LYONSVILLE CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST "A Home for The Spiritual Journey" Rev. Sean Weston, Pastor Gary Boxell, Editor Inside this issue: Turkey Dinner 2 Birthdays and Anniversaries Remember in Your Prayers Mark Your Calendars 3 3 4 Thank You Notes 5 Join Us 5 General News 6, 7 Sympathies and Prayers Worship Opportunities 7 8 November 2018 PASTOR S CORNER On November 4, we will celebrate All Saints Day in worship. This celebration dates back as far as the fourth century. It is a time when Christians gather to remember those who have died. We give thanks for their lives and remember the hope of resurrection and new life: But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him (Romans 6:8) Death is one of the few things that unites all humans, and indeed all living creatures. We live our lives surrounded by death and losses large and small. Even so, we live in what many have called a death-denying culture. We fear death and its mystery, and so we avoid it until we no longer can. Christians do not need to celebrate death. But we don t need to run away from it, either. The Church can be one of the few places in our culture where we talk openly and frankly about death and dying. Scripture is full of stories about death. In Holy Communion we remember Jesus death. We mark death with funerals and burials. We tell the story of Jesus death and resurrection each year. We remind ourselves that God brings life out of death and loss, time and time again. This is a mystery that we only understand in part now. But we don t have to understand in order to have faith. We can face death with trust in God s goodness. For everything there is a season, the scriptures say. And so on All Saints Day, we will remember those who have graced our lives. We will acknowledge the pain of death and loss. And we will look with hope to the God of life and love, a Love that will never end. Yours on the Journey, Mission Board News 9
Page 2 HARVEST HOME TURKEY DINNER Saturday, November 10 5:00-7:00 p.m. Invite your friends and family. If you have any question or would like to volunteer, please contact the co-chairs, Wilma Mrazek and Cindi Fiandaca TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! You may purchase tickets from Wilma Mrazek or the church office (708-246-1255). We kindly ask that you purchase your tickets in advance of the dinner so that we order the appropriate amount of food. Raffles will be available at this event too. We look forward to seeing you there! We need help from the congregation to make the dinner a success!
Page 3 Happy Birthday (click here for birthday wishes) Chase Bashor 11/1 Bob Haigh 11/5 Darrel Bashor 11/13 Jonathan Begy 11/13 Joe Wierdak 11/14 Susan Mueller 11/18 Beth Smidt 11/18 Lillian Mueller 11/19 Andrea Brocken 11/20 Rom Stevens 11/20 Peter Cook 11/27 Donnie Smith 11/27 Cherie Doria 11/30 Garrett Schwartz 12/3 David Woods 12/3 Olivia Servello 12/8 Patrick Ferguson 12/13 Jill von Trebra 12/14 Mary Ellis 12/18 Maria Korber 12/18 Ryan Brown 12/20 Robert Owen 12/23 Keely Ann Hegner 12/24 Laura Richel 12/24 Chris Korber 12/25 Happy Anniversary Byron & Barbara Loehman 11/10 Bill and Dee Wallace 12/9 Bob and Patti Haigh 12/14 Bill Ressl and Penny Taylor 12/23 Mark and Kathy Richel 12/26 Please contact the church office if any information is missing or incorrect. Remember in Your Prayers Marvin Davis Jamie Hankus Chuck Helms Chuck Holloway Barbara Loehman Byron Loehman Kathy Loehman Marion Randolph Beth Smidt Dee Wallace
Page 4 Mark Your Calendars CHURCH WOMEN UNITED 2018 World Community Day Date: Friday, Nov. 2 Location: Plymouth Place (315 LaGrange Rd.) - lower level game room Theme: Reaching for wholeness in harmony with God s people Bible Study 9:30 Celebration 10:30 For more information contact Wilma. All Saints Day will be observed Sunday, November 4. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS November 4. Fall back one hour. Flyers available from Wilma Mrazek. CHURCH WOMEN UNITED Bakers Square Fundraiser Tuesday, November 6 7:00 am 11:00 pm 942 S. LaGrange Rd. 20% donation. Flyer is necessary. Thanksgiving Eve service will be 7pm on 11/21 in the chapel. Joint service with Highlands Presbyterian and Burr Ridge UCC. DECORATE THE CHURCH FOR THE HOLIDAYS will take place Sunday, December 2nd after worship. Annual Reports will be due January 6.
Page 5 Thank you to all who helped make this year's CROP Hunger Walk a success! Lyonsville had 6 walkers - Doug Adams, Judy Birmingham, Sean Weston, David Williams, Cindy Schurig and Cindi Fiandaca. Karen Oberg was the Treasurer for the Walk. Our team raised over $1,600. Twenty-five percent of the money raised from this Walk will be distributed among six local food pantries, Lyonsville included. If you did not have a chance to donate, it's not too late. You can do so by clicking HERE. Thank you to Bruce Cady and Cindi Fiandaca for volunteering at the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) on October 20. They helped sort and box 51 cases of sweet potatoes. (2.040 pounds!) Our next trip to GCFD will be in January 19, 2019. Thank you to Byron Loehman for fixing the chair lift going up to the sanctuary. It is much safer for the people who need to use it. Also, more convenient when using the chairlift alone. God bless our in-house maintenance expert. Thank you to all who helped setup and worked during our recent Church Women United Institute Day. Special thanks to: Leadership for setup, Pastor Sean for his participation, Penny Duke for music accompaniment, Judy Birmingham for the use of table cloths (and laundering too), and Lauire Tsukuno for her help with the entire event. I also want to thank all of the Lyonsville congregation for their continued support and generous donations for baby items and band aids, which continues to be an ongoing collection and mission event. Thank you and blessings to you all, Wilma Mrazek, Representative on CWU Board Join Us MEN S BREAKFAST GROUP meets on the second Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. at Willow Hills Restaurant, next to Walgreens at Joliet Rd. and Willow Springs Rd. in Indian Head Park. All men are welcome to join us for this chance to eat and talk! For more information contact Byron Loehman. WOMEN S BABY BOOMER BUNCH (WBBB) w ill meet for breakfast at Lyonsville and assemble the baskets for the Harvest Home raffle table at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 3. If you would like to bring a casserole (or some other breakfast food) to share, please contact Judy Birmingham. The WBBB's will also meet Saturday, December 1st at 9:00 a.m. at Willow Hills Restaurant. All boomers and their friends are invited. Contact Judy Birmingham for more information.
Page 6 News from The Pews There will be a Manna Fundraiser in November/December. Manna gift card order forms will be ready on November 4 and will be in the Narthex. The orders will be due December 2 and distributed on December 9. Please see Cindi Fiandaca for more information. These make great Christmas gifts! UCC ADVENT DEVOTIONAL Please let the church office know by 11/11 if you would like a copy of this year's UCC Advent devotional. Optional $5 donation should be marked on your envelope, or memo line of check. Pastor Sean will be on vacation November 22-30. If you have a pastoral care emergency during this time, please contact Nayna Byers or Doug Adams. Did you know you can support Lyonsville Church when you make purchases with Amazon? AmazonSmile donates.5% of your purchases to an organization of your choice. Click here to set up Lyonsville Church as your organization. Then just go to smile.amazon.com to shop. Volunteers We are always looking for volunteers for our Sunday mornings. Greeters: M eet people w ith a smile at the door as the enter the church building. Readers: Sean w ill provide you w ith a script for your part, usually the Call to Worship, the Opening Prayer, and the Scripture reading. Announcer: You ask for announcements and lead the time of Joys and Concerns. Fellowship Host: Provide goodies after w orship, making sure there are enough cups, plates, and napkins. Food Pantry: Meet our guests and distribute food. This is a 45 -minute commitment, and training is available. Signing up is easy. Most Sundays there are folders set up at fellowship time for each of these. You can also contact a member of Worship & Spiritual Growth or Missions.
Page 7 Harvest Home Dinner Raffle Table - Raffle items for the Harvest Home Dinner raffle table are being collected by Judy Birmingham. Please bring your new or likenew items to the church no later than Sunday, October 28th. Baskets will be assembled on Saturday, November 3rd. The items may be raffled off separately or used as part of a gift basket. Raffle Pre-Sales - 50 /50 Cash raffle tickets are available for purchase prior to the turkey dinner. One raffle ticket costs $5.00 or 5 tickets for $20.00. Please try to sell some Raffle tickets and help to make our fund raiser a huge success! If you are interested in selling tickets to your friends and family who may not be able to attend the dinner, please let Judy Birmingham know. She will provide the tickets to you Have You Tried The UCC s Daily Devotional? Written by the Stillspeaking Writer s Group Delivered every day to your email Free! To sign up, go to www.ucc.org/daily_devotional OUR SYMPATHIES AND PRAYERS Please join us in sending prayers and warm thoughts to the family of Chuck Holloway, who passed away October 8. Chuck had the opportunity to visit with loved ones and share goodbyes before a peaceful death. He died surrounded by love, and he is now surrounded by God's most perfect love.
Page 8 11/4/2018 Pentecost 24 / All Saints Day 2 Kings 5:1-15a Elisha Heals Naaman 11/11/2018 Pentecost 25 Micah [1:3-5] 5:2-5a; 6:6-8 Mercy, Justice, and Peace 11/18/2018 Pentecost 26 Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; 2:1-4 God's Plan for Peace 11/21/2018 Thanksgiving Eve Service 7:00 p.m. 11/25/2018 Christ the King/Thanksgiving Jeremiah 1:4-10; 7:1-11 Jeremiah s Call 12/2/2018 Advent 1 Habakkuk 1:1-7; 2:1-4; 3:[3b-6], 17-19 Waiting and Watching 12/9/2018 Advent 2 Esther 4:1-17 12/16/2018 Advent 3 Isaiah 42:1-9 12/23/2018 Advent 4 Matthew 1:18-25 12/25/2018 Christmas Luke 2:1-20 12/30/2018 Christmas 1 Matthew 1:1-17 Esther Leads The Savior is Coming Joseph Trusts Gog Jesus: A Promise For All People God s Promise Fulfilled Save the dates for this year's Advent Study: Learning to W alk in the Dark. Based on the book by Barbara Brown Taylor, we will explore how to "find spirituality in those times when we don't have all the answers." In the dark days of Advent, waiting for hope that hasn't yet arrived, this book will help us explore what the dark can teach us. Three Wednesdays in Advent at 7pm: December 5, 12, and 19. More information will be shared soon.
Page 9 News From Your Mission Board We will not be going to the Greater Chicago Food Depository in November or December. The Mission Thanksgiving Food Baskets - The Mission Ministry will be putting together Thanksgiving baskets for our food pantry guests. We will be collecting boxes of instant potatoes, stuffing, canned fruit, vegetables and cranberry sauce to go along with the turkey. Each meal costs approximately $30.00 and we plan to provide a meal to 20 families. If you would like to donate any of these items or money to help purchase the food, please stop by the Mission Ministry table during coffee hour. We will be collecting food and money until Sunday, November 11th and plan to give the food out the Saturday before Thanksgiving. New Hats/Scarves/Gloves/Socks for the Lyonsville Food Pantry - during the winter months, we plan to collect new hats, scarves, gloves and socks (for all ages). Please bring your donation (either home made or store bought) to church any Sunday and either give it to a member of the Mission Board or leave it in the bin at the top of the stairs going into the fellowship hall. Thank you. LYONSVILLE CHURCH FOOD PANTRY Come and help out at our own food pantry for just 45 minutes. It is from 11:45a.m. to 12:30p.m. on Sundays. We would like to have two people there to help assist our guests/ visitors during this time. You just need to help restock any food dropped off, check expiration dates, and help bag up food. Please contact Judy Birmingham or Mission Ministry for open dates. GOOD SAMARITAN FUND On Communion Sundays, donations are invited to the Good Samaritan Fund, which is used to provide assistance locally to persons in need. You may use the white offering envelopes in the pews, and indicate that the gift is for the Good Samaritan Fund. Thank you for your generosity!
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