Pastor
Dave's Blog Post
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Resources for Continuing the Conversation
How much time did you spend on your various
activities today? How much time did you devote to exercising
or having breakfast, or reading a newspaper, or listening to
the radio, or making a lunch, or downloading a podcast, or
scrolling through your Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
timelines?
Now don’t worry. I’m not asking so that I can
segue into some awful attempt at shaming you into spending
more time reading the bible. No, I want you to do something
that’s even better for you than that. I want you to devote
time today — right now even! — to some honest self-reflection
and examination. But wait! There’s more! I’m even going to
offer you a mechanism, a tool, to aid you in that time of
honest self-reflection and examination. It’s a simple tool
that most of use all the time.
I want you to watch a video on YouTube.
Read more and find out about the video here.
Bible
Study - Via Zoom
THE BIBLE FOR
CURIOUS PEOPLE - ON ZOOM
Join us Tuesday mornings in June at 10:30am on
Zoom as we explore the book of Exodus.
Reading Assignment for Tuesday, August 4th:
Exodus Chapters 35-40, plus any introduction and notes your
bible provides.
Questions to consider:
•
What do you make of the emphasis on sabbath in Chapter
35 in the midst of all this work on the tabernacle?
• The phrase “as the LORD commanded Moses”
appears over and over again. Why do you think that is?
• What questions does this text raise for
you?
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak this class
is meeting online through Zoom on Tuesday mornings at
10:30AM. Please contact Pastor Dave (pastordave@woodridgeumc.org) to join the conversation. It is a great way to
stay connected and all are welcome.
No prior bible reading or knowledge or expertise
needed. No question is dumb and no one is forced to read the
bible in one particular way. 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.
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY ON ZOOM
The Wednesday Bible study class on Wednesdays at
6:00 p.m. on ZOOM. We will be studying
the bible verses for the next Sunday's service. If
you want to be a part of the Wednesday class, please contact
Pastor Danita.
Office
Hours
Our Summer
Office hours are in effect. The church office will be open Monday through
Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. However,
because our building is not ready for full activity, we ask
that you call
before visiting. The church office
will be closed the week of August 17th.
Don't
Miss Our Next Call
In our ever changing situation, reminders and
changes will also come to you as recorded phone messages from
Pastor Dave. Calling Post is one of the tools we
use to keep you informed about, and connected to, Woodridge
UMC. Please take a moment to add the Calling Post phone
number to your Contacts, so you recognize it the next time
one of the pastors calls to update you about events in the
life of our congregation: 405-308-4474.
CHURCH
DATABASE AND DIRECTORY
One of the
ways to make sure you don't miss our call is updating your
information in our database. We were in the process of
updating the church directory when we moved to online
services. We would like to make certain that we are
able to reach everyone as person to person contact is still difficult.
Please click on the
link here and fill out the form that you are directed
to. We know that many people have switched to only
having a cell phone or changed email services and would like
to have the most up to date information, so we can stay in
touch with our church family. We would like to be able
reach everyone in your household, so there is a place for
their information, too. If you have any problems
or questions, please contact the church office here.
Northern
Illinois Conference News
Council
of Bishops Announces 2021 Interim Bishop to Serve the NIC
The letter
from the Council of Bishops can be found here.
A letter from
Bishop Sally Dyck can be found here.
A biography
for the interim bishop, Bishop John Hopkins can be found here.
Upcoming
Aurora Lay Leader Virtual Meetings
The next Aurora Lay Leader meeting is scheduled
for August 20 at 7 pm. "See" you there! If you are a lay
leader and cannot make a meeting, invite another lay person
from your church to attend. These meetings are not just for
official lay leaders but any lay person who is a leader in a
church! Your Zoom video conferencing invitation will be sent
by Leola Tucker (ltucker@umcnic.org).
Prayer
Booklet For Times Like These from Our Conference
Don’t worry
about anything? That’s pretty hard to do these days! Yet it
is when we pray that we are able to pour our hearts and minds
out to God. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March,
the NIC Discipleship Task Force asked clergy and laity to
submit daily prayers, which were shared on the conference
social media sites and website. Those prayers have been
assembled into an online booklet, "Times Like These –
Prayers of the People," for your reflection and devotion.
Click here to view the booklet online
Click here to download
Other
Opportunities/Events
Fridays
- Lunch in the Parking Lot
As long as
our church building remains closed, anyone who wishes can
meet up in the church parking lot at noon on Fridays for
lunch.
- Bring your own lunch & chair
- We will sit 6 feet from each other
- Masks are required at all times we aren’t in our chairs
that are 6 feet apart.
- Check the weather & dress appropriately.
Fellowship
with Ice Cream
Join us for
some fun and fellowship!!! Sunday, August
16th at 1:30 p.m. on the northwest side of
the parking lot under the tent!!! Bring your own lawn
chair. Ice Cream Sandwiches for everyone!
Fun for children of all ages!!!
11th
Annual Woodridge Rotary Recycling Extravaganza
It took
awhile but we finally have a recycling event on September 12th
from 8am until noon. Once again we need
volunteers and hope you are available that day to help.
Please respond to Steve Malinowski here if you can make it. We will be supplying masks
and gloves to all volunteers if they don't already have their
own. All customers will be required to stay in their cars and
open their doors or trunks to allow us to remove whatever
goods they have for recycling. Woodridge Rotary always
appreciates your efforts in volunteering. Details about the
event can be found here.
Morning
Prayer with Upper Room
Morning
Prayer with The Upper Room via Facebook
Live,
every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11 a.m. (CT).
These guided prayer experiences are archived so you may join
them at your convenience if you miss it live.
Online
Learning Opportunities
Learning
with the Northern Illinois Conference
The Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) staff,
with the assistance of the NIC Communications team and the
NIC Office of Congregational Development and
Redevelopment, are producing online learning sessions
via Zoom on Thursdays
at either 10 am or 1 pm with practical
information on how to do a variety of ministries during the
COVID-19 outbreak. There are also archived training sessions
available for viewing such as Intentional Discipleship, How is Your
Soul and financial helps. All of this can
be found here: https://www.umcnic.org/online-learning
Outreach
Opportunities
August
Outreach Offering:
Nkemba
and Mbwizu Ndjungu
The Rev. Nkemba
Ndjungu and his wife Mbwizu Ndjungu are missionaries with the
Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church
serving with The United Methodist Church of
Cameroon. They oversee church development and
construction, Christian education, health, youth and prison
ministries and VIM teams. They also facilitate an intensive
pastor’s training program as part of the ordination process.
Born in Malonga, Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C), Rev.
Nkemba’s previous appointments have been as a pastor in
Kazembe and Lubumbashi and as a District Superintendent in
Sandoa, all in the D.R.C. From 1998-2007 he served in Dakar,
Senegal, where he was involved in evangelism, church-planting
and theological education.
Born in Kasaji, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.),
Mbwizu previously served as a midwife in Kazembe and Sandoa,
D.R.C., and as coordinator of an "Alphabet Center for
Women" in Lubumbashi, D.R.C. Mbwizu and her husband
served in Dakar, Senegal, from 1998-2007.
Looking Ahead
2020
Meeting Dates
Ad Council
(9:00 am)
Finance (7:00 pm)
Trustees (7:00 pm)
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August 25th
October 10th (depending on September
15th October
27th
church conference date)
November 17th
November 24th
December 12th
December 15th
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Ways to Connect
Aurora
District News
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district (the Aurora District of the Northern Illinois
Conference), please click here.
Northern
Illinois Conference
Find out
about upcoming events in the Northern
Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church by
clicking this link
August
7th, 2020, Volume 11, Edition 32
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