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Ministry Opportunities
First
Friday Lunch
Join us for lunch at noon TODAY Friday, December 6th.
Just bring your lunch and be ready for good conversation and
of course laughter. Everyone is welcome!
LAST
Chance - Gift Card Sales!!
That’s right, the Gift Card sales are back! You can purchase
gift cards for a variety of different stores and restaurants
- - including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Chipotle,
Chili’s, Jewel-Osco, Meijer, Starbucks, Target, Walmart and
many others - - and a portion of the sales will go toward the
WUMC general fund.
These gift cards make terrific presents to give to others
during the holidays, or you can purchase them and use them
for yourself. Order forms are available in the Narthex
and here. Please contact Troy and Karen Smith at
630-322-8830 if you have any questions.
Place
orders on December 8th
with pickup
on December 15th.
Adopt
a Family!!
This year we are again working with the West Suburban
Community Pantry and other area churches to support area
families this Christmas season. Woodridge UMC has
committed to providing 5 families with gifts and grocery gift
cards.
All gifts and gift cards are due back to church by Tuesday
December 10th. The church office closes at
noon on Tuesdays.
Try
to bring everything to worship service THIS Sunday, December
8th. (Remember to attach the tag to the
gift).
Christmas
Program & Cookie Reception
Christmas
Program & Cookie Reception
On December
15th, we will have a Christmas Program during
worship service.
Holiday
Card Making
On
Sunday, December 15th our youth
will lead us in making Holiday Cards after service church for
local nursing home residents. Plan on joining them while
enjoying the Cookie Reception!
Soup
"Train"!
Mike Marvel had another dental procedure and will be on a
soup diet for the next couple of months. We
are looking for people to make soup, freeze some in a quart
container(s) and bring it to church. Please label the
container with the type of soup. Pastor Dave will deliver the
soup to Mike.
Sign
Commitee Meeting
There is a Sign Committee meeting next Sunday,
December 15th after service to discuss the
layout/colors of the sign and any other questions you might
have. Be sure to get some cookies from the Cookie
Reception and make a Christmas card or two before you head to
the meeting.
60th
Anniversary Sign
Our current sign is 30 years old and no longer working.
In celebration of 60+ years together, we are working towards
replacing the broken sign with a new electronic messaging
sign. Designs and quotes have been requested from sign
companies. It
will be about $42,000. Thanks to generous donations, we
are most of the way there. We do still need an additional
$5000-$8000. Please join us in celebrating
our church and donate today! If you wish your donation
to be in memory or honor of a loved one, we will publish the
list when the sign is installed.
Second
Saturday Diners
We are looking for a host for Second Saturday Diners on Saturday, January
11th. We will all need a night out
during the short days of winter. Contact Gwenn for
details. Gwennedman@gmail.com
WUMC
Music Ensembles: 2024
Our Music Ministry offers you three ways to get involved: the
Handbell Choir, the Worship Band, and the Adult Choir. This
could be the year you take that “leap of faith” and join a
group! All ensembles are LOW commitment. We ask that you
please attend the rehearsals leading up to the service date.
It is that simple! For a full schedule see here
or the handout in the narthex. In order to plan music,
please RSVP to Carrie by the dates listed.
Next
Up: Worship Band please RSVP by Nov. 24th.
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Rehearsal
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Dec. 8
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11:20AM-12:30PM
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Music Room
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NO Rehearsal
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Dec. 15
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Blackhawks game
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Rehearsal
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Dec. 22
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11:20AM-12:30PM
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Music Room
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NO Rehearsal
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Dec. 29
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Blackhawks game
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Service
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Jan. 5
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10 AM (Epiphany)
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Rehearse in the sanctuary at 8:45 AM
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Youth
Group 2024
December
15th: Holiday Card Making and Holiday
Party - make cards after church for local nursing home
residents then head to our Holiday Party. More
information coming soon!
Music
and Mischief: A West Towns Christmas
Join the West Towns Chorus (with our own Carrie Marcotte as
director) as they bring in the Christmas season with our
annual Christmas Show 2024! On Saturday, December
14th at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm at the Huizenga
Auditorium at Timothy Christian Schools in Elmhurst (188 W
Butterfield Road). This year’s guests include Affinity
Strings, Genuine Brass Quintet and other fun
surprises!! Ticket prices are $27-$32. Call
630.201.5544 for tickets or see the flyer in the narthex for
other ways to purchase tickets.
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.
Blood Drive at St.
Scholastica - Save the Date
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a blood drive at St.
Scholastica on Saturday, January 4th from
7:30 am to noon. To schedule your donation,
go to www.versiti.org/IL or call
800-7TO-GIVE. Appointments appreciated; walk-ins are welcome!
Photo ID is required. Flyers are in the e-News or
Narthex.
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day Celebration
Join us in celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with
prayers, testimonies, music and a guest speaker on Sunday, January 19, at 3 p.m. at First United
Methodist Church 1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove.
There will be a worship service with light supper
afterwards. There is no cost, but online registration
will be coming to help us prepare the correct amount of
food. Go to here for
more information.
Guest Speaker: Rev.
Danita R. Anderson - Assistant to the Bishop, NIC
Remarks: Bishop
Dan Schwerin - Northern Illinois-Wisconsin Episcopal
Area
Advent at
Woodridge UMC
Advent Study
In December,
we will have an Advent Bible Study that will replace our
usual Tuesday and Wednesday sessions and will meet on the first three
Wednesdays at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Classes are open to anyone who wishes to participate and are
available in person or via ZOOM.
December 4th, 11th, and 18th (Wednesdays) 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Topics:
1. OT Scriptures on Homosexuality
2. NT Scriptures on Homosexuality
3. The Jesus Ethic: What Did Christ Say?
If you are interested in participating, please contact the
church office, 630/968-6050 or office@woodridgeumc.org
or Pastor Dave (PastorDaveYim@woodridgeumc.org).
Hat
and Mitten Tree
Our Hat
and Mitten Tree is n the Narthex throughout
the Christmas season and all items collected will be given to
Woodridge schools to be distributed to children who are in
need. (Please no scarves. That’s been taken care
of by the Scarf Outreach).
Advent Worship
All are invited and welcome to our worship services as we
commemorate God’s ultimate act of love and solidarity:
joining us in our humanity through the babe of Bethlehem. All
these services are both in-person and live-streamed on our Woodridge UMC YouTube Channel.
Sunday, December 8th: 10:00 am
Advent week 3
Sunday, December 15th: 10:00 am
Advent week 3 - Christmas Program
Sunday, December 22nd: 10:00 am
Advent week 4
Tuesday, December 24th: 5:00 pm
Christmas Eve carols, children’s time, Choir and candle
lighting.
Tuesday, December 24th: 10:00 pm
Christmas Eve carols, Choir, candle lighting and
Communion.
Northern Illinois
Conference
Find out about
upcoming events in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United
Methodist Church by clicking this link.
Pray for the People
of the Republic of Korea
Bishop Dan Schwerin invites you to join him in prayer as the
people of the Republic of Korea are concerned about their
homeland.
The Republic of Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared
martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address on
Tuesday, accusing the country’s main opposition party of
sympathizing with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(commonly known as North Korea) and of anti-state activities.
The legislature turned this effort away, but chaos and
uncertainty remain for the Korean people.
United Methodists are a global church—we have mission
partners and family—and many faithful and effective UMs and
clergy families of Korean heritage serve in the Northern
Illinois–Wisconsin Area. "We know in our bones the
scripture that says that when one member suffers, all suffer
together," the bishop says.
Read the letter in
English and Korean
Prairie Central
District Advent Concert
We are thrilled that that the 2nd Annual
Prairie Central District Advent Concert is scheduled for December 8, 2024 at 3 pm at First
United Methodist Church of Glen Ellyn (424 Forest Ave. in
Glen Ellyn). In order to ensure there is ample space
for anyone who wishes to attend, we ask that you RSVP
using this link.
Join Us at Northern
IL Conf. Mission U - Winter 2025
Online Only
Participants can choose between two books (or both) to read
and discuss. The books are Welcome Home, which focuses on
transforming our lives to honor God and our relationships
with others; and Missionary Conferences, providing an
overview of Red Bird in Appalachia, Alaska, and Oklahoma
Indian Missionary Conferences. Classes meet twice per week.
United Women of Faith organizes the event; all are
welcome! For more information and days and times, go here:
Sunday, January 5th (3:00-4:00
pm): Opening Service
Weeks of January 5th & 12th:
Classes will meet twice each week
Sunday, January 19th (3:00-4:00
pm): Closing Service
Prairie Central
Leadership Training
January 18 9:00 am - 3:30 pm.
Grace UMC in Naperville 300 E. Gartner Road Cost $15 each or
Bring 4 or more people from your church and only pay $60
total Classes are offered in evangelism, building management,
One Board structure, SPRC, finance, discipleship, mental
health, communications and more. More information and
registration:
umcnic.org/calendar/prairie-central-leadership-training-2025
Questions?
Patti Cash - patti.cash@peopleofgrace.org
Rev. Melissa Meyers - mmeyers815@gmail.com
December Outreach Offering
Save Abandoned Babies Foundation
The Save Abandoned Babies Foundation is a not-for-profit
volunteer group dedicated to saving babies from being
abandoned in dumpsters and other unsafe places. Our
grassroots effort began in March of 2000 when our volunteers
drafted a safe haven law and lobbied for its passage. The
resulting Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act unanimously
passed both the Illinois House and Senate and was signed into
Illinois law in August of 2001.
The Save Abandoned Babies Foundation is now focused on
spreading awareness of the Safe Haven Law, allowing a parent
to safely relinquish their newborn to a person at a Police
Station (including campus police), Fire Station, Hospital or
Emergency Medical Facility with no questions asked.
Since the enactment of this law 160 newborns have been safely
relinquished.
Ways
to donate to the December 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.
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!!!
Used Eyeglasses
There is a
basket also in the narthex for collecting used prescription eyeglasses.
Kendra Manderfield Moore makes sure that they are
recycled to the Lions Club and Gift of Sight groups.
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