Music Director Job Opening
The Staff Parish Committee has updated the job
description for Music Director and will be posting the
opening in various locations. Please share that we are
looking for people who are interested in the position. The
committee prays for guidance as we work to fill this very
important role in our church.
Ministry Opportunities
Church Conference
Our church conference with our new District Superintendent
Rev. Wendy Hardin Hermann is scheduled for Saturday, November
22nd at 10:00 am with the Staff Parish
Meeting scheduled for 9:30 am. Please save the date and
plan to attend! Find the reports attached to this
email.
WUMC Hope Scholarship
The Scholarship Committee would like to announce the creation
of the Hope Scholarship. It is to be awarded to young,
active members of Woodridge UMC who are continuing their
education upon completing high school. The scholarship
will help our young adults with the high cost of continuing
their education at a trade school, college, or professional
school. Students are eligible to receive a one-time scholarship
of $1000. Only a small number of scholarships will be
given out each year. The applications are available
attached here.
Prayer
Ministry
Our Prayer Chain is a group of caring people who believe in
the power of prayer. We are dedicated to praying for your
concerns and joys. Prayer requests will be shared with the
church’s prayer chain, honoring your confidentiality. If you are
interested in being a part of the church’s prayer chain
ministry, please contact the church office.
If you
would like to submit prayers to the Prayer Chain of Joys and
Concerns, please contact the church office, text Pastor
Dave with your prayer requests or give him a note
before worship service.
Bible
Study
We are studying Jeremiah. The study will be
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.). We will read one chapter
together each week and go deeper with questions and
discussions. Let Pastor Dave know if you are interested
in joining!
Sunday School
Please join us!
Most Sundays, 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. Then, the Sunday School
teacher will meet the children in the Narthex (the big room
outside the sanctuary) & walk them to their classroom.
They will be in the Trinity Room in the main hallway.
Activity Bags are available in the Narthex every Sunday.
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.
Advent
2025
Advent
Book Discussion
Please join us for our Advent Book Discussion. Class is
open to anyone who wishes to participate. If you are
interested in attending contact the church office or Pastor
Dave.
Small
Things Like These: A tale of one man's
courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family in a
small Irish town during the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Tuesday,
December 16th (ZOOM only), 10:30 a.m. until
noon
Wednesday,
December 17th (In-person only), 5:00 p.m.
until 6:00 p.m.
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Movie Night with pizza, soda and popcorn
Choir
Ensemble
Please join us in a performance for the Christmas Program on Sunday, December
14th. Everyone is welcome as long as
they can make at least two rehearsals!
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Rehearsal
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Nov. 30
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11:20AM-12:30PM
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Music Room
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Rehearsal
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Dec. 7
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11:30AM-12:40PM
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Music Room
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Service
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Dec. 14
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10AM (Christmas Program
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Rehearse in the sanctuary at 8:30AM
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Do You
Love Hanging Christmas Lights? We Need Your Help!
This Christmas, our presentation of the message of this
season of love and hope incarnated continues to venture
outside our building. What better way to do that than through
some great looking lights? We need YOU as part of a team to
test the lights and present them to the world! Ready to help?
Join the Men’s Group on Saturday, Dec. 6th at 9:00am to
help even if it’s just to untangle a strand of lights.
Hanging
of the Greens & Chili Luncheon & Christmas Card
Making
Come join us for the Hanging of the Greens during worship
service with a few more items to go up after service and a
chili lunch. Help decorate the church inside for Christmas on
Sunday,
December 7th. We will prepare for Advent
together. The chili will not be spicy and vegetarian
and gluten-free options will be available. Our youth
will lead us in making Christmas Cards after service church
for local nursing home residents. Plan on joining them when
you stay for lunch. If you have any questions, contact the
church office or Karen Miller.
3rd
Annual Prairie Central District Advent Concert
The Prairie Central District is having an Advent concert on Sunday, Dec 7th at
3:00 pm at Glen Ellyn: First United Methodist
Church
Concert
for Family and Friends
The
Senior Suburban Orchestra and Dan Pasquale
D'Andrea, Conductor invite us to their Family and Friends
Concert on Saturday,
December 13th at 2:00 pm in the sanctuary.
Donations Greatly Appreciated and light refreshments will be
served after the concert. For more information about
the orchestra that meets here at Woodridge UMC go to
seniorsuburbanorchestra.org.
Christmas
Program
On December
14th, we will have a Christmas Program during
worship service. Everyone is welcome to participate
with Christmas themed music (singing or playing), dance,
poetry, visual and fabric arts, etc. The visual and
fabric arts (paintings, sculpture, crafts, quilts, needle
work, etc.) will be displayed to their best advantage either
in the narthex or at the altar. Please contact
Pastor Dave by December 1st if you would like
to take part. There will be a cookie reception after
service. Everyone is asked to bring a plate of cookies
to share (especially Christmas cookies).
TInsel,
Tunes, & Toymakers - With the West Towns Chorus
Enjoy an afternoon of holiday cheer with the West Towns
Chorus and their wonderful guests! The West Towns Chorus Christmas Show
is happening at 3PM
on
Sunday, December 14th, at the Timothy Christian
Schools' Huizenga Auditorium (188 W Butterfield
Rd. in Elmhurst). There will be one show only, so secure
your place in the audience now: Click here for Tickets.
More information available here.
Holiday
Help for Our Neighbors in Need
You, the wonderful people of Woodridge UMC, have a tremendous
track record of providing a heap of holiday help for our
neighbors in need. We hope to continue that tradition.
Our Hat and Mitten Tree
is in the Narthex starting in mid-November throughout the
Christmas season and all collected items will be given to
Woodridge schools to be distributed to children who are in
need. (Please no scarves. The Scarf Outreach
project has successfully filled the need for any scarves).
Help Support Area Families This
Christmas!
The Outreach Committee is happy to announce that, starting in
mid-November, we are again supporting 5 families who attend
Woodridge 68 schools through gifts and grocery gift cards in
need! Please stop in the Narthex by our hat and mitten tree
to sign up to bring gifts and/or grocery gift cards. If you
are providing a gift, please return it wrapped and with the
tag attached to the outside. Additional information
will be available at the signup table. All items and
gift cards need to be returned to church by Sunday December 7th.
Northern
Illinois Conference
In these difficult days, it has become
increasingly dangerous for our Hispanic/Latine neighbors to
leave their homes—including for work, which results in lost
pay; to take children to their school bus stops; to shop for
groceries; and to attend worship services.
To provide some relief, Bishop Schwerin has
established an Emergency
Solidarity Fund. It will assist
primarily Hispanic/Latine people (but also other immigrants)
who are increasingly vulnerable. (Read the Bishop's
article here.)
People with whom our churches directly
minister and those in our towns and neighborhoods can request
help. Clergy can suggest needs they know about. The requests
will be reviewed by a small, trustworthy group that includes
clergy who minister in immigration contexts, laypeople, and
conference staff.
This fund will be collecting funds through
Jan. 16, 2026. The goal is for the first round of funds to be
distributed in early November 2025.
Please consider giving to this fund as a way
to follow Jesus’s commandment to love our neighbors.
Go here for
immigrant resources in the Prairie Central District.
