Events
First Friday Lunch
Let’s start 2020
by having our First Friday Lunch on Friday, January 3 at
noon in the Bonfal Hall. Just bring
your own lunch, beverage and If you’d like, a dish to pass.
We promise a relaxed time of easy conversation and smiles.
EVERYONE is invited!
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY
Our next Bible
study for Wednesday night will be JOHN: Gospel of
Light and Life by Adam Hamilton.We will meet on Wednesday evenings
beginning Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 through Wednesday,
February 19th, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30
p.m.. DINNER IS NOT
INCLUDED. The cost is $11.00
per person for the study guide. Please plan to
join us!! A sign-up sheet and a limited amount of
books are available in the narthex.
THE BIBLE FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE WILL RETURNS
JANUARY 14th
After taking some time off for Christmas and
Epiphany,
the Bible for Curious People will return to study the Gospel
of John beginning on Tuesday, January 14th at 10:30am.
All are welcome. No prior bible reading or knowledge or
expertise needed. We will all learn as we go along exploring
what the text says, what it leaves unsaid, what history and
tradition tell us about the text, and how our own experience
influences our reading
After this week, The Bible for Curious People will return
Tuesday, January 14th.
AURORA
DISTRICT WINTER LAY ACADEMY
The 2020 Winter
Lay Academy will be on January
4th & 11th from 8:03 am to 3:30 pm at
Friendship United Methodist Church in Bolingbrook. The
courses being offered are: The Sacraments, Conflict
Resolution & Certified Lay Servants Mentor Others.
Aurora District Training Event
You are cordially
invited to the 2020 Aurora District Leadership Training, Saturday, January 25,
at Naperville: Grace UMC. A Day of Learning, Workshops, and
Conversation for Pastors and Lay Leaders. Come for a
day of learning, conversation, and reflection. There will be
a Children and Youth Session for an additional cost $10. To
register go here. Patti Cash, Director of Communications
at Hinsdale UMC will offer website consulting sessions at
different times during the day. We can only
accommodate 11 churches, so first come, first serve. To sign
up for your 15 minute consultation, go here.
SPECIAL
OFFERING: The special offering for
the day will support North Central College Campus Ministry:
The Albright-Wesley Fund. These ministries include The New
Beginnings Summer VBS Team, trips to national and regional
events like Imagine What’s Next, interfaith work through
Interfaith Youth Core, and sponsoring on-campus speakers like
Shane Claiborne, Cornel West, and Bishop Sally Dyck.
Save the Date - Laity Convocation
February 8 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm at Sycamore UMC, 160
Johnson Ave., Sycamore, IL. This year's theme is "Unpacking
Racism," focusing on one of the three Annual Conference
goals, "to live out the conviction that racism is
incompatible with Christian teaching." Registration will
open January 2020.
Roadmap to General
Conference 2020
While General
Conference May 5-15, 2020 in Minneapolis may seem far down
the road, it will be here before we know it. Click here for a downloadable document with dates and
links for upcoming trainings and resources. Copies of
the DVD study "Faithful and Inclusive: The Bible,
Sexuality and The United Methodist Church" (resource
#106097) are now available to borrow from the United
Media Resource Center (UMRC). For updated GC2020 news and information,
visit www.umcnic.org/GC2020.
Donate
Support
WUMC Youth with gift card orders.
Orders
are available for pickup on THIS Sunday, December 22nd. A
percentage of all sales goes to Youth Ministries. Please
remember to keep the WUMC Family Crisis Fund in mind.
Gift cards are incredibly helpful for those in the community
who need financial assistance.
West
Suburban Community Pantry Donation Promotions
The West Suburban Community
Pantry offers food for the hungry and resources to empower
persons to improve their quality of life. Our vision is
a community without hunger. The Pantry operates year-round
with a goal that each eligible family in DuPage County as
well as Bolingbrook & Romeoville receive nutritionally
balanced food, including meats, dairy, and fresh produce
monthly. We are also registered as an emergency food pantry
for Illinois. With the help of volunteers and sponsors, our
vision is to eradicate hunger within the families and
individuals in the DuPage County area. We are dedicated to
providing food for the hungry, educating the donor community
about existing needs, and supporting advocacy efforts for the
hungry. We also work hard to encourage volunteerism and the
sharing of resources.
Christmas
Food boxes
Starting
on December 1st, sign-up in the Narthex to donate either food
boxes or hams for families at our sister church, Trinity
United Methodist, in Joliet. Your donation provides a
holiday meal for a family who would otherwise do without.
Pick up a list of suggested items to include in each food box
at the Outreach display in the Narthex. Hams and food
boxes are due in the church kitchen TODAY by 4:00 Friday, December 20th. (Please
be aware of church office hours when dropping off your
donation).
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.
AMAZON
SMILE
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible
purchases to Woodridge United Methodist Church whenever you
shop on
AmazonSmile.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same
prices, same service. Support WUMC by starting your
shopping here.
Volunteer
DUPAGE
PADS
A
big THANK YOU to everyone who helped support
our PADS efforts on December 17th and 18th. Because of your
continued support and generosity, WUMC provided a night of
shelter and a warm dinner and breakfast to 66 overnight guests-35
men, 24 women and 7 children. Our volunteers did an amazing
job of providing food to an additional nine guests that
arrived as a result of another PADS shelter unexpectedly
closing.
YOUR
HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! Please
note the volunteer slots are for ALL the dates (October,
December, February, and April) unless you have already made
other arrangements. If you cannot bring the food donations or fulfill
your time commitment you have signed up for,
please contact Larry
Cash so other arrangements can be
made.
THANK YOU for your support of this important ministry!
Upcoming
dates to participate:
February
18-19, 2020 | April 21-22, 2020
Click Here to Sign-Up.
Looking
Ahead
December 24 - Christmas Eve Services at 5 &
11 pm
December
29th - ONE Worship Service at 10 am
February
9th - Scout Sunday
February
26th - Ash Wednesday
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