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Opportunities/Events
Easter Altar Flowers Return!!
Please help
beautify our sanctuary for Easter. Order flowers in
memory or in honor of friends and loved ones to decorate our
altar on Easter Sunday. On Easter, take your flowers home
after service or come back Tuesday (office is closed Monday)
to pick them up. Order Envelopes are in the Narthex. Flower
availability is still limited thanks to the pandemic and
orders need to be placed right away in order to ensure
availability. Please place your payment in
the envelope & into the box by THIS Sunday,
March 27th (to
guarantee flower preferences). Contact the church
office with any questions.
Youth
Ministry 2021-2022
TODAY, Sunday, March 27th: Confirmation and High School Youth Group are in
person at 11:00AM in the Youth Room. Topic: purpose and
prayer.
Looking Ahead:
Sunday,
April 3rd: No Confirmation or HS Youth Group. Enjoy
Spring Break!
Sunday,
April 10th: Confirmation & HS Youth Group return.
Sunday,
April 17th: No Confirmation or HS Youth Group. Enjoy
Easter with your family!
Saturday,
May 7th: Confirmation Retreat (date likely but not
finalized).
Sunday,
June 5th: Confirmation Sunday! This will be built into
the regular 10AM 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 soup supper 6:30 pm &
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 29th: our Lent study, “Faithful Lent:
Connecting the Practices of Lent & Anti-Racism,”
continues with Chapter
3: Take On/Develop.
Don’t forget to read the homework article.
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.
The Seven Last Words
The Good Friday Speakers Series The Seven Last
Words at the Chicago Temple on Friday, April 15th
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the sanctuary. Seven
speakers including our very own Pastor Danita will be talking
about the last words of Christ. Face coverings are
required to enter. The event will also be live
streamed on the Chicago Temple's Website or Facebook Page.
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 due by March 6
Mandatory rehearsals (11:30 am-1 pm) after the Sunday
services on
March 27 April
3 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.
All
Church Workdays
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 TOMORROW,
Saturday, 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!
Radical Hospitality Volunteers
On Saturday, April 23rd
we will be celebrating the life of founding
member Mildred Gulbrandson and on Saturday, April 30th
we will be celebrating the life of Faith UMC's Glenn
Wiley. We are in need of volunteers to practice our
church's radical hospitality and make the family and friends
of our sister and brother in Christ feel welcome.
Please let either Pastor Danita or the church office know if
you will be available on one or both of those afternoons.
Upper Rooms
If you are
interested in a digital subscription to the Upper Room,
please let the church office know.
Birthdays
April Birthdays
4
Rachel Sprague
11 Sarah Jeske
13 Tom Balamut
Kevin
Morman
Joseph
Shubert
Matt
Swick
14 Alex Todd
15 Rachel Grosch
16 Al Getty
Henry
Tolentino
26 Lesley Balamut
27 Karl Borgehammar
Patrick Cash
29 Allison Printz
Outreach Opportunities
Special Sunday
SUNDAY is UMCOR Sunday
What is UMCOR?
The United
Methodist
Committee
On
Relief
is the humanitarian relief arm of The United Methodist Church
— learn
more here.
What does UMCOR do?
UMCOR alleviates human suffering around the
world by helping individuals and communities ravaged by
storms, wars, fires, displacement, and climate change. For
instance, learn more here about UMCOR’s work with
the people of Ukraine.
One tremendous fact about UMCOR: 100% of gifts to a
particular project (such as our response in Ukraine) go
to that project, not administrative costs.
100%?! How is that possible?
UMCOR Sunday, today’s Special Offering, makes that possible.
Formerly known as One Great Hour of Sharing, gifts to the
UMCOR Sunday Offering fund UMCOR’s administrative costs.
Thereby allowing 100% of project gifts to go to that project.
Please prayerfully consider joining with
faithful people around the globe to fund UMCOR’s work through
a generous donation to today’s UMCOR Sunday Offering.
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
Because
of Holy Week, the April meeting will be on April
7th.
The
purpose of the April gathering will be to engage in the conversation,
"Why I am staying in The United Methodist Church."
There has been a lot of information (and a lot where you
could add "mis" in front of that word) about this.
I would like to engage in a discussion about why it is a good
thing to be a UMC and why Seekers are likely to seek our
denomination. My goal is to provide a framework, utilizing
the denomination's campaign, #BeUMC and additional
information that moves the discussion from division and what
is wrong with others to the positive impact of being in a
grace-filled connection.
As a primer, you are encouraged to read the
statement by Ginghamsburg
UMC.
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
Connect
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