Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:14
“In sovereign love God created the heavens and the earth and called and formed the people of Israel to be a light to all the nations. In costly grace the Lord Jesus Christ ministered among us and was crucified and raised for us and for our salvation. In transforming power the Holy Spirit renews and sanctifies us, draws us into new communion with God and each other, awakens our praise and worship, and equips us for the service of God in the world. The Triune God does all this through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit.”
Dear Friends,
Just when you thought that all the major Church Holy Days are over, along comes Trinity Sunday, this Sunday. Unlike the other Church Holy Days it does not mark a particular occasion. (For example, Christmas marks the incarnation, and Pentecost the gift of the Holy Spirit.) Trinity Sunday marks our Christian understanding of God. Often people make this a mathematical exercise when, in fact, it is our Scripture’s witness to who God is and our own experience of salvation. For me, it goes beyond Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, because God can not be broken into discreet tasks. I rest in the fact that I am not a trinity and therefore have limited understanding of what being “God” is like. When I think of Trinity, I look at a scripture like 2 Corinthians 13:14 and find comfort. I find comfort in the facts that God is transcendent, far from my personal horizon, beyond my personal understanding. God is also immanent, closer than my breath, and understands me from the inside out, and that God came to all of us in Jesus Christ.
Because it is Trinity Sunday one of the songs we will be singing will be “Holy, Holy” by Jimmy Owens. Pat Weidner, who will be playing this Sunday, told me that the congregation has sung it before. I had to laugh because “Holy, Holy” was a controversial song when I was a teen. In 1973 I sang in a combined three-church high school choir. Because we sang “Holy, Holy” in 1973, only a year after it was written, it was considered by some to be too new and not appropriate for Church use. As a result, one of the churches pulled out of the combined choir. I was puzzled by it as a teen, but didn’t think twice about what it meant to the adults. Now, as an adult I find that I have some compassion for the youth and choir director involved. We didn’t even use drums!
May you worship our God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit! May you grow in your understanding of the wonder of the incarnation and the presence of the Holy Spirit. May you have compassion for people who don’t see things the way you do... and take it from here!
Love, Wendy
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GRADUATES! Do you have a son or daughter –or are you yourself- graduating from high school, college, or grad school this spring? Please let us know the student’s name, school, degree, and future plans.
MISSION:
Homelessness and Hunger don’t take a summer vacation! Southminster will be providing MEALS FOR PADS the second Saturday of June, July, and August. Sign-up sheets for the June 12th meals are located on the Mission bulletin board in the narthex. Please sign up for what you would like to provide or if you are able to serve that evening. This is a mission EVERYone at SPC can support in one way or another. Mission Ministry can NOT do it without you! Any questions? Contact Gretchen Fleming.
Offer good only until May 31: Multiply your giving power with “GIFTS GROW!” Before May ends, please prayerfully consider donating to Gifts Grow so that others may know God’s love through your donation. The Mission Committee will match your gifts up to a collective amount of $3000. There has been detailed information in the May Dialog and in the yellow bulletin inserts we’ve used on Sunday mornings. Extra envelopes and the yellow information sheets can be found in the blue flowerpot in the narthex. Be sure to see how our gifts are growing by checking the display above the narthex windows. Thanks for your support of this unique SPC Mission.
CHRISTIAN ED. NOTES:
USED PAPERBACK BOOK COLLECTION: We are collecting used paperback books! If you have any paperbacks lying around that you would like to donate, bring them in to church and drop them off in the coat room. Clear out some space for some new books for summer, which you can pick up while benefiting the church on June 6th at our paperback book sale. Thank you! (Please remember that hardback books, textbooks, and old travel books will not be accepted!!)
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL: Have you thought about teaching Sunday School, but couldn’t commit to a whole year? Have you always wondered what Sunday School is like, or do you miss teaching during the summer? Then sign up to teach, or to help with, Summer Sunday School! We’re looking for teachers and helpers each week this summer to help our children learn more about God. This summer they’ll learn about the adventures of Paul, experience the Holy Land, and hear stories of God’s people. Come join us for some Summer Sunday School fun! The sign up sheet is on the CE bulletin board. Hope to see you there!
ARTWORK FOR HALLWAY: Summer is the time to showcase the artwork of our children! We are asking that you bring in some of your child’s artwork from school to be hung in our Hallway Gallery from June 15 through Labor Day. Linda Ellinghausen has graciously offered to mount the pieces, so we’ll need them by June 6. Please drop off your child’s artwork on the C.E. desk anytime through that Sunday. All artwork of course will be returned after the showcase. I can’t wait to see what our artists have done through the year!
WHAT’S AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED?
May 30 - No Sunday School. Children remain in the service.
June 6 - We WILL have Summer Sunday School on this date. (We originally said it would start on June 13.)
June 6 - Used Paperback Book Sale
June 6 - Bring in children’s artwork from school for Hallway Gallery
July 26-30 - Vacation Bible School (6:00-8:30 p.m.)
ADULT BIBLE CLASS: Sunday is the last lectionary Bible study class left for this spring, so don’t miss out! Passages for this week are: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; and John 16:12-15.
YOUTH: Join us for the last SNL of the season, this Sunday at the usual time. That is 6:00 for PYNGUINS (middle school) and 7:00 pm for SPY (high school). Bring ideas for summer fun events and your vacation schedule to help us set some dates. See you there!
WOMEN’S BREAKFAST meets the first Monday of the month – the next gathering will be Monday, June 7 - at 8:00 a.m. at IHOP in Danada East. New friends are always welcome!
FIGHT CANCER - JOIN THE RELAY FOR LIFE: We are forming a team again from Southminster to support the Relay for Life event, which starts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 18, at Glenbard South High School. Won’t you walk the track to honor those we have lost or support those who are struggling or have beat cancer? Bring a lawn chair and come join us. Many activities are planned, and it will be a memorable evening. Sign-up sheets, survivor sheets, forms for the purchase of luminaries, and instructions to donate online will be in the narthex. Also, Chili’s Restaurant at Danada will donate 10% of your check to our team from May 11 to June 23 on every Tuesday and Wednesday. Print a coupon from the attachment to these E-Notes or pick one up at church (in the narthex or on the nametag shelf) before you go to Chili’s.
RECYCLE PAPER HERE and raise money for our Mission Ministries. You can’t miss the large green and yellow bin in our gravel overflow parking lot. Let’s fill it with paper!
These items are acceptable: Newspaper; Magazines; Shopping Catalogs; Junk Mail; Office & School Papers, Church Bulletins; White Envelopes (with or without windows).
Items that are NOT allowed: Cardboard; Cereal/Soda Cartons; Food wrap/containers; Tissue Products; Phone Books; Cross-cut shredded paper (strip-cut shredded paper is OK if you put it in a paper bag); Glass; Plastic; Metal; Trash.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
May 12, 2010
Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-7
“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth - everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
Dear Friends,
At home I hang my keys on our coat rack by the front door. On Tuesday morning, I couldn’t find them. Perhaps you know the feeling. Lost! Panic! Helpless! I couldn’t find them on the coat rack, so I searched the rest of the house. Finally, I went back to the coat rack and began to peal back the layers of coats and found the keys! I also found a jacket that I didn’t recognize. “Whose coat is this?” I wondered. There was a Southminster name tag on the front pocket. It belonged to Aaron Considine, a friend of ours who visited about a month ago.
The whole incident made me smile; the fact that we have name tags and try to call one another by name, the memory of his visit, my joy in sharing Southminster with a friend. The name tag also reminded me that God has called each of us by name. I was reminded of the words of the prophet Isaiah 43. “I have called you by name, you are mine.” We belong to God and we belong to one another. Christians are not meant to be Christians all by themselves, on their own. We were created to be a community of people, not only to be served by God, but to represent God in the world. As you go about your day take courage that you belong to God and together we share the blessings of God in our homes, communities and in the world. Take it from here.
Love, Wendy
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RUMMAGE SALE and CAR WASH: THIS SATURDAY, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and SUNDAY, Noon-4 p.m. Come, buy, feel good, and support the Youth Mission Trip, 2010!! If you have items to donate, please price them and bring them in by Friday. Leave everything downstairs in Fellowship Hall. We can use help sorting and organizing on Friday – see Blair’s note below under YOUTH.
SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY is this Saturday, May 15, from 8:00 a.m.-noon (or whenever we finish). It’s the same day as the Rummage Sale/Car Wash - come and help both causes! We’ll have projects indoors and out, for all ability levels. We promise a sense of accomplishment and abundant gratitude (plus food and fellowship) for all who assist!
This Sunday is YOUTH SUNDAY. The children and youth of Southminster have helped plan the service, prepare the music, and prepare the message. We look forward to allowing them to lead us in worship! ALL PARTICIPANTS are asked to report to the Choir Room Sunday morning at 9:00! (See more information below under Christian Ed. Notes.)
RED GERANIUMS FOR PENTECOST: The liturgical color for the Day of Pentecost (May 23) is red. Help fill the sanctuary with red geraniums that day! Geraniums are $12.00 each. Sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex; the last day to order will be this Sunday, May 16.
CHRISTIAN ED. NOTES:
THIS SUNDAY IS YOUTH SUNDAY! The kids will be singing “Jubilee” and reciting the Lord’s Prayer, complete with motions. If I have your email and your child will be participating, you should have a copy of the words and motions in your inbox. If you don’t have a copy and would like one, send me an email at smpcce@ameritech.net and I’ll get you one. Thanks for all of your hard work! Please, have your kids ready and in the choir room by 9 a.m. on Sunday!
SWEET TOMATOES FOR VBS! Next Wednesday, May 19, stop by Sweet Tomatoes (in Lombard on Highland Ave.) and help support Southminster’s Vacation Bible School! Just grab a meal and a drink and 20% will be donated to our VBS program! Paper fliers are available on the CE bulletin board or just print off a copy of the file that is attached to these E-Notes. (Note: You must have a flyer with you for your purchase to count.) Yummmm!
USED PAPERBACK BOOK COLLECTION: Starting this Sunday, May 16 (after the rummage sale) we will be collecting paperback books! If you have any books just lying around that you would like to donate, bring them in to church and drop them off at the CE office. Clear out some space for some new books for summer, which you can pick up while benefiting the church on June 6th at our paperback book sale. Thank you!
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL: Have you thought about teaching Sunday School, but couldn’t commit to a whole year? Have you always wondered what Sunday School is like, or do you miss teaching during the summer? Then sign up to teach, or to help with, Summer Sunday School! We’re looking for teachers and helpers each week this summer to help our children learn more about God. This summer they’ll learn about the adventures of Paul, experience the Holy Land, and hear stories of God’s people. Come join us for some Summer Sunday School fun! The sign up sheet is on the CE bulletin board. Hope to see you there!
ACOLYTE Schedule:
May 23 - Jack Hecker
WHAT’S AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED?
May 16 - Youth Sunday
May 19- Sweet Tomatoes Fun-Raiser (5:00-8:00 p.m.)
May 23- Last day of Regular Sunday School
June 6 - Used Paperback Book Sale
July 26-30 - Vacation Bible School (6:00-8:30 p.m.)
ADULT BIBLE CLASS: We will meet this Sunday, (even with everything else that is going on!). Note that we will be meeting in the Choir Room. Our lectionary passages are: Acts 16:16-34, Rev. 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, and John 17:20-26. -Blair
YOUTH: All hands on deck at 7:00 a.m. Saturday for set-up. Remember, we will also be practicing for Youth Sunday during the sale on Saturday. Bring spare grocery bags and dress to get wet if you want to wash cars. Also, don’t forget the sunscreen and a lovely summery hat (Linda!).
Sorting for Rummage Sale: Youth or other volunteers, please contact Blair (630-917-6035) if you can do some sorting on Friday evening in preparation for the sale.
WOMEN’S CIRCLE MAY LUNCHEON: On Friday, May 21, at 11:30 a.m. we will have lunch at Mykha’s Restaurant in downtown Glen Ellyn. The buffet lunch is $10.00. Mykha, the restaurant’s owner, has agreed to talk to us about her life experiences. ALL women of the church are invited to attend. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board nearest the parlor.
MISSION:
Double your giving power with “GIFTS GROW!” During the month of May please prayerfully consider donating to Gifts Grow so that others may know God’s love through your donation. The Mission Committee will match your gifts up to a collective amount of $3000. There is detailed information in the May Dialog and in Sunday bulletin inserts. Extra envelopes and the yellow information sheets can be found in the narthex. Be sure to see how our gifts are growing by checking the display over the narthex windows.
FIGHT CANCER - JOIN THE RELAY FOR LIFE: We are forming a team again from Southminster to support the Relay for Life event, which starts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 18, at Glenbard South High School. Won’t you walk the track to honor those we have lost or support those who are struggling or have beat cancer? Bring a lawn chair and come join us. Many activities are planned, and it will be a memorable evening. Sign-up sheets, survivor sheets, forms for the purchase of luminaries, and instructions to donate online will be in the narthex. Also, Chili’s Restaurant at Danada will donate 10% of your check to our team from May 11 to June 23 on every Tuesday and Wednesday. Pick up a coupon or mention the Relay for Life when you go to Chili’s.
Peter Davidson has completed basic training and is now assigned to Ft. Lee, in Virginia. We will again have address labels available in the narthex area. Please send Peter notes, cards or post cards from your heart and home. Thanks.
OUR PAPER RECYCLING BIN IS HERE! We have signed up as a responsible community recycling member with Paper Retriever recycling. Paper Retriever is an easy, free, community-based program that wraps recycling and fund raising into one neat package. The money we raise here will go toward our Mission Ministries.
You can’t miss the large green and yellow bin in our gravel overflow parking lot. You may start bringing paper any time! These items are acceptable: Newspaper; Magazines; Shopping Catalogs; Junk Mail; Office & School Papers, Church Bulletins; White Envelopes (with or without windows).
Items that are NOT allowed: Cardboard; Cereal/Soda Cartons; Food wrap/containers; Tissue Products; Phone Books; Cross-cut shredded paper (strip-cut shredded paper is OK if you put it in a paper bag); Glass; Plastic; Metal; Trash.
“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth - everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
Dear Friends,
At home I hang my keys on our coat rack by the front door. On Tuesday morning, I couldn’t find them. Perhaps you know the feeling. Lost! Panic! Helpless! I couldn’t find them on the coat rack, so I searched the rest of the house. Finally, I went back to the coat rack and began to peal back the layers of coats and found the keys! I also found a jacket that I didn’t recognize. “Whose coat is this?” I wondered. There was a Southminster name tag on the front pocket. It belonged to Aaron Considine, a friend of ours who visited about a month ago.
The whole incident made me smile; the fact that we have name tags and try to call one another by name, the memory of his visit, my joy in sharing Southminster with a friend. The name tag also reminded me that God has called each of us by name. I was reminded of the words of the prophet Isaiah 43. “I have called you by name, you are mine.” We belong to God and we belong to one another. Christians are not meant to be Christians all by themselves, on their own. We were created to be a community of people, not only to be served by God, but to represent God in the world. As you go about your day take courage that you belong to God and together we share the blessings of God in our homes, communities and in the world. Take it from here.
Love, Wendy
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
RUMMAGE SALE and CAR WASH: THIS SATURDAY, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and SUNDAY, Noon-4 p.m. Come, buy, feel good, and support the Youth Mission Trip, 2010!! If you have items to donate, please price them and bring them in by Friday. Leave everything downstairs in Fellowship Hall. We can use help sorting and organizing on Friday – see Blair’s note below under YOUTH.
SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY is this Saturday, May 15, from 8:00 a.m.-noon (or whenever we finish). It’s the same day as the Rummage Sale/Car Wash - come and help both causes! We’ll have projects indoors and out, for all ability levels. We promise a sense of accomplishment and abundant gratitude (plus food and fellowship) for all who assist!
This Sunday is YOUTH SUNDAY. The children and youth of Southminster have helped plan the service, prepare the music, and prepare the message. We look forward to allowing them to lead us in worship! ALL PARTICIPANTS are asked to report to the Choir Room Sunday morning at 9:00! (See more information below under Christian Ed. Notes.)
RED GERANIUMS FOR PENTECOST: The liturgical color for the Day of Pentecost (May 23) is red. Help fill the sanctuary with red geraniums that day! Geraniums are $12.00 each. Sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex; the last day to order will be this Sunday, May 16.
CHRISTIAN ED. NOTES:
THIS SUNDAY IS YOUTH SUNDAY! The kids will be singing “Jubilee” and reciting the Lord’s Prayer, complete with motions. If I have your email and your child will be participating, you should have a copy of the words and motions in your inbox. If you don’t have a copy and would like one, send me an email at smpcce@ameritech.net and I’ll get you one. Thanks for all of your hard work! Please, have your kids ready and in the choir room by 9 a.m. on Sunday!
SWEET TOMATOES FOR VBS! Next Wednesday, May 19, stop by Sweet Tomatoes (in Lombard on Highland Ave.) and help support Southminster’s Vacation Bible School! Just grab a meal and a drink and 20% will be donated to our VBS program! Paper fliers are available on the CE bulletin board or just print off a copy of the file that is attached to these E-Notes. (Note: You must have a flyer with you for your purchase to count.) Yummmm!
USED PAPERBACK BOOK COLLECTION: Starting this Sunday, May 16 (after the rummage sale) we will be collecting paperback books! If you have any books just lying around that you would like to donate, bring them in to church and drop them off at the CE office. Clear out some space for some new books for summer, which you can pick up while benefiting the church on June 6th at our paperback book sale. Thank you!
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL: Have you thought about teaching Sunday School, but couldn’t commit to a whole year? Have you always wondered what Sunday School is like, or do you miss teaching during the summer? Then sign up to teach, or to help with, Summer Sunday School! We’re looking for teachers and helpers each week this summer to help our children learn more about God. This summer they’ll learn about the adventures of Paul, experience the Holy Land, and hear stories of God’s people. Come join us for some Summer Sunday School fun! The sign up sheet is on the CE bulletin board. Hope to see you there!
ACOLYTE Schedule:
May 23 - Jack Hecker
WHAT’S AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED?
May 16 - Youth Sunday
May 19- Sweet Tomatoes Fun-Raiser (5:00-8:00 p.m.)
May 23- Last day of Regular Sunday School
June 6 - Used Paperback Book Sale
July 26-30 - Vacation Bible School (6:00-8:30 p.m.)
ADULT BIBLE CLASS: We will meet this Sunday, (even with everything else that is going on!). Note that we will be meeting in the Choir Room. Our lectionary passages are: Acts 16:16-34, Rev. 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, and John 17:20-26. -Blair
YOUTH: All hands on deck at 7:00 a.m. Saturday for set-up. Remember, we will also be practicing for Youth Sunday during the sale on Saturday. Bring spare grocery bags and dress to get wet if you want to wash cars. Also, don’t forget the sunscreen and a lovely summery hat (Linda!).
Sorting for Rummage Sale: Youth or other volunteers, please contact Blair (630-917-6035) if you can do some sorting on Friday evening in preparation for the sale.
WOMEN’S CIRCLE MAY LUNCHEON: On Friday, May 21, at 11:30 a.m. we will have lunch at Mykha’s Restaurant in downtown Glen Ellyn. The buffet lunch is $10.00. Mykha, the restaurant’s owner, has agreed to talk to us about her life experiences. ALL women of the church are invited to attend. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board nearest the parlor.
MISSION:
Double your giving power with “GIFTS GROW!” During the month of May please prayerfully consider donating to Gifts Grow so that others may know God’s love through your donation. The Mission Committee will match your gifts up to a collective amount of $3000. There is detailed information in the May Dialog and in Sunday bulletin inserts. Extra envelopes and the yellow information sheets can be found in the narthex. Be sure to see how our gifts are growing by checking the display over the narthex windows.
FIGHT CANCER - JOIN THE RELAY FOR LIFE: We are forming a team again from Southminster to support the Relay for Life event, which starts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 18, at Glenbard South High School. Won’t you walk the track to honor those we have lost or support those who are struggling or have beat cancer? Bring a lawn chair and come join us. Many activities are planned, and it will be a memorable evening. Sign-up sheets, survivor sheets, forms for the purchase of luminaries, and instructions to donate online will be in the narthex. Also, Chili’s Restaurant at Danada will donate 10% of your check to our team from May 11 to June 23 on every Tuesday and Wednesday. Pick up a coupon or mention the Relay for Life when you go to Chili’s.
Peter Davidson has completed basic training and is now assigned to Ft. Lee, in Virginia. We will again have address labels available in the narthex area. Please send Peter notes, cards or post cards from your heart and home. Thanks.
OUR PAPER RECYCLING BIN IS HERE! We have signed up as a responsible community recycling member with Paper Retriever recycling. Paper Retriever is an easy, free, community-based program that wraps recycling and fund raising into one neat package. The money we raise here will go toward our Mission Ministries.
You can’t miss the large green and yellow bin in our gravel overflow parking lot. You may start bringing paper any time! These items are acceptable: Newspaper; Magazines; Shopping Catalogs; Junk Mail; Office & School Papers, Church Bulletins; White Envelopes (with or without windows).
Items that are NOT allowed: Cardboard; Cereal/Soda Cartons; Food wrap/containers; Tissue Products; Phone Books; Cross-cut shredded paper (strip-cut shredded paper is OK if you put it in a paper bag); Glass; Plastic; Metal; Trash.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
May 5, 2010
Southminster E-Notes for May 5, 2010
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-17 (New International Version)
“For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.”
Dear Friends,
Above is my prayer for all of you. This Thursday, May 6, is National Day of Prayer. Our congregation doesn’t have anything formal planed, but I would like to encourage you to make time on Thursday to hold our nation in prayer.
Forty years ago, on May 4 National Guardsmen opened fired on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four and shocking the nation. I was only in the seventh grade when this event happened. The sad thing is that it didn’t seemed shocking to me, but it was shocking to my mother who taught English at a local college. I remember her grief and how it covered our home. Being a Baby Boomer who grew up watching the Vietnam War unfolding every night on TV news, I couldn’t understand why this story of 4 people being shot by guardsmen would be so upsetting to my mother. After all, JFK and MLK Jr had been shot, why not anyone else? I didn’t understand the difference between an assassination and guardsmen. Now, of course, I see how childish I was. By the way, I prayed yesterday, not only the families of the Kent State victims, but for the guardsmen whose intention it was to serve their country and were put into a very confusing situation. I doubt if they were much older than the protestors. I wonder what happened to them and what they may have felt as a result of forty years ago. We really don’t know all that happened that day.
When I was reflecting on the events of Kent State, I thought of what our country has been through since then. I thought particularly about school shootings and the violence that creeps along and leaks out into our society. Please pray for our country.
The National Day of Prayer is a part of our heritage. The first call to prayer was in 1775 when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a nation, the call to prayer has continued through our history. We could all use some prayer. Take it from here.
Love, Wendy
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
JUBILEE 2011: The 50th Anniversary Planning Team needs your ideas for our big Jubilee celebration during 2011. We will meet tomorrow (Thursday, May 6) at 7:30 p.m. in the Parlor. Come join us if you are interested in the 50th Anniversary Planning Team or if you would like to assist with a particular celebration event. Contacts are Sue Clary (630-790-1109, (sueclary@sbcglobal.net ) or Pat Wiedner (630-858-0761, (pjwiedner@hotmail.com ).
MISSION:
Double your giving power with “GIFTS GROW!” During the month of May please prayerfully consider donating to Gifts Grow so that others may know God’s love through your donation. The Mission Committee will match your gifts up to a collective amount of $3000. There is detailed information in the May Dialog and in Sunday bulletin inserts. Extra envelopes and the yellow information sheets can be found in the narthex. Be sure to see how our gifts are growing by checking the display over the narthex windows.
RUMMAGE SALE is coming! Price stickers are available on the name tag shelf. Please price your donations and bring them to church starting this Sunday, May 9, following worship. (Please not before then; we don’t have enough storage space.)
The RUMMAGE SALE AND CAR WASH will be Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. Mark your calendar now and plan to come support our Youth Mission Trip!
QUILT MINISTRY is moving to Mondays! Join us on May 10 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. We have completed 3 lap quilts and know we can do more with more helping hands and willing hearts. NO experience necessary - we welcome all! Talk to Sue Clary or Sue Knisely for more information.
SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY is Saturday, May 15, from 8:00 a.m.-noon (or whenever we finish). It’s the same day as the Rummage Sale/Car Wash - come and help both causes! We’ll have projects indoors and out, for all ability levels. We promise a sense of accomplishment and abundant gratitude (plus food and fellowship) for all who assist!
RED GERANIUMS FOR PENTECOST: The liturgical color for the Day of Pentecost (May 23) is red. Help fill the sanctuary with red geraniums that day! Geraniums are $12.00 each. Sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex; the last day to order will be Sunday, May 16.
CHRISTIAN ED. NOTES:
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS WEEK: This Sunday there will be no Sunday School, in honor of Mother’s Day. Children through Kindergarten are welcome in the Nursery, while older children will remain in church.
PRACTICE FOR YOUTH SUNDAY (May 16): For Youth Sunday, children in pre-school through grade 3 are learning to sing “Jubilee!,” while Grades 4 and 5 are learning a handchime part to play with it. They will not have practice this Sunday, but if you would like to practice at home, that would be wonderful! All of the children will also be reciting the Lord’s Prayer and doing motions for us on Youth Sunday. We can’t wait to hear them! Please plan on the children arriving by 9:00 a.m. on May 16 to prepare for the service. Thanks!
SWEET TOMATOES FOR VBS! On Wednesday, May 19, stop by Sweet Tomatoes (in Lombard on Highland Ave.) and help support Southminster’s Vacation Bible School! Just grab a meal and a drink and 20% will be donated to our VBS program! Paper fliers are available on the CE bulletin board or just print off a copy of the file that was attached to the May Dialog. (Note: You must have a flyer with you for your purchase to count.) Yummmm!
USED PAPERBACK BOOK COLLECTION: Starting May 16 (after the rummage sale) we will be collecting paperback books! If you have any books just lying around that you would like to donate, bring them in to church and drop them off at the CE office. Clear out some space for some new books for summer, which you can pick up while benefiting the church on June 6th at our paperback book sale. Thank you!
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL: Have you thought about teaching Sunday School, but couldn’t commit to a whole year? Have you always wondered what Sunday School is like, or do you miss teaching during the summer? Then sign up to teach, or to help with, Summer Sunday School! We’re looking for teachers and helpers each week this summer to help our children learn more about God. This summer they’ll learn about the adventures of Paul, experience the Holy Land, and hear stories of God’s people. Come join us for some Summer Sunday School fun! The sign up sheet is on the CE bulletin board. Hope to see you there!
ACOLYTE Schedule:
May 9 - Nalani Johnson
May 23 - Jack Hecker
WHAT’S AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED?
May 9- No Sunday School (Mother’s Day)
May 16 - Youth Sunday
May 19- Sweet Tomatoes FunRaiser (5:00-8:00 p.m.)
May 23- Last day of Regular Sunday School
June 6 - Used Paperback Book Sale
July 26-30 - Vacation Bible School (6:00-8:30 p.m.)
ADULT EDUCATION: No Adult Class this Sunday. Enjoy Mother’s Day. -Blair
YOUTH:
No SNL this Sunday. Treat your Mom to dinner!! REMEMBER: May 15-16 is Rummage Sale, and May 16 is Youth Sunday!!
MISSION TRIPPERS: Remember, our next Pre-Trip meeting is May 23, 4:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S CIRCLE MAY LUNCHEON: On Friday, May 21, at 11:30 a.m. we will have lunch at Mykha’s Restaurant in downtown Glen Ellyn. The buffet lunch is $10.00. Mykha, the restaurant’s owner, has agreed to talk to us about her life experiences. ALL women of the church are invited to attend. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board nearest the parlor.
Peter Davidson has completed basic training and is now assigned to Ft. Lee, in Virginia. We will again have address labels available in the narthex area. Please send Peter notes, cards or post cards from your heart and home. Thanks.
OUR PAPER RECYCLING BIN IS HERE! We have signed up as a responsible community recycling member with Paper Retriever recycling. Paper Retriever is an easy, free, community-based program that wraps recycling and fund raising into one neat package. The money we raise here will go toward our Mission Ministries.
You can’t miss the large green and yellow bin in our gravel overflow parking lot. You may start bringing paper any time! These items are acceptable: Newspaper; Magazines; Shopping Catalogs; Junk Mail; Office & School Papers, Church Bulletins; White Envelopes (with or without windows).
Items that are NOT allowed: Cardboard; Cereal/Soda Cartons; Food wrap/containers; Tissue Products; Phone Books; Cross-cut shredded paper (strip-cut shredded paper is OK if you put it in a paper bag); Glass; Plastic; Metal; Trash.
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-17 (New International Version)
“For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.”
Dear Friends,
Above is my prayer for all of you. This Thursday, May 6, is National Day of Prayer. Our congregation doesn’t have anything formal planed, but I would like to encourage you to make time on Thursday to hold our nation in prayer.
Forty years ago, on May 4 National Guardsmen opened fired on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four and shocking the nation. I was only in the seventh grade when this event happened. The sad thing is that it didn’t seemed shocking to me, but it was shocking to my mother who taught English at a local college. I remember her grief and how it covered our home. Being a Baby Boomer who grew up watching the Vietnam War unfolding every night on TV news, I couldn’t understand why this story of 4 people being shot by guardsmen would be so upsetting to my mother. After all, JFK and MLK Jr had been shot, why not anyone else? I didn’t understand the difference between an assassination and guardsmen. Now, of course, I see how childish I was. By the way, I prayed yesterday, not only the families of the Kent State victims, but for the guardsmen whose intention it was to serve their country and were put into a very confusing situation. I doubt if they were much older than the protestors. I wonder what happened to them and what they may have felt as a result of forty years ago. We really don’t know all that happened that day.
When I was reflecting on the events of Kent State, I thought of what our country has been through since then. I thought particularly about school shootings and the violence that creeps along and leaks out into our society. Please pray for our country.
The National Day of Prayer is a part of our heritage. The first call to prayer was in 1775 when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a nation, the call to prayer has continued through our history. We could all use some prayer. Take it from here.
Love, Wendy
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
JUBILEE 2011: The 50th Anniversary Planning Team needs your ideas for our big Jubilee celebration during 2011. We will meet tomorrow (Thursday, May 6) at 7:30 p.m. in the Parlor. Come join us if you are interested in the 50th Anniversary Planning Team or if you would like to assist with a particular celebration event. Contacts are Sue Clary (630-790-1109, (sueclary@sbcglobal.net ) or Pat Wiedner (630-858-0761, (pjwiedner@hotmail.com ).
MISSION:
Double your giving power with “GIFTS GROW!” During the month of May please prayerfully consider donating to Gifts Grow so that others may know God’s love through your donation. The Mission Committee will match your gifts up to a collective amount of $3000. There is detailed information in the May Dialog and in Sunday bulletin inserts. Extra envelopes and the yellow information sheets can be found in the narthex. Be sure to see how our gifts are growing by checking the display over the narthex windows.
RUMMAGE SALE is coming! Price stickers are available on the name tag shelf. Please price your donations and bring them to church starting this Sunday, May 9, following worship. (Please not before then; we don’t have enough storage space.)
The RUMMAGE SALE AND CAR WASH will be Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. Mark your calendar now and plan to come support our Youth Mission Trip!
QUILT MINISTRY is moving to Mondays! Join us on May 10 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. We have completed 3 lap quilts and know we can do more with more helping hands and willing hearts. NO experience necessary - we welcome all! Talk to Sue Clary or Sue Knisely for more information.
SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY is Saturday, May 15, from 8:00 a.m.-noon (or whenever we finish). It’s the same day as the Rummage Sale/Car Wash - come and help both causes! We’ll have projects indoors and out, for all ability levels. We promise a sense of accomplishment and abundant gratitude (plus food and fellowship) for all who assist!
RED GERANIUMS FOR PENTECOST: The liturgical color for the Day of Pentecost (May 23) is red. Help fill the sanctuary with red geraniums that day! Geraniums are $12.00 each. Sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex; the last day to order will be Sunday, May 16.
CHRISTIAN ED. NOTES:
NO SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS WEEK: This Sunday there will be no Sunday School, in honor of Mother’s Day. Children through Kindergarten are welcome in the Nursery, while older children will remain in church.
PRACTICE FOR YOUTH SUNDAY (May 16): For Youth Sunday, children in pre-school through grade 3 are learning to sing “Jubilee!,” while Grades 4 and 5 are learning a handchime part to play with it. They will not have practice this Sunday, but if you would like to practice at home, that would be wonderful! All of the children will also be reciting the Lord’s Prayer and doing motions for us on Youth Sunday. We can’t wait to hear them! Please plan on the children arriving by 9:00 a.m. on May 16 to prepare for the service. Thanks!
SWEET TOMATOES FOR VBS! On Wednesday, May 19, stop by Sweet Tomatoes (in Lombard on Highland Ave.) and help support Southminster’s Vacation Bible School! Just grab a meal and a drink and 20% will be donated to our VBS program! Paper fliers are available on the CE bulletin board or just print off a copy of the file that was attached to the May Dialog. (Note: You must have a flyer with you for your purchase to count.) Yummmm!
USED PAPERBACK BOOK COLLECTION: Starting May 16 (after the rummage sale) we will be collecting paperback books! If you have any books just lying around that you would like to donate, bring them in to church and drop them off at the CE office. Clear out some space for some new books for summer, which you can pick up while benefiting the church on June 6th at our paperback book sale. Thank you!
SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL: Have you thought about teaching Sunday School, but couldn’t commit to a whole year? Have you always wondered what Sunday School is like, or do you miss teaching during the summer? Then sign up to teach, or to help with, Summer Sunday School! We’re looking for teachers and helpers each week this summer to help our children learn more about God. This summer they’ll learn about the adventures of Paul, experience the Holy Land, and hear stories of God’s people. Come join us for some Summer Sunday School fun! The sign up sheet is on the CE bulletin board. Hope to see you there!
ACOLYTE Schedule:
May 9 - Nalani Johnson
May 23 - Jack Hecker
WHAT’S AHEAD IN CHRISTIAN ED?
May 9- No Sunday School (Mother’s Day)
May 16 - Youth Sunday
May 19- Sweet Tomatoes FunRaiser (5:00-8:00 p.m.)
May 23- Last day of Regular Sunday School
June 6 - Used Paperback Book Sale
July 26-30 - Vacation Bible School (6:00-8:30 p.m.)
ADULT EDUCATION: No Adult Class this Sunday. Enjoy Mother’s Day. -Blair
YOUTH:
No SNL this Sunday. Treat your Mom to dinner!! REMEMBER: May 15-16 is Rummage Sale, and May 16 is Youth Sunday!!
MISSION TRIPPERS: Remember, our next Pre-Trip meeting is May 23, 4:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S CIRCLE MAY LUNCHEON: On Friday, May 21, at 11:30 a.m. we will have lunch at Mykha’s Restaurant in downtown Glen Ellyn. The buffet lunch is $10.00. Mykha, the restaurant’s owner, has agreed to talk to us about her life experiences. ALL women of the church are invited to attend. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board nearest the parlor.
Peter Davidson has completed basic training and is now assigned to Ft. Lee, in Virginia. We will again have address labels available in the narthex area. Please send Peter notes, cards or post cards from your heart and home. Thanks.
OUR PAPER RECYCLING BIN IS HERE! We have signed up as a responsible community recycling member with Paper Retriever recycling. Paper Retriever is an easy, free, community-based program that wraps recycling and fund raising into one neat package. The money we raise here will go toward our Mission Ministries.
You can’t miss the large green and yellow bin in our gravel overflow parking lot. You may start bringing paper any time! These items are acceptable: Newspaper; Magazines; Shopping Catalogs; Junk Mail; Office & School Papers, Church Bulletins; White Envelopes (with or without windows).
Items that are NOT allowed: Cardboard; Cereal/Soda Cartons; Food wrap/containers; Tissue Products; Phone Books; Cross-cut shredded paper (strip-cut shredded paper is OK if you put it in a paper bag); Glass; Plastic; Metal; Trash.
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