sunday Service
9:30 a.m.
Family Harvest Church (18500 92nd Ave.,
Tinley Park)
Sunday Services
9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Spanish services are held in
the chapel, while teen services
are held in the gym.
The Spanish and teen services
are only held at 5 p.m.
Breakfast is available in the
church’s Café, located near
the gym, on Sunday mornings
from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m.
First Baptist Church of Tinley Park (7025
W. 179th St., Tinley Park)
Sunday Bible Study
9:30 a.m.
St. George Catholic Church (6707 W. 175th
St., Tinley Park)
Reconciliation
After the 4 p.m. Mass on
Saturday and after the 7:30
and 9:30 Masses on Sunday.
There is no Reconciliation
on the Thursday preceding
the first Friday of the month.
South Suburban Chinese Church (17100 S.
69th Ave., Tinley Park)
Mandarin Class
2-3:40 p.m. Sundays. The
church offers classes for
children, teens and adults
interested in learning how to
speak Mandarin. For more
information, email learningchinesesscc@gmail.com.
St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Parish
(7399 W. 159th St., Tinley Park)
Mass for the Deaf
This Mass takes place
twice a month. The schedule
does vary, and those interested
in attending should view
the church calendar at www.
stjulie.org.
Sunday Mass
7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30
a.m., 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. every
week.
St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic
Church (17500 S. 84th Ave., Tinley Park)
Sunday Service
7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m.,
11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. (in Polish),
and 6:15 p.m. every week.
Tinley Park Community Church (7939 W.
167th St., Tinley Park)
Sunday Service
10:30 a.m. Fellowship and
refreshment to follow afterward.
Tinley Park United Methodist Church
(6875 W. 173rd Place, Tinley Park)
Sunday Service
9:30 a.m. Nursery care is
available for families.
Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. For
more information, call (708)
532-2960.
Tinley Park Food Pantry
8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Learn ways to help by
contacting Chuck O’Kresik
at (708) 614-7739.
Trinity Lutheran Church (6850 W. 159th
St., Tinley Park)
Reveal Worship
11 a.m. Sundays
Zion Lutheran Church (17100 South 69th
Ave., Tinley Park)
Widow/Widowers Social
Club
7-9 p.m. First Friday of the
month. For more information
please call Danell Chmura at
(630) 728-9368 or Bill Dolehide
at (708) 342-6820.
Glory to God Church (18401 66th Ave.,
Tinley Park)
Will-Cook Barbershop
Harmony
7:30 p.m. Alternating
Thursdays in Tinley Park
and Lockport. Guests are
welcome for an evening of
singing and fellowship with
the Knights of Harmony
Chorus. For more information
contact Hank King at
(708) 614-8899 or mjking1@ameritech.net
Have something for Faith
Briefs? Contact Editor Cody
Mroczka at cody@tinleyjunction.com
or call (708) 326-
9170. Information is due by
noon on Thursdays one week
prior to publication.
In Memoriam
Dimitrios Vlahos
Dimitrios “Jim” Vlahos,
84, a former Tinley Park
businessmen, died on Feb.
1 peacefully at home. Jim,
son of Anthoula and George
Vlahos, born in January of
1934, was raised in Thessaly,
Greece with his siblings
Paul, Peter, and Ireni. He
was a teen during the Greek
Civil War and then served
in the Greek army. He lived
and worked many jobs in
Germany, Canada, and The
Bahamas before moving to
the Chicago area. In 1970,
he married Kathryn (Kay)
Campbell, a teacher in Evergreen
Park, at Holy Apostles
Church in Westchester. Jim
was a popular bartender in
the western suburbs who
started at the King’s Palace
in Lisle and was working
at Harvey’s in Countryside
when he successfully
opened “Jim’s In” in Tinley
Park. He was “in” for thirty
years from 1978-2008, when
he retired. He was a member
of the Tinley Park Chamber
of Commerce. During those
years, he and Kay raised
three children, of whom he
was most proud: Matthias
(Noelle Povalish), Michael
(Cortney Meyer), and Diane
(Robert Cook); Grandfather
of Maxwell and Samson
Vlahos of Morton, IL, Carmen
and Matthias Vlahos
of Joliet, IL, and Ava and
James Cook of Downers
Grove. The family would
like to thank the many people
at Community Adult
Day Center, Shirley Ryan
Ability Lab, Independence
4 Seniors, Wellspring Health
Services, and Residential
Home and Hospice Care,
who helped keep him active
and well cared for in his final
years.
Michelle Aggen
Michelle C.
Aggen (nee
Noakes), 70,
of Tinley Park,
died on Jan.
31. Wife of
the late John;
mother of Aggen
Daniel Bradley,
Mark (Debra) Bradley,
Jill (Joe Morton) Bradley
and Lisa (Michael) Piper;
Stepmother of Thomas Aggen
and Chad (Sue) Aggen;
Grandmother of Tyler, Jordan,
Madison (Nick), Hailey,
Jacob, Corissa, Dylan,
Jaclyn and Justin; Great
grandmother of Easton;
Sister of Wayne (Donna)
Noakes, Marlene (Earl) Silver
and the late Louis (late
Pearl) Noakes and Richard
(late Joan) Noakes; Aunt of
many nieces and nephews.
Interment in St. Mary Cemetery
Evergreen Park, IL.
In lieu of flowers donations
to Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org. To send flowers
or a memorial gift to the
family of Mrs. Michelle C.
Aggen please visit our Sympathy
Store. For more information,
call 708-532-1635
or visit www.vandenbergfu
neralhome.com.
Have someone’s life you’d like
to honor? Email Editor Cody
Mroczka at cody@tinleyjunction.com
with information about
a loved one who was a part of
the Tinley Park community.
Weathering the Storm
Extreme cold gives way to normal temperatures
Mark T. Carroll
Contributing Columnist
The beginning of January
started the same way December
ended: very cold. The
Christmas Day to New Year
Day seven-day period was the
second coldest Dec.25-Jan.
1 on record for the Chicago
area. The high temperature
Jan. 1 was 1 degree, which
was the coldest maximum
temperature for that date. he
temperature remained below
20 degrees from Dec. 26
through Jan. 6 which tied the
record of 12 consecutive days
below 20 degrees.
The normal number of
days with below-zero temperatures
for winter is seven.
By Jan. 6, there had been
eight days with below-zero
temperatures this winter.
High winds from Dec. 31
through Jan. 2 produced wind
chills of -25 to -40 degrees.
A brief warmup occurred
on Jan. 10 and 11, with the
high temperature of 59 degrees
on the Jan. 11, which
was 2 degrees below the record
of 61 for that date. January
had a total of five days
with the high temperature
reaching at least 50 degrees.
Roller coaster temperatures
through the month created
an average temperature for
the month that was 0.8 degrees
above normal.
Below normal snowfall
for the winter season continued
through January.
Through the end of January,
snowfall is half of normal
for the winter season.
A light freezing drizzle
and rain event began during
the afternoon of Jan. 7 and
continued until changing to
light snow with generally
less than a half-nch of snow
accumulation. Because of
the extreme cold in the two
weeks prior to Jan. 7, the
pavement was very cold,
causing the rain and drizzle
to freeze on contact, producing
slick roads.
A freezing drizzle event
Jan. 24 produced hazardous
driving conditions. During
the early morning hours, a
truck collided with a car near
175th Street and LaGrange
Road in Tinley Park, killing
the driver of the car. Numerous
cars were also involved
in an accident in the eastbound
lanes of Interstate 80,
near Harlem Avenue.
The most significant
snowfall of January began
around 8 p.m. on Jan. 14 and
continued until the morning
Jan. 16.
The following are local
snowfall reports from the
Jan. 14-16.
• New Lenox: 4.7 inches
• Lockport 3.9 inches
Mark T. Carroll is the president
of CALM Weather LLC, a meteorological
consulting service
based in Oak Forest. For more
information, visit calmwx.com.