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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
November 14, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS To Know and Be Known by Maria Arndt As a young girl, I would often stay Friday nights at my grandparents farm in Elizabethtown, IN. I would awake to the sound of the knocking of the furnace kicking on and the warm air moving up to hit first my face and then to knock the pull strap of the blind clicking against the window. The aroma of bacon wafting into the front bedroom lured me out of the warm bed. I then would walk a few feet and up one step into the kitchen. My slippers clicking on the brown speckled linoleum floor I would be met with the WCSI broadcaster Sam Simamaker announcing the scores of the high school football games from the radio blasting on the kitchen counter, immediately followed by the grain prices and the local Columbus morning news. I would take my seat to right of my grandfather, Dorance James Carson . DJ for short. But we all called him Pap. He would look up as way of a greeting, from a red hardbound journal that he was furiously scribbling into with notes about the weather and a few notes about the cattle he had fed that morning. My Grandmother, Esther Ann Carson, would be to my right pouring boiling water into my white with gold flowered Corelle tea cup and I would plop in 2 teaspoons of sugar and a teabag. We called her Mam Mam. She would smile at me and then return to the bacon sizzling in the pan. I put then split top honey wheat bread into the old silver toaster with the thick black cord and wait for it to pop up for us all. Pap would spread mustard on the toast and Mam Mam brought the crisp bacon to the table. He then would add the bacon on top. Mam Mam would scramble one egg for me in the bacon grease. The only way I will eat a scrambled egg to this day if I have a say. All of this transpired without a single word because no one would ever dare speak during the morning news broadcast. It was comfortable. It was known. It was loving. It was safe. It was happy. It was love. It was home. I feel this way at Faith. On Sunday, as I took my seat, I reflected quietly as others moved into the sanctuary. Garth had greeted me warmly with my bulletin and I read through the morning news. Pastor Klonowski smiled with the word he always says when I have the children’s message… READY? I say yes, but with a bit of apprehension in my belly. This past Sunday, November 10th, the most joyful & triumphant prelude came dancing from the organ; it calmed and uplifted me. The sounds from the choir in the loft promising that it was well with my soul, the prayers, hymns,liturgy and the sermon from the pulpit all speaking to me. All comforting me. All including me. It is comfortable. It is known. It is loving. It is safe. It is happy. It is love. It is home. It is Christ holding us and leading us. It is a family I can trust. It is worship. Maria Arndt is a member of Faith. In her daily ministry she works as a kindergarten teacher. She’s at MArndt@sd194.org [mailto:MArndt@sd194.org]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VBS 2020 It’s cold this week but summer will return, eventually. In the mean time, come & help begin to plan VBS for summer 2020. We’ll meet in the conference room this Sunday, November 17 after late worship, about 12 noon. Lunch & childcare can be arranged- please let Pastor Amy know by Friday if you’re planning to attend so she has an accurate count pastorwiegert@comcast.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Community Thanksgiving Service The Southland community gathers for Thanksgiving worship on Wednesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m. at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchison. Sponsored by the South Suburban Interfaith Ministerial Association, this service includes participation from Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, & Catholic faith traditions. Always a highlight is the participation of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Viking Choir! The offering taken that night goes to support the work of Respond Now, our community’s emergency social service provider. Come give thanks to God for blessings received. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Altar Guild Altar Guild will meet at 12 noon this Sunday, November 17. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kids’ Christmas program! Last Sunday, Sunday school students received a CD with the Christmas program music on it. Parents, please use this as much as you’re able! It will help the kids learn the music and get ready for our program which is part of 11am worship on Sunday, December 15. If you did not receive a CD, please be in touch with Pat Jedlicka patorjed@earthlink.net or Gretchen Quirke gquirke52@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Malachi 4:1-223-27 Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts VBS 2020 Community Thanksgiving Worship Altar Guild Kids’ Christmas program Sunday scripture readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:00 11:00 Worship Planning Group 7:00 High School Youth Board 7:30 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 8:30 Luke/Acts Bible Study 9:00 Altar Preparation Sunday 11/17 8:30 Worship 9:45 Education Hour 11:00 Worship 12:00 Altar Guild Meeting 12:00 VBS Planning Meeting 5:00 High School Games & Food Night 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 6:00 Faith Homeless Shelter Tuesday 7:00 Council Meeting Wednesday 4:00 Respond Now Executive Meeting 7:00 Choir Rehearsal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, November 17, 2019
Serving God in Worship 8:30 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Suzy Carlson Children’s Message: Pastor Robert Klonowski Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Noralee Sandal Communion Deacons: Sherrell Salas, Carla Benard & Dennis Florance Ushers: Garth Aronson & Bill Hornof Altar Guild: Karen Aronson & Karen Dockweiler Serving God in Worship 11:00 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Children’s Message: Pastor Robert Klonowski Lector: Doug Kenshol Choir Director: Jeff Silhan Musician: Rob Travis Song Leaders: Erik Norwick & Tony Falvo Communion Deacons: Kim Kurtz, Grace Suchor, Donna & Terry Norris Ushers: The Suchor Family Altar Guild: Karen Aronson & Karen Dockweiler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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