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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
September 20, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Hildegard Pastor Klonowski A few months ago my wife gave a lecture at the University of Illinois on women in medicine. I went. To my surprise the first woman in medicine Deb considered was Hildegard of Bingen. I was surprised because I knew Hildegard only as one of my own tribe, a religious type. She was a Benedictine nun, the abbess of a monastery in Germany in the 12th century, and from time to time I’ve come across her writing. She was something of a visionary mystic, and her work is shot through with vivid imagery; in a meditation she wrote on the opening of the Gospel of John – “In the beginning was the Word …” – she wrote of the “sprinkling drops of sweet rain” that John must have experienced as he began to write, like the first fat drops of a thunderstorm you just know is rolling in. I’ve never read John 1 since, without thinking of Hildegard and those big raindrops. Turns out she wrote about a lot more than Christian mysticism. She wrote books about philosophy, she wrote music, and, as Deb taught me, she wrote what some consider the very first European medical textbooks. Her monastery had an infirmary that served like the community hospital, and when Hildegard got frustrated with the damage her uneducated sisters were doing to the local populace, she sought to standardize and improve medical practice. So I guess she was one of our very first professors of academic medicine. Her first book, Physica, was kind of a pharmacology text, all about the healing properties of various plants, reptiles, fish, and stones (!). Her second, Causae et Curae, is about the causes and cures of various diseases, 300 chapters worth. Most of it you wouldn’t want to try – blood-letting; that sort of thing – but some of it is preternaturally right. She trained her people to check blood, pulse, and urine. To avoid infection, she wrote, be sure you boil the water. This is 700 years before Pasteur and the dawn of microbiology. And through all her work her faith shines. There was that creation of the cosmos, she writes – John 1 again! – and you’ve got to understand the place of humanity and disease in that created context. She uses the word “green” a lot, linking the “green health” of the natural world to the health of the human person. In her mind medicine was a kind of gardening, and the point of it is to get us back to the healthy state of the Garden of Eden. I was reading Hildegard, but in my mind I was hearing the Woodstock song: “We got to get ourselves back to the garden ….” Enough. I just thought you’d enjoy getting to know her. I sure did. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Youth Mission Trip Information meeting: This Sunday, September 23 at 9:30am will be an info meeting in the youth FLY room downstairs, for anyone interested in the high school mission trip for summer 2019. This includes current 8th graders. Can’t be there? Please be in touch with Pastor Amy Wiegert for more info after Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visiting preacher on Sunday, September 30: Pastor Gabi Aelabouni will join us in worship on September 30. A former seminary neighbor of Pastor Wiegert, he currently serves as churchwide director of Fund for Leaders. His energy, enthusiasm, and deep faith are contagious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Respond Now needs for September: laundry products Respond Now is the emergency social service agency that serves our area. They’re always in need of personal hygiene items and non- perishable food items. This month they’re especially looking for laundry products (soap, stain remover, bleach, fabric softener). Drop your gifts in the Respond Now area in the church narthex (gathering area). Thank you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Jeremiah 11:18-204-9 Psalm 54 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8 Mark 9:30-37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Youth Mission Trip info Visiting preacher Respond Now Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:30 Wonderland Preschool Board Meeting 6:30 Confirmation orientation and meal 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Friday 6:30 Brownie Troop 65152 Saturday 9:00 Altar Guild Sunday Sept 23 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 4:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60540 5:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60868 6:30 Jr. High Girl Scouts Troop 60854 Wednesday 9:30 Collate Newsletter 5:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60869 7:00 Choir Practice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, September 23, 2018
Serving God in Worship 8:15 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Children’s Message:Maria Arndt Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Kim Kurtz Song Leader: Stuart Kurtz Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar attendants: Lee Brauer & Nancy Grzesiak Serving God in Worship 10:45 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Children’s Message:Maria Arndt Musicians: Jacob’s Well: Laurie Gacsko, Jed Jedlicka, Deb Dennison, Charlie Tarjan, Tony Falvo, Dennis Benard & Rob Travis Lector: Jed Jedlicka Song Leaders: Jacob’s Well Acolyte: Grace Suchor Altar attendants: Lee Brauer & Nancy Grzesiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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