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Faith Briefs
Grace United Methodist Church (244 East
Center Ave., Lake Bluff)
Women in Business Expo
10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday,
April 28. Keynote speakers
Olivia Mitchell, of Olivia
Mitchell Ministries, and Kristina
Kovarik, mayor of Gurnee,
will speak between 12:30-2
p.m. Twenty vendors will include
Young Living Essential
Oils, Rodan & Field Skincare,
LipSense Beauty and more.
This free event is open to the
public.
Boy Scouts
7-9 p.m. Mondays. Boy
Scout Troop 42 will meet in
Fellowship Hall.
Gentle Chair Yoga
3-3:30 p.m. Fridays, Fellowship
Hall. All are welcome.
Union Church of Lake Bluff (525 E. Prospect
Ave., Lake Bluff)
Third Grade Bible Presentation
10-11 a.m. Sunday, April
29. Congregation members are
encouraged to sign their third
grader up to receive a bible.
Sign up in the office with their
full name, bibles will be presented
during worship service
Pitch
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ready have plans in place for
what they plan to do with the
winnings.
“[With the money] we want
to make samples of the product,”
said Lindelo Dlamini, a
student at Lake Forest College
and a founder of H.E.R Comforts.
H.E.R Comforts was the
runner-up in the social innovation
track. The company creates
menstrual pads for women and
girls in Swaziland for a lower
cost, and as they raise more
money, they hope to start employing
women in Swaziland
and teaching them how to make
menstrual pads for the company.
The competition was open to
Live Wires
4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fellowship
Hall. Live Wires is
the Union Church youth group
for fourth- through sixth-graders.
The group meets for lively
discussion and fun activities.
Faith Lutheran Church (680 West Deerpath,
Lake Forest)
Women’s Book Club
8 a.m. Saturday, May 12.
The Women’s Book Club will
meet to discuss “Gilead,” by
Marilynne Robinson. This
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
tells an intimate tale about fathers
and sons and the spiritual
battles that rage in America’s
heart. All women are welcome,
members or not. Pastry
and coffee will be served.
Mid-Week Bible Study
10-11 a.m. Wednesdays.
All are welcome to join in the
Adult Forum Room. Communion
is offered weekly after
each Bible Study.
Discipleship Class
6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Those who would like to find
out more about Christian faith
and the ministry are invited to
join in the Discipleship Information
Class. For more information,
or to RSVP, contact
the church office at (847) 234-
1868.
Men of Faith
8 a.m. Saturday (once a
month). The men of Faith meet
for an hour or so of breakfast
and a short Bible study and
discussion. All men, members
or not, are welcome. This is
typically on the third Saturday
morning of the month.
Christ Church of Lake Forest (100 N.
Waukegan Road)
The Bridge Young Adults Group
7-9 p.m., every Wednesday.
All young adults are welcome
to join. For more information,
contact TheBridgeCCLF@
gmail.com.
Church of St. Mary (175 E. Illinois Road,
Lake Forest)
Eucharistic Adoration
Each Wednesday, the
Church of St. Mary offers Eucharistic
Adoration following
the 8 a.m. Mass. A rosary will
be prayed each week at 6:40
p.m. with Benediction following
at 7 p.m.
Christian Science Society (Gorton Center, 400
E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest)
Testimony Meeting
7:30 p.m. first Wednesday
of each moth. Come to Gorton
Center for prayer, hymns,
and readings from the Bible,
with related passages from the
“Christian Science” textbook,
“Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker
Eddy. Then participants share
their own healings and inspiration.
For more information, call
(847) 234-0820 or email cssocietylakeforest@gmail.com.
Bible Blast
5-6 p.m. Sunday evenings.
Bible Blast is a family program
for children 4 years old
through fifth grade. Guide
your child’s spiritual growth
and biblical literacy to a new
level through Bible Blast.
There is a one-time registration
fee of $45. Free childcare
is provided for 3 years old and
younger.
Submit information for
The Leader’s Faith page to
b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.
com. The deadline is noon on
Thursday. Questions? Call (847)
272-4565 ext. 35.
Lake Forest College students Jenna Rotunna (left) and Kotch Mmopi were the winners of the
Pitch It Identity Design contest. ERIN YARNALL/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
all of the students at Lake Forest
College, not just those studying
business or entrepreneurship.
Riahi, whose business won
first place in the social innovation
track, is a biology student
at the school.
“I never thought I would be
in any sort of entrepreneurship
event,” Riahi said. “This
event brought forward a lot of
the soft skills like presenting
and thinking outside of the
box. It really takes you outside
of your major.”
“The competition really
represents the thinking of the
whole campus,” Thomas said.
In Memoriam
Vernon Armour
Vernon Armour, 90, of Lake
Forest, died April 10. He was
born in Lake Forest, to Lester and Leola
Stanton Armour on July 1, 1927.
He was a life-long Lake Forest resident
and attended the Bell School, playing his
early sports at the Winter Club, followed
by middle and high school at The St.
Marks School in Southborough, Mass.
Upon graduation in 1945, he enlisted in
the United States Air Force. In 1947, Armour
entered Yale University where he
played on the varsity hockey team. Upon
graduating he, and his wife Pamela (née
Kelley), returned to Chicago, where they
began their family and his business career
in investment management.
For decades, Armour was active in civic
life in Chicago and Lake Forest where
he held positions as a Trustee of Illinois
Institute of Technology, a board member
of Graceland Cemetery, and a life director
of the board of Northwestern Medicine
Lake Forest Hospital. He was also a
Life Member of the Otho S. A. Sprague
Foundation and an Honorary Director of
the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.
Throughout his life he was a generous
community member, an avid golfer, and
an active member and leader of many
social and sporting clubs including Onwentsia
Club, Shoreacres, Old Elm Club,
Cypress Point Club and Gasparilla Golf
Club. His generosity, easy-going spirit,
warmth and lifelong friendship are cherished
by many and will be missed by all.
He is survived by his children, Linda
(George) Kelly, Cynthia (Colt) Landreth,
Vernon K. (Miah) and Gordon F. (Anne);
his first wife and his children’s mother,
Pamela K. (Roger) Hull; grandchildren,
Tony (Alicia) Ward, G. Winchester (Callie),
Sara and Madeline Kelly, Frances
(DuBose) Williamson, Vernon J., W. Wyatt,
Tobias, Charlotte and Robinson; greatgrandchildren,
George Kelly, Frances
Kelly; sister, Leola Armour (Robert) Macdonald;
stepson, Douglas (Megan) Strubel;
step-grandchildren, Claire Stubel and
Benjamin Strubel; stepson, Craig Strubel;
sisters-in-law, Elizabeth “Bessie” Armour,
Jean Armour and Diana Armour; many
nieces and nephews and other related family
members. He was preceded in death by
his wife, Linda Freema; siblings, Elizabeth
Hollins, Lester Jr. and T. Stanton.
Services will be held at a later date.
Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers,
the family suggests that contributions
be made to Northwestern Medicine Lake
Forest Hospital, 1000 N. Westmoreland,
Lake Forest, IL 60045.