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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
November 15, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Please and Thank You Pastor Amy Wiegert Please and thank you are “magic words” we teach children. As in, “say please when you ask for something and say thank you when you receive it.” My friend, Heather, recounts an encounter with a little girl she nannied for. The little one asked for yet another story to be read. When Heather told her, no, it was bed time, the little girl screamed at the top of her lungs, “BUT I SAID PLEASE!!” A reminder that just because we ask doesn’t mean we get. I sometimes forget to say thank you. When I get frustrated with drivers who don’t use turn signals. When I’m short tempered with my family for not putting dirty socks in laundry baskets. When the person in front of me at the check lane has 100 coupons and 3 forms of payment. You see where I’m going. That’s really more about me and my thanks-giving-ness than it is about others. But as we finish up November, I’m reminded to say please and thank you. The fall colors are beautiful, it’s not the rush of the start of school nor the Christmas overwhelm. It’s like a deep breath. A deep breath of thankfulness. I’m reminded this year especially, since our wedding anniversary falls on Thanksgiving Day, that we intentionally got married around Thanksgiving. Because we are thankful for all of it: the ups and downs, the challenges and the successes. As we come off of an amazing Consecration Sunday, I continue to give thanks to work & now live alongside you. Thankful is the way we can try to live as as children of God, as friend, as family member, as south suburbanites, as Americans. It may seem that living a thankful life doesn’t make much difference, but it does. To paraphrase writer Anne Lamott, “if your prayer is ‘help and thanks’ , that is enough.” What can you do today, tomorrow, this week, to say thank you? Show it, say it, write it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New Members at Faith Are you, or is someone you know, considering church membership at Faith? We will be receiving new members on Sunday, December 2. Orientation sessions for people considering this step are Saturday, November 24, 10:00-11:30 am, OR Thursday, November 27, 7-8:30 pm. All are invited; come join us as we follow the way of Christ together! Contact Pastor Klonowski, pastorklonowski@comcast.net or (708) 790-1160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Community Thanksgiving Service The Southland community gathers for Thanksgiving worship on Wednesday, November 21, 7:30p.m. at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchison Road, Flossmoor. Sponsored by the South Suburban Interfaith Ministerial Association, this service includes participation from Jewish, Protestant, Muslim, and Catholic faith traditions. Always a highlight is the participation of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Viking Choir! This year’s preacher is Pastor Chris Wogaman of Trinity Lutheran Church in Park Forest. An offering will be taken to support the work of Respond Now, our community’s emergency social service provider. Come join with neighbors to give thanks to God for blessings received. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don’t miss Sunday December 2 It’s a full morning on December 2! It is the first Sunday of Advent and we will welcome new members to the community as well. Doug Kenshol, executive director of South Suburban PADS, will be with us to bring a word at both 8:15 and 10:45 worship, as Faith considers hosting a PADS shelter. At 12 noon, there will be a town hall question & answer session about hosting a PADS shelter. In between worship services, we will have an Advent Fair, with crafts, Advent wreath making, and a project for the whole congregation. Bring candle rings if you have one at home. At 12 noon, there will be a town hall question & answer session about hosting a PADS shelter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS 1 Kings 17:8-16 Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:41-44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In This Issue
Faithoughts New Members Community Thanksgiving Worship December 2 Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday 6:30 Confirmation Class 7:00 Jacob’s Well Practice Saturday 8:30 G,I.F.T. Bible Study 9:00 Sunday Altar Preparation Sunday Nov. 18 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 7:00 Girl Scouts Leaders Tuesday 1:00 Altar Guild Meeting 7:00 Nominating Committee Wednesday 7:30 Thanksgiving Interfaith Community Service at Flossmoor Community Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, November 15, 2018
Serving God in Worship at 8:15 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Children’s Message: Maria Arndt Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Lorene Dudle Song Leaders: Garth Aronson & Todd Thoresen Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar attendants: Ruth Alpers & Carrie Palmer & Noralee Sandala Serving God in Worship at 10:45 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Assisting Minister: Chris Cochrane Children’s Message: Maria Arndt Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Nils Sandstrom Song Leader: Jed Jedlicka Altar attendants: Ruth Alpers & Carrie Palmer Ushers: The Kramer Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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