Announcements
May 5, 2008
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Welcome New Members!
Announcements Spiritual Growth, Education and Fellowship |
There will be a Parents' Meeting for all parents of High School students (including incoming 9th graders) to discuss Pilgrimage 09 and Mission Trip 08. Please meet in the Sr. High Class Tuesday, May 6th at 7pm. New Ministry to Refugees and Immigrants - Information & Awareness Meeting May 10th , 10:00 to 12:00 pm at our church. World Relief is an organization dedicated to helping refugees and immigrants and is one of the largest national organizations involved in this work. There are many such people in the Fox Valley in need of our help. World Relief offers our community opportunities for ministry, including provision of home goods, ESL volunteers, friendship partners, hosting the newly arrived, transportation, family counseling and many others. In order to introduce the organization and its work, and to tell us about the opportunities for ministry, we are hosting an information and awareness meeting at our church on May 10th, 10:00 - 12:00 pm . The meeting will include members of other churches in the Fox Valley who are also interested in working with World Relief. Those interested in attending please contact Barry Cottrell cottrellb[at]sbcglobal[dot]net "Prayers for Peace/Witness Against Violence" A day-long vigil will be held at the Unitarian universalist Society of Geneva on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 from 7 AM until 10 PM. The vigil will include times of silence, and quiet music. You will be invited to share spoken prayers/readings/reflections, to write your own words in a Prayers for Peace book, to light Witness Candles, and generally share in a community expression of the longing for a world of compassion, justice, and true, respectful peace. For more information, please see the community bulletin board or Ed Manning. Remember our Troops! Our Parish is working with Operation: Support Our Troops, IL to send much needed supplies to our troops overseas. Please refer to the list of requested items are posted in Ludtke Hall and elsewhere in the church. The next meeting of The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, May 20 at 10.00 am. A reception for His Grace, the Most Reverend Daniel Deng-Bul, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, Africa, will be held Wednesday, May 28 at 7:30 PM at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn. Please see the invitation posted in Ludtke Hall. Annual Rummage Sale: People are needed to help Marina Morrow organize/run our annual rummage sale (date to be determined). Most of the project falls within the week of the sale. Instructions and help are available. Please call the church office, Marina Morrow or Anne Lander for further information. Did you miss the Consecration of Bishop Jeffrey Lee last month? There are two DVDs of the Consecration available to anyone who would like to borrow one to see the ceremony. Please contact the church office and speak to Beth to borrow a copy. There is now childcare available for Moms who would like to attend the Women's Bible Study on Wednesdays at 11:30am. Please contact Liz Ryan at the church to let us know how many children you will be bringing and what their ages are. 630.584. 2596 Love Flowers? - Sign up to serve on the Flower Guild. The 2008 chart is on the wall in the back entrance hall. Join the Coffee Hour Team - Please sign up to share in the wonderful ministry of food and fellowship that is our Coffee Hour. When you sign up, you are signing up to help with setting up for and cleaning up after your chosen service, as well as providing delicious treats for all to share. This is especially important after the late service since few people remain for very long and dishes are often left to the "last man standing." When signing up, consider combining forces with another person/family/group. After all, many hands make light work! Add your name to the sign-up sheet in Ludtke Hall to make our coffee hours a true labor of love for all who partake. We Need Your Time and Talent Please consider joining us once a month when we take our shifts at Hesed House from 11PM to 7 AM on the third Friday of the month. See the sheet in Ludke Hall or connect with Phil Dripps or Wink Bangs. New Gift Card Fundraiser – Just shop, dine and play where you usually do! Order sheets and additional information available in Ludtke Hall. Troop 25 Anniversary Celebration: On May 17, 2008 Troop 25 will celebrate its 50th anniversary. The event will be held 12:00-5:00 pm on the south lawn. Plans are underway for this event and various activities are planned including a Pig Roast and a guest speaker. If you would like to attend this event, please contact Bill Johnson and if you would like to assist with lunch by donating food or helping prepare the food, contact Ellen Johnson at johnsoned[at]ameritech[dot]net The Adult Formation Class is studying Anglicanism on Sundays from 9:00-10:00 am. The class is led by Kristen Balisi and Gary Meade. The study book is THE ANGLICAN VISION by E. Griffiss, which is available at the class that will be held in Ludtke Hall. All adults are welcome and encouraged to participate in this class. New! No fuss fundraiser - GoodSearch.com is an internet search engine (like Google or Yahoo or MSN) which has a heart. They donate to the charity of your choice each time you use them. St. Charles' Episcopal Church is now on their list of verified charities. Please go to www.goodsearch.com and search away! (You can set GoodSearch as your default search engine by following directions on the homepage.) If you can't work a late night shift, please consider cash donations. Please see the food display in Ludtke Hall and share in the support of our ministry at Hesed House by donating at least $5. For about $125 each month we feed 120 people breakfast and make 80-100 sack lunches each month. Details? wdbangsjr[at]aol[dot]com.Pottawatomie Habitat Partnership Update Pottawatomie Habitat Partnership Volunteers are always needed. Work hours are from 8:30 –– til mid afternoon on Saturdays. Please join us. Directions to the house or questions? Call Jim Bachman. Interested in becoming a Habitat Homeowner? For more information, please call the Habitat affiliate office at 847-836-1432. Got a car? Some free time? Looking for a ministry that uses both? We're trying to put together a list of drivers for taking members to medical appointments. This is a huge help to someone who cannot drive or who is temporarily unable to drive because of an injury or illness. Please contact the church office or sign up in Ludtke Hall. Are you interested in Home Eucharist Ministry – visiting the shut-ins and taking them communion? If you are, please contact Margo Churchwell. Host Families are needed for the 9 am service. Please sign up in Ludtke Hall for the Sunday that you would like to be the Host Family. Click here to see a section on the responsibilities of a Host Family.For more information, contact Kerri Hildebrand or the Church office. If you are serving and can't remember when or what position, please check the Sunday Servers Schedule. Prayer Boards in Ludtke Hall. If you missed a week and want to know more information about the prayer requests, just look in the white binder labeled "Prayer Concerns" that is located just below the prayer board. There is also a new bulletin board in the corner that has our military information as well as blank letterhead for you to write a note to one of our military members. Did we miss your birthday? If your name (or that of a family member) was not in the Prayers of the People on the week of your birthday it could be that we need information for our database. Please fill out a database form which can be found in the "Joining our Church Community" booklet on the table under the prayer board in Ludtke Hall and then put it in the offering plate or the office mail slot near the parlor. We don't want to miss your special day! We will continue our prayers for those in the military, if you have a family member who is on active duty please call the office and we will add them to our list. |