Lord's Acre is the day each year that we open wide the doors of our church home to the entire community and invite them in to the biggest Neighborhood Festival ever!
That's right ... everyone within the sound of the music and laughter and within the smell of barbeque and sausage, is invited to join the community of Arlington Heights United Methodist Church as we celebrate God's goodness. It is said that in days of old, the rural communities had a festival in the Fall when they donated an acres' worth of produce and proceeds to the church and God's work. Hence the name "Lord's Acre".
Our festival has grown over the years to include the entire neighborhood because of the overflow of blessings and goodness. We just want to share!
A portion of the proceeds (50%) goes to mission projects at home and around the world, with the remainder funding a special project around our own facility - additional accent and security lighting to the outside of our building, and beginning important renovation at Wesley Place.