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ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING The 2010 OGHS theme is inspired by John 20:15017 when Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” If you are familiar with this scripture, you know that after Peter confesses to loving Jesus, Jesus tells him, “Feed my sheep.” We too are called to care for all who are in need, just as God cares for each of us. The initial monies we sent to Haiti after the earthquake came from last year’s OGHS donations; this year’s will go there too, as well as to other places in need. So we hope you can give generously! In 2008, OGHS funds were invested in the following ways: 62% went to Education, Health, and Agricultural assistance; 9% to National Disasters; 9% to Refugees Ministries; 7% to International Emergencies; 6% to Administration; 6% to Program Materials and 1% to Program Monitoring. We received $3,048,840 for the One Great Hour offering. In addition, our churches and members gave more than $924,440 to UCC special appeals for domestic and international emergencies. Our One Great Hour of Sharing focus Sunday will be SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd. We’ll receive donations throughout the month of March.
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Upcoming Events MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 1st, worship is at 7:30 PM. WE will remember jesus’ last supper with holy communion and hear the story of that fateful night when he is betrayed, arrested, and put on his first trial. GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, WORSHIP IS AT 7:30 PM. We are still planning this service; there may be a chancel drama instead of our usual good Friday service. We will still remember the 7 last words from the cross. EASTER WORSHIP will be SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH at both 7:00 and 10:00 am. There is no Sunday School that day; we hope for the easter breakfast to be in full swing from 8:15 to last serving at 9:00 AM in between the two services. Holy communion will be celebrated at both services but other details are still in the planning stages (music and so on). Please plan to come if you are able to these services that mark the events that are foundational to our faith.
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Our People YVETTE GETS THE CALL!
St. Peter’s member Yvette EBER was called to become the next Pastor and Teacher of Immanuel U.C.C. of Evergreen Park after she led worship and preached on January 24th. She began her service there on February 15th, after concluding many years of faithful service as the Director of Christian Education Ministries at Northminster Presbyterian Church, Evanston. She is applying for licensure from the Chicago Metropolitan Association so she can celebrate the sacraments prior to ordination (she still has one last requirement to fulfill before she can move on in the ordination process). We wish God’s blessings upon her and Immanuel church as they begin their new ministry together!
NEW OFFICERS, BOARDS INSTALLED
On Sunday, January 25th we held our Annual Congregational Meeting. We passed the budget, elected our Board members and Officers, and received annual reports. Thank You to the Dinner Committee for preparing the lunch to tide us through! Here are your 2010-2011 Officers and Boards:
President: Rich SCHNEIDER
Vice President: Amanda STEEGMUELLER Treasurer: Peggy REINS Secretary: Marlene RUSSELL Financial Secretary: Ralph BURMEISTER ELDERS: Heidi Tarzian, Carol Iannotti, Sue Bailey, Maria Altmayer, Alice Schaller, (and our V. P.!)
TRUSTEES: David Rees, Rich Miller, Kathy Zipperer, Errol Mitchell, Louie Lopez
FINANCE: Jim Todd, Beth Brzozowski, Bill Schaller, (Plus Peggy R. and Ralph B.)
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Jennifer Schwartz, Susan Garcia, Barb Poddig, Laurie Mitchell, Annie Uchtman
DEACONS: Roy Svenson, Don Kahn, Beth Lanford, Peter Svenson, David Iannotti
HOSPITALIZED Evelyn PETERSON went to the hospice unit of Skokie Hospital (formerly Rush North Shore) in mid-February. Ken ITTER was at St. Francis Hospital for heart surgery and is currently rehabbing at Alden Estates on Touhy Avenue before a 2nd unrelated surgery later.
Please keep these persons and their families in your prayers. Thank you.
IN MEMORIAM Robert J. Springer, 38, died unexpectedly at the Florida home of his mother Rosemary on February 2nd. Robby was the Confirmation Class of 1986, and was a celebrated bowler. He bowled a perfect 300 five times and was a member of the American Bowling Congress. He also belonged to the Skokie Athletic Association and was known as a helpful, kind-hearted person who made friends easily and was ready to lend a hand when friends asked. He also enjoyed fishing and visiting his friends in Antioch when he was growing up. Survived by his mom Rosemary and his brothers Joe, Richard, Ted, Lee, Chuck and Michael, his funeral was held on Tuesday, February 9th at the Haben Funeral Home and he was buried in the church cemetery. Rev. Lanford officiated. Please remember the family in prayer.
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Fundraising The flavored coffees are $9 and the “regular” coffees are $8 each. We have both decaffeinated and regular.
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Items of Note LENTEN MIDWEEK WORSHIP SERIES The Wednesdays following Ash Wednesday, we are looking at “The Seven Deadly Virtues” COURAGE Was Feb. 24th PURITY & HUMILITY March 3rd HONESTY March 10th DILIGENCE & CHARITY March 17th FIDELITY March 24th Anyone can come at any time. An offering plate will be out for free-will offerings. We share prayer requests and sing a pair of hymns. It is a good way to get a mid-week re-charge of the spiritual battery in the peaceful setting of our sanctuary.
THE LENTEN MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDY Our Lenten Soup-n-Study returned to actual Bible Study last year, and in 2010 we will again have an actual discussion of the Word. No videos! This year we are going to read, re-read, and talk about the chapters 7-15 of the book that tells us about the earliest version of Church! The study workbook we are using is published by our own United Church Press and is part of the “God is Still Speaking” family of publications. The author of this year’s study booklet is the Rev. Lillian Daniel, a local United Church of Christ pastor. Each week we have some homework to do in the reading of the chapters and answering some questions in the workbook before the session. We began on Thursday, February 18, the day after Ash Wednesday.
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Our Wider Church CHANGES IN THE CMA Please remember our Conference and Association in your prayers for the Church. |
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St. Peter's United Church of Christ
8013 Laramie Street
(Laramie and Oakton Streets)
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 847.673.8166
Fax: 847.674.7691
Email: RevLanford@aol.com