A 157-Year-Old Palatine Church Is Still Reaching Its Community, One Family at a Time

The Common Good Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 11m

Brian From talks with Pastors Warren Schilf and Donald Antor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine. Warren shares how he grew up in the church and its school, spent 20 years in business, and then answered a call to ministry. He returned as associate pastor before becoming senior pastor. He describes the joy of baptizing and marrying the children of families he’s known all his life, along with the challenge of leading people who still see him as “good old Warren.” Donald, who has served there for over a decade, describes a congregation founded in 1869 that is now baptizing…