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October 4, 2023 Vol. 44, No. 14
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Evangelical congregation moves into Parkview New church opens this weekend for services By STACEY SHERIDAN Senior Reporter
The number of vacant churches in Oak Park has gone from two to one as a new congregation has moved into the former Parkview Presbyterian Church on the corner of Oak Park Avenue and Jackson Boulevard. Crews and congregants of Casa De Restauración Familiar, an evangelical Christian church under the Ebenezer ministry, are preparing to open doors for services in church’s new Oak Park home as of this weekend. The opening coincides with the church’s 12th anniversary. The church’s pastor, the Rev. Luis Choc, did not respond to interview requests. The church has roughly 150 members and formerly leased a church in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago, said Miriam Cruz, worship leader and church member. See PARKVIEW on page 7
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