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Woodridge United Methodist Church
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Join
us on ONLINE Sunday for worship services
at
10:00 am.
Instructions
can be found below.
All are
Welcome!
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"Privilege
and Promise: This is America"
"Complacent,
Complicit, Or Converted"
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This week our summer
sermon series, “Privilege and Promise: This is America”
continues. We are committed to examining the extant
racism around us (and in us!) and moving toward being
actively antiracist — as individuals, as a society, and
as a congregation.
Our textual guides
this time are:
The beginning of the
story of God as Liberator found in early Exodus.
And Jesus asking a
seemingly simple question in the Gospel of Matthew that turns out to be
exceedingly profound. So much so that the question
continues to reverberate down through the millennia to us
today.
Throughout this
sermon series we’ve examined intersectionality — that is,
how societal issues intersect and compound one another.
But what role has the Christian church played — for and
against — creating a culture built on White supremacy?
More specifically, where can The United Methodist Church
be found in all this? Further, given that The United
Methodist Church only came into existence in 1968, what
about our ancestor Methodist traditions — what roles did
they play?
Pastor Dave will
attempt to deal with those questions and more this
Sunday, August 23rd, in his sermon, “Privilege and
Promise: This is America — Complacent, Complicit, Or
Converted?”
We recognize that
this is heavy, exacting work that is both immediately
necessary and requires long-term solutions. In other
words, this is not a series — of sermons or of actions —
that we can hurry up, get through, and get on to other,
more comfortable topics.
That is why this
sermon series occurs on the 3rd and 4th Sundays of June,
July, and August. Spreading out the series is intended to
give us space and time to really reflect, repent, and
reorient ourselves toward the antiracist community God
calls us to be…while also adding in time to breathe. We
all need to be able to breathe.
Becoming an actively
antiracist community will not, however, be achieved
merely through monologues. Space and time to question,
wonder, dream, and dialogue is vital for growth. Thus,
each week of this series will be accompanied by a Sermon
Chat on Zoom. The link for that Zoom call will be in the
Pastor Danita’s update email — so please be
sure to read it, open the attachment, and follow the
instructions. We need you to be part of the
conversation!
Join us on our Woodridge UMC YouTube channel as we live stream our
worship at 10:00AM on Sunday.
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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.
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Friday, August 21st
- Lunch
in the Parking Lot at noon
Sunday, August 23rd
- ONLINE Worship Service at 10:00 am
- Filipino
Baptists at 4:00 pm
Tuesday, August 25th
- Return
Committee (Online) at 7:00 pm
Wednesday, August 26th
- Staff
Meeting (Online) at 10:30 am
- Remote
Bible Study at 6:00 pm
Thursday, August 27th
- Boy
Scouts (parking lot) at 7:00 pm
Friday, August 28th
- Lunch
in the Parking Lot at noon
Sunday, August 30th
- ONLINE Worship Service at 10:00 am
- Filipino
Baptists at 4:00 pm
The spread of the COVID-19 virus requires our
attention and immediate response to how we gather as a community
of faith. While serious, please know that we must refrain
from becoming panicked. Please be cautious and mindful of
your own health and the safety of others. Our Bishop and
Annual Conference are regularly updating their website with
information and resources for our church. Please take a
look at it for details: www.umcnic.org.
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STREAMING
WORSHIP SERVICES
Where to find the YouTube Live Stream
From the YouTube app or on the YouTube web page, search for:
Woodridge UMC or follow this link.
Join us early (starting at 9:30 am) for services at 10:00
am. If you have questions or problems, please contact media@woodridgeumc.onmicrosoft.com. Full assistance will be available prior to
10:00 am on Sunday morning. After 10:00 am, assistance
becomes more limited. If you are not available at 10:00 am or
cannot get the live streaming to work, a recording of the video
will be posted to the Woodridge UMC YouTube
page.
OFFERING OPTIONS
There are different options for getting your
offering to the church while worship services are online.
- Go to the website & click on the Giving
tab at the top of the page or go straight there with this link.
- Text 630.449.7121 with the amount
- Drop off in the gold mail slot next to the east
door of the church.
- Mail your offering to the church.
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE
If you watch the Live Stream, please email the
church office at office@woodridgeumc.org and let us know that you joined us for
worship, so that we might record your attendance.
PRAYER REQUESTS FOR ONLINE WORSHIP
If you want a prayer request shared during
online worship, please email the Pastor Danita at pastordanita@woodridgeumc.org by
8:00 am Sunday, August 30th.
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Pastor
Dave's Blog Post
March Into
Good Trouble
Sunday, Pastor Danita gave us a powerful sermon about a legit American hero: Rep. John Lewis. I’ve spoken previously about how, shamefully, I was in my 30s
before I really knew who John Lewis was and why he was so
important to our country’s history — and present. As I’ve
said a number of times, I highly, highly recommend Lewis’
book, March.
Yes, it is a graphic novel in three parts. So
what? Don’t let that keep you from reading it! It is
absolutely amazing. Read on here.
Bible
Study - Via Zoom
THE BIBLE FOR
CURIOUS PEOPLE - ON ZOOM
There is no Tuesday morning class this week.
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.
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.
OUTDOOR
WORSHIP SERVICE UNDER THE BIG TENT
SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 -- 10:00 a.m..........We will share together in an outdoor
worship experience. Bring your own chair.
11th
Annual Woodridge Rotary Recycling Extravaganza
It took
awhile but Woodridge Rotary is finally having a
recycling event on September
12th from 8am until noon. They need
volunteers and hope you are available that day to help.
Please respond to Steve Malinowski here if you can make it. They 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.
Life
Line Screening
Life Line
Screening will be at Woodridge UMC on Wednesday,
September 16th. For more information
about the event, please see the flyer here.
Upper
Room Devotionals
The
September-October Upper Room devotionals are in.
Contact the office (email here) and we will make arrangements to get one
to you.
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.
Northern
Illinois Conference
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
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.
Retired American Flag Recycling
Woodridge UMC now
has an American flag recycling box thanks to the Eagle
Scout Project of Jack Kulaga. Bring all your old
American flags to church and put them in the box now located
in Bonfal Hall. When the box starts to get full, the Woodridge
VFW Post will be contacted, and they will collect and
decommission the flags.
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
To subscribe to the biweekly newsletter for our
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
21st, 2020, Volume 11, Edition 34
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