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=== Religion === [[File:First Lutheran Church.JPG|thumb|right|The First Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 1861 and its sanctuary, built in 1863, remains the oldest in the city (at least in part) <ref>{{cite book |title= Dedication - First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Blue Island, Illinois| last= Lohse |first= Martin, Chairman of the Dedication Book committee |year = 1954|location= Blue Island, Illinois |pages= 15, 22β23}}</ref> by virtue of the fact that the tower and the walls of the west half of the original building were incorporated into a 1954 expansion. The school building shown to the right of the church was built in 1871 and was replaced by the present building in 1912.<ref>{{cite news | title=Building Department| newspaper=The Economist: A Weekly Financial, Commercial, and Real-estate Newspaper| volume=47| issue =12 |date=March 23, 1912| pages=564}}</ref> The former schoolhouse has been relocated and currently serves as a two-family residence.<ref>{{cite news | title=Landmark Sketches| newspaper=The Blue Island Forum| volume=IX| issue =9 |date=May 9, 1995| pages=17}}</ref>]] Although religious gatherings have taken place in Blue Island almost since the community was founded in 1836, the first denominational services took place in 1850 with the founding of the Central Methodist Church (predecessor to today's Grace United Methodist Church).<ref>{{cite book |title= The first hundred years, 1835-1935: historical review of Blue Island, Illinois |last= Volp |first= John Henry|year= 1938| publisher= Blue Island Publishing |page= 197}}</ref>
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