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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
May 30, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS The Spirituality of Noticing Pastor Amy Wiegert I’ve been spending lots of time with preschoolers the past few weeks. As the school year wraps up, Wonderland preschoolers and I celebrated all the time we spent together this year. I also celebrated time with my own preschooler & his colleagues. Preschoolers are really good at noticing. They notice clothing, shoes, recent injuries that have been band-aided. They’ll point out where something is out of place or something that is new. They notice the tiniest flowers and bugs. They are literally lower to the ground than adults so their perspective is, well, different. Another person with some great perspective is Hildegard of Bingen. A German woman who lived in the 1100’s, she became a writer, teacher, scientist and Benedictine abbess. She’s a favorite of mine for her strong feminist streak as well as for her noticing the world around her as well. Her writings are full of her noticing, of God’s presence with us, and of what she learned about herself. She was an advocate of noticing, and of singing too. I am not preschooler-like in noticing things. I can speed through life fueled by a calendar and cups of coffee until someone or something slows me down enough to notice. And there is an entire world to notice. So, for the summer, I’ll be reminding myself to notice. Maybe there will be a few preschoolers to help me out. I encourage you too to take up the spirituality of noticing. “Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world-everything is hidden in you.” -Hildegard of Bingen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Confirmation Sunday, June 2! Six of our young people come forward to affirm today the promises God made to them in baptism. It’s Confirmation Sunday! Coming forward are Alyson Harris, Austin Hewes, Faith Kenshol, Jillyan Overton, Grace Suchor & Vince Waterman. Pray for them as they prepare, and give thanks to God for the gift of faith. After worship, stay for cake and coffee! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Farewell, Bummer and Laurie Gacsko!
This Sunday, June 2, we wish farewell and Godspeed to Bummer and Laurie. Longtime residents of Homewood and longtime members of Faith, they are moving to their new home in Wisconsin next week. We give thanks to God for their ministry and commend them to their new faith community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yard work group gathering this week Rain rain go away! Yard work group will gather this Thursday, May 30 at 6- 8 pm for soil prep, trimming, raking and weeding and again Saturday, June 1 9am-12noon for planting. Lunch to follow! Questions? Contact Tom Dockweiler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Confirmation Sunday Farewell to the Gacsko’s Yard work group Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:00 – 8:00 pm Church Yard Work 7:30 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 9:00 Altar Preparation 9:00 – 12:00 Planting of Flowers Sunday 6/2 9:30 Worship: Confirmation Sunday 7:15 NA Meeting Tuesday 7:00 Outreach & Hospitality Team Wednesday 6:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60540 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, June 2, 2019
Serving God in Worship at 8:15 AM
Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Assisting Minister: Karen Aronson Preachers: Faith Kenshol & Austin Hewes Children’s Message: Pastor Amy Wiegert Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lectors: Jillyan Overton & Grace Suchor Song Leader: Stuart Kurtz Communion Deacons: Alyson Harris, Vince Waterman & Jillyan Overton Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar Attendants: Mary Woolsey & Michelle Burke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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