Rev. Melissa Engel is a mother of two beautiful beings, a wife, and the lead pastor serving with Dunlap Prospect and Peoria Northwest United Methodist Churches. With her Masters in Divinity from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver and a Certification in Spiritual Direction from the Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program at Benet Hill Monastery in Colorado Springs, she blends her love of spiritual practices, justice and compassion ministries, worship arts, and pastoral care to meet people where they are. She has a special heart for building relationships within and beyond the walls of the church. She has served in Denver, Colorado; Juneau and Douglas, Alaska; Butte, Montana; Streator, Illinois; and, now, Dunlap and Peoria, Illinois. She is an Ordained Elder in Full Connection in the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church serving in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference.
Prospect United Methodist Church is located at 300 East Ash Street in Dunlap, Illinois. Situated three blocks east of Highway 91 through Dunlap and just off Cedar Hills Drive (only three miles from Knoxville Avenue in Peoria), we are found under the water tower next to Dunlap Elementary School.
Prior to worship, come early and enjoy some fellowship/food before worship or grab a coffee & bite to eat to go as you head to Sunday School after worship!
Come worship in Person or subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch from your home or wherever you are!
We also have special services throughout the year and for Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter.
Children are welcome — age-appropriate worship packets for children ages 3–6 (purple cloth bags) and 7–12 (clear plastic bags) with materials relating to the day’s scripture lesson are available.
Please call the office at 309-243-7300 or for more information as we add more events.
