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Woodridge United Methodist Church
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Join
us on Sunday for worship services
at
10:00 am.
Professional nursery care
available for the little ones.
All are Welcome!
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"Sing
We Now of Christmas, Vol. 4" OR "Why So
Serious?"
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Last Sunday was the
final day of Advent and next Sunday is Epiphany, which
means…This Sunday, December 29th, is the only Sunday we
get during Christmastide.
(No, Christmastide
isn’t something you spilled on your purposefully-ugly
sweater. It’s the official, churchy name of the Christmas
season. You know, that thing that lasts for 12 days.
Don’t worry, no collection of birds are involved in this
worship service.)
In other words, this
Sunday, December 29th, is a day for us to say:
“We’re in church and
we’re singing…we’re in church and we’re SIIINGIIING!!”
Because that’s what
we do during Christmas to celebrate Incarnation, God’s
ultimate act of solidarity with humanity: we sing!
Oh sure, we will
pray, light candles, read scripture, and Pastor Dave
will talk a very little bit (What? It’s not impossible
for him to talk only a little. It’s Christmas: it’s a
time of miracles!)…but, mostly, this Sunday,
December 29th, at our one and only worship gathering at
10:00 a.m., we will sing.
We’ve picked a couple
Christmas songs that we missed last week and we’ll leave
plenty of time for a hymn sing. That’s right, a time
where you, the congregation, get to play hymnal DJ and
pick what we sing!
Christmas songs, like
all our songs, are full of theological statements. We’ll
let them do most of the talking in our now annual
tradition of Homily and Hymns. But we will also take a few
moments to consider that harrowing story from the Gospel
of Matthew, in a segment Pastor Dave calls, “Sing We Now
of Christmas, Vol. 4” OR “Why So Serious?”
See you in church this Sunday,
December 29th, at 10:00 a.m. All are
welcome!
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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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Sunday, December 29th
- ONE Worship Service at 10:00 am
- Vogel
Memorial at 11:30 am
- Arvanis
Private Usage at 2:00 pm
- Filipino Baptist at 3:30 pm
- Cub
Scout Committee at 6:30 pm
- A.A. Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, December 30th
Tuesday, December 31st
Wednesday, January 1st
- Happy
New Year!
- Church
Office CLOSED
Thursday, January 2nd
Friday, January 3rd
Saturday, January 4th
- 9:00
am Chapter Meeting
- NIC
Eco-Sustainability Committee at 2:00 pm
- Peterson
Memorial at 3:00 pm
Sunday, January 5th
- Worship Services at 9 :00 & 10:30 am
- Filipino Baptist at 3:30 pm
- A.A. Meeting at 7:00 pm
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December 29th is a Fifth Sunday. There will be
ONE Worship Service at 10:00 am.
The
church office is CLOSED December 30th through January 3rd.
In case of emergency, please contact Pastor Dave directly. His
phone number can be found in the directory or recent bulletins.
DON’T MISS OUR NEXT CALL
Calling Post is one of the
tools we use to keep you informed about, and connected to,
Woodridge UMC. Please take a moment to program in the Calling
Post phone number so you recognize it the next time one of the
pastors calls to remind you of special events in the life of our
congregation: 405-308-4474.
LIVE STREAMING
WORSHIP SERVICES
We are starting to test Live
Streaming the worship service on YouTube
If you
are not at church please try it out. Please DO NOT access the
Live Stream in
our building. It will consume our internet
bandwidth and impact external users. Bugs are still
being worked out and it may not be available every Sunday.
Where to
find the YouTube Live Stream
From the YouTube app or on the YouTube web page, search for:
Woodridge UMC
Also please consider subscribing to the YouTube page. You will
need to have a free google or YouTube account to subscribe
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Events
First Friday Lunch
Let’s start 2020
by having our First Friday Lunch on Friday, January 3 at
noon in the Bonfal Hall. Just bring
your own lunch, beverage and If you’d like, a dish to pass.
We promise a relaxed time of easy conversation and smiles.
EVERYONE is invited!
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY
Our next Bible
study for Wednesday night will be JOHN: Gospel of
Light and Life by Adam Hamilton.We will meet on Wednesday evenings
beginning Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 through Wednesday,
February 19th, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30
p.m.. DINNER IS NOT INCLUDED. The cost is $11.00 per
person for the study guide. Please plan to join
us!! A sign-up sheet and a limited amount of books
are available in the narthex.
THE BIBLE FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE WILL RETURNS
JANUARY 14th
After taking some time off for Christmas and
Epiphany,
the Bible for Curious People will return to study the Gospel
of John beginning on Tuesday, January 14th at 10:30am.
All are welcome. No prior bible reading or knowledge or
expertise needed. 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
Reading
Assignment for Tuesday, January 14th:
-Gospel of John, chapters 1-2; plus any Introduction and
notes your bible provides.
Also, a gentle reminder that using a study bible really
helps. “Study bible” simply means a bible that includes
introductions, notes, footnotes, and other helps for
understanding the text. Study bibles come in just about every
version (e.g. NRSV, NIV, CEV, etc.) If you don’t have a study
bible, please borrow one from church. Just let us know you
need one and we will find one for you to use.
COMING SOON
Our Sermon Series based on the new movie
A
Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Starting
January 19th, 2020
Please
go see the movie!
AURORA DISTRICT WINTER LAY ACADEMY
The 2020 Winter
Lay Academy will be on January
4th & 11th from 8:03 am to 3:30 pm at
Friendship United Methodist Church in Bolingbrook. The
courses being offered are: The Sacraments, Conflict
Resolution & Certified Lay Servants Mentor Others.
2020 Meeting Dates
Ad Council (9:00 am)
Finance (7:00 pm)
January 18th
January 21st
March 21st
February 18th
May 30th
March 17th
August 8th
May 19th
October 10th (depending on July 21st
church conference date)
September 15th
December 12th
November 17th
December 15th
Aurora District Training Event
You are cordially
invited to the 2020 Aurora District Leadership Training, Saturday, January 25,
at Naperville: Grace UMC. A Day of Learning, Workshops, and
Conversation for Pastors and Lay Leaders. Come for a
day of learning, conversation, and reflection. There will be
a Children and Youth Session for an additional cost $10. To
register go here. Patti Cash, Director of Communications
at Hinsdale UMC will offer website consulting sessions at
different times during the day. We can only
accommodate 11 churches, so first come, first serve. To sign
up for your 15 minute consultation, go here.
SPECIAL
OFFERING: The special offering for
the day will support North Central College Campus Ministry:
The Albright-Wesley Fund. These ministries include The New
Beginnings Summer VBS Team, trips to national and regional
events like Imagine What’s Next, interfaith work through
Interfaith Youth Core, and sponsoring on-campus speakers like
Shane Claiborne, Cornel West, and Bishop Sally Dyck.
Save the Date - Laity Convocation
February 8 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm at Sycamore UMC, 160
Johnson Ave., Sycamore, IL. This year's theme is
"Unpacking Racism," focusing on one of the three
Annual Conference goals, "to live out the conviction
that racism is incompatible with Christian teaching."
Registration will open January 2020.
Roadmap to General
Conference 2020
While General
Conference May 5-15, 2020 in Minneapolis may seem far down
the road, it will be here before we know it. Click here for a downloadable document with dates and
links for upcoming trainings and resources. Copies of
the DVD study "Faithful and Inclusive: The Bible,
Sexuality and The United Methodist Church" (resource
#106097) are now available to borrow from the United
Media Resource Center (UMRC). For updated GC2020 news and information,
visit www.umcnic.org/GC2020.
Donate
West
Suburban Community Pantry Donation Promotions
The West Suburban Community
Pantry offers food for the hungry and resources to empower
persons to improve their quality of life. Our vision is
a community without hunger. The Pantry operates year-round
with a goal that each eligible family in DuPage County as
well as Bolingbrook & Romeoville receive nutritionally
balanced food, including meats, dairy, and fresh produce
monthly. We are also registered as an emergency food pantry
for Illinois. With the help of volunteers and sponsors, our
vision is to eradicate hunger within the families and
individuals in the DuPage County area. We are dedicated to
providing food for the hungry, educating the donor community
about existing needs, and supporting advocacy efforts for the
hungry. We also work hard to encourage volunteerism and the
sharing of resources.
THE MITTEN
TREE IS CALLING FOR YOUR DONATIONS
The
mitten tree is available in the Narthex to accept your
donations of children’s mittens, gloves, warm hats and
scarves. The donations are going to Woodridge School District
68. They give them out to children who don’t have appropriate
gear for the winter weather. We’ll be harvesting the tree a
couple of times. Please donate as you can.
AMAZON
SMILE
Amazon
will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to
Woodridge United Methodist Church whenever you shop on
AmazonSmile.
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Volunteer
DUPAGE
PADS
A
big THANK YOU to everyone who helped support
our PADS efforts on December 17th and 18th. Because of your
continued support and generosity, WUMC provided a night of
shelter and a warm dinner and breakfast to 66 overnight
guests-35 men, 24 women and 7 children. Our volunteers did an
amazing job of providing food to an additional nine guests
that arrived as a result of another PADS shelter unexpectedly
closing.
YOUR
HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! Please
note the volunteer slots are for ALL the dates (October,
December, February, and April) unless you have already made
other arrangements. If you cannot bring the food donations or fulfill
your time commitment you have signed up for,
please contact Larry
Cash so other arrangements can be
made.
THANK YOU for your support of this important ministry!
Upcoming
dates to participate:
February
18-19, 2020 | April 21-22, 2020
Click Here to Sign-Up.
Looking
Ahead
February 9th - Scout Sunday
February
26th - Ash Wednesday
March
29th - ONE 10am Worship Service
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Woodridge UMC! Send your pictures of worship, fellowship, and
events to office@woodridgeumc.org. And don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
December 27th, 2019, Volume 10, Edition 52
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