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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
October 24, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Untested Words by Stuart Kurtz The Christianity that I know interprets the relationship between God and humanity through the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When John sent his disciples to ask Jesus who he was, Jesus answered, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news brought to them.” When I think of my congregation, Faith, I see a church of Jesus Christ. We meet to worship, to grow and be nurtured in our faith, to be equipped for ministry. People who suffer from addiction are supported. The homeless are sheltered. People are embraced whom the larger society rejects. But when I hear of Christianity in the public sphere, I often hear something very different. I don’t want to amplify those dissonant voices here, nor do I need to. We’ve all heard them. “Christians believe,” followed by something you and I don’t believe. And we hear the challenge that’s all but explicit in those words, that by not believing something that divides us, or marginalizes some of us, we are not truly Christian. Test the words before you test yourself: Is the love of God, of Jesus, present in those words? Is that love reflected in the challenge to you? Is there a place in the conversation where you can speak if your Christian faith takes you somewhere very different? If your answers are “no,” the challenge is not authentic. Friends, hold on to your faith! Be wary of the pull of secular society, and don’t let it pull you away from the faith. But be wary too of those who claim to speak for Christianity, and don’t let their untested words push you away! 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]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook Off, Saturday, October 26 Mark your calendars, get your vehicle ready, and practice that chili recipe! Starting at 4 pm until 5pm, in the north parking lot, bring the kids for trick or treats. Chili cook off and costume contest begins at 6pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sharon Stancik Memorial Service Sharon Stancik of our Faith community died on Wednesday, September 11. Sharon struggled with illness for many years, and she lived through those years with great courage. She was a member of the sewing ministry at Faith, she was an organizer and a cleaner of the church kitchen, and contributed to our congregation’s life in many other ways. Please remember in prayer her husband John, and children Derek, Darlene, and Michelle. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, October 26, at 10 a.m., at Faith. Following the service the community is invited to a celebratory lunch in the gym. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reformation Sunday, October 27! A special treat in worship as we celebrate a God full of grace & mercy as well as the birthday of the modern church. You can wear red to mark the day. Sunday school children will be singing at 11 am worship; they practice at 9:45. Teachers and students, please wear your t-shirts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Trunk or Treat! + chili Sharon Stancik memorial service Sunday, October 27 Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 7:30 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 8:30 Luke/Acts Bible Study 9:00 Altar Preparation 10:00 Memorial Service: Sharon Stancik 11:00 Luncheon: Sharon Stancik family 4:00 Trunk or Treat 6:00 Chili Cook Off Sunday 10/27 8:30 Worship 9:45 Education Hour 11:00 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 6:00 Faith Homeless Shelter Tuesday 9:30 Collate Newsletter Wednesday 7:00 Choir Rehearsal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, October 27, 2019
Serving God in Worship at 8:30 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Assisting Minister: George Woolsey Children’s Message: Pastor Robert Klonowski Organist: Rita Jeffirs Song Leader: George Woolsey Lector: Charlie Tarjan Communion Deacons: Michelle Burke, Lee Brauer, Deb Burnet & Milka Thoresen Ushers: Garth Aronson & Bill Hornof Altar Guild: Barb Berger & Mary Brady Serving God in Worship at 11:00 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Assisting Minister: Chris Cochrane Children’s Message: Pastor Robert Klonowski Lector: Lucas Kramer Musicians: Jacob’s Well, Rob Travis, Jed Jedlicka, Deb Dennison, Charlie Tarjan, Tony Falvo Song Leaders: Emily Kramer, Tony Falvo, Rob Travis Communion Deacons: Habtamu Epley, Julie Mikulski, Ron Opalinski & Nathan Epley Acolyte: Nathan Epley Ushers: Pat & Jed Jedlicka Altar Guild: Barb Berger & Mary Brady ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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