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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
May 3, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Resurrection Pastor Klonowski In the first years after I became a pastor, I kept in touch with one of my old seminary professors. When I say old I really mean it: Joe was already in his eighties, I think, when I got to know him. He had gone blind in old age, so we made a monthly standing appointment for me to read to him, from theological journals and poetry books and such, anything I thought was worth it. He made me read him my sermons, too, which always made me nervous. It was good, though. He was the kind of guy, you just wanted to sit at his feet. Once, because he was thinking a lot about his age and the coming end of his life, he asked me to read to him First Corinthians 15, St. Paul’s great chapter on resurrection. “How are the dead raised?,” Paul writes. “With what kind of body do they come? …. God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. Not all flesh is alike, but there is one flesh for human beings, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.” “Hmph,” Joe grunted. “I know that’s supposed to be heaven, but it sure sounds to me like Brookfield Zoo.” Well, what do you think, Joe?, I asked him. When you think about the coming resurrected new life, what do you think it will be like? He kind of waved, a little impatiently. “Oh, there’s all kinds of images, streets of gold and robes of white and such, but that’s just what humans do, trying to paint pictures of things we don’t really know. “There’s only one thing about it I know for sure. I know that I’ve been an idea in the mind of God, and I always will be. I don’t need the pictures; knowing that is enough. I’ve been an idea in the mind of God.” That conversation came back to me a few days ago when I came across an essay on the topic that he wrote in those years. Aging: A Summing Up and a Letting Go, is the title. Joe writes this: In Romans, the most mature of Paul’s epistles, he says, “If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” Period! That is the fundamental and absolute word of scripture. But that word is immensely satisfying to old people. I never try to give any blueprints of eternity or heaven or eternal life, since by definition it is utterly impossible. I think instead of trying to answer all the questions about death, we ought to follow the example of Paul and the New Testament and say, “Eye has not seen nor ear heard”; “By faith we are saved.” By faith we are saved. Knowing that is really all the resurrection you need. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stock in Youth High schoolers will be speaking in worship in May about their upcoming mission trip to Pennsylvania. They’ll share previous experiences, what they’re looking forward and who’re they’re hoping to meet and help. They’ll also invite you to purchase Stock in Youth. You can invest in them by purchasing a share. Being a stockholder entitles you to emails and information about their activities and an invitation to the stakeholder dinner and presentation after they return from their trip. Stop by the table in the gathering area on Sunday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Greater Chicago Food Depository day Volunteers are needed for work at the Greater Chicago Food Depository on Saturday, May 5. We will meet in the church parking lot at 7:30am and carpool to the food depository. We will work there from 8:30-11:15am and then return to church. Questions? Contact Dennis Benard, 708-265-1799 or dbenard1965@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Faith Spring Cleaning days Please join us at the church every Saturday in May, 9am- 1pm, to clean and paint as well as do yardwork and planting. Projects for all ages and abilities available. Lunch will be provided afterward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Stock in Youth Food Depository day Faith spring cleaning Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 7:30 am Greater Chicago Food Depository 9:00 Altar Guild 9:00 Church House Cleaning Sunday May 6 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 10:00 Quilters 6:30 Jr. High girl Scouts Tuesday 5:00 Girl Scouts Wednesday 7:00 Choir Practice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, May 6, 2018
Serving God in Worship 8:15 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Children’s Message: Maria Arndt Organist: Rita Jeffirs Song Leaders: Sherrell Salas & Russ Orwar Lector: Joanne Roney Altar attendants: Michelle Burke & Mary Woolsey Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Hospitality Host: Lee Brauer Serving God in Worship 10:45 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Children’s Message: Maria Arndt Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Emily Kramer Altar attendants: Michelle Burke & Mary Woolsey Hospitality Host: Lee Brauer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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