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Ministry Opportunities
Pastor Dave Away
Pastor Dave is on vacation from December 25th
until January 6th. Please contact
Patti Cash if there is an emergency.
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 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.
Hat
and Mitten Tree
Our Hat
and Mitten Tree is in the Narthex throughout
the Christmas season and beyond 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).
January
- February (2025) Upper Rooms
There are a few Upper Rooms for January -
February areavailable in the narthex with a limited
number in the mailbox.
First
Friday Lunch
Join us for lunch at noon Friday, January 3rd.
Just bring your lunch and be ready for good conversation and
of course laughter. Everyone is welcome!
Second
Saturday Diners
Happy New Year! Second Saturday Diners will be
gathering at Bella Notte, 5900 S. IL 53, Lisle (formerly
Wheatstacks), on Saturday,
January 11, at 5:00 pm.
Let’s ring in the new year together because everyone is
invited! Please RSVP
to Gwenn Edman by Wednesday, January 8th. We
are also looking for hosts for our monthly dinners.
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.
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.
Worship
Band please
RSVP by
Nov. 24th.
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Rehearsal
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Dec. 22
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11:20 AM-12:30 PM
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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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Next Up: Handbell Choir (Please RSVP 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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Bible
Study Resumes
Our Bible study of the Letters of Paul to the Corinthians
resumes in January. 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.). 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).
Sign
Committee Meeting
There is a Sign Committee meeting next Sunday,
January 12th after service to discuss the
layout/colors of the sign and any other questions you might
have.
Free
Square Dancing
Downers Grove Square Thrus is hosting a FREE Square Dance on Monday January 6th
7:00pm - 9:00 pm at our church. No
experience needed. No partner required. Couples, singles and
families are all welcome! Wear casual attire and
comfortable shoes. Lessons start Monday, January 13th.
For more information go to www.SquareThrus.com or
call 630.747.9073.
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.
Northern Illinois
Conference
Find out about
upcoming events in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United
Methodist Church by clicking 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
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
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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