Koinonia-Mar2016-email

SUNDAY Join us on the journey to Our church community newsletter for March 2016 • www.parkridgeumc.org

27MAR EASTER SUNDAY
2016

SEASON OF LENT 2016

From the pastor’s heart

T he time honored tradition for Christians in Lent has been to let go of a particular sin or bad
habit or distracting element in one’s life that may serve to cause friction or distance in one’s
relationship with God. Another emerging tradition is taking upon oneself a new practice
of spiritual nurture or learning or discovery that may serve to draw one into a closer relationship
with God. Over the seasons of Lent I’ve read poetry (Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry), explored
contemplative/centering prayer and this year an introduction to mosaics art class at the Chicago
Mosaic School, a non-profit school that teaches mosaic art and
design. It is located in Ravenswood Corridor on Chicago’s North Side.

My teacher’s name is Ahmed and he recently completed an installation of a mosaic
in the newly renovated sanctuary at Mary Seat of Wisdom Catholic Church in Park
Ridge. (At right is one of his pieces.) He is a brilliant mosaic artist and has us in pieces
with his jokes (get it, mosaic, pieces?). I had to learn how to cut with fine snippers
glass and porcelain and other material into small squares and other geometric
shapes. Cutting hard material is laborious and less than creative. The pieces are
jagged and will never fit together in the same way ever again. The process is steeped
in metaphor. As I break the pieces apart, I lament the brokenness in parts of my life.
I wonder if the mosaic I will create will have any particular beauty or attractiveness
once I am done. Will I find wholeness?

In the weeks of Lent, as we gather for
worship and prayer, study groups and conversation, I can see within the
beautiful images of John August Swanson’s paintings a lot of brokenness
– individual pieces of color – lighter and darker hues of green, red, yellow,
blues and browns. Close up they are all a myriad of dots; farther away
they are one composition, a work of art. Like a mosaic, Swanson’s work is
brokenness transformed into wholeness to create a blessing to eye and
heart.

I am hoping that for you this Lenten season can be a time of quiet or
focused attention on the pieces of your life – dark and light, light and
heavy, ugly and beautiful, habitual and random – that you wish to be made into one whole. Are you finding more
jagged edges? Are you working too hard at putting back something that will never fit right again? Does it need a new
frame, a new look, a new start?

As Easter approaches and the days of Holy Week (March 20-27), consider the ways Jesus’ wondrous love may bring
you to a greater wholeness. Take up his example of healing, serving, saving, caring and changing what was into what
can be, a pile of broken tiles into a beautiful mosaic representing a resurrection of faith in your life and a new found
wholeness. May you share that love with someone who finds the world particularly unlovely and unloving. Blessings
to you for the remainder of our Lenten season.

See you in church,

Pastor David

Worship in March: What Wondrous Love

Jesus’ last week extended through the weeks of Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and into the
Easter celebration of the Resurrection.

6 Love that Feeds

4th Sunday in Lent / March 6

Matthew 26:17-30 • The Last Supper

Service of Holy Communion
followed by a Fiesta of Faith and Friendship: A Celebration
of our Shared Ministry with Humboldt Park UMC

13 Love that Serves

5th Sunday in Lent / March 13

John 13:1-20 • Jesus Washes Disciples’ Feet

20 Love that Saves
25
27 Palm & Passion Sunday / March 20

Mark 11:1-11 & Luke 22:47-53 • The Betrayal & Arrest

Love that Dies

Good Friday / March 25

Mark 15:21-3 & Luke 23:53-56 • The Crucifixion & Burial
12 Noon: All-ages worship, lunch & Easter basket project
7:00pm: Worship with Music & Tenebrae

Love that Lives

Easter Sunday / March 27

John 20:1-18 • Mary announces “Christ is Risen!”
Unity Worship at 9:30am only / Service of Holy Communion

Welcome to Jennifer Calito, 3
our new Youth Ministries Director!

Jennifer Calito is a middle school teacher at Pui Tak Christian School in Chinatown. She
grew up attending Glenview United Methodist Church where she was involved in youth
ministries, teaching confirmation, and leadership. She is a life-long learner and actively
pursuing her doctorate in educational leadership. Her family includes husband Raul Calito,
son Christian Calito, and two daughters Jasmine and Kaylee. Jennifer enjoys many hobbies
including reading, singing, and knitting. She also enjoys a variety of Christian music from
Gospel, Christian Rock to contemporary Praise and Worship. For rest and relaxation, she
loves cruising and snorkeling in the Caribbean!

Jennifer will begin her ministry among us on March 1. The Staff Parish Relations Committee
gives thanks for the congregation’s prayers through our search process. Again, we give thanks for the work of Leah
Cozad who has served as our interim youth leader.

WORSHIP & POTLUCK What Wondrous Love:
SUNDAY MARCH 6 study & discussion

Join us in celebration of our partnership with Humboldt Park UMC. Join our study leaders for a wonderfully rich and
We will be joined in worship at 9:30 am by the pastor and artistic journey into the last days of Jesus’ life. The
scriptures describing Holy Week, Palm Sunday
several members of their congregation, and then share in a through Good Friday, will be used in our study
wonderful fiesta potluck brunch in Jorgensen Hall after worship. along with images and artwork from John August
Swanson. Two times to gather are being offered:
The relationship between our two congregations is 50+ years and we Sunday 11am during the regular Adult Education
have much to celebrate. FUMC members are invited to bring a class with Lisa Campbell and Miriam Schuman, and
potluck dish to share: Wednesday 7pm with Pastor David; both sessions
will be in the Library.
Last names A-M: bring a dessert
Last names N-Z: bring a salad Our 8am service
moves to the parlor

The chapel service has moved to the parlor to
make the service more accessible to all members.
Bring your coffee or tea with you to gather for early
worship from 8:00-8:45am.

Thank you, Moon Ja!

Visitors and church members alike have noticed the
lovely original art works which decorate our parlor
and second floor. They are the watercolor creations
of member MoonJa Park, and we are thankful for her
generosity in sharing them with us.

UMW News

UMW Monthly Luncheon Easter flowers and
your loved ones
10THMURASDRAY The United Methodist Women invite you to a
light supper on Thursday, March 10, at 6:00 pm.

Our program will be “A New Gospel for Women.”

Our speaker will be Kristen DuMez, professor of 21MMONADRAY If you would like to
purchase a plant for display
history at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She in the sanctuary on Easter

has written a biography of Kate Bushnell, Methodist leader Sunday, call the office by

in Evanston during the latter part of the 1800s and the first Monday, March 21. Flowers

part of the 1900s. Miriam Circle are hostesses and Esther- are $20.00 each. Please indicate if

Priscilla are greeters. $10/person for dinner and talk. (Note you would like the plant to be “in

that this is an evening program.) For more info, contact memory of” or “in honor of,” along

Andrea Thomas or Dorothy Silver. with the individual’s name. You can

drop your check and information
into the offertory plate on Sunday
Love Sunday or drop it by the office.

Thank you for your support of the UMW Love Sunday special offering. If you Sunday Suppers
have not made your donation yet, there is still time. Checks can be made out to
“UMW” with “Love Sunday” in the memo line. Send them either to Connie Bruce The Park Ridge Ministerial
or to the office. This money will be used to help support local charities. Association invites everyone in
need of a hot meal to Sunday
Find Your Happiness! Suppers at St. Luke’s Lutheran
Church, 205 N. Prospect Ave., Park
Save the date for the upcoming special UMW sponsored Ridge. Every Sunday evening from
fundraiser event on April 15 and 16. “Find Your Happiness” 6-7 pm a FREE meal is served and
will be the theme explored with an Art Show and Silent fellowship is enjoyed. Doors open
Auction on Friday night from 7-9 pm. We have amazing at 5 pm. The meal ministry is co-
talent within our own congregation! On Saturday there will sponsored by First UMC. The meal
be workshops. We are still working on details. If you have is for any and every one of every
questions and/or ideas, contact Andrea Thomas or Dorothy Silver. age, income and family structure.

Reach Out & Read! Thanking First UMC
for loving our refugee
Every child deserves a book of his or her own. There are many who do not have neighbors
one. UMW is collecting new or used ones for children under five years old.
Contributions can be placed in the marked box near the coat room. Several of our middle school youth
and adults attended the “Love Your
UMW book read (Refugee) Neighbor” event held
Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Kingswood
3SAUNPDRAY Why do we have so much stuff, and what should UMC in Buffalo Grove. First UMC
we do about it? Our UMW social justice reading Park Ridge was a co-sponsor of the
club will read and discuss the book, The Life- event that had youth gather for
Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of fun, learning stations on the Syrian
Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo. This best- refugee crisis, meal and concert
seller is helping people all over the world rethink their featuring Basil & the Supernaturals.
attachment to possessions. This book will help us figure We had over 70 youth and adults
out how to recycle, re-purpose or donate our belongings. from 7 congregations learning
Ms. Kondo’s selection criterion is simple: “Does it spark joy?” This book was together. Pastor David was part
brought to our attention by GoGreen Wilmette in a “Faith in Place” Program of the planning team, too. It was
held at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. We will meet to discuss the book on awesome!
Sunday, April 3 at 4:00 pm in the parlor. All are welcome.

5

One Great Senior high mission
Hour Of Sharing trip update meeting

13SMUNADARY All Senior High Youth are
invited to a summer mission

6SMUNADARY Together we reach children, families, trip meeting on Sunday,
and communities that have experienced
devastation in the wake of disaster. March 13, after worship. We
As responders around the globe
will be deciding our options for the

trip and constructing our timeline

scramble to help survivors, the United Methodist for fund raising and community

Committee on Relief, UMCOR, is prepared to building. Please be in touch with

act. Your generous giving to One Great Hour Pastor David if you cannot attend.

of Sharing allows UMCOR to act as the arms Youth Outreach bus
trip event
and legs of Christ’s church, moving toward the

most vulnerable in their darkest days. Because

you give, the United Methodist Church’s The Bishop’s Youth Bus
Trip is on Saturday, April
compassionate response to human suffering 16SAATUPRDRAY

continues today: 16th. Last year, two youth

• When tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, we from FUMC attended the
responded.
• When children in Zimbabwe lost parents to event and had a great time. The trip
AIDS, we responded.
• When a massive tsunami devastated lives in begins at First UMC Evanston (516
Japan, we responded.
• And when the next mass crisis occurs, we will be Church Street). Highlights include:
prepared to respond.
a visit to the Illinois Holocaust

Museum, hearing from families

impacted by migration crises such as

the refugee crisis in Syria, and a visit

UMCOR will be able to offer aid in Jesus’ name to a Native American center. Cost
to those who suffer because United Methodists
give through One Great Hour of Sharing. In fact, $35.00 (including light breakfast,
it’s your generous giving that allows us to respond when disaster strikes.
And as we respond, we recognize Jesus in those who are reeling in the wake Panera lunch, and museum fees).
of disaster. FUMC of Park Ridge invites all members to share a special gift
for UMCOR on Sunday, March 6. Bring your gift with you or send it into the Contact Pastor David ASAP to get
church office indicating “One Great Hour.”
registered by March 10.

Forum on the future
of the Northern Illinois
Conference

Help combat cystic fibrosis with Cindy Yelich 6SMUNADARY Bishop Sally Dyck invites all
NIC United Methodists to
20SMUNADARY FUMC member Cindy Yelich will be running in the NYC Half Marathon
on March 20, 2016 to raise awareness and funds for combating Cystic join her and other leaders

Fibrosis. From Cindy: at a regional conversation

“CF is a ‘thing’ that affects my family. My really cool niece Moya is 12 to be held at Neighborhood UMC

and has CF. She is a regular girl, loves to swim, makes amazing crafts, and in Maywood on Sunday, March

loves being Moya. The CF makes her different in that each day she spends 2 6 from 3:30-6 pm. Learn of the

hours each day, treating it. Research has made strides to make it better for CF direction, present challenges and

patients, but my goal is help raise money to one day find that cure to end CF.” future ministry of the conference

in this informative session. Go to

Go Cindy! Her goal is $1500. See Cindy’s fundraising page at www.firstgiving. www.umcnic.org for additional
com/fundraiser/cindy-yelich/2016-united-airlines-nyc-half-marathon.
information and to register.

FINANCE UPDATE First United
Methodist
2016 budget is approved Church
of Park Ridge
The Ad Council recently approved the 2016 budget as
proposed by the Finance Committee. A few highlights Rev. David Aslesen
of the budget include:
Pastor
• Contribution revenues are forecast to [email protected]
increase to $342,500 from 2015’s actual of $329,834.
Rev. Bob Campbell
The budgeted contributions level is still well below
levels seen in recent years ($371K in 2014; $391K in Director of Willow Wellness Center
2013). Growing our member contributions must be a focus for our church. www.willowwellness.com
Sunday Worship Services
• Expense control also remains important given our contributions level. at 8:00am and 9:30am
Children’s Sunday School: 9:30am
A milder winter may help us with lower snow removal and utilities expenses. Youth Sunday School: 11am
Adult Sunday School: 9am & 11am
• Staff Parish voted to provide raises to our administrative and lay staff. 418 West Touhy Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068
In addition, a new youth leader has been hired. Staff Parish’s budget rises www.parkridgeumc.org
modestly to approximately $210K. Church office: 847.825.3144
Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 2pm
• Building expense is expected to rise this year as Trustees is planning to Friday 8:30am -12 noon
Email: [email protected]
tackle a project to reinforce the foundation of the south wall of the parlor and
repair the front brickwork. Final project design and costs are being secured. facebook.com/
As our operating budget doesn’t have room for a larger than normal building FirstUMCParkRidge
expenditure without deficit spending, it is expected that the congregation
will be approached during the year with an appeal to help fund this important https://www.flickr.com/
project. We have already identified a donor who has agreed to a meaningful photos/112905823@N05/
“match funding” donation, where contributions to the project will be matched
by this donor. Further details to follow. Our Mission Statement
We are a multi-generational
• To avoid passing a deficit budget, we’ve been forced to hold the Christian community spreading
God’s love and welcoming all,
budgeted conference apportionment amount to $25K as we did in 2015. We offering spiritual growth and
will see how the year unfolds, and if our results exceed budget we hope to be in opportunities for compassionate
a position to add to the apportionment payment late in the year. service.
Our Welcoming Statement
If you have comments or suggestions on growing our contributions or At First UMC Park Ridge “welcoming
streamlining our expenses, please feel free to contact Pastor David or me. We all” means that we see all persons
are so thankful for everyone’s ongoing generosity and support. as created in the image of God
--- Chris Oberholtzer, Finance Chairman and bearing sacred worth and
dignity. We invite all persons to
Your civic duty: register to vote! participate fully in the life of our
church regardless of age, race, ethnic
Register directly online at https://ova.elections.il.gov. background, sexual orientation,
You can also visit the Cook County Clerk’s website at gender identity, physical or mental
www.cookcountyclerk.com to check your voter registration condition, marital status, family
status, request an absentee ballot application, view a sample situation, or economic
ballot,or find out your polling location. standing.

Early Voting for Maine Township residents begins on February
29 and will continue through March 14. The Maine Township office is located at
1700 Ballard Road (west of Greenwood).

Church security update is planned

Our First UMC Trustees want you to know that our church entry security system
will be upgraded sometime after Easter. All old security codes will be replaced.
Watch for more information about this in our church publications.

Kids News 7

Love! Love!PARENTING411 Love! Dates to
By Jolene Roehlkepartain / Vibrant Faith at Home remember!

Make Scripture reading more fun by March 27 • 10:30am
playing a game that gets people counting Easter Egg Hunt
and talking. March 31
Deadline to
Activity Plan register for Camp Allegro:
“The Tale of the Three Trees”
1. Say this prayer aloud to begin. April 30 • 4:30 - 6:30pm
Feed My Starving Children
For: Young Family God, thank you for loving us so much. May 4
Season: Winter Help us to love you more and each other. Deadline to register
Amen. for Creative Arts Camp
Needed: Bible, one copy of 2. Explain the rules of the game: at Wesley Woods
May 16
Bible Passages about Love, • Each person takes a turn at rolling the die. Deadline to register for
scissors, bowl, a single die • A number from one to six will appear. As VBS Camp Discovery
a family, start with the person who rolled June 6 -June 9
Prepare In Advance: the die and count around the circle to your 6:00pm-8:00pm
right, counting each family member until you VBS Camp Discovery
• Mark your Bible to get to the number on the die. For example, July 18-22
1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 13. if you have four people and someone rolls 9:00am-12 Noon
a six, you’ll go around the circle once and Camp Allegro
• Gather needed materials as then start going around a second time until “The Tale of the Three Trees”
listed above. you get to the number six. This helps young August 7-12
children learn how to count. Creative Arts Camp
• Print out one copy of Bible • The person who is the number on the die, at Wesley Woods
Passages about Love (see link such as six, gets to take one Bible passage out
below). of the bowl. That person then unfolds the to Sophia, Miss Anne,
paper and reads aloud the Bible passage. and Miss Ginnie!
• Cut out the 10 Bible passages • The person who read aloud the Bible
from the Bible Passages about passage then gets to roll the die.
Love, fold them, and place • Repeat the process.
them into a bowl.

Resources: • Play the game until all the Bible passages
have been read.
• Bible Passages about Love for
printing and cutting: 3. As a family, talk about these
questions one at a time:
Go to http://bit.ly/1SUR9Nz

• Why is love mentioned a lot in the Bible?

• How do you feel when you love someone?

• Can you love someone and be angry with him or her at the same time? Why or
why not?

• Which of these Bible passages do you like the best? Why?

4. Variation: Play the game again. Instead of choosing a Bible passage,
have the person name a person, pet, or something he or she loves.

Summer fun for kids!

Camp Discovery VBS will be held June 6th-9th from 6-8pm at Saint

Lukes Lutheran Church. We will have crafts, music, science experiments, and
games as we learn God’s plans for us. Campers can be in Pre-K through 5th
grade. More information and the registration forms will be available on our
website, or just ask Maureen!

Camp Allegro registration is now open! This music camp will be

held at St. Luke’s on July 18th - 22th at 9:00am. This year’s theme is The Tale
Of Two Trees. The children prepare a musical and the big performance is
Thursday night. More information and the registration forms are available
on our website, or just ask Maureen!

News from Planned Giving

“For the Lord is good, his steadfast love endures forever,
his faithfulness continues through all generations.” --- Psalm 100:5

“Through all generations” is a powerful concept and one that is at the heart of the Planned Giving Committee’s
purpose. After careful thought, we are announcing an initiative to support God’s enduring love through all generations
here at our church. This initiative will culminate in recognition of those who have committed to including First UMC

Park Ridge in their estate planning, thereby joining our Legacy Society.

We are not alone in this initiative. Many other UMC churches across the country have Legacy Societies which create a

growing fellowship that nurtures a culture of life-long giving by members of the UMC and lead by example. We are also

fortunate to have a number of members here at First UMC Park Ridge who

The IRA charitable have already committed to including the church in their estate plans. There
proelrlomvaenr eisnnt.ow is always room for more.

The Planned Giving Committee will provide additional information in the
coming weeks about estate planning in general, why it is important, what
This charitable giving opportunity you should consider, and how you can make the commitment and become a
part of our Legacy Society. It’s not scary. It can be private or anonymous.
is for Individual Retirement
Everyone’s circumstances and situations are different and we recognize that.
Account (IRA) owners who are
The time is right when it is right for you. Our goal is to increase awareness
age 70½ or older. The Protecting of the value of estate planning and prayerfully consider including First UMC
Americans From Tax Hikes (PATH) Park Ridge in those plans.
Act of 2015 makes permanent this

tax extender which allows tax-free Over the years we have been blessed with many contributions from
our members – Jorgesen Hall, stained glass windows from Herb Taylor,
charitable gifts of up to $100,000 remodeling of the prayer room & library and landscaping just to name a few.
per year from an IRA directly to the We are lucky that First UMC Park Ridge has a great heritage of including the
church or other qualified charity.
church in our estate planning and lifetime giving. The Legacy Society
The charitable rollover may also
be used as a tax planning tool. Get looks to extend this great heritage “through all generations”.
more information from the United
Methodist Foundation of Northern Want to Learn More? That’s great! Please contact David Aslesen, Rocky
Illinois website www.umfgift.org
or by calling the Foundation office, Daehler or one of the Planned Giving committee members - Janet Boryk, Gail
312.346.9766, extension 704 and Kellberg, Dorothy Silver, John Vandenbrink, Randy Wear. You can also sign
speak with Janet Boryk, Director of up for the Planned Giving newsletter that Janet Boryk publishes by going to
Planned Giving. nicumf.giftlegacy.com (that’s right, no www in front), you will find a wealth of
information. Click on the eNewsletter (which you can find on the right side
about 2/3rds of the way down the page) and sign up to get a weekly email
about Investments, Wills, Planned Giving and much, much more. This is a

great way to get started and learn more.

EVERGREEN CORNER 9

Water watching 9am Adult Sunday School

Did you know that reducing your meat Short Stories by Jesus
consumption can significantly reduce our
impact on water usage? Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables
of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy-Jill Levine
1. Meat production requires 4.4 times the offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of
amount of water as it takes to produce soy beans. Jesus’ parables, helping readers understand
2. Choosing plant proteins over beef can save as much as 1500 gallons how their original Jewish audience knew
of water per pound. them. She reveals the parables’ connections
3. More than 2/3 of all agriculture is devoted to growing feed for to first-century economic and agricultural
livestock While only 8 % is used to grow food for direct human life, social customs and morality, Jewish
consumption. scriptures and Roman culture and interprets
4. Producing meat can generate more greenhouse gas emissions than them for the contemporary reader, showing
everyday road transportation. how the parables are not just about Jesus,
but are also about us—and when read
For more details on the hidden water that we use, Check out this rightly, still challenge and provoke us two
article at the National Geographic: http://on.natgeo.com/1azRd0b. thousand years later.

Rain barrel basics Please join us Sunday in the Library; feel free
to join us from 9 am until 9:30 worship begins.
For every inch of rain that falls on 1,000 square
feet of roof, you can collect about 600 gallons of Our love and sympathy...
water. Besides providing a water source, eco-
friendly barrels reduce the amount of runoff to the Daehler family on the passing of Laura’s
flowing into waterways. They also help prevent mother Elaine Reichert on January 31st.
basement flooding by keeping water away from Services were planned for February 27th in
your home’s foundation. Getting started: Glen Ellyn.

• Find ready-to-use rain barrels in garden centers, home improvement Our love and prayers...
and hardware stores, and online.
• Make one out of something as simple as a 50-gallon plastic drum. are offered for Ray Greve, Alice Young,
Visit our friends at The Family Handyman for easy instructions. Naomi Holland (Kate Ferraro), Mike Guidotti,
• Avoid drinking rain barrel water or using it on edible plants due Warren Dempsey (Alice Crawford’s brother),
to potential leaching from roofing materials. Rain barrels aren’t Caroline Uhlig, and Angelo P. Loutos (Angelo
recommended for homes with tar-and-gravel roofs, asbestos shingles Loutos’ father).
or treated cedar shakes.
Save water for lawns, woody plants and ornamentals, as well as for Prayers for all U.S. service men & women,
washing windows or your car. Park Ridge is working with Chicago’s including David Bartel (Lorie and Al’s son),
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to offer rain barrels. For Maxwell Lewis (Glenn’s son), Tara Watamaleo
details, go to http://bit.ly/1gaG49y. (Ramona and Ralph Bishop’s granddaughter),
Joe Ingram (Pastor Rich’s nephew), Chris
The trouble with plastic Abbot (Ginnie Flynn’s brother-in-law), and
David Jackson (Mike Frisch).
Collecting plastics at curbside fosters the belief
that, like aluminum and glass, these will be Prayer Shawl Ministry
converted into new similar objects. This is not
the case with plastic. The best we can hope for will meet on Monday, March 7th and
plastics is that these will be turned into other Monday, March 21st in the church parlor at
products such as doormats, textiles, plastic 1pm. Come to share stories whether or not
lumber, etc. These products will still end at you knit or crochet.
some point in a landfill. Requesting a shawl?
This is not recycling, but down-cycling. But not even down-cycling is Contact Marilynn Fisher
happening. In the US, 93% of plastics are NOT recovered (put in plastic at (847) 692-4656.
“recycling” bins). These go straight to landfills. (EPA data courtesy of
GoGreen ParkRidge)

Outreach

MISSION & MINISTRY Help
feed the
Why Senegal? Why hope? Why not? hungry in
Northwest
This March I am returning to West Africa as a member of Team Senegal 2016, Chicago.
seven persons representing five faith communities. As you may recall, Judy
Warner and Deb Hill of First UMC joined this team in 2014 for that mission Please remember to bring
trip. Although I cannot be super active at FUMC, I treasure my membership non-perishable food items
and enjoy every occasion that brings us together in faith and fellowship! I for collection in our Outreach
share this news with you upon my departure and welcome your prayers. donation baskets located at the
Grant Place entrance. Donations
For me, being a small part of a huge mission effort with L’Eglise Methodiste are delivered every month to
Unis au Senegal through the Senegal Initiative of the United Methodist New Hope United Methodist
Church (Advance # 12594A) is an honor and a privilege. As a member of Church’s Community Food
FUMC Park Ridge, I’m inspired by your mission spirit and carry you with me. Pantry.
As a staff person at Trinity UMC Wilmette, I go with a spirit of ministry to
make these rich connections for strengthening of God’s mission for God’s Items Needed:
church. This year I will spend most of my time with Edouard Ndecky and
Anna Goode, a missionary couple pictured here with Madeline and Celia • Cereal
Petersen when they visiting in October of 2014. Edouard who is training • Baking items
for the Summer Olympics in track as a national athlete and Anna who • Canned soups & meats
coordinates their work in the streets, dedicate their work to the children in • Canned fruit & vegetables
the streets— clothing and feeding them, and providing opportunities to • Tuna
experience the love of God in everyday ways that we might take for granted. • Pork & Beans
• Dry Beans
My hope is to return as the hands and feet of Christ, using my prayers, • Tomato products
presence, gifts, service and witness as my constant guide. I believe Jesus led • Peanut Butter
by example, teaching us to care for the poor and to help alleviate suffering • One Pot Meals
and empower others to know God. The picture below of me, a child and a • Pasta & Pasta Sauce
grass hut was taken in a small village where there is a feeding center. The • Dried/Powdered Milk
children receive a fortified meal once a month made possible by money • Baby Food
raised from Trinity’s annual pumpkin patch. Please pray for the children far • Bar Soap
and near. I look forward to sharing my trip with you. • Toilet Paper
• Disposable Diapers
Peace in Christ, Catherine Inserra • Paper Towels
• Toothbrushes
For more about the UMC Global Ministries project in Senegal and how you • Toothpaste
may donate, go online to http://bit.ly/1PTNXf1. • Deodorant

March 2016

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 9:30am First UMC ParkRidge

Sunday Monday Tuesday W ednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1234 5
Set-up f or Luncheon -
5:45 PM Jazzer- 8:30 AM Staf f 8:30 AM Book 3:30 PM Music
Jorgeson
February cise - Jorgeson Meeting Study - Parlor Lessons - 10:30 AM Mus ic Less ons -
S MTWT F S
7:00 PM Sc out 1:00 PM Music 5:45 PM Jazzer- Sanc tuary Sanc tuary
123456 7:00 PM Mod Squad Wine
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Leaders hip - Lessons - cise - Jorgeson
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Tasting - Prueitt/Sterling
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 parlor Sanc tuary 6:30 PM Spanish H ou se
28 29
7:00 PM Bible Class - Library

Study - Medita-

tion Rm

7:00 PM Lent

Study - Library

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
10:30 AM Mus ic Less ons -
8:00 & 9:30 A M W ors hip 1:00 PM Pray er 5:45 PM Jazzer- 8:30 AM Staf f 8:30 AM Book 3:30 PM Music
Sanc tuary
Fies ta of Faith and Friend-Shawl - Parlor cise - Jorgeson Meeting Study - Parlor Lessons -
ship with Humboldt Pk 3:30 PM Music 19
U MC 1:00 PM Music 10:30 AM UMW Sanc tuary 9:00 AM Sc outs Merit

Lessons - Lessons - Board - Library Badge Clinic - Jorges on
519::003PL0:30uaA0nrMPlcoAMDhrMiesYocFunosiue-stisoJhtnoaGGrgorroeofusupFop-anL-iitbhra7ry:ASP3naa0ronlPonc MrytumaFroayums-iles 10:30 AM Mus ic Less ons -
Sanc tuary 5:45 PM Jazzer-
Sanc tuary
6:00 PM UMW cise - Jorgeson

Dinner - Parlor 6:30 PM Spanish

7:00 PMBible Study Class - Library
- Meditation Rm 7:30 PM
7:00 PMLent Study
- Li brary To ast m a st ers-
Parlor

13 14 15 16 17 18

8:00 & 9:30 A M W ors hip 3:30 PM Music 5:45 PM Jazzer- 8:30 AM Staf f 8:30 AM Book 3:30 PM Music
Study - Parlor Lessons -
9:00 A M D iscus s ion Group - Li braryLe ssons - cise - Jorgeson Meeting
10:30 A M C offee Hour - Pa rl or 5:45 PM Jazzer- Sanc tuary
11:00 A M A dult Study - Lib rary Sanc tuary 7:00 PM All 1:00 PM Music

11:00 AM Sr. High Mis sion7:30 PM Familes Means All - Lessons - cise - Jorgeson

Trip update Anony mous- Parlor Sanc tuary 6:30 PM Spanish

11:00 A M S tude nt Choi r - SanctuaryParlor 7:00 PM Bible Class - Library

1:00 PM Allegro Rec ital - Study - Medita- 7:00 PM Trus tees
Sanc tuary
tion Rm Meeting - Parlor

2:00 PM Campground 7:00 PM Lent

Trus tees - Parlor Study - Library

5:30 PMYouth Group - Parlor

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
10:30 AM Mus ic Less ons -
8:00 & 9:30 A M W ors hip 1:00 PM Pray er 10:00 AM E & P 8:30 AM Staf f 8:30 AM Book 3:30 PM Music
Circ le - Parlor Meeting Study - Parlor Lessons - Sanc tuary
9:00 A M D iscus s ion Group - Li braryShawl - Parlor
10:30 A M C offee Hour - Pa rl or 5:45 PM Jazzer- 1:00 PM Music 5:45 PM Jazzer- Sanc tuary
11:00 A M A dult Study - Lib rary 3:30 PM Music

11:00 A M S tude nt Choi r - SanctuaryLessons - cise - Jorgeson Lessons - cise - Jorgeson

11:00 AM Y outh Sunday Sanc tuary Sanc tuary 7:30 PM
School - Y outh Room 7:00 PM Boy
7:00 PM Bible Toastmasters-

4:00 PM Cub Scouts Blue &Scouts Court of Study - Medita- Parlor

Gold Banquet - J orges on Honor - tion Rm

5:30 PM Y outh Group - Jorgeson

Parlor 7:30 PMFami les

Anon ymous-Parlor

27 28 29 30 31

Easter Sunday 3:30 PM Music 5:45 PM Jazzer- 8:30 AM Staf f 8:30 AM Book

9:30 AM Unity Wors hip Lessons - cise - Jorgeson Meeting Study - Parlor Ap ril
S MTWT F S
Serv ice - Sanctuary Sanc tuary 7:00 PM Susanna1:00 PM Music 5:45 PM Jazzer-
12
10:30 A M C offee Hour - Pa rl or 7:30 PM Familes Circ le Lessons - cise - Jorgeson 3456789
11:00 A M S tude nt Choi r - SanctuaryAnony mous- 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
11:00 AM Y outh Sunday Parlor Sanc tuary 6:30 PM Spanish 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
School - Y outh Room 7:00 PM Bible Class - Library
5:30 PM Y outh Group -
Study - Medita- 7:00 PM Ly dia
Parlor
tion Rm Circ le

7:00 PM Miriam

Circ le

Weekly Events: Monday - Boy Scouts 7:30 pm



• HE • IS • RISEN•

What wondrous love...and you are invited! Share the joy of Easter Sunday
at our unity worship service March 27th at 9:30am.