The annual Blessing of the Waters at Waterfall Park in Blue Island will be back at full strength on Saturday along the Cal-Sag Channel.
The Rev. MaryBeth Ingberg speaks at a previous Blessing of the Waters at Waterfall Park, Fulton and Chatham streets in Blue island, as members of the Mudcat Dixieland Jazz Band look on. Ingberg, pastor of Immanuel United Church of Christ in Evergreen Park, will give the blessing at this weekend’s event, set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Waterfall Park.
They were touring areas by the Cal-Sag Channel in 2006 and decided to conduct a blessing of the waters, which was attended by about a dozen people. The event moved to Waterfall Park the following year. Officials with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, which operates the site, typically attend the blessing, he said.
The ceremony typically lasts an hour, she said, though people often stick around afterward “to enjoy refreshments and conversation.” The Mudcats Dixieland Jazz Band will play as people arrive at the park as well as during the fellowship time after the program.
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