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8:12 p.m. CDT, October 14, 2012
After celebrating Mission Church?s one-year anniversary last weekend, Lead Pastor Jon Peacock said his non-denominational community near Bloomingdale had never felt stronger.Yet it wasn?t until the 400-person congregation sat through services today without its normal sound, sights or lights that Peacock said they had reached ?their finest hour.?
A trailer containing more than $100,000 worth of sound, screen and lighting equipment the church uses every Sunday was recently stolen from its regular spot in Carol Stream.
Peacock said church staff went out to the RV parking lot at the intersection of Gary and North Avenues in Carol Stream about 5:15 a.m. Sunday and reported it missing to police.
The staff believes it was taken overnight, but police are investigating, he said.
The church hosts its Sunday services in the gymnasium of Bloomingdale?s Stratford Middle School, Peacock said. The church-owned equipment was normally set up on Sunday mornings and packed away in the trailer on Sunday afternoons.
On Sunday, Peacock said the community was ?incredibly supportive? and instead of focusing on anger, chose to pray.
?We decided to pray for these people ? this is a reminder of why we?re in this community,? Peacock said. ?This just solidifies we?re in the right place. This is the reason we started this church.?
Peacock said he and his staff are working with Carol Stream Police to locate the trailer.
While Mission Church?s staff is hoping for the prompt return of their equipment, they?re not putting their faith on hold.
?We?re not a church that?s held together by a building. We?ll meet in an open field if we have to,? Peacock said, jokingly.
bdoyle@tribune.com
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