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Ministry Opportunities
Playground
Clean Up
THIS,
Sunday, June 23rd after worship service, we
will be cleaning up the playground toys and equipment.
Bring your work gloves and cleaning supplies and join us!
60th
Anniversary Celebration
Join us in commemorating this 60th year of our church and
continuing our mission by purchasing a canvas tote bag ($25),
reusable grocery bags ($5) and/or stickers that allow you to
use an app to get credit for every time you refill your
grocery bag or water bottle and support important initiatives
for clean water through the Fill It Forward organization https://fillitforward.com.
Everything is on sale now in the narthex (or stop by the
church office). Follow the link to see Fill It Forward’s
partnerships https://fillitforward.com/giving/
and the clean water causes that are helped by your scans.
A
Doin' Good BBQ
Together with other neighboring Mayors, Woodridge Neighbors
Helping Neighbors Disaster Recovery has created a tornado
disaster Friendraiser to be held on Wednesday, June
26th, to benefit our neighbors at Woodridge
County Club #5 condos that still have not been able to return
to their homes after the 2021 Father’s Day tornado. Please
join us for a BBQ with entertainment, an auction and more at
Seven Bridges Golf Club. Tickets are $75 per
person. See the e-News, go to WoodridgeNHN.org for
tickets. Call Stephanie Tarczon 630.853.8558 for more
information.
Celebrate
the Yims
Pastor Dave “Dae Gyu” Yim will join us for his first worship
service on Sunday,
July 7th. Come welcome him and his
family by attending service and joining in a reception
directly afterwards. There will be cake!!!
Sign
Up for a Meet and Greet with Pastor Dave Yim
Pastor Dave Yim would like to get know everyone at Woodridge.
Sign up for a “Meet and Greet” session for a casual time of
conversation and listening to one another. Please sign up in
the Narthex on Sundays or contact Patti Cash at patti@patticashmarketing.com
to pick a time you would like to attend. The sessions will
last approximately an hour and will take place at church.
Saturday
July 13 at 9AM
Tuesday,
July 16 at 7PM
Wednesday,
July 24 at 7PM
Monday,
July 29 at 12PM
Saturday,
August 10 at 9AM
New
Bulletin Board
Come see the updated bulletin board in the church
hallway! It still has everyone’s inspirations and
thankfulness, but now it also has everyone’s greetings in the
form of the fans we used while passing the peace during
social distancing.
Second Saturday
Diners
Is taking a break for the summer and will meet again in
September.
Bible
Study Classes
Once Pastor Dave has arrived and gotten
settled (after July 1st), he will determine the continuation
of the classes, their meeting days and times in consultation
with those currently participating. Please be patient as he
learns his way around WUMC.
Sunday School
Activity Bags are available in the Narthex.
We use inspiring stories, creative crafts, and fun games—all
done with guidance of loving, dedicated teachers—to engage
our students.
Here’s our process: Children begin the worship
service in the sanctuary with their family. Following the
“Praying” segment, the children will be invited up to the
chancel steps for conversation with the pastors. (We call
that time “Conversing with Children.”) Following that, the
Sunday School teacher will meet the children in the Narthex
(the big room outside the sanctuary) and walk them to their
classroom. They will be in either the Trinity Room in the
main hallway or the Blue Room in the Preschool wing.
Toastmasters
Would you like to speak with more confidence in any setting?
Toastmasters can help! The Woodridge Toastmasters club meets
on the 2nd
and 4th Thursday of the month at Woodridge United Methodist
Church. Come visit us and see for yourself!
For more information contact John.
Northern
Illinois Conference
Introducing Pastor Dave (DaeGyu) Yim
Pastor Dave (Dae-gyu) Yim was born and raised in Incheon,
South Korea. He married Bang-Wool in 2010 in Seoul, South
Korea. He is the father of a 13-year-old son, Jiho, a
10-year-old son, Jiwon, and an 8-year-old son, Jisung.
Pastor Dave personally accepted Jesus as Savior while in
middle school, an experience that remains vivid. While
praying with his mom, he felt that God loves him so much.
Later, in high school, he was on a short-term mission trip to
the Philippines, where God reaffirmed God’s love, extending
it not only to Pastor Dave but also to the people he
encountered in the Philippines. He firmly believes that the
universal love of God is available for all men and women
worldwide through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Pastor Dave graduated from Methodist Theological Seminary in
Seoul, South Korea, in 2008. He earned his master’s degree
from Methodist Graduate School in Seoul in 2011. In 2011,
immediately after completing his graduate studies, Pastor
Dave came to the United States to study abroad, accompanied
by Bang-Wool and Jiho. He obtained his M.Div. (Master of
Divinity) degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological
Seminary in Evanston in 2015. Bang-Wool majored in music
composition at Soong-Sil University in Seoul in 2005, and she
has been providing piano lessons for many children while also
accompanying piano at various churches. Pastor Dave was
commissioned as a provisional member in 2020 and fully
ordained as an Elder in 2022.
Pastor Dave served as a student pastor and children minister
in Seoul for four years before he came to the United States.
He was an assistant pastor at Our Saviour’s UMC in Schaumberg
for two years while he was in the seminary. He dedicated five
years to ministering at Leland UMC & Ottawa Evangelical
UMC at a local pastor and four years to ministering at
Savanna First UMC as an Elder. Pastor Dave is deeply
passionate about facilitating both the physical and spiritual
growth of churches and helping people meet Jesus Christ. His
love for God’s churches is evident, and his heart is
committed to serving God, God’s people, and others in the
local community. Pastor Dave is also enthusiastic about
studying the Word of God and sharing its teachings with
church members. He loves visiting people. Additionally, he
holds a strong passion for mission work, music, caring for
children and youth, and people in need.
Pastor Dave enjoys listening to music, reading books, and
outdoor activities such as riding bicycle, hiking, and
gardening during his free time. He also likes playing table
tennis, guitar, and soccer. Family meals bring him joy, and
he appreciates all kinds of food. Pastor Dave has a deep love
for nature and trees.
Click here
to see a video from Pastor Dave and here
to see a video with his family.
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Dec. 13, 2023
Dear Servants in ministry,
Greetings in this holy time of anticipation and promise.
At this time of year, we celebrate the coming of a child.
Christmas, Epiphany, the boy Jesus in the temple—all center
on a child.
Indeed, children should always
be in our hearts and minds. And now, people
who were abused as children need our Christian compassion
and generosity.
Repair the Harm to Children,
the Northern Illinois Conference campaign to address the
needs of people who suffered abuse in a Boy Scout troop as
children, needs our support.
Many churches, including United Methodists, have chartered
Boy Scouts of America troops or packs over the years. As
part of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by these
survivors, the United Methodist Church has agreed to
contribute $30 million to a survivors’ fund over a
three-year period. Northern Illinois Conference’s share is
$754,348.
Your church can be part of the
healing for these survivors by committing an amount equal
to 1 percent of its budget to this fund.
This amount is payable over three years. Your church will
still have 99 percent for local and church-wide ministries.
We don't invite people to pledge because they participated
in the harm. We invite you to give because you care about
the welfare of children and want to help those who were
hurt as children to experience healing.
The Repair the Harm to Children
campaign is not only about financial compensation for the
survivors. We also commit to listening to
survivors, if they request it, with compassion. We will
also redouble our efforts to keep our churches safe for
children and vulnerable adults.
Our conference has received, as of this date, donations and
pledges from 28 churches and several individuals. We have
received commitments for $136,770, 18 percent of our goal.
So far, pledging churches have contributed $54,036.69. We look ahead with confidence that we Northern
Illinois United Methodists will achieve our goal.
Steps Toward Participation
- Your church identifies the amount
of its pledge.
- Visit umcnic.org/RepairtheHarm
and complete the Pledge Form linked from that page.
- When your church is ready to
begin fulfilling its pledge, visit the Make a Payment
link on that page. Remember, your church can fulfill
its pledge over three years.
This site also contains many resources
to help interpret the importance of this commitment. People
in your church who have participated in Scouts as young
people or leaders and those who care deeply about
children’s wellbeing can serve as ambassadors for this
opportunity to help others.
Please remember that Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and other youth organizations support
children’s faith formation and are worth hosting in our
churches. The BSA commits itself to
strengthened protections for participants. Adding your
church’s vigilant observations of Safe Sanctuaries
practices, Scout troops and packs can be a safe and
enriching experience.
Knowing about NIC churches’ and individuals’ generosity, I
look forward to our receiving your pledges and gifts.
It is good to be in ministry with you.
Peace
Dan Schwerin, Bishop
Northern Illinois Conference
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If you would like more information, you can
visit the FAQ page here.
Prairie
Central Informal Gatherings with the District Superintendent
Informational
gatherings will be held on the second Thursday of the
month.
Zoom Links (The links will stay the same for all meetings,
though clergy links and lay links will be different)
Clergy Gathering 9:00 am link.
Lay Gathering 7:00 pm link.
Lay persons: This is NOT for Lay Leaders only. It
is intended for all lay persons who want to know more about
what is going on and be connected.
Northern
Illinois Conference
Find out
about upcoming events in the Northern Illinois
Conference of the United Methodist Church by clicking
this link
Outreach
Opportunities
June Outreach Offering
Reconciling Ministries Network
Reconciling Ministries Network works to
advance justice and inclusion for all LGBTQ+ people in The
United Methodist Church and beyond.
Since 1984, RMN has worked to transform hearts, churches, and
communities. We do that through grassroots organizing,
resourcing and educating, denomination-level change-making,
pastoral care, and working with you: faithful people hopeful
for a reconciled Church.
Ways to donate to the June Outreach Offering:
- Check or cash in an Outreach
Offering envelope placed in the offering plate in the
- Narthex (the room outside the
sanctuary) or in the gold-plated mail slot at the
church’s east door.
- Online via our website. Select
“Current Month Outreach” in the drop down menu.
- Text the amount you want to give to
630-449-7121 and select “Current Month Outreach” in the
drop down menu.
Ongoing
Opportunities
"Goin' Green" Shoes & Clothes
Recycling Box
Located in the northeast corner of our parking lot,
this receptacle is a convenient place to recycle any shoes
and your clothes that are at or near the end of their
usefulness. Did you know discarded clothes account for
more total landfill space than any other waste item? The
“Goin’ Green” Box helps us reduce our waste.
West Suburban Food Pantry
There is a shopping cart that is waiting
for donations. It sits in the narthex, usually near the
sanctuary doors. The food pantry serves many
households and always welcomes
donations!!! We are all one bad month, week, or day
away from needing emergency food services. The
pantry strives to provide their customers with
nutritious meals like we would our own families.
Used Eyeglasses
There is a
basket also in the narthex for collecting
used eyeglasses. Kendra Manderfield Moore makes
sure that they are recycled to the Lions Club and Gift
of Sight groups. (Prescription eyeglasses only).
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