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Opportunities/Events
TODAY, Sunday, March 13th: Confirmation and High School Youth Group are in
person at 11:00AM in the Youth Room. Topic: creation, beauty,
and connection.
Looking Ahead:
Sunday,
March 20th: March
20th & 27th: Confirmation and High School
Youth Group at 11:00 am.
Sunday,
April 3rd: No Confirmation or HS Youth Group. Enjoy
Spring Break!
Sunday,
June 5th: Confirmation Sunday! This will be built into
the regular 10:00 am worship service.
Lent
2022 at Woodridge UMC:
Tuesdays
& Wednesdays: Lent Study, 10:30 am & 6:00 pm
April
10: Palm Sunday service 10:00 am
April
14: Maundy Thursday service 7:00 pm
April
15: Good Friday service 7:00 pm
April
16: Holy Saturday service 5:00 pm
April
17: Easter Sunday service 10:00 am
The
Bible for Curious People
This study is
open to all and meets Tuesday mornings at 10:30am. For
the month of March this class will be on Zoom only. Please
contact Pastor Dave (pastordave@woodridgeumc.org) for the Zoom link and/or the Lent Study
materials.
This week, Tuesday, March
15th: our Lent study, “Faithful Lent:
Connecting the Practices of Lent & Anti-Racism,”
continues with Chapter
2: Release/Give Up.
Keep working
on the Repentance homework from Week 1!
Wednesday
Bible Study
Our Wednesday
Bible study meets from 6:00
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We began our Lenten
study, “Faithful Lent: Connecting the Practices of Lent &
Anti-Racism” on Wednesday,
March 9th. All materials will be provided. If
you are interested in joining the Wednesday class, please
contact Pastor Danita or the church office.
LENTEN STUDY
For the season of Lent this year, our Tuesday
and Wednesday Bible study classes will be utilizing a
resources from our General Commission on Religion and Race of
the United Methodist Church entitled "Faithful
Lent: Connecting the Practices of Lent and
Anti-Racism". This is an opportunity for our
church to see "how the faith traditions of Lent bring
justice and anti-racism to life". The
participant's guide will be made available on Ash
Wednesday. If you are interested in participating,
please contact the church office or one of the pastors with
your name and email address. Classes will meet as
follows:
TUESDAY with Pastor Dave at 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Some classes will be in person and some via ZOOM.
WEDNESDAY with Pastor Danita at 6:00 p.m. to 7:30
p.m.. This class will be hybrid -- in person and
via ZOOM simultaneously.
We are looking forward to some interesting and
engaging conversation.
WUMC Music Ensembles Update
As we journey through Lent toward Easter, we are
slowly reintroducing some of our music ensembles.
Due to a limited amount of rehearsal time, we are asking that
participants commit to all
rehearsals prior to playing at a given service. If one
“cycle” does not fit your schedule, please consider joining
in a different “cycle.” Please email Carrie Marcotte (carriemarcotte.chorus@gmail.com) by the deadlines below to confirm your
participation for each cycle. Please use the subject heading
“Worship” or “Bell Choir” in your email.
Here is the schedule for rehearsals and services:
Bell
Choir: RSVP WAS REQUIRED by March 6
Mandatory rehearsals (11:30 am-1 pm) after the Sunday
services on
March
20
April 3
March
27
April 10
Play at the Easter Sunday service on Apr 17.
Worship
Band: Please
RSVP
by April 10
Mandatory rehearsals (11:30 am-12:30 pm) after the Sunday
services on
April 24
May 1
Play at the service on
May 8 (Mother’s Day).
If you have further questions or need clarification, please
reach out to Carrie.
Billy
Elton is a band that celebrates the music of Billy Joel and
Elton John, and features our very own Reid Spears on piano
and lead vocals. Every other year since 2008, they have
performed a benefit concert at the Neuqua Valley Auditorium
that raises money to support the memorial funds of three
fondly remembered Neuqua Valley teachers who have passed
away. To date, they have raised over $20,000. The
next benefit concert is coming up on Friday, March 18 at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are only $10 each in
advance, or $15 at the door. They can be purchased online here, or you can get them directly from Reid
at church. If you'd like to learn a little more about
the band (and even see some video footage), visit their
website at Billy-Elton.com. Come on out for a fun night
of music and help a great cause! For anybody who chose
not to obtain a refund from the canceled event in 2020 and
are still holding those tickets, they will be honored at the
door.
Green
thumb?! Black thumb?! Any kind of thumb!! All
levels of skill are welcome! Please join us for two
mornings of fellowship and service as we cleanup the grounds
and install mulch to beautify our church and parsonage for
the summer months. On March 26, we will clean
out planting areas, possibly do transplantings and install
herbicide and fertilizer. On April 9,
will do additional weed and debris removal, complete
transplantings and install mulch and herbicide. These
events have been setup on Facebook under the name of
Angelique Drzik-Edman for the public to view. Attendees are
requested to come dressed to get dirty and bring gloves, a
bucket, a hand trowel and a weeder or old screwdriver (and a
scooping shovel and wheelbarrow on mulch installation
day). Walk-behind fertilizer spreaders are especially
welcome! Tools will also be provided to attendees who do not
bring their own. The events are from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm,
but come anytime, for any amount of time-any and all help is
welcome! Snacks and water will be provided. A perfect
opportunity for service hour completion! Please contact
Angelique Edman at 630.267.4591 or rangelfish@hotmail.com with questions or for further
information. See you there!
Outreach Opportunities
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES
Suits for Success
There are donation boxes in the hallway by the coat
rack just outside the narthex for both men and women's
clothing. The clothes are picked up, dry cleaned and
then taken to area men and women's prisons for people being
released. NO belts, shoes, underwear or ties.
"Goin'
Green" Shoes & Clothes Recycling Box
Located in the northeast corner of our parking lot,
this receptacle is a convenient place to recycle any shoes
and your clothes that are at or near the end of their
usefulness.
Did you know discarded clothes account for more
total landfill space than any other waste item? The “Goin’
Green” Box helps us reduce our waste.
How is this different from our “Suits for
Success” ministry?
The big difference is that “Suits for Success”
cannot accept shoes of any kind, nor can they accept belts,
ties, or underwear. “Goin’ Green” accepts all shoes and
clothes.
In summary: Keep bringing your gently used clothing
donations to the “Suits for Success” collection boxes in the
hallway.
For all shoes and any other clothes, instead of
throwing them in the trash, put them in the “Goin’ Green”
receptacle in the northeast corner of the parking lot.
West Suburban Food Pantry
We have a basket that we "inherited" from
the Faith, Lisle church that is waiting for donations.
It sits in the narthex, usually near the sanctuary
doors. They did not stop operating during the pandemic
and there is pending legislation in our state and nation that
might cut their corporate donations in large amounts.
Let's replenish our basket!!!
Used Eyeglasses
There is a
basket also in the narthex for collecting used
eyeglasses. Jorie would see that her sister, Kendra,
got the eyeglasses and that they are recycled to the Lions
Club and Gift of Sight groups. Kendra is continuing
this important mission. (Prescription eyeglasses only).
March Outreach Offering
UMCOR (United
Methodist Committee on Relief)
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
is the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United
Methodist Church, operated under the auspices of the General
Board of Global Ministries.
UMCOR’s
Vision and Mission
Vision:
As the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United
Methodist Church, UMCOR strengthens and transforms people and
communities.
Mission:
Compelled by Christ to be a voice of conscience on behalf of
the people called Methodist, UMCOR works globally to
alleviate human suffering and advance hope and healing.
UMCOR’s work can be categorized into three major areas
1) Humanitarian Relief / Disaster Response
2) Sustainable Development
3) Global Health (in collaboration with Global Ministries)
UMCOR’s
MANDATE
The United Methodist Committee on Relief exists to assist
United Methodists and churches to become involved globally in
direct ministry to persons in need through programs of
relief, rehabilitation, and service, including issues of
displaced persons, hunger and poverty, disaster response, and
disaster risk reduction; and to assist organizations,
institutions, and programs related to annual conferences and
other units of The United Methodist Church in their
involvement in direct service to such persons in need.
Northern Illinois Conference
General
Conference Postponed until 2024
Statement
from Bishop John L. Hopkins
The
Commission on the General Conference has announced the
further postponement
of the 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. The next General
Conference will be in 2024.
In response to the decision, Bishop John L. Hopkins said:
I want to express appreciation to the Commission on General
Conference that is made up of elected delegates. They
were entrusted to represent General Conference and have
consistently upheld the principle of having everyone at the
table.
If we believe in a church with a strong democratic
foundation, we need to support the decision to meet in 2024
whether we agree with it or not. God does not stop
working when we cannot gather at a General Conference and
neither should we.
There are many questions about a General Conference in 2024
that we cannot answer at this time. Between now and our
annual conference, we will know more about the possibility of
electing bishops, changing representatives on
church agencies, resetting the general church budget,
and how a postponed 2020 conference and a 2024 conference can
be held at the same time.
Do not let the news of General Conference being postponed
take your attention away from the suffering of our United
Methodist churches in Ukraine. I have gathered, sung,
and prayed with our United Methodists brothers and sisters in
Kyiv and in Moscow who are both led by Bishop Eduard Khegay.
Support them with your prayers, offerings, and actions. Your
gifts can be received through your local church and
designated to Ukrainian assistance.
In the meantime, keep thinking globally and acting locally to
serve Jesus and his Church. Use this Lenten Season to
focus on what is most important and pray for peace.
~Bishop John L. Hopkins
Read
Commission on General Conference Statement
Read
Council of Bishops Statement
Ukrainian
Assistance
The 2022 Northern Illinois Annual Conference
Bishop's Appeal special offering will go toward Ukraine
assistance, as the needs will be long term. Stay tuned for
more details but in the meantime, you are encouraged to give
through your local church designating gifts “Ukraine
Assistance."
2021
Apportionments
Congratulations! The Northern Illinois
Conference celebrates Woodridge UMC for faithfully
paying 100% of its apportionments in 2021. Bishop John L.
Hopkins gives thanks to all the Northern Illinois churches
that stepped up and made connectional giving a priority
despite these challenging times.
“I praise God for the sacrificial giving of our
churches, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Hopkins
said. “Many people will be served because of your
faithfulness.”
Your apportionment dollars help support hundreds
of global and local ministries and missions throughout our
United Methodist connection. Thank You!
Prairie
Central District
The new names
of the districts, which went into effect July 2021, are Lake North, Lake
South, Prairie Central, Prairie North, and Prairie South. We
will be in the Prairie Central district. Click here to read the list of churches in each district. Find the new
district webpage here.
Prairie
Central Monthly Lay Meetings
Please join
the district superintendent and your lay colleagues in the
PCD every SECOND Thursday of the month beginning on January
13th and ending on May 12 at 7pm. We will share news,
have some prayer and devotion, hear the call story of a
colleague and laugh with your friends. We try to keep
it to an hour but if something is really important and we
need some extra time, we can do so. This is a no-stress
way to stay connected and get lifted up and know you are not
alone.
Please note that ALL lay persons who are in leadership at
their churches are invited. This is not just for designated
"lay leaders" but anyone who has an interest in the
church and gathering with other lay persons. So, please
share this with anyone in your church who is a lay
"leader" and might like to join us on Zoom.
Call the church office for the link.
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Ways to
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March
11, 2022, Volume 12, Edition 10
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