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Notice of 2010 Annual Meeting Bob Smith, the Clerk of Winnetka Congregational Church, has called our Annual Congregational Meeting for Sunday, May 16, 2010, immediately following the worship service. Topics for the meeting include: Reports from the Senior Pastor and Chair of the Congregation; Treasurer’s Update; Vote on the slate of Church Officers, Councilors and Committee Chairs nominated by the Nominating Committee; Vote on revisions to the Bylaws; Distribution of written reports from Ministry Groups and Committees; Question & Answer session
Please plan to attend this important meeting on Sunday, May 16th
A Church and Temple Walk Whether you are new in town, a dedicated seeker, or simply curious, here is your chance to go inside the Baha’i Temple, the Samaritan Counseling Center, or the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic, Unitarian, Christian Scientist, Congregational, or Covenant churches. This is the time when you can visit any of the members of The Winnetka Interfaith Council.
Information:
Pastor’s Annual Spring
Twenty two of us enjoyed a grand time on May 5 in the beautiful Garden Room at Presbyterian Homes that included ten residents, two soon to be residents, family members and friends, and the pastors. A part of the festivities was a birthday cake in honor of Peggy Mitchell’s 90th birthday!
Seated: Richard Williams, Ruth Nicely, Margaret Mitchell, Peggy Mitchell, Ginny Brooks
SummerWalk 5K Walk with us to fight homelessness Saturday, June 12, 2010 9–noon SummerWalk is a 5 kilometer* walk to raise awareness and funds to serve homeless women. The walking route will begin at Sarah’s Circle. Participants will walk down to the lakefront, through the park, and return to the future site of Sarah’s Circle! In preparation for the walk, participants are encouraged to raise pledges for the event. Consider creating a team of your friends, family and co-workers for the walk! Funds raised at SummerWalk directly go to providing services for homeless women.
New Additions to Our Family of Faith We welcome into membership the following families: Brad, Teresa, Madeline, and Allie Anliker; Bryan, Holly, Mia, Jack and Luke Hales; Dan and Julie Schmidt. Please look for them and get to know them. Their pictures are posted in Tolman Fellowship Hall. Woman’s Society The Woman’s Society cordially invites you to our last luncheon and program before summer at 12:00 on Wednesday, May 19, in Tolman Hall. We are delighted to welcome Soprano Erin Smith, accompanied by Eileen Baumgarten, who will present a program titled A Musical Treat. Erin Smith is a recent graduate of Northwestern University where she completed a Masters degree in both Vocal Performance and Musicology. She has performed the role of Oronta in Duni’s Nerone at the Duni Festiva in Matera, Italy as well as its North American premiere with Ars Musica in Chicago. She has also appeared as Filia in Carissimi’s Jephthe with Ars Musica and as Hermia in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Northwestern University. She will attend Case Western Reserve University in the Fall to pursue a PhD in Musicology. We will all celebrate a wonderful, productive year and the many accomplishments of our successful Rummage Sale! Please bring a friend and please call Eileen Baumgarten by Monday, May 17, with reservations. Luncheon cost is $15.00. Let Eileen know if you need a ride or child care for this or any of our programs, as we are happy to arrange this free of charge for those who need it. Also, please notify Eileen by Monday if you need to cancel your reservation.
7th Annual Rock & Rally
Walkathon is scheduled for May 23rd. Save the Date! Confirmation Sunday, May 23, 2010 Catch the Spirit of Pentecost. Wear something red and join us as we welcome 14 new members into the church. These young new members have completed a 2 year program engaging in their own faith and the life of the church through classes, retreats, service projects, fellowship, worship and more. Help to celebrate their decision to become full members of WCC, by your presence and your prayers. It will be a great day with Confirmands sharing in the leadership of the service.
May 16: Daniel Frohling, Eric Nanninga, Emeric Koller 17: Sarah Barnes, Jennifer Mackey 18: Allan Tomlinson, Ryely Lenstrom 19: Robert Smith, Robert Waite, Martha Brown, Carolyn McShea 20: Barbara Klein, Lesley Harman, Thomas McConnaughy, Paul Dustman 21: Martha Atkinson, John LaMonica, Jeanne Ebersole, Gerrit Adams, Stephanie Vorhees, Christian Huels, Jacob Shellenbarger 22: Chris Lindblad, Daniel O’Neil, Megan Reynolds, Jim Crimmins, Ted Crimmins, Joshua Kirkpatrick A Special Goodbye
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Mission Trips, 9 retreats, 3 pancake suppers, 2 confirmation classes, a number
of sermons, 6 Youth Sunday’s and much, much more. It is hard to sum up all the
ways Joshua Sawyer has inspired and ministered to and with our faith community
these past 3 years.
WCC
hosted
families in homeless
situations for the first time the week of Sunday April 25th. Our
guest family was very comfortable in one of our 2nd floor church
school rooms for the week and some heavenly meals were prepared in our kitchen.
Tolman and Alsdorf made great places for our hosts and guests to play games,
watch a movie, read, or just talk. Our site Coordinators, Harry Grace and Nicole
Jakob planned the logistics and supplies needed for the week as well as
orientation for our guest family and volunteers each night. Over 60 WCC members
and children of all ages volunteered as dinner hosts, evening hosts, overnight
hosts, and helped with move in and move out. The caring and hospitality provided
made a real difference in the lives of our guest family who left a nice note to
the congregation:
WCC will
host again the week of May 23rd,
and will be hosting two families this time. We will not be hosting again until
Late August or September. This is an opportunity for “Hands-on” mission work for WCC members of all age’s right in our WCC facilities! To volunteer, call or email Brek Peterson (847-400-4123) or bpeterson@ralcorpfrozen.com.
Family Promise May 23 - 29
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