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Ministry Opportunities
Human Relations Day Sunday is THIS Sunday
Human Relations Day is a special Sunday across our
denomination, focused on fostering better relationships and
supporting community and youth outreach. It invites us to
take this mission beyond our walls—into our neighborhoods,
communities, and even to those just outside our doors. Our
collective generosity helps strengthen relationships and
empowers ministries that transform lives. On the Sunday
before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, we celebrate
and take up a special offering to help bring his vision of a
“beloved community” to life. Your gifts support important
programs like Community Developers, United Methodist
Voluntary Services, and Youth Offender Rehabilitation.
Bible
Study
Our Bible study of the Letters of Paul to the Corinthians
continues in January. The study is offered on Tuesday mornings
via
Zoom (10:30
a.m. to Noon) and Wednesday evenings
in person (6:00
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.). The Tuesday class
will begin on January
7th, and the Wednesday class will
begin on January
8th. We will read one chapter together
each week and go deeper with questions and discussions.
If you are newly interested in participating, please contact
the church office, 630.968.6050 or office@woodridgeumc.org
or Pastor Dave (PastorDaveYim@woodridgeumc.org).
Welcome
Bags
Woodridge UMC has Welcome Bags to give to our visitors!
The bags are our 60th Anniversary reusable grocery
bags with brochures from our church and the Northern Illinois
Conference. Each visiting family can be given a bag and
asked to fill out the visitor information tear-off in the
church brochure (especially, if they would like to receive
the electronic newsletter). The bags are located on the
black bookcase by the television in the Narthex.
Radical
Hospitality Volunteers Needed
Volunteers with a spirit of radical hospitality are needed on
Monday,
February 24th to set up, oversee, and clean
up after refreshments that start at 9:30 am and lunch at
noon. The bishop is holding a clergy session bible
study here on that day and a large number of people are
expected. Make our church SHINE in front of our
guests! Help is needed from 8:30 am through ~2:00 pm.
We could have two shifts with enough volunteers (reception vs
lunch).
We are also looking for breakfast appropriate refreshment
donations (fruit, juice, pastries, donut holes, sweet breads,
etc.). Homemade is never turned down, but store bought
is also welcome!! Please contact the church office if
you are available to help.
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.
Handbell
Choir (RSVP was due by January 5th)
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Rehearsal
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Jan. 19
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11:20 AM-12:45 PM
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Preschool Blue Room
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Rehearsal
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Jan. 26
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11:20 AM-12:45 PM
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Preschool Blue Room
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Rehearsal
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Feb. 2
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11:20 AM-12:45 PM
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Preschool Blue Room
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Rehearsal
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Feb. 9
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11:20 AM-12:45 PM
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Preschool Blue Room
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Service
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Feb. 16
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10 AM
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Rehearse in the sanctuary at 8:30 AM
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Lenten
Study
The coming Lenten Study will be a six week in person study on
Wednesday evenings at 6:00 pm starting March 12th on Adam
Hamilton’s book “Wrestling
with Doubt, Finding Faith”. Please sign up
in the Narthex so that the appropriate number of books can be
ordered.
Schedule:
March
12th - “Is there a God?”
March
19th - “The Good Book? Wrestling with the
Bible”
March
26th - “Are All Non-Christians Going to
Hell?”
April
2nd - :”Is Heaven real?”
April
9th - “When Prayers Go Unanswered”
April
16th - “Why Do the Innocent Suffer?”
Woodridge
UMC Outdoor 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.
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.
Finance
Summary
January
- December 2024
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December 2024
Actual
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December 2024
Budget
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Year-to-Date
Actual
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Year-to-Date Budget
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Income
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Contributions
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$21,754.26
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$26,204.63
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$280,621.49
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$272,516.00
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Building Use
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$1,600.00
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$1,250.00
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$10,950.00
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$15,000.00
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Miscellaneous
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$1,837.51
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$548.37
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$8,683.72
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$10,600.00
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Total Income
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$25,191.77
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$28,003.00
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$300,255.21
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$298,116.00
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Expenses
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Staff Parish
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$14,592.33
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$18,069.27
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$186,258.64
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$212,872.00
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Apportionments
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$16,224.00
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$8301.00
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$32,448.00
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$33,204.00
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Trustees
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$5,813.99
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$6,990.38
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$77,699.31
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$79,885.00
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Administrative
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$834.48
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$630.76
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$8,219.35
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$7,570.00
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Program Ministries
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$402.25
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$546.36
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$2,379.55
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$6,555.00
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Finance
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$240.43
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$220.87
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$3,412.69
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$2,650.00
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Total Expenses
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$38,107.48
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$34,758.64
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$310,417.54
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$342,736.00
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Staff Parish expenses: salaries for Music Director, Office Manager,
Custodian, Pastor salary/benefits, pastor transition costs
Trustee
expenses: mortgage, insurance, church
utilizes, church maintenance, parsonage expenses
Administrative
expenses: postage, office supplies, database
fees, media fees
Finance
expenses: finance software license, offering
envelopes, EFT/e-giving charges
Questions or concerns? Contact Wally Jeske, Chair of Finance,
wjeske@luc.edu
Northern
Illinois Conference
Find out
about upcoming events in the Northern Illinois
Conference of the United Methodist Church by clicking
this link.
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
Laity Convocation:
Renew Your Hope at Convocation
All laypeople are invited to "A Renewed Hope: May God's
Grace Be With You," NIC's Laity Convocation, which takes
place on February 8th at
New Lenox UMC, 339 W. Haven Ave., New Lenox. Register at https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=821919&
$15 General Registration
$25 Lunch Option Registration
(Box lunch included)*
*Walks In are
welcome but registration preferred. Limited lunches available
on-site.
Childcare will be provided (ages 3-11), Sign-up for childcare
is a part of registration. Parents and Guardians will need to
provide snacks/lunch (no peanut products) for children if the
lunch option is not chosen.
January Outreach Offering
Family Crisis Fund
The Family Crisis Fund is used by our pastor to assist church
members and community members who come to us needing help
with food, utilities, prescription medicines, gas, emergency
rental payments, and similar.
Your monetary donations to the Family Crisis Fund via the
January Outreach are a tremendous help. You can also donate
gift cards. Gift cards from grocery stores and gas stations
are the most requested and thus the most helpful. Your
generosity is greatly appreciated as, together, we are the
hands, feet, and voice of Christ each day.
Ways
to donate to the January 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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