DON’T FORGET OUR MEMBERS WITH LIMITED
MOBILITY
Please remember to keep in your prayers a few of
our members who are not able to get to church as often as
they would like because of medical challenges. We have
included their addresses here in case you would also like to
send a card/words of encouragement:
Marv and Gen Bailey, 14804 S. Van Dyke Drive, #2245, Plainfield,
Illinois 60544
Vi
Schobel, Westbury Care, Room 104, 1800 Robin
Lane, Lisle, Illinois 60532
Joan Kettell, phone calls preferred but please limit the
length of the conversation
Juan Marianyi, 21422 W. Douglas Lane, Plainfield, IL 60544
Will Grosch, 1261 Cobblestone Court, Naperville, IL 60564
(email grosch1@wowway.com)
YOGA
EVERY THURSDAY
Yoga is one
way to create strength, balance, and flexibility in the
body's also a time to practice stillness and develop
patience. Please wear comfortable clothing that ensures
privacy while allowing mobility. Bring a mat or a large
towel. Yoga will run every Thursday through December
(except for those noted). 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 funkylarry@yahoo.com.
There
will be no class October 25th, November 22nd and December
27th.
ADVENT
BIBLE STUDY
Our Advent
study for this year will be MARY HAD A BABY: An Advent
study based on African American Spirituals by Cheryl
Kirk-Duggan and Marilyn E. Thornton and will be offered on Wednesday
evenings (6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) and Tuesday mornings
(10:30 a.m. to noon) The plan for Wednesday
remains to join the youth for dinner at about 6:30 p.m. and
then as they go off to their activities, we will go to our
class. We will conclude at 8:00 p.m., about the
same time as the youth finish.
SEASON
OF CHRISTMAS IN WOODRIDGE
On December 7th
at 3540 Seven Bridges Drive in Woodridge, the Business at
Seven Bridges invite you to:
Merry Mistletoe Market 3-8 pm - visit our craftrs &
artists
Best Truckin’ BBQ at 5 pm - come hugry!
Christmas Carols of the Season at 5:30 pm - music provided by
DJ Hawthorne!
Santa & His Elves at 6 pm
Tree Lighting Ceremony & Festival of Lights at 6:15 pm
CHURCH
CONFERENCE
Mark your calendars! It’s official!
Our church conference date for 2018 is Saturday, December
8, 2018. The Staff-Parish Committee
will meet at 9:30 am and the church conference will begin at 10:00 am.
All reports from committee chairs are due November 8th.
ADVENT
AND CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES
Sunday, December 23th , 2018
9:00 & 10:30 a.m. – 4th Sunday of Advent
Sunday,
December 24th , 2018
5:00 p.m. – Family friendly and candlelighting
11:00 p.m. – Communion and candlelighting
Please
plan to join us to Celebrate the birth of our Savior
CIRCLES
OF BLESSINGS
SERVING
THE HOMELESS AT PADS
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 18TH THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH, 2018
As we celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends, family and
congregation, we remember and are grateful for the many, many
blessings and gifts that God showers upon us each day.
His Grace prompts us to be in relationship with the
disadvantaged of our communities by willingly sharing our
time, talents and money. We have an opportunity to do
this as we serve the homeless shelter at the First United
Methodist Church of Downers Grove, 1032 Maple Avenue, on Tuesday afternoon,
December 18th through Wednesday morning, December 19th.
Some members of our congregation who served in October are
not able to serve in December. PLEASE VISIT THE SIGN-UP
BOARD IN THE NARTHEX TO VOLUNTEER OR RECONFIRM YOUR
COMMITMENT TO SERVE. We particularly need more people
to serve during the dinner hour & some food donations.
WE CAN USE HELP IN ALL AREAS!!
COMPLETE THE CIRCLE OF BLESSINGS THIS ADVENT SEASON BY
SERVING THE HOMELESS AT PADS (Public Action to Deliver
Shelter in DuPage County).
WOMEN'S
FIESTA
Mark your
calendar now!!! WOMEN'S FIESTA - A day apart for
women of all ages!!! SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019
form 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. Invite a friend to hold the date
as well.. Details to come...................
PHOTOS NEEDED
We would like to decorate our newly named rooms.
Please send copies of any photos of Trinity Church in
Joliet or
of Jack Sipley to the office so that we might
make a display. (We will return your originals).
Thank you to those that have already sent us photos. We
are still in need of pictures for the remaining rooms.
STAFF
AND OFFICE WISH LIST
From time to
time our office finds that there are items needed that are a
bit more expensive than a case of paper or sometimes for
special needs that occur. Currently, our list includes the
following:
● 4 new dry erase/whiteboards approximately
$230 each;
● Funding to update the youth room which
includes the purchase of 6 hightop chairs/stools, 4 ottomans
with removable tops and storage and a coat of paint for the
walls;
● Funding to update the Friendship Room
(den/parlor) for carpet and furniture cleaning and new paint
for the walls;
● Updated shelving units for the Christian
Education office
While we know that you would love to run out and go shopping,
our staff has looked at and chosen very specific items with
the best deals! If you would like to help in this
effort, please mark your check "staff/office wish
list" and make it payable to the church. No
amount is too small. PLEASE DO NOT GO OUT AND
PURCHASE THE ABOVE ITEMS ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT CONTACTING A
STAFFPERSON!!! We appreciate your support of us
and are constantly looking at ways to make our daily work
environment better!! We invite you to join us in
this effort.
CHRISTMAS
FOOD BOXES AND HAMS FOR TRINITY UMC
Sign-up in
the Narthex to donate food boxes and hams for families at our
sister church, Trinity United Methodist in Joliet. Your
donation provides a great holiday meal for a family who would
otherwise do without. Pick up a list of items to
include in each food box at the sign-up display in the
Narthex. Hams and food boxes are due back in the church
kitchen by
noon Friday, December 21.
THE
MITTEN TREE IS CALLING FOR YOUR DONATIONS
The mitten tree is available in the Narthex to
accept your donations of children’s mittens, gloves, warm
hats and scarves. The donations are going to Woodridge School
District 68. They give them out to children who don’t have
appropriate gear for the winter weather. We’ll be harvesting
the tree a couple of times. Please donate as you can.
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Looking Ahead
December 8th - Church Conference
December
24th - Christmas Eve Worship Services at 5 & 11 pm
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