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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
September 6, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Thumbs Up Christina Petrovic The universal sign for approval or “all is good” is a thumbs up. That is unless you are on a boat. Unfortunately, I found that out the hard way. While being dragged behind a speeding boat on an inflatable hot dog, I gave a thumbs up sign to let everyone know that I was having fun and that all was good. Next thing I knew, the boat took off and I was going several nautical miles faster than I was only a moment before. What I didn’t know was that a thumbs up on a boat means “go faster”! We have symbols for everything. In this technological age, there is a symbol for every emotion or thought under the sun. You can send a series of pictures to your friend via text message without actually SAYING a single word. A smily face next to a swimming pool, hamburger and flip flops is an invite for a cool dip and a BBQ. An airplane, a palm tree and a smiling sun means that you just landed at your vacation get away. Are signs from God ever that clear? Ever since my aunt died 10 years ago I have been drawn to hawks. I don’t know why, but over and over there have been hawks in my path; 3 swooped right across the hood of my car, I see at least 2 every day, and one was even sitting next to my car on the side of the road and I swear it looked right at me. I’m not sure how I know, but I am certain that hawks are God’s sign to me that she is still around. Whether it’s through a vivid dream of a passed loved one, a butterfly on your car window or a simple “feeling” when a song comes on the radio, I think God tries over and over to get our attention. While the signs might not be as clear as an emoji silly face or trail of sparkly hearts, they surround us constantly. What are your signs? Believe in them, because even though we don’t always understand His plans for us, have faith that they are Christina Petrovic is a stay-at-home mom with her children Ava and Evan. She’s at petrovic3@hotmail.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two Worship Services This Sunday, Sep 9, 8:15 & 10:45 This Sunday, September 9, we move back to our usual worship schedule. There are two worship services, at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m., and in between we have an hour of our Sunday School Rally Day! All invited; bring a friend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sunday School Rally Day! This Sunday, September 9, is our SS Rally Day! Come at 9:15 to celebrate the start of our Christian education year. We’ve got breakfast for you, plus all kinds of sign-ups for the year and … a petting zoo for the kids! This is a great opportunity to invite a friend!
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Connie Sandstrom Memorial Service Connie Sandstrom of our Faith community died on June 30. Saturday, September 8, we’ll remember Connie and give thanks to God for the gift she was to us and commend her into God’s care. The memorial service will begin at 11 a.m., followed by a catered lunch in the gym. All invited. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outreach & Hospitality Team Would you like to see Faith grow? Can we touch new lives with the living Good News we’ve been given to share? How will we need to change, to make such things happen? We’re putting together a new group to learn, review, and work on these questions. It’s an Outreach & Hospitality Team! Six people are already on board, and there’s room for you, if you’d like to:
* Meet monthly * Read & learn about how congregations share the Gospel * Change the way Faith proclaims our message, relates to new people in the community, and welcomes new folk. Contact: pastorklonowski@comcast.net [mailto:pastorklonowski@comcast.net], or (708) 799-1160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 35:4-7 4:1-2, 6-9 Psalm 146 James 2:1-10, 14-17 Mark 7:1-24-37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts Two Worship Services Sunday School Rally Day Sandstrom Memorial Outreach & Hospitality Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Friday 6:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60854 Saturday 8:30 Stewardship Committee 9:00Altar Guild 11:00 Memorial Service: Connie Sandstrom Sunday Sept.9 8:15 Worship 9:15 Sunday School Rally Day 10:45 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 5:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60868 Tuesday 9:00 Wonderland Preschool First Day Wednesday 7:00 Choir Practice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, September 9, 2018
Serving God in Worship 8:15 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Deb Burnet Song Leaders: Carla & Dennis Benard Choir Director: Jeff Silhan Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar attendants: Lee Brauer & Nancy Grzesiak Serving God in Worship 10:45 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Preacher: Pastor Robert Klonowski Children’s Message: Pastor Amy Wiegert Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Amy Hewes Song Leader: Emily Kramer Acolyte: Sam Kirchner Altar attendants: Lee Brauer & Nancy Grzesiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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