Welcome to Metro East, IL!

Greetings! We normally conduct Sabbath Services at 10:30 am each Saturday at the St. Jacob Community Center, 108 W 2nd Street, St Jacob. However, due to possible weather situations or other matters that would cause a change in plans, travelers are requested to call me at 573-259-5557 Friday night or Sabbath am. If you wish to view our live webcast, click the gray lettered webcast tab which is immediately above this paragraph. You may listen from your cell phone: 978-990-5000, then 202011#

Welcome to our website! We are a church that strives to live by every Word of God, Matthew 4: 4. We follow the teachings of God our Father and His dear Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus set the standard for us so we strive to honor, obey and love both His Father and Himself. We follow God in worshipping on the Sabbath, as He instructed, Exodus 20: 8-11.

Readers of our Beyond Today magazine notice that we often speak of "Help for today, hope for tomorrow." By this we mean that as a church, we want to reach out to this world to help you to spiritually improve your life today while pointing to a much brighter hope culminating in the return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ to the earth. We welcome you to visit us. I’m sure you will find our people to be a very sincere and loving congregation. And, I'm looking forward to meeting you too.

Proclaiming God's Message

We are also driven to proclaim God’s message of hope and repentance to the nations. So we share His love and truth passionately, seeking to teach all the things Christ commanded. We are a part of an International association of over 430 congregations around the world dedicated to preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God in all the world. We want to be known to all by our care, concern and love.

Friendly and Enthusiastic

We are a friendly, enthusiastic congregation that strives to follow the example of Jesus Christ. What’s most important to God is most important to us. It's about loving relationships - first with God the Father and Jesus Christ and also with each other. Loving God, sharing His truth and loving people like you, is a simple way to say what we’re all about.

Ocean view at sunset

Visit Us Soon!

I hope and pray you will enjoy our site, check out our Biblical teachings, and get to know us. You can learn a lot about our church by spending some time browsing our site, yet, there’s nothing like visiting in person to learn more about the United Church of God. I hope you will come be our guest, and experience our church firsthand. I look forward to meeting you when you do. Until then, may God richly bless you.