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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
March 21, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS CHRISTIAN FAITH AND BASEBALL Some years ago I watched a baseball coach, one of the best coaches I know, working with his shortstop. The kid was upset because he’d booted a ground ball. “Listen to me,” said his coach, “a shortstop who doesn’t make any errors is a bad shortstop; that’s a guy who’s not testing his range. When you’re out there I want you to be pushing yourself to make a play, every chance you get. So get out there, and make me another error!” “Make me another error!” I remember it mostly because the approach was so, shall we say, unorthodox, but there’s a lot of life-truth in there, isn’t there? Baseball is a game in which you fail a lot. The classic evidence is that the very best hitters, the .300 hitters – well, hitting .300 means you are failing 70% of the time, right? You can think of Christian faith that way, too. Christian faith is always pushing us to action, testing our range. Think of the people who encounter Jesus in the gospels, or the people of the earliest Church in the book of Acts – they are always getting turned around, challenged, pushed in another direction. Think of the way faith has worked in your own life: just when you think you know what God has in store, that’s when the unexpected happens – the ball takes a bad hop! – and what God gives you is something entirely different. We try things in the church and sometimes they work and then, well, sometimes …. There’s always a certain performance anxiety about such things. If God gives me something unexpected and difficult, am I going to be able to handle it? But as my old coaching colleague was telling his shortstop, to be tentative and careful can never be our response. We’ll make mistakes as we seek to do God’s will – oh, yes, we will! But the important thing is that we will indeed be moving, pursuing, laying ourselves flat out to do what God wants. So get out there, now, and in your faith life … make another error! + Pastor Klonowski ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Personal needs bags for homeless shelter guests As the shelter season ends, we’d like to send our guests off with some necessities. We’ll assemble 50 personal bags for the men to receive on April 29. Items for the bags include travel sized donations of: deodorant, shave cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, combs/ picks, socks, and hand sanitizer. $5.00 gifts cards to Wendy’s, Mcdonalds, Subway, Burger King also appreciated. Questions? Contact Kim Kurtz at kkurtz58@me.com, or Pat Jedlicka at patorjed@earthlink.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CROP Hunger Walk coordinator? Each year in the spring many of the faith communities in our area participate in the South Suburban CROP Hunger Walk. The Walk raises money for hunger concerns both local (Respond Now Food Pantry, South Suburban PADS, etc.) and around the world. This year’s Walk is April 28. Last year only a few of the walkers were from Faith. Are you interested in expanding our participation? We’re looking for a Hunger Walk coordinator who would attend an organizational meeting with coordinators from other faith communities (Saturday, March 23, 10am) and then distribute materials,do publicity, and work to recruit other walkers! If this is a ministry God puts on your heart, see the poster on the church office window, or contact Pastor Klonowski, pastor@faith-homewood.org, or (708) 799-1160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Homewood Community Worship & Lunch: Hymns of Lent Is the middle of the day a good time for Lenten worship for you? Area churches gather Tuesdays during Lent at 12:10 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 17929 Gottschalk. Worship is 25 minutes long, and includes worship leadership and preaching by local pastors, this year on the Hymns of Lent. This week, March 26, the preacher is Faith’s own Pastor Klonowski on “O Love, How Deep,” (ELW 322). Following worship lunch is served at 12:35; a free-will donation is received. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts personal needs for homeless guests CROP walk community worship & lunch Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:30 Preschool Board 7:30 Property Committee 6:30 Confirmation Class 7:30 Jacob’s Well Practice Friday 6:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60310 Saturday 8:30 Lenten Journey 9:00 Altar Preparation Sunday 3/24 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 9:30 Lenten Journey 10:45 Worship 7:15 NA Meeting Monday 6:00 Faith Homeless Shelter 7:00 CHADD Tuesday 9:30 Collate Newsletter Wednesday 7:00 Worship: Lenten 8:00 Choir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, March 24, 2019
Serving God in Worship 8:15 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: George Woolsey Children’s Message: Pastor Amy Wiegert Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Christy Picker Rothchild Cantors: Garth Aronson & Todd Thoresen Acolytes: Austin Hewes Communion Deacons: Dennis Florance & Carla Benard Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar attendants: Anne Anderson, Barb Berger & Karen Opalinski Hospitality Hostess: Mary Brady Serving God in Worship 10:45 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister Scott Showalter Children’s Message: Pastor Amy Wiegert Musicians: Jacob’s Well: Rob Travis, Laurie Gacsko, Deb Dennison, Tony Falvo & Jed Jedlicka Lector: Emily Kramer Acolyte: Communion Deacons: Terry & Donna Norris, Tom Dockweiler Ushers: The Quirke family Altar attendants: Anne Anderson, Barb Berger & Karen Opalinski ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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