SERVICE OF HOPE AND HEALING

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1 Church Life December 20, 2015 Welcome to First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights! We re glad you re here today. Please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it along the pew. Use the blue Information/Prayer Card in the pew rack for prayer requests and information changes. Thank you. SERVICE OF HOPE AND HEALING Tonight from 7:00 to 8:00 pm in the Chapel If the holiday season brings sadness instead of joy to your life, please join us for a Service of Hope and Healing. Christ came into this world to give us strength and courage to find hope. Come and be with us. Let your heart be open to healing. WORSHIP SCHEDULE UPDATE We will offer two worship services on December 27, 2015, and January 3, 2016: finding grace, at 9:00 am in the Chapel and Heritage, at 10:30 am in the Sanctuary. Christian education for children, youth, and adults will not meet on December 27 or January 3, but will resume on January 10. Nursery care will be available each week, as usual. GUIDED TOURS OFFERED / DOCENTS NEEDED From December 22 through January 6, we will offer public viewing hours with guided tours of the Sacred Stories Art Exhibition. Updated hours: Tuesdays, 5:00-8:00 pm, and Wednesdays, 10:00 am 1:00 pm and 5:00-8:00 pm. Invite your friends and stop by for a guided tour! We need volunteer exhibit guides to cover these hours (a total of 27 hours). Shifts range from 1 to 3 hours. Can you help? Contact Phyliss Sunken in the church office, at Training will be provided. Sunday, December 20 Fourth Sunday of Advent 8:15 am 12:15 pm Child care (infants 4 years) Room 209/211 (Red Room), Main Floor Christian Education (CE) Wing 8:30 am finding grace Worship Chapel 9:30 am Coffee and Fellowship Narthex, Forum 9:30 am Youth Missions Cookie Walk Parlor 9:30 am Crossroads Worship Sanctuary 9:45 am Coffee Grounds / The Bridge Christmas Brunch Room 110/112 Education / Faith Formation Children & Youth 9:45 am Preschool (3- and 4-year-olds) Sunday School Green Room (Main Floor CE Wing) 9:45 am Kingdom (Grades K-5) Possibilities Event Chapel 9:45 am Confirmation (grade 8) Room 109/111 9:45 am Y-Search (grades 6-7) Middle School Lounge 9:45 am High School Sunday School (grades 9-12) High School Lounge 10:30 am Coffee and Fellowship Narthex 10:30 am Knitting & Needlework Library 10:30 am Youth Missions Cookie Walk Parlor 11:00 am Heritage Worship Sanctuary 12:00 pm Coffee and Fellowship Narthex 12:00 am Youth Missions Cookie Walk Parlor 4:00 pm All-Ages Christmas Caroling Meet in Fellowship Hall 6:30 pm HSYG (grades 9-12) High School Lounge, Fellowship Hall, Gym 7:00 pm Service of Hope and Healing Chapel

2 Upcoming Events SACRED STORIES, IMAGES OF SIGNIFICANCE: VOICES IN A CONGREGATION A major art exhibition and installation at First Presbyterian Church, through January 10, 2016 Weekday viewing: 8:30 am 4:30 pm / Guided tours: Tuesdays, 5:00-8:00 pm, and Wednesdays, 10:00 am 1:00 pm and 5:00-8:00 pm We all have transformational moments, good or bad, by which we may feel stuck, whether in happiness or pain, and find ourselves either unable or unwilling to move forward. These moments these Sacred Stories, are captured in our memories, our stories, and our photographs, our Images of Significance. This exhibition uses Images of Significance from Voices within the First Pres body of faith images in their original and altered states as a way to articulate our Sacred Stories and give Voices to the way all people experience life. Taking place throughout the season of Advent through the Epiphany, Sacred Stories will change and evolve, reminding us to stay aware, to be in a state of waiting and anticipation, as those who stayed in wait for the coming of our Lord in the past; and...a challenge to always be in anticipation, to always be in Advent, explains Mario Alberico, creator and curator of the exhibition. As you walk through the exhibits, keep these questions in mind: What is time and memory? Do we remember anticipation? Can we be comfortable with paradoxes such as how suffering transforms us, how the physical ravages of time affect images of memory? Can we choose a life of both/and, instead of either/or? SMALL GROUPS UPDATE Contact: Tai Zimmerman, or taizimmerman@fpcah.org Breaking Bread Sign up now for 2016! Groups of eight people (couples, singles, or a combination) come together four times to share a meal. The groups are then shuffled for a new year of fellowship, food, and fun. Brewing Group Gather periodically to brew a batch of beer or ale and then come back to bottle it and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Holy Yoga Returns in January Amazing new instructor Nancy Loessl will guide us on Wednesdays for Chair Holy Yoga (5:00 pm) and Holy Yoga (6:00 pm), beginning January 13; and on Sundays for Holy Yoga (6:30 pm), beginning January 17. Learn more about these and all our small groups and sign up on the Small Groups page at fpcah.org. THANK YOU FOR THE PIES! Good News Partners would like to thank all the generous hearts at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights who donated more than 60 pies to our Thanksgiving Eve meal. We served about 130 people and many took a pie home. There were many left in the refrigerator for Jonquil residents to enjoy again the next day, Thanksgiving Day. Our partnership with First Pres AH is one we are truly grateful for! Blessings, Jan Hubbard, Executive Director, Development Good News Partners, Chicago, Illinois (goodnewspartners.org)

Serving, Giving, and Growing SPECIAL OFFERING The special offering today is designated for the Christmas Joy Offering of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

and schools. SECOND ANNUAL COOKIE WALK In the Parlor Today!

3 Serving, Giving, and Growing SPECIAL OFFERING The special offering today is designated for the Christmas Joy Offering of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The fund provides financial assistance to current and former church workers and their families as well as opportunities for deserving students to attend Presbyterian-related racial ethnic colleges and schools. SECOND ANNUAL COOKIE WALK In the Parlor Today! All are invited to participate in the second annual Cookie Walk fundraiser for Youth Missions this morning in the Parlor after each worship service. Contact: TC Anderson, ALL-AGES CHRISTMAS CAROLING Today at 4:00 pm Join in the joyful chorus as we carol to church members and then share pizza and fellowship. SERVICE PROJECT: Please bring one or more brand new pillows (in original packaging) for RefugeeOne, which furnishes new living quarters for refugee families. We will also accept cash donations to purchase pillows on your behalf. Contact: Michele Holifield, or CONCERT SERIES Noon Recital December 23 from 12:10 to 12:45 pm in the Sanctuary Enjoy festive Christmas music by Kris Ward (handbells), Chuck Beech (piano), Adam Hendrickson (baritone), and Christopher Urban (organ). This recital will be webcast at fpcah.org/webcast. MEN S MONDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY Meet the guys tomorrow, 6:30-7:30 am in the Parlor, to study 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; and Luke 2: Enter through Door 9 (St. James Street). SPECIAL FILM SCREENING We will have a special opportunity to view Alex Lang s sermon-film from the 11:00 pm Christmas Eve worship service. The special screening will take place in the Sacntuary on Sunday, December 27, after worship, at 11:45 am (remember: only two worship services next Sunday, at 9:00 and 10:30 am). The sermon-film, produced using photo submissions by members of the First Pres faith community in conjunction with the God in Art sermon series, is called, Timeless: Glimpses of God in Photography. Alex hopes you can join him. NEW MEMBERS CLASS If you are thinking about joining the First Pres congregation and would like to learn more about the church, sign up for the winter New Members Class, coming January 24. Contact Pastor Tai Zimmerman for more details, at or taizimmerman@fpcah.org. JUST FRIENDS (adults 50+) Saturday, December 26 Time for dinner and a movie. Meet at church at 5:00 pm. For RSVP and details: Toni Eaton, LIKE US ON FACEBOOK at facebook.com/fpcah.org.

December 27, 2015 First Sunday after Christmas Special worship times Worship Next Sunday 9:00 am finding grace Worship (Chapel) music: Music led by Compass 10:30 am Heritage Worship (Sanctuary)

website, fpcah.org. You can view these services live or at a later time. Access these webcasts directly through the Home page.

Sermon podcasts are available at fpcah.org/podcast. Sermon videos are available at fpcah.org/sermon_video.

More News FINAL COMMITMENTS NEEDED We are putting the finishing touches on ministry plans for 2016 and are thankful to all who have made a financial commitment to First Pres.

Together, we are reaching out in faith and love to the community and the world. Together, we are working to Choose love. Be the light. Change the world. Thanks!

4 December 27, 2015 First Sunday after Christmas Special worship times Worship Next Sunday 9:00 am finding grace Worship (Chapel) music: Music led by Compass 10:30 am Heritage Worship (Sanctuary) music: Carol Stolley, violin scriptures: Colossians 3:12-17 preaching: Tai Zimmerman 525,600 Minutes LIVE WEBCAST & WORSHIP RECORDINGS All three worship services are webcast each Sunday on the church website, fpcah.org. You can view these services live or at a later time. Access these webcasts directly through the Home page. If you need help with technical problems, please send an to webcasting@fpcah.org. Audio CD recordings of services are also available. Contact the church office for a copy. Sermon podcasts are available at fpcah.org/podcast. Sermon videos are available at fpcah.org/sermon_video. SERMON LINKS ON FACEBOOK Each week on the First Pres Facebook page we share a link to the sermon from the previous Sunday. Please share this link with your Facebook friends! More News FINAL COMMITMENTS NEEDED We are putting the finishing touches on ministry plans for 2016 and are thankful to all who have made a financial commitment to First Pres. If you have not yet turned in your Commitment Card, please drop it into the offering plate today or in the church office this week. You can also make your commitment online, at fpcah.org/stewardship. Together, we are reaching out in faith and love to the community and the world. Together, we are working to Choose love. Be the light. Change the world. Thanks! Stewardship Committee CHURCH OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK The church office will be closed December 25 and 28 and January 1 and 4. A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY First Pres member Dick Breeden is celebrating his 100th birthday! Stop by the Forum and Narthex to celebrate and have cake, after each service today. Happy birthday, Dick! HEIFER LIVING GIFT MARKET IS COMING May 1, 2016 Mark your calendars for the Heifer Living Gift Market, coming up this spring. The market will take place one week before Mother s Day and will be the perfect opportunity to honor a special woman in your life by making a donation to Heifer International for animal resources to help families in developing countries work toward a self-sustaining future.

5 Prayer Requests Healing & Comfort Mario Alberico Ann and Phyllis cousins of Lynndah Lahey John Archer friend of Marilyn Giacoppi Atticus 2-year-old grand-nephew of Mary Ahlers Kate Brown daughter of Priscilla Heerens Ruth Byrne Christine Cox family member of Martha Wade Carol Dahn Jim Dalacker son of Marlene Dalacker Susan Farmer daughter of Russ and Pat Moe Lisa Sanders Finas daughter of Betty Sanders Nancy Foreman Friend of Dan Holmes Ian Freeman son of John and Wendy Freeman, grandson of Ruth McCormick Gail Haddad mother of Ken Haddad Larry Hayes Weir Horswill Jeff grandson of Jan and Don Niemeyer Jean Klehm Scott Koeller Rick Leibold brother-in-law of Cindy Hall Peggy Linkin Mary Mack Maddie granddaughter of JoAnn Thompson Paula Ford Martin daughter of Mary Ford Betty Martin mother of Tina Finch Phyllis McFadden mother of Benna Hermanson Elizabeth McHarg Donna McLaughlin Nancy Murray daughter of Jama Bickford Jan Olson Jerry Parlee Fred Ross and Eileen Riebel brother and sister-in-law of Dawn McGrath Larry Roovaart Susan Scott Beth Sills friend of Cindy Cooper Mark Thomas Toni sister of Walt Cook Vasilios Tsironis friend of Beth Balow Dan Tsutsumi Marilyn Votava sister of Judy Ayers Cara Walton friend of Beth Balow June Waters Blaine Yarrington Penelope Zell daughter of Cindy Zell (friend of Liz Armstrong) Sympathy Family of Frances Nordskog (services will take place next year) Ralph Larsen and family on the death of his wife, Catherine Larsen (by Cathy s request, no services will be held, but cards may be sent to Ralph) Family of Wayne Tegeder (funeral service was held December 12 in Barrington) Family of Ray Froula (funeral service was held December 5 at First Pres) Preparing for the Ministry Stephanie (Levan) McGarrity; Alicia Hanner Serving in the Armed Services Captain Nathan W. Horswill grandson of Weir and Jane Horswill Captain Rosanne Horswill granddaughter-in-law of Weir and Jane Horswill Geoffrey Martineau brother of Lisa Martineau Commander Thomas Lovett son-in-law of Marcia Swan Corporal Brian Reese, US Marines son of Becky and Jim Reese, brother of Adam and Kristen Reese PFC Benjamin David Schultz, Air Force grandson of Donald and Jacqueline Schultz Colonel Gretchen Wiltse sister of Vincent and Heidi Wiltse Sergeant Alex Zeise great-nephew of Myrtle Jessogne

About First Pres STAFF Pastor / Head of Staff: Alex Lang Associate Pastor for Adult Education and Executive Administration: Tai Zimmerman Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care: Judy Hockenberry

6 About First Pres STAFF Pastor / Head of Staff: Alex Lang Associate Pastor for Adult Education and Executive Administration: Tai Zimmerman Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care: Judy Hockenberry Associate Pastor for Youth Ministries: TC Anderson Pastor Emeritus: Harry Thompson Associate Pastor Emerita: Dianne Shields Director of Children s Ministries: Katy Allen Nursery Coordinator: Beth Johnson Interim Director of Parents Day Out: Coleen Anzalone Director of Communications: Kris Mainellis Director of Operations and Technology: Brian Larson Director of Music Programs: Adam Hendrickson Associate Director of Music Adult Choirs: Alan Wellman Associate Director of Music and Organist: Christopher Urban Worship Technician: James Thompson Business Administrator: Debbie Walter Senior Administrative Assistant: Mary Fino Administrative Assistant / Receptionist: Phyliss Sunken Coordinator of Volunteers: Liz Armstrong Volunteer Librarians: Bob Hanlon, Mary Hebden, Barbara MacDowall, Matt Meisterheim CHRISTMAS WORSHIP Sunday, December 20: Service of Hope and Healing 7:00 pm in the Chapel A service to help bring peace, healing, and hope Christmas Eve (Thursday, December 24): 4:00 pm Christmas Family Worship & Pageant Overflow seating in the Chapel with simulcast on the big screen 8:00 pm Christmas Worship Music by the Chancel Choir with featured vocal soloists and instrumentalists; special prelude music begins at 7:30 pm 11:00 pm Christmas Worship with Holy Communion Featuring Rev. Alex Lang s live-narrated sermon film: Timeless: Glimpses of God in Photography. We will also have participation by college-age young adults. Special prelude music begins at 10:45 pm. All three Christmas Eve services will be webcast at fpcah.org/ webcast. Choose love. Be the light. Change the world. First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights 302 North Dunton, Arlington Heights, IL / / mail@fpcah.org

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSION TRIP COMMISSIONING

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSION TRIP COMMISSIONING Church Life July 26, 2015 Welcome to First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights! We re glad you re here today. Please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it along the pew. Use the blue Information/Prayer