and embraced the vision for a ministry within the village of Royal. The people worked together for many hours to move their church home. The men and boys of the congregation carefully deconstructed the church, brick by brick, and transported the bricks from out in the country into the village of Royal. There, the congregation's women and older men painstakingly cleaned the mortar from the bricks to provide the building blocks for a new St. John Lutheran Church to serve the people of Royal. The church still stands today, with 831 members and an average attendance of 200 people. In 1982, around the time of the town's centennial anniversary, people began to talk to one another about constructing a shared Community Building to benefit the current and future people of Royal. Hearkening back to the example of the members of St. John's, the wider community came together around the shared vision of a community of people living together. This vision was embodied in the concept of a Community Building. An apartment building in Champaign, Illinois needed to be demolished. Hearkening back to the example of the people of St. John Lutheran, the people gathered the bricks and worked together to clean the mortar from each brick. The people then built the new Community Building with these bricks, and it was completed the year after the centennial. The building still stands today and is used by the people of Royal for personal and public events for as little as $85.00 for a small group. References External links Government ChampaignCountyClerk.com. Village of Royal elected officials. DexKnows. Location of election polling place. United States Postal Service. Location of post office. Demographics ZipAtlas. Cities with the highest percentage of Germans in Illinois. CityData.com. Demographic statistics for Royal. Education Prairieview-Ogden Schools. Home webpage for the elementary and junior high school. Houses of Worship St. John Lutheran Church. Seniors FamilyService.org. Royal Senior Citizen Social Group information page. Villages in Champaign County, Illinois Villages in Illinois