Click here to see the September calendar.| MEET OUR CANDIDATE FOR ASSOCIATE PASTOR |
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SATURDAY, September 16 9 to 11 a.m. Meet the Candidate Lounge/Courtyard (Food and drinks will be served) Drop in to visit with Teri, candidate for associate pastor. 5 p.m. Worship in Sanctuary (Nursery care will be provided) Teri gives the message at the NewWay gathering. 6 p.m. (time approximate) Meet the Candidate Lounge/Courtyard (Food and drinks will be served and nursery care provided) Another opportunity to visit with Teri. SUNDAY, September 17 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship in Sanctuary (Nursery care will be provided) Teri gives the message at both services. Noon (time approximate) Congregational Meeting Sanctuary (Nursery care will be provided) Church members vote on calling Teri as associate pastor. 12:30 p.m. (time approximate) Reception in Fellowship Hall (Food and drinks will be served and nursery care provided) All are welcome to greet Teri and share in refreshments and fellowship. |
Picture Day Helpers
RCLPC needs some volunteers willing to assist with our picture days. They will be asked to check off names, hand out information packets, help fill in registration cards, route people through the stations, and oversee a small area where children can play. The following time slots are available and looking to have 3 people fill each:Wednesday September 27 – 3:00 to 5:00 pm, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, 7:00 to 9:30 pm. Thursday September 28 – 2:00 to 4:00 pm, 4:00 to 6:00 pm, 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Tuesday October 3 – 3:00 to 5:00 pm, 5:00 to 7:00 pm, 7:00 to 9:30 pm.
Please call the church office (815-459-1132) before Monday, September 25, leaving your name, telephone number, and preference for hours that you can help.
Don’t Miss Out - Time Slots are filling up fast!!
Be a part of our new pictorial church directory. Olan Mills will be coming to our church on Wednesday, Sept. 27th from 3:00 – 9:30 pm, Thursday, Sept. 28th from 2:00 – 8:30 pm, and again on Tuesday evening, Oct. 3rd, from 3:00 – 9:30 pm. You will be able to view your proofs immediately and the whole process takes less than an hour. Schedule your appointment by calling the church office at 815-459-1132 or emailing the office at office@rclpc.org to see what time slots are available. You will be sent a reminder postcard in the mail for the date and time you have scheduled. ~ Kim Stewart
Building & Grounds Corner
Key Fobs – Last Call
for the church doors but my old key still works just fine so why bother?
Not any more it doesn’t. The outside locks have all been re-keyed and your old church keys will no longer work on any outside entry doors. If you need access after hours please ask Kim, our church secretary, for your very own key fob. If you already have a fob or card for your system at work and it says “Keri” on it, just tell Kim the number and you will be able to use it at church as well.
| MISSION FUNDS DISTRIBUTED |
Family Health Partnership Clinic
White Buffalo Calf Woman’s Shelter
Hands Along the Nile
Fairhaven School
Crystal Lake Food Pantry
Build a Dream
PADS
Home of the Sparrow
Illinois Migrant Council
For further information about the above agencies, please feel free to contact your Mission Deacons, Rick Johnson, Ann Legg, Joy Martin.
| PEACEMAKING OFFERING |
| CROP Walk |
| FOOD PANTRY UPDATE |
| MISSION OPPORTUNITIIES |
FAMILY ALLIANCE
(2028 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, IL 50098)
Carol Louise, Executive Director, has listed the following items that are not covered by any funding source:
VHS “Alzheimer’s Disease, Inside Looking Out” $169.90
CD’s Day Room Exercises - $45.00
Indoor/Outdoor Tennis Game (under $50.00)
Small and Large Tupperware Bins (under $50.00)
Snap together model kits, Portable bowling set, Fishing lures/Bobbers –
these three items total under $75.00.
JOY COMMUNITY CHURCH
(Finishing the Last State of Their Long Awaited Church Building at
108 S. Lakewood Rd., LITH, IL.)
Rev. Paul Stunkel requests funds toward the creation and erection of a sign that will cost $2,000.00. Unfortunately, their budget does not allow for this purchase and they now find that a large, lighted church sign is definitely a necessity. Volunteer Opportunity: Due to local building codes, they must have a good portion of the landscaping completed this fall instead of in the spring. People power is the need! Helping hands to enable them to accomplish the absolutely essential work needed such as planting bushes and trees, spreading grass seed, etc. These are one time needs for the church that grew out of RCLPC.FAITH IN ACTION OF McHENRY COUNTY
(111 Virginia St., Crystal Lake, IL. 60014)
Rhonda Anderson, Executive Director, 815-455-3813, has indicated that many of their Care Receivers (62+) are living on fixed income and find it almost impossible to pay for transportation. In order to assist seniors with an immediate, same day transportation need to the doctor or other critical appointment, FIAMC would like to establish a taxicab voucher system. In this way, such requests that they don’t have a Care Giver available to fill on such short notice, can be handled through the Faith in Action voucher program.| A New Egyptian Connection |
Constitution in Crisis
The National Lawyers Guild at McHenry County College Conference Center on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. This is part of the Current American Issues series sponsored by the McHenry County Peace Group. The National Lawyers Guild was founded in 1937 and is the oldest and largest public interest/human rights bar organization in the U.S. The Guild has a long history of litigating to protect the constitutional rights of people in this country. For more information contact pops@mc.net or 815-455-3683.Eyes Wide Open
An exhibit on the human cost of the Iraq War, will be on display at McHenry County College on Wednesday, September 27, 2006. This exhibit from the American Friends Service Committee has been widely acclaimed. It features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a Wall of Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost, and consequences of the war. For more information contact pops@mc.net or 815-455-3683.Concert for Chilama, El Salvador
A benefit concert for Chilama, the community Ann Legg visited last year and for whom our children in VBS collected school supplies, will be Sunday, September 24 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Stage Left Cafe next to the Opera House in Woodstock. Our own Janet Kvam-Holub, violinist, and Ann Legg, accompanist, will perform first on the program about 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each or 2 for $25. Students and seniors are $10 each. Cost of the tickets is tax deductible. Make checks payable to USESSC. Call 815-338-4838 or 815-455-3683 for tickets.Life Line Screening
McHenry County College
8900 US Hwy 14, Rooms B166-67
Thursday, October 5th
McHenry County College will be hosting a preventative health screening for the community on Thursday, October 5th. Life Line Screening screens the carotid arteries in the neck to determine if you are at risk for a stroke. These non-invasive, completely painless, ultrasound screenings take about 10 minutes each. Each of the 3 vascular tests are offered for $45 each. Osteoporosis for $35. Complete vascular screening (3 tests) for $109 or all 4 tests for $129. Please call 800-324-1851 for your appointment or for more information.
| OPERATION Prayers & Cookie Lift |
Letter from Andy
HI Mary, and all at the Ridgefield Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church.
I want to thank you for the care package you sent me. It's so nice of you to think of us out here. Your support has been a great boost to morale out here, having support from family and friends is expected, but your generosity and prayers is over the top, thanks so much. The ice pops were a great idea, nice to come back after work and grab one. My unit is finishing up our work here and will be back state side in about two weeks, we are all looking forward to getting back with our families and friends. I am looking forward to cool air. The highs for the day out here are still around 110 with the lows around 80. It's amazing that your body can get used to it but it does to an extent anyway.
Thank you again.
Andy Hushek
| NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTION |
Crazy Horse Monument
Out of Crazy Horse, South Dakota comes the latest news about the monument started by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski in 1948 and still being worked on today. The Dakota/Lakota Journal indicates that there will be the first national fund drive this fall with the intent of heeding the late sculptor’s parting words, “go slowly so you do it right.”His dream was to honor American Indians by carving the 563-foot-high likeness of the Sioux warrior into a granite mountain. The massive lifelike face was dedicated in 1998, the 50th anniversary of the first blast and is now complete. Visitor numbers have grown to more than 1 million annually and the complex of buildings at the carving’s base now includes a museum, education center and restaurant. The goal of the national fund drive is to work toward completion and to expand cultural and educational programs at the memorial.
Jim Hagen, a former South Dakota tourism director who is leading the drive, said people around the country and the world are interested in the memorial and its mission. “It makes it very fun and very easy when I’m approaching people about the project because so many people know about it. And there seems to be a deeper interest in a memorial that honors the Native American, maybe in some ways, righting the wrongs,” he says. Have you seen it, what do you think???
Joy Martin, Dawn Condill, Alice Haznedl, Ann Legg, Rod Russell, Gloria Thorson
A Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice
The Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoCordially Invites You to
“Christians and Muslims Together Owning our Pasts—Visioning the Future”
September 21 – 23, 2006
Opening Reception 4:00 pm on the 21st
Concludes 1:00 pm on the 23rd
For more information and details of the three-day program
and a list of the Keynote Speakers and Workshop Leaders, please visit: www.lstc.edu
Registration is free but we kindly request you to RSVP
Call 773-256-0755 or email ccme@lstc.edu