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Your weekly newsletter from Faith Church
February 14, 2019 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAITHOUGHTS All Are Welcome by Stuart Kurtz Carla Benard observed in adult education class a couple of Sundays ago that people dress more casually for church than they did a generation ago. There was no judgment in Carla’s claim – she wasn’t arguing that it was better to be dressed up, or not dressed up, just that most people don’t get as dressed up for church as they used to. It’s certainly true in my case. The old idea that we should wear our best clothes to worship has a firm grounding in scripture, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also [Matt 6:21 & Luke 12:34].” Wearing our best clothes was a visible way of indicating that our treasure, our heart, was in worshiping our Lord, Jesus Christ. No-one errs in wearing nice clothes to church, so long as it’s the Lord they honor. But we did err, a generation ago, in the expectation that everyone would, or indeed, could. These days, we’re attuned to hospitality, and know that a mono-culture, even a mono-culture of dress, can send a message to those who are different (whether by choice or necessity) that they don’t belong. These days, whether a person comes into worship dressed up, wearing jeans, or in business casual, they’ll likely see someone else dressed much as they are. It’s one fewer barrier between those whom the Lord invites and the table to which he’s invited them. As the song says, “Let this house proclaim, from floor to rafter, all are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.” Stuart Kurtz is a member of Faith. In his daily ministry he is a teacher of computer science at the University of Chicago. He’s at stuart@cs.uchicago.edu [mailto:stuart@cs.uchicago.edu]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Women’s fall retreat planning: Gather with Pastor Amy Wiegert Sunday, February 24 at 12 noon to share ideas for a fall women’s retreat. Location, speaker, activities, and dates will be part of our conversation. If you know you cannot make it but would like information, please let her know at pastorwiegert@comcast.net [mailto:pastorwiegert@comcast.net] or 708-790-1160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Help a Friend in Need: Ms. Bobbee Braul, a co-worker & friend of Erik Norwick, was burned out of her Harvey house during the brutal cold snap. She’s okay, recovering from minor burns, but the house is a total loss. If you’d like to help, checks can be made out to Erik Norwick, 3443 198th Street Flossmoor IL 60422. Keep Erik’s friend in prayer, and thanks be to God for the generosity of our community! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents’ Night Out! Sponsored by Faith Lutheran Youth and parents Date: Saturday, March 9th Time: 5:30 to 8:00 PM Where: Faith Lutheran Church, 18645 Dixie Hwy Age range: fully potty trained 3 year olds to 7 year olds Suggested donation: $20 for first child, $15 for second child Dinner and snacks included! Registration forms available at table in gathering area, church office, and Wonderland preschool. All proceeds go to Faith Lutheran youth. Questions? Call the church office at 708-790-1160. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lenten Bible Study: Please join us for our next adult Bible Study. Titled “Beyond Question,” it will take place during all the Saturdays of the Lenten Season: March 9, 2019 through April 20,2019. We will gather at 8:30 a.m. in the conference room and will be done no later than 10:00 a.m. ALL are welcome. To join and get a book, sign up on the church office window, or contact the church office, secretary@faithhomewood.org [mailto:secretary@faithhomewood.org] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS Jeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26
In This Issue
Faithoughts Women’s retreat planning Help a friend in need Parents’ Night Out Lenten Bible Study This Week’s Scriptures
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This week at Faith
Thursday 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:30 Jacob’s Well Practice Friday 6:00 Koven/Norris Wedding Rehearsal Saturday 9:00 Altar Preparation 9:00 Stewardship Committee 3:30 Koven/Norris Wedding Sunday2/17 8:15 Worship 9:30 Education Hour 10:45 Worship 7:15 NA Meeting Monday 6:00 Faith Homeless Shelter 7:00 Girl Scout Leaders Tuesday 1:00 Altar Guild Meeting 7:00 Council Meeting Wednesday 5:30 Girl Scouts #60869 7:00 Building Vision Task Group 7:00 Choir ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serving on Sunday, February 17, 2019
Serving God in Worship 8:15 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Preacher: Don Beal Organist: Rita Jeffirs Lector: Noralee Sandala Song Leader: Sarah Cutcliffe Acolytes: Austin Hewes Ushers: Garth Aronson, Bill & William Hornof Altar attendants: Lee Brauer & Nancy Grzesiak Hospitality Host: Mary Brady Serving God in Worship 10:45 Presiding Minister: Pastor Amy Wiegert Assisting Minister: Pastor Robert Klonowski Preacher: Don Beal Musician: Rob Travis Lector: Christine Haan Song Leader: Laurie Gacsko Choir Director: Jeff Silhan Acolyte: Jillian Overton Ushers: Cari & Dave Anderson Altar attendants: Lee Brauer & Nancy Grzesiak ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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