Hello Elgin Family!

I'm really looking forward to worshiping with all of you tomorrow. Lets all come prepared to encounter the living God

{}Here are this week's announcements:

Tomorrow at 10:00am we will meet again in praise and worship. This week's service has been planned for us by Glenn Kreuschner and our speaker will be Sylvia Elrod

We will once again be streaming our service for anyone who cannot be with us in person but would like to tune in. As of now there are three or four other congregations in the Mission Center not yet meeting in person and so they will likely be joining us by streaming the service.

The login for worship is the same one we have been using this year for the CMC services.

The service info and link are:

     1     The Zoom meeting will open at 9:45am.

     2     The service will begin at 10am.

     3     Some folks joining us on Zoom will be participating in this week's service and we are very grateful for their willingness to serve.

     4     If there is a group of people joining online from other places, we will offer a post-worship fellowship group for those persons, but the folks worshipping at Elgin will not be able to participate in that segment.

     5     Hymn texts are not printed in the bulletin.  They will be projected as part of the Zoom meeting for all to see.

Theme: Count the Stars

Presiding: Glenn Kreuschner

Speaking: Sylvia Elrod

A/V: Sheryl Sawyer

I have attached the bulletin to this email, please print it out and bring it with you. It is also available online at https://chicagomissioncenter.org/cmc-worship-bulletin-2-13-22/

Here is the login information for the Elgin/CMC Worship…

Join Zoom Meeting via computer or smart phone:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83305862258?pwd=UUl4S1JnUXlSMjJpbGEyNi9RQzU5Zz09

Join Zoom Meeting via landline:

Call: (312) 626-6799

Meeting ID: 833 0586 2258

Passcode: 244046

BIG NEWS!   SUNDAY SCHOOL RETURNS!!!

Sunday school classes resume on Sunday, April 3 with the Adults studying the book, Pursuing God's Will Together by Ruth Haley Barton. Craig will be leading our discussions. One book will be provided for each family.

Children's Sunday School will also begin on April 3 with Linda Meyer leading the class.  

Starting April 3, 2002 our new schedule will be:

9:45am.  Coffee time

10:00am Sunday School

11:00am Worship

EASTER BASKETS!!

Linday Meyer will be collecting items for Easter Baskets for the Crisis Center starting March 6th, 2022 through April 10th, (Palm Sunday), we will be assembling them on Palm Sunday to be taken after church to the Crisis Center. Monetary donations are also welcome to buy needed items.  A box for the items will be in the foyer for the collection.  We will be making 16 baskets altogether.

A big thank you ahead of time for all of your generous contributions.

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

March 2 Lisa Jauch

March 6 Sylvia Elrod

March 19 Ellen Smith

Here are some other on line opportunities you may be interested in:

From the World Church, anyone who is interested in further study regarding WCR 1319 on nonviolence should plan to attend these Thursday evening workshops:

All are invited to engage in USA field-wide conversations on nonviolence. This experience is planned to address WCR 1319 in preparation for World Conference 2023.

Each online session is scheduled for two hours. 
• Session 1: Thurs, March 31, 7:00PM CT— Introduction—Barbara Carter, facilitator
• Session 2: Thurs, April 7, 7:00PM CT— History—Lach Mackay, facilitator
• Session 3: Thurs, April 21, 7:00PM CT— Scripture—Ron Harmon, facilitator
• Session 4: Thurs, April 28, 7:00PM CT— Principled and Pragmatic Nonviolence—David Nii, facilitator
• Session 5: Thurs, May 5, 7:00PM CT— What role should nonviolence play?—Robin Linkhart, facilitator

Information about registration and preparation materials will be communicated in the coming weeks.

And our friends in Europe have sent out an invitation to join them for the following activities:

Bible Art Journaling

Led by Rachelle Kent

Date and Time: Saturday February 5th, 8:00pm Brussels/7:00pm UK/1:00pm Independence MO (CST)

Email Rachelle at redseashelle@yahoo.com to receive the zoom link.

MARCH 13, 2022 Announcements

BLACK = general information;RED = Elgin Cong;  BLUE = CHI MISSION CTR/ CofCHRIST

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