Community Connections
Check out our new Concert Series! Click the button below to see a list of concerts sponsored or hosted by Baker Memorial Church. The series features our church staff, area musicians, ensembles and special presentations. These events are open to the community.
Community is Welcome Here!
Baker Memorial UMC frequently opens its doors to welcome the community at large. Beyond Baker events like our indoor and outdoor Farmers Market, the church hosts such groups as our Administer Justice, Mid-Valley Special Ed, Boy Scout/Cub Scout troops, Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Charles Kiwanis and Pottawatomie Garden Club, as well. Baker Memorial is the home church for the renowned St. Charles Singers group. In 2025 we welcomed Northside Brass to our music community. We sponsor blood drives, CPR training, medical screenings, and outside groups use our facilities for meetings, concerts, recitals and more.
We’re always on the look-out for ways to serve Christ here, near, and far away.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
The following events take place at Baker Memorial Church. For our Baker Concert Series list, go here.
- Fridays, October-May | St. Charles Indoor Farmers Market runs Fridays, weekly, October-May from 9 a.m.-noon in Baker Hall. Enter at Cedar Avenue entrance.
- Monday, November 23 | 7-8 p.m. | Gratitude Concert with Stephen Uhl & Friends | Join us Thanksgiving week at Baker Memorial Church for an evening of music, poetry, and prayers for thanksgiving and peace for our community, country and world. The concert will feature: Violin Concerto in a minor BWV 1041 by J.S. Bach and Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major Op. 81 by Antonín Dvořák. Free will offering.
- Thursday, December 3 | 2:30-6:30 p.m. | Blood Drive | Save a life and donate blood. Versiti Blood Center will be on-site to take you donation. Sign up here. Walk-Ins welcome. Use Cedar Avenue entrance.
- Friday, December 4 at 7:30 pm | Saturday, December 5 at 7:30 pm | Sunday, December 6 at 3 p.m. | St.Charles Singers presents Candlelight Carols with guest artists Kontras String Quartet. Ticketed event. Find information at https://stcharlessingers.com
- Sunday, December 13 | 9:30 a.m. | G. F. Handel Messiah Part 1 at the Advent worship service performed by Chancel Choir, Orchestra and soloists Michelle Areyzaga, Margaret Fox, Nathaniel Adams, and Antonio Quaranta.
- Saturday, December 19 | 5 p.m. | Illinois Brass Band performs their Holiday Classics family holiday concert. Ticketed event. Get information at https://illinoisbrassband.org/performances.html
Farmers Market
The St. Charles Farmers Market is a year round farmers market.
The St. Charles Indoor Farmers Market runs Fridays, weekly, October-May from 9 a.m.-noon in Baker Hall. Enter at Cedar Avenue entrance. Lots of great products to offer: bakery goods, sourdough bread and baguettes, honey, eggs, chicken, pork, fresh fish, smoked fish, shrimp, cheese, dog treats, bagels and fresh roasted nuts. More items will be added as we progress into the year.
The St. Charles Outdoor Farmers Market runs every Friday from June through September each year 8 a.m. and runs until 1 p.m. You’ll find it at Riverside Ave and State, just west of the St Charles Fire Department in front of the old police department and North of the Municipal Center complex. Plenty of parking and all on a flat surface. Wheelchair and handicap accessible.
ABOUT THE MARKET
The St. Charles Farmers Market offers fresh produce, fruit, cheese, eggs, beef and goat meat, poultry products, and fresh flowers, garden plants, honey. The Market also offers a tempting array of gourmet food products, fresh baked bread, jewelry, arts and crafts. Stop by and shop local!