Weekly Bulletin
GUIDE POSTS
Sunday, March 11
9:00 a.m. – Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room)
10:00 a.m. – Worship (Sanctuary)
11:15 a.m. – Sunday Forum – Faith, Art and Easter (Chapel)
11:30 a.m. – Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room)
Monday, March 12
7:00 p.m. – Membership Meeting (Guild Room)
Tuesday, March 13
10:00 a.m. – Staff Meeting (Conference Room)
6:00 p.m. – Music and Worship Team Meeting (Conference Room)
7:00 p.m. – Council Meeting (Guild Room)
Wednesday, March 14
5:30 p.m. – Children's Choir Rehearsal (Children’s Music Room)
6:15 p.m. – Fellowship Dinner (Small Dining Room)
7:00 p.m. – Lenten Series (Guild Room)
Thursday, March 15
1:00 p.m. – Warming Center (Plymouth Hall)
Sunday, March 18
9:00 a.m. – Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room)
10:00 a.m. – Worship (Sanctuary)
11:15 a.m. – Sunday Forum – Faith, Art and Easter (Chapel)
11:30 a.m. – Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room)
Tuesday, March 20
10:00 a.m. – Staff Meeting (Conference Room)
Wednesday, March 21
5:30 p.m. – Children's Choir Rehearsal (Children’s Music Room)
6:15 p.m. – Fellowship Dinner (Small Dining Room)
7:00 p.m. – Lenten Series (Guild Room)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to First Congregational Church! We invite visitors to sign the Guest Book and join us for refreshments Fellowship Hall (in the lower level of the building) after worship. If you are visiting today with children, they are invited to join us for Sunday School after Disciple Dialogue with a recessional to our Church House, three doors away. We also have an infant room, with a changing table, crib and comfortable rocker on the lower level. If you need those facilities during worship, an usher will be happy to escort you.
The rose in the chancel is a "peace rose." It sits on the communion table to symbolize our prayers for peace in a troubled world.
The chancel flowers are given by Nancy Robertson in loving memory of her parents Sally and Don Campbell.
Thank you to Sandy Whiteley for hosting today’s coffee hour.
The lay reader today is Betty Phillips.
You are welcomed and seated today by Merna Johnson and Steve Wilson.
The Sunday School Lenten Offering for Heifer is due Easter Sunday, April 8. If you need a Lenten bank, please see Deb Shamlim.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the First Congregational Church, or wish to know more about our church, please call the office at (847) 864 – 8332, or send an email to firstcongo@mcleodusa.net. Thank You!
Come Sing With Us! - The Chancel Choir welcomes singers to join them in presenting music from Part II of Handel’s “Messiah” on Palm Sunday, April 1st. The mid-week Lenten study, led by Dr. Roghair, will also focus on this portion of Handel’s “Messiah”. Choir rehearsals continue today at 11:30 in the Choir Room of the Church House. Come join us!
The Membership Team is continuing its work providing care to our congregation. The new contact person is Heather Disabato. Please call Heather at 847 475-4331with concerns, ideas, suggestions, or if you would like to help.
Sunday Afternoon Book Discussion Group - On Sunday afternoon, April 15th at 4:00 pm the Book Discussion Group will meet in the Brown parlor to discuss: TERRORIST by John Updike. Glennis Lundberg will lead the discussion. John Updike’s novels have won many awards including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. This book is about Ahmad Ashaway, an 18-year-old, who is in the thrall of Shaikh Rashik who runs a store front mosque and preaches divine retribution for “devil.” Everyone is welcome join this informal discussion.
Joys and Concerns: Our thoughts are with Richard Cook as he recovers from surgery. Our known homebound members include: Kay Clark, Virginia France, Bud Goff, John Hands, Dixie Hoffman, Esther McGinnis, Irv Newgren, Franklin and Pat Snyder and Nina Stevens. Please inform the pastor or church office if we have missed anyone.
You are invited to join the virtual prayer circle at First Congregational Church. It is a wonderful way to develop a richer prayer life and stay connected to the needs of those in our congregation and around us. An e-mail is sent around weekly or so with a list of people to pray for and a suggested prayer for the week. If you are interested in being part of the church's virtual prayer circle or if you have a prayer concern you would like to offer up, please send a note to joysandconcerns@gmail.com. We want to respect privacy so we ask that you seek a person's permission before offering up their needs for prayer. We look forward to hearing from you! Pam Daniels, Prayer Circle Coordinator.
Donating chancel flowers is a wonderful way to honor someone special in your life, commemorate a special occasion (perhaps a birthday or anniversary), to say thank you, or to honor the memory of a friend or family member. The chancel flowers sit on the communion table in the chancel. The arrangement costs $45. Donations are acknowledged in the Sunday bulletin. For more information or to make a donation, contact the church office at 847 864-8332.
READY, SET, GO....SELL PIZZA!!!
This year we will have an all church fundraiser selling Chicago's Legendary Gino's East Deep Dish Pizza! It will be fun and simple. You will be given an order form to take orders and collect the $10.00 per pizza ahead of time. We will be selling the four different pizzas from April 8-22, 2007. The pizza will be delivered to the church on Sunday May 6, 2007 for you to pick up and deliver to your customers.
Prizes will be awarded to the family or individual who sells the most pizza.
Everyone should have a supply of these delicious pizzas in their home freezer for a quick meal or when company stops by.
Let’s make this the best pizza sale ever and make money for our church. Questions call Barb Lee 847-251-0007.
This fundraiser will take the place of the Pancake Breakfast.
“Can Our Grandkids Trust Us? Evanston and Global Warming”
Please join the Network for Evanston’s Future for our annual Earth Month forum on Sunday, April 29th (2:00 – 5:00 PM). This year’s event is an action-oriented discussion of what Evanston can do to counter global warming.
The keynote speaker is Dave Cieslewicz, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. Madison’s municipal government has not only taken innovative steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but has actively partnered with its citizenry in this effort. Following last year’s appearance, Evanston’s City Manager Julia Carroll will also speak, presenting her first annual report on Evanston’s progress toward sustainability.
Break out groups will feature a variety of opportunities to translate ideas into action here in Evanston. Topics will include transportation, energy, and housing issues; greening congregations and businesses; a production-level organic farm; water and food sources; and ecology for middle and high school students.
The afternoon’s discussions will be capped off by the presentation of the Network’s first annual sustainability award honoring the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation for building a LEED-certified synagogue.
Everyone is invited to this free community forum. Sunday, April 29, 2007 (2:00 – 5:00 PM), at Beth Emet the Free Synagogue (1224 Dempster, Evanston). For information, contact Steve Perkins 773/269-4055.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2008