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Northwoods Satellite Church to Open Soon
Easter Sunday will be the opening of a satellite church in Galesburg.

Northwoods Community Church in Peoria is expanding to Galesburg because the church had a number of members who made the drive from Knox County to Peoria each Sunday.

Campus Pastor Scott Cramer tells the WGIL morning news, Northwoods usually has about 3,500 in attendance but would like to see that grow and that is how the idea of the satellite church came about.

"The fact that there was about 300 people from Knox County, making the trip to Peoria every weekend. So it's a small percentage compared to that 3,500 but it's a large enough percentage to take notice and realize hey we need to do something over here."

The satellite location is on West Fremont Street, in the former NAEIR building.

The church will also literally use satellites as the Sunday morning message will be a video feed from the Peoria home church.


(The former NAEIR location on West Fremont Street in Galesburg will house a Galesburg satellite location of Peoria's Northwoods Community Church. WGIL News File Photo.)
03 28 11 by Newsroom
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