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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
May 10, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS 1-2-3, Let’s Pick Corn Sarah Cutcliffe When my grandpa was a toddler he was asked to say the family prayer for dinner. Without hesitation he bowed his head and said, “1-2-3, let’s pick corn.” This adorable story has become family lore. When my kids and niece and nephew began speaking my dad immediate taught them to recite the family prayer. Now the kids insist on including it in our prayer after the more traditional “God is great” grace. On a good night I initiate prayer before dinner. Good nights seem to be few and far between right now. With all the commotion of raising toddlers, working full time, running a home, and trying to be the best mother, daughter, sister and friend possible I am forgetting to focus on the little things. Things like prayer before dinner, worship, bible study, and other daily reminders of God’s presence and our relationship often are replaced with rushing out the door, work, bath time, brushing teeth, several bedtime stories and laundry (SO MUCH LAUNDRY). I have been feeling uncomfortable that I am not doing more to fill my house with God’s love. I recently carved out time to reflect on this and asked God for help to make our house and daily activities more centered on faith. Soon after my conversation with God about this my kids started insisting on saying grace at every meal and often multiple times throughout the meal. Wells grabs my hand and asks, “God is great?” until we all say the prayer. Ole rushes to shout, “1-2-3, let’s pick corn!” at the end. At first I thought it was sweet and typical behavior of toddlers enamored with a new activity. I soon realized that this was one of my reminders from God to include faith throughout our daily life. Although I am not surprised, I am in awe of how beautifully and quickly God can sometimes answer our prayers. God’s support and love are around and I need to rely on it more. As I learn to do that I will keep chiming in with my kiddos in a joyful chorus of before-meal prayer. Sarah Cutcliffe is a member of Faith. In her daily ministry she develops medical records systems at the University of Chicago. She’s at sarah.e.cutcliffe@gmail.com [mailto:sarah.e.cutcliffe@gmail.com]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stock in Youth High schoolers will be speaking in worship in May about their upcoming mission trip to Pennsylvania. They’ll share previous experiences, what they’re looking forward and who’re they’re hoping to meet and help. They’ll also invite you to purchase Stock in Youth. You can invest in them by purchasing a share. Being a stockholder entitles you to emails & information about their activities and an invitation to the stakeholder dinner & presentation after they return from their trip. Stop by the table in the gathering area on Sunday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Faith Spring Cleaning Days Please join us at the church Saturdays in May, 9am- 1pm, to clean and paint as well as do yard work and planting. Projects for all ages and abilities available. Lunch will be provided afterward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sunday School Wrap Up Sunday, May 13 during the Sunday school hour students will be practicing presentations for 9:30 Sunday school hour and songs for 10:45 worship for Sunday, May 20. Please try to make sure that your children are here for both Sundays! You can still donate to the mission project (our high schoolers’ work trip to Pennsylvania this summer) through Sunday, May 13. Kids can bring to Sunday school or you can mark the donation “Sunday school mission project” and drop off in the office or offering plate. Questions? Talk with your child’s teacher or Pastor Wiegert pastorwiegert@comcast.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Psalm 1 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Stock in Youth Spring cleaning at Faith Sunday School wrap up Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:30 Wonderland Mother’s Tea 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Friday 6:30 Girl Scouts #60310 Saturday 9:00 Altar Guild 9:00 Church House Cleaning Sunday May 13 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 10:00 Quilters Tuesday 1:00 Altar Guild 7:00 Council Meeting Wednesday 5:30 Girl Scouts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, May 13, 2018
Serving God in Worship 8:15 AM Assisting Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Preacher: Pastor Amy Wiegert Children’s Message: Pastor Amy Wiegert Prelude: Mary Woolsey Organist: Rita Jeffirs Song Leader: Laurie Gacsko Lector: Noralee Sandala Altar attendants: Michelle Burke & Mary Woolsey Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Serving God in Worship 10:45 AM Assisting Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Preacher: Pastor Amy Wiegert Children’s Message: Pastor Amy Wiegert Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Edna Littlewood Altar attendants: Michelle Burke & Mary Woolsey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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