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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="044085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Woodstock Free Will Baptist Church</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodstock Free Will Baptist Church"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U>News and Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U>Location</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <B>About Us</B>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beliefs"><U>Beliefs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045d2e83.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>About Us</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>OUR CHURCH</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Our church was organized in December 1953 by a group of people who wanted to make the gospel available to all people, those in small communities, as well as those living in larger cities.  </div> <bR> <div> God has blessed us over the years by permitting us to be a part of many lives in this community as well as those in other parts of the country.  There have been other churches started by people from this church.  For this we are very thankful.  Plus, we have still been able to minister to the people of Woodstock and Champaign County.  We are going to continue to teach the truths of the scriptures and be a friend to those that need someone.  Our desire is not to impose upon anyone but, to encourage and help all that we can.  To those who have not heard about the plan of salvation we want to explain it to them.  To those that may have lost their way we want to encourage them to come back to the Lord.</div> <bR> <div> We have a good congregation of loving and caring people.  It would give us great joy to be able to minister to you or your family.  If you do not have a church home, or are new to the area, we encourage you to come and join us in worship and praise.  We feel that in the day that we are living we all need a church family to help us to handle the day to day difficulties.</div> <bR> <div> We feel that our church can be like an oasis in the desert.  Together we can pray and ask for the Lord’s help and find the strength to make it through the hard times and rejoice together in the good times.  The Bible tells us it is not good for us to be alone.  We want to be a part of your life.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>