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 8th:
Psalm 1, Psalm 8, Psalm 37, and whatever notes
your bible provides.
Question to consider:
- These three are examples of what Walter
Brueggemann calls “psalms of orientation.” Meaning in these
psalms God is “known to be reliable and trustworthy.” Do you
get that sense in these psalms? If so, where?
- 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 studying Sermon on
the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven by Dr.
Amy-Jill Levine . 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.
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. 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.
Discount
on Disposable Masks
The General
Council on Finance and Administration has partnered with a
vetted company, On The Go Masks to provide discounts for
churches and the company is extending the discount
to individuals as well. Please see the flyer attached here for more information.
United
Methodist Men
Taffy
Apples Under the Tent
We had such a
great time gathering together that we are doing it
again!
Sunday, September 20th at 1:30 p.m. Join us
under the tent (rain or shine) for taffy apples
and fun for all ages Bring your own chair and
mask and we will supply the taffy apples!
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
September
Outreach Offering:
Africa
University
Africa
University, located in Zimbabwe, is the first fully
accredited United Methodist-related institution on the
African continent. The University promotes independence and
empowerment through a diverse student body from across the
continent.
Ministerial Education Fund
Another one of the 7 General Apportionment Funds
that would have previously been funded through the churches
general apportionments payments, the Ministerial Education
Fund provides funds for recruitment of clergy candidates and
provides financial support for 13 United Methodist seminaries
including Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in
Evanston and Pastor Danita’s alma mater, Gammon Seminary.
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
Amazon Smile
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purchases to Woodridge United Methodist Church whenever you
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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
September
11th, 2020, Volume 11, Edition 37
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