"Mission to Please"
This Sunday is
the 1st Sunday of our ONE worship experience!!! Don't
forget......from now until the end of September we will have just 1 worship
service each Sunday.
So we have
been journeying through the Acts of the Apostles for the last several
weeks. Don't worry, we are not leaving Acts but going to the region
of Galatia where the first journey took place. Paul sends a letter to
the churches of Galatia and reminds them of who he is but more importantly
of why the church exists at all. Paul is amazed at how quickly the
people have turned away from the teachings of Christ and going back to
"what used to be". How quickly we as people, forget about
the future and become comfortable with the past!! Paul was on a MISSION
TO PLEASE not the people, but to please God and share the message
of Christ. We are the modern-day missionaries to the world and must
be clear about our mission. Let's talk about where we should be
headed for our missionary journey.
See you on
Sunday at 9:59 a.m.!!!! ALL are welcome!
Woodridge UMC
is an open and loving United Methodist community striving
to:
Welcoming
to all;
Uniting in service toward greater social justice for all;
Moving forward with understanding and acceptance of all
peoples;
Creating disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation
of the world.
Our purpose is
to offer a safe place and community to all races, cultures, religions,
genders, sexual identities, ethnicities, age groups and other beliefs.
upcoming
events
Sunday, June 3rd
- Worship Band Rehearsal at 8:30 am
- ONE Worship Service at 10:00 am
- Filipino Baptist at 3:30 pm
- Irshad at 6:00 pm
- Cub Scout Leader Meeting at 7:00 pm
- A.A. Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, June 4th
- Church Office CLOSED
- Girl Scouts KZ at 6:00 pm
Tuesday, June 5th
- Irshad
at 6:00 pm
Thursday, June
7th
- Irshad at 6:00 pm
- Yoga at 6:30 pm
Friday,
June 1st
- First Friday Lunch at noon
Sunday, June 10th
- ONE Worship Service at 10:00 am
- Choir Rehearsal at 11:15 am
- Filipino Baptist at 3:30 pm
- A.A. Meeting at 7:00 pm
The
Church Office will be CLOSED on Monday, June 4th.
Summer Worship
Schedule 2018
For June
3rd through September 30th, we will have one single
worship service at 10 am. The regular two service schedule
will return in October.
Sympathy Notice
Joyce Otis
passed away earlier this week. Please extend sympathy to her family.
Farewell to
Susan Blanchard
Next
Sunday, June 10th we will say farewell to Susan
Blanchard as she moves to Delaware to be closer to her family. And of
course we will have cake!!!! Please plan to be present with us as we send
her off with our love and best wishes.
SOMETHING NEW –
MEETING SCHEDULE
In an effort
to allow more people to be involved, to provide greater coordination of
efforts and not be inundated with meetings, we have streamlined our meeting
schedule for some of the church’s organizations. Many of the groups
are meeting approximately once per quarter with a few exceptions.
Here is the schedule for the next few months:
JUNE:
Saturday, June 23rd – 9:00 a.m. – Ad Council/Vision Team
July:
Tuesday, July 24th - 7:00 p.m. - Trustees
Saturday, July 28th - 9:00 a.m. - Staff Parish
SUMMER READING
FOR OUR FALL BIBLE STUDY
Beginning Tuesday, September 4 and Wednesday, September 5th we
will begin a new season of Bible study classes on WAY OF LIFE by Brian
McLaren. This study is based on the book by Brian McLaren entitled THE
GREAT SPIRITUAL MIGRATION. Pastor Danita and Pastor Dave are
encouraging each person who plans to participate in the Fall Bible study
classes to read THE GREAT SPIRITUAL MIGRATION over
the summer. The book is available through Cokesbury and Amazon including a
Kindle version. If you would like assistance in ordering the book in
paperback or hard cover, contact Becky in the church office. Please do so
no later than June 15th. We will have information and sign up for the fall
study during the month of August. For now, enjoy your summer reading!
JOIN US FOR
YOGA on Thursdays at 6:30 pm
Please wear
comfortable clothing that ensures privacy while allowing mobility. Bring a
mat or a large towel. Cost is $5 per person. If you are attending for the
first time, please arrive a few minutes early to sign a health waiver and
meet the instructor. Any questions, please contact Carrie Santucci at
630-532-7741 or via email. Yoga will run through
June.
Farewell
Celebration for Dick Wisdom
Please join us
for a celebration to express our appreciation to Dick Wisdom as he
concludes his time as District Superintendent and transitions into local
church ministry on Sunday, June 10th at Grace United
Methodist Church with an Open House at 2 pm and a
Recognition Celebration at 2:45 pm. Light refreshments will be
served.
Service of
Installation for Jeffry Bross
Please join us
for the Service of Installation for Jeffry Bross as District Superintendent
on Sunday, September 16th at Grace United Methodist
at 2:00 pm with a Dessert Reception to follow.
Prince of Peace
Vacation Bible School:
This year,
Prince of Peace will be bringing a global fair to the kids at our Vacation
Bible School "Everywhere Fun Fair: Where God's World Comes
Together!" Your children will become neighbors at Everywhere Fun Fair
as they explore God's welcoming love and discover how Jesus teaches us to
be great neighbors.
Dates: June 25th through June 29th
Time: 6:00pm until 8:00pm
Cost: $10 per child - $15 per family
Ages: 4 yrs. thru 5th grade
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE REMINDERS
Bishop Sally
Dyck looks forward to welcoming clergy and lay members to the 179th
Northern Illinois Annual Conference this Sunday, June 3 at
Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL. The theme is
"Navigating Uncharted Waters" with a focus on Romans 5:3b-4:
"trouble produces endurance, endurance produces character, and
character produces hope."
Livestream -
Watch LIVE video coverage of the worship services, plenaries, and teaching
sessions via YouTube. Click here for the link. The
livestream will also be available at www.umcnic.org/AC2018.
United
Methodist Women Mission U
Mission U is
an opportunity to study current issues impacting society based on current
mission study topics with particular attention to the responsibilities of
women in fulfilling the mission work of the church. Participants grow in
understanding the mission of the church in the current world context;
conference events are open to members and non-members of United Methodist
Women. In the Aurora district Summer mission U runs from July
12 -July 15 (Pastor Danita is a speaker) and the One Day Event is
on July 21. Everyone is welcome: women, men,
children and youth! See the bulletin board in the narthex for more details.
Photos Needed
We would like
to decorate our newly named rooms. Please send copies of any photos of
Bonfal Church or Friendship Church in the Philippines, Trinity Church in
Joliet, Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota or of Jack Sipley to the
office so that we might make a display. (We will return your
originals).
Notary
Needed
As part of our
mission trip preparations, our paperwork needs to be notarized. If you are
a Notary or know of one, please contact Pastor Dave. We are especially
looking for a Notary who can attend our meeting on June 13th at 7:00 pm.
Summer Sunday
School Teachers Needed
Looking for an
opportunity to help out this summer? Looking to meet some of the kids in
the church? Sign up to teach summer Sunday School. Lessons are available in
the narthex. We need to have one teacher each week to teach Sunday School.
This gives all the amazing teachers we have during the year a nice break.
Men, women and youth are welcome to sign up to teach. Please see Jorie
Manderfield if you have any questions.
Wanted:
Coordinator for WUMC’s participation in PADS (Public Action to Deliver
Shelter)
In order for
our church to continue to participate at PADS a WUMC PADS coordinator is
needed. That person acts as the liaison between DuPage PADS and First
United Methodist Church in Downers Grove where we serve. Other tasks
include recruiting volunteers each fall to donate food and to volunteer at
PADS on the nights we act as host, maintain and post the volunteers lists,
send out reminder emails and bulletin articles each time it is our time to
serve. For more information please contact Debbie Wordinger 331 645-7779.
Inquiring about the position doesn’t mean you are on the hook for it! But
if you are considering if this is a job you can do, give Debbie a
call.
Bishops Appeal
for Annual Conference
Today, more
than 65 million people have been displaced by war, persecution, famine, or
natural disaster - in the highest number since WWII. By the end of this
day, over 28,000 more people will begin their own difficult and treacherous
journeys in search of safe haven.
In 2018, we,
who make up the Northern Illinois Conference, have a unique opportunity to
combine our resources to care for some of the families affected by the
Global Migration Crisis. Bishop Sally Dyck invites us to do some local
fundraising, to learn about the plight of migrants locally and globally, to
consider having a Global Migration Sunday and to bring a special offering
to Annual Conference in June as our 2018 Bishop’s Appeal for the
denomination’s Global Migration Advance (#3022144).
Offerings
brought to the 2018 Annual Conference will be sent to help families
affected by the Global Migration Crisis. 75% will go to the Global
Migration Advance for international assistance to refugees and migrants.
25% will stay in Northern Illinois to support organizations like Refugee
One and World Relief that work with local immigrant and refugee families.
For more information contact Rev. Jonathan Crail jcrail@firstumc.net or Rhodalyne
Crail at rgallocrail@gmail.com.
2018 Annual
Conference Mission Challenge
This year's
Mission Challenge is to provide Cleaning Kit items to the Midwest Mission
Distribution Center (MMDC). MMDC provides disaster relief kits
and resources as well as educational and medical supplies to those in need
locally and internationally. It is related to the North Central
Jurisdiction and is a cooperating depot in the UMCOR Relief Supply Network.
The 6 districts in our Conference are challenged to bring
different items that when combined will make complete Cleaning Kits.
To meet the challenge, the Outreach Committee is asking for donations of
these items:
● 5
Gallon Buckets with re-sealable lid
● Scrub brushes (no long
handle)
● Pairs of work gloves
(cotton with leather palm or all leather)
The
last day for collection is THIS Sunday, June
3rd. That will be the day when our lay leaders will be
taking our donations to conference. The Conference goal is to build 300
Cleaning Kits. Please participate to give any or all of these items to help
meet the Mission Challenge.
100 CHILDREN
SERVED BY YOU,
DISCIPLES OF
CHRIST AT WOODRIDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (WUMC)
HALLELUJAH AND
AMEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!! AND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF
100 CHILDREN’S BOOKS FOR OUR SISTER CHURCH IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS, TRINITY
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ("TRINITY"). These books will serve
economically disadvantaged children who do not have geographic access to
the local library. This is particularly important during the summer months
when the children are out of school. The books were transported to Trinity
this week.
Note: Donation
of a bicycle and helmet will be transported as soon as we find a volunteer
who has a truck or SUV, and will serve a Veteran in need of transportation.
Thank you for this generous donation as well!
Prayer Chain
and Prayer Request Cards
Our prayer
chain is a group of caring people who believe in the power of prayer. We
are dedicated to praying for your concerns and joys. Prayer requests will
be shared with the church’s prayer chain, honoring your confidentiality. If
you are interested in being a part of the church’s prayer chain ministry,
please contact our coordinator, Sharon Place (630) 852-4172 or trngplaces@aol.com.
If you are
seeking prayer and in the church building, we invite you to fill out a
prayer request card from the pew or from an usher, return it to the usher
moving through the sanctuary during the first hymn or place it in the brass
prayer request box located near the coffee in the narthex.
If you are not
in the church building, please contact the prayer chain coordinator, Sharon
Place (630) 852-4172 (trngplaces@aol.com)
or one of the Pastors through the Church Office (office@woodridgeumc.org). We will
list persons with prayer concerns in the expanded bulletin.
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PRISON CLOTHING
MINISTRY
Our Outreach
Committee is pleased to announce that we are now able to partner with
other participating area churches in the Suits for Success Program.
This non-profit, volunteer organization which was founded by Bill Denwood
of Community Methodist Church in Naperville provides, at no charge, gently used
clothes to parolees throughout the State of Illinois that are suitable for
interviews with prospective employers. Prior to this time,
WUMC’s donations served only the Logan Correctional Facility in Lincoln,
Illinois.
The Suits for
Success Program also partners with area dry-cleaners which serve as
drop-off points and clean and press the clothes for free. The
participating dry cleaner closest to us is Signature Cleaners, Steve
Hirmer, Owner, on Werhli in Naperville. You may drop off your donations
directly with Steve or bring them to WUMC and place in the boxes in the
hallway which leads from the Narthex to Fellowship Hall. THANKS TO
EVERYONE FOR YOUR DONATIONS!!!!
Looking
Ahead
June 3rd - 5th -
Annual Conference
June 23rd - July 1st
- Youth Mission Trip
July
29th - Summer Extravagandza
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Our Mission:
elcoming
to all;
United in service toward greater social justice for all;
Moving forward with understanding and acceptance of all
peoples;
Creating disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation
of the world.
Our purpose is
to offer a safe place and community to all races, cultures, religions,
genders, sexual identities, ethnicities, age groups and other
beliefs.
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1st, 2018, Volume 9, Edition 22
