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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
May 23, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Does This Happen to You? by Stuart Kurtz It happened again to me this week. I heard someone say, “I’m a Christian, and so I believe X,” where “X” is misogynistic, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, or some combination of the above. As so often happens, I’m aware of no biblical warrants for the “X” of the day, but plenty for “not X.” It is tempting to think, “That person isn’t really Christian!” but I push those thoughts aside. That other person has claimed Jesus as their Lord, so even if they seem deeply confused to me about the rest, it’s not my place to judge. The true judge will judge us all, and I hope that Jesus will claim me, my confusions notwithstanding. Still, it seems that the only time I hear Christian voices through the media, it’s the kind of voice that says “X.” It’s easy to understand why. If you say, “I’m a Christian, and I believe Y,” where “Y” is about love and reconciliation, it’s not newsworthy. Salvation doesn’t sell papers. Healing doesn’t go viral. It’s a challenging time to be a Christian in the public sphere, not because there are non-Christian voices, but because Christians who believe “X” are taken as normative. I believe that church attendance is down nationwide because people who don’t believe “X” hear that “Christians believe X,” and so decide that Christianity isn’t for them. So when we say, “I’m a Christian,” they stop listening. They think they already know what we have to say, and they’ve already rejected it. Jesus didn’t say that Christian living would be easy. He calls us to persist in witness to him, to preach his Gospel, the Good News that the Kingdom of God is at hand, available to all who want to enter it. And in that Kingdom, we are one. Stuart Kurtz is a member of Faith. In his daily ministry he is a teacher of computer science at the University of Chicago. He’s at stuart@cs.uchicago.edu [mailto:stuart@cs.uchicago.edu]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One Worship Service, beginning Sunday! Our summer worship schedule begins this coming Sunday, May 26, with a single worship service at 9:30 a.m. The summer schedule runs from Memorial Day weekend through the Labor Day weekend. See you in church, at 9:30! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nicole Orwar & John Noel This Sunday, May 26, Nicole Orwar and John Noel will be married. The community of Faith is invited to pray for them in their new life together! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: REGISTER NOW! Registration is still open for Faith’s Vacation Bible School, but filling up fast! Two sessions are offered, each Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon; register for June 17-21 OR June 24-28. Our theme this year is “ROAR – Life Is Wild – God Is Good.” This is a great opportunity to invite neighbors and friends! Participants are ages 3 through current 5th-graders, and we are also looking for crew leaders and helpers, 6th-12th grades. Download forms at www.faithhomewood.org/vacation-bible-school/ [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lki_yZLu8yaAFcQSX-494WvDKMsTHuJEluFIThsHY3sp6TQSCV0mIJzWhLpfa0GQTFaSh8Jqmws9KepIj1A8P-y9Poz2pbpzyLKCrSoIxKmSxuJj7AH2P8_vok7fGPjEGLFY0X_HsumvjXE8pJjVebMB0-3Zrj7P066bNzLdsDd6jzZ37OZla7xasuAgR6dfmDpyiqwcVIJf85GGX7r0eQ==&c=Z5beFOurOWvT4eCL4YogeYAdCA51pkHVnUYiUEO5TeDbeOEJEkLVJg==&ch=Csk6Fa3Lq4hrcho9h3VCZnwzZx0D3psY8q8JX1y5J0zLTTBj0tYHdA==] or get forms in the church office! Office can be reached at 708-799-1160 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10-22-22:5 John 5:1-9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Worship at 9:30am Nicole Orwar & John Noel VBS registration Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday Faith Wonderland End of Year Picnic @ Millennium Park 7:30 Jacob’s Well Practice Friday 6:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60310 Saturday 9:00 Altar Preparation 5:00 Orwar/Noel Wedding Rehersal Sunday 5/26 9:30 Worship 4:00 Orwar/Noel Wedding 7:15 NA Meeting Monday OFFICE CLOSED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, May 26, 2019
Serving God in Worship at 9:30AM
Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Assisting Minister: Stuart Kurtz Children’s Message: Maria Arndt Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Dennis Benard Musicians: Jacob’s Well: Laurie Gacsko, Tony Falvo, Dennis Benard Jed Jedlicka, Charlie Tarjan, Rob Travis & Deb Dennison Communion Deacons: Lee Brauer, Joann Roney, Kim Kurtz Acolyte: Nathan Epley Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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