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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
November 22, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS Giving Thanks Deb Burnet Today is Thanksgiving, when we give thanks for the earth’s bounty. While it’s a national holiday, Thanksgiving is rooted in religious tradition. God created the earth and all that is in it. When we praise God’s works we do God’s will, and we are blessed. There’s a science behind thanksgiving. When we take time to notice and give thanks for things around us, we are changed. We experience a lift in mood and more energy. We treat others with more kindness and compassion. We sleep better and we have stronger immune systems. It’s not as simple as it sounds. Giving thanks is actually quite counter-cultural. Think about it – Giving thanks is all about valuing what you have, whereas every TV commercial ever made aims at making you want what you don’t have. So giving thanks is God’s will, but it’s also counter-cultural. This means that giving thanks doesn’t just come naturally to us in our society, even though we were built that way by God. How can we recover and express our God-given grateful nature? There is good news: the science of thanksgiving teaches us how to build gratitude. It’s a discipline, just like learning to play piano or working out. Find a way to make giving thanks a regular habit – maybe while you are riding the train to or from work, or walking the dog. Set aside a time each day to reflect on what you are grateful to God for, and be specific. Recall a particular interaction during your day, or something you’ve not noticed before. Journaling what you are grateful for is another way to bring gratitude front and center. Express your gratitude to others – write a thank you letter to someone. It’s not really that mysterious after all – the road map for thanksgiving is right in front of us. Try out Colossians, or many of the Psalms. “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” Psalm 28:7 Deb Burnet is a member of Faith. In her daily ministry she serves as a physician and a medical researcher. She’s at deborahburnet@comcast.net [mailto:deborahburnet@comcast.net]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Let’s Grow This!”: Bringing Forward Our Gifts Two weeks ago, November 11, was Faith’s “Consecration Sunday.” As part of our worship we brought forward our pledge cards for 2019 to the altar. A pledge is your own personal plan for supporting the ministry of the church in the coming year, an estimate of what you plan to give in 2019. We bring it to the altar during the offering because your financial support isn’t like membership dues. It’s offering: what you give to make God’s grace and peace known in the world. It’s part of your work to build a world that reflects the kingdom of God! It was great: “Let’s Grow This!,” we said, and we received pledges from 70 households, and 46 of those indicated an increase, to help make ministry happen! Did you miss it? Why, yes!, you CAN still participate! Pick up a pledge card at the ushers’ table, just outside the sanctuary. Or contact the church office, secretary@faithhomewood.org [mailto:secretary@faithhomewood.org]. You can drop the card into the offering, or mail in to the church office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
New members at Faith Are you, or is someone you know, considering church membership at Faith? We will be receiving members next Sunday, December 2. The last orientation session for people considering this step is Thursday, November 27, 7-8:30pm. All are invited- come join us as we follow the way of Christ together! Contact Pastor Klonowski, pastorklonowski@comcast.net [mailto:pastorklonowski@comcast.net] or 708 790-1160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congregation meeting Sunday, December 9 Following our worship services on Sunday, December 9, Faith’s Council has called a congregation meeting at 12 noon. Plan to be there, to consider two important things for our community:
* To undertake a capital appeal in 2019 in the spring, for a new roof (including payment of a $25,000 deposit toward the roof contract), a new sign, window and other capital repairs, to be tithed (10%). * That Faith become a PADS site in early 2019 conditioned on enrolling appropriate volunteer, non-pastoral, congregational leadership ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Middle school + high school night, Friday November 30 Starting at 6pm, we’ll eat pizza, play games, and work on a service project together. Bring yourself, bring a friend, bring donations! We’ll make kits for Respond Now & Lutheran World Relief. Respond Now would like crayons & coloring books. LWR would like health kits, which includes: light weight bath towel (dark color recommended), 2-3 bars of soap totaling 8-9 ounces, one adult sized tooth brush, one sturdy comb, one metal nail clippers. We need 2-3 parents to help us out too. It’s ok to bring younger siblings too. RSVP to Pastor Amy pastorwiegert@comcast.net or Derrick by Sunday, November 25. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 93 Revelations 1:4-8 John 18:33-37
In This Issue
Faithoughts Let’s Grow This! New Members orientation Congregation meeting Middle school/ high school night Scripture Readings
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This week at Faith
Thursday Office Closed Friday 2:00-9:00 Directory Pictures Taken Saturday 8:30 G,I.F.T. Bible Study 9:00 Altar Preparation 10:00 New Member Orientation 10:00-5:00 Directory Pictures Taken Sunday Nov. 25 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship 7:00 NA Meeting Monday 4:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60540 5:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60868 6:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60854 Tuesday 9:00 Collate Newsletter 7:00 New Member Orientation Wednesday 5:30 Girl Scouts Troop 60869 7:00 Choir Practice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, November 25, 2018
Serving God in Worship at 8:15 AM Presiding Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Assisting Minister: Ben Epley Children’s Message:Pastor Robert Klonowski Organist: Rita Jeffirs Flutist: Deb Burnet Lector: Lorene Dudle Song Leaders: Sherrell Salas & Russ Orwar Acolyte: Habtamu Epley 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: Scott Showalter Children’s Message: Pastor Robert Klonowski Musicians: Jacob’s Well: Laurie Gacsko, Tony Falvo, Charlie Tarjan, Jed Jedlicka, Rob Travis & Deb Dennison Song Leaders: Jacob’s Well Lector: Charlie Tarjan Altar attendants: Ruth Alpers, Noralee Sandala & Carrie Palmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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