Pastor
Dave's Blog Post
"THIS
IS AMERICA"
We said from the beginning that this sermon
series, “Privilege
and Promise: This is America,” would
make us all uncomfortable. We said from the beginning that
this series would make us incensed and mournful. We said from
the beginning that this series would challenge us but also,
we hoped, teach us. We said from the beginning that racism is
layered, multifaceted, and intersectional. We said from the
beginning that subtext abounds in this series through our
titles, subtitles, images, and words. Today in this weekly
sharing of resources to accompany this series, I lay bare one
major piece of that subtext.
Read on here.
Bible
Study - Via Zoom
THE BIBLE FOR
CURIOUS PEOPLE - ON ZOOM
Join us Tuesday mornings at 10:30am on Zoom as
we explore the book of Psalms.
Reading Assignment for Tuesday, September 1st:
Whatever Introduction your bible provides and
Psalm 44, Psalm 60, Psalm 61, and Psalm 74.
Question to consider:
-As you read these Psalms, what do you feel?
What do you think the author was feeling?
-What images of God are evoked by these Psalms?
To which of those images do you find yourself most pulled?
In repose 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.
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
THIS
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.
United
Methodist Men
Upper
Room Devotionals
The
September-October Upper Room devotionals are in.
Contact the office (email here or call) and we will make
arrangements to get one to you. There are a few in the church
mailbox.
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
Monthly
Aurora District Lay Leader Virtual Meetings
There
will be monthly Aurora District Lay Leader meetings on the
Third Thursday of every month at 7 pm through December. "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). Contact Leola if you would like to join.
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)
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
28th, 2020, Volume 11, Edition 35
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