Book Club Meeting: January 10, 2021

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Book Club

Our next selection is A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, a Swedish comedy/drama about a grumpy old man whose life is changed when a chatty couple with two chatty little girls move in next door. We will discuss it on January 10, 2021. This book should be a nice change given the serious books we have read lately. Virtual … Read More

Outreach Ministry News: January 2021

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Outreach Ministry

Thanks to all for supporting our Advent Outreach Programs. Gift cards for $250 were purchased and delivered to Feed My People. We purchased one $50 Schnucks card for a Christmas dinner and four $50 Walmart cards, so that each of the four people in our family could select gifts of their choice. As of Christmas Day, we have collected $570 … Read More

Conference Call Bible Study: December 2020

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Bible study

Talk & Read Together MondaysDecember 7, 14, 21 & 28, 202010:00 a.m. You are invited to Bible Study and conversation each week on Monday at 10:00 a.m. You may join online (Zoom) or by phone. Call any of the numbers below ahead of time for help in joining. We will study scriptures for the next Sunday, and check in with … Read More

Spiritual Life Committee News: December 2020

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Spiritual Life

The Spiritual Life Committee would like to give some suggestions for this coming holiday season. The following is from Traci Smith, a pastor from the Chicago area, who has developed some ideas to make this season special while church services have returned to virtual only. The four weeks leading up to Christmas Day are called Advent, from the Latin adventus, … Read More

Outreach Ministry News: December 2020

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Outreach Ministry

Our Advent plans include our traditional Cap and Mitten tree and “Adopt a Family” through Feed My People. The skinny little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree is in the Gathering Space. Since we have not resumed in-person worship, caps, mittens, gloves, and scarves can be dropped off at the home of Barbara Barnes, 10548 Stephenson Drive. Starting on November 30, we … Read More

Bottle Caps & Container Lids Collection

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bottle caps

Clean plastic caps and lids from many containers will be collected and recycled by an organization that makes park benches. We will collect these items through the end of the year. You can drop off your lids on the table just as you enter church. Thank you to all who have donated over the past year — you’ve helped the … Read More