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Millburn Congregational United Church of Christ
MESSENGER
October 2019
Millburn Church Rummage &
Bake Sale Fri., Oct. 4 - 1 to 6 pm
Sat., Oct. 5- 9 am to 2pm
Drop-off times: Oct.1st and 2nd 9am-12 noon, 6-7pm
Bake sale items on Friday by 1pm and on Saturday by 8am
This is an all-church fundraiser. Please consider signing up to help with set-up and working on sale days. We also need people to bake items for the bake sale. Sign-up sheets are up in Lauren Hall.
We all need to help make this a successful church event!
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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
30-Sep
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9am RUMMAGE SALE RUMMAGE AND RUMMAGE AND
9am-NOON RUMMAGE SALE DROP OFF & SET UP SET UP ONLY BAKE SALE BAKE SALE
6pm - 8pm RUMMAGE SALE DROP OFF & SET UP NO ITEMS ACCEPTED 1 - 6 pm 9am - 2pm
7pm Tuesday Night 2:30 clean-up
Youth 7:15 pm Choir 5 pm Soup Kitchen
7 pm Vision Topic 7 pm Vision Comm.
6 Holy Communion 7
8 9 10
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8:30am Chapel Worship MESSENGER ARTICLE 8am BSA Troop
10am Worship, Sunday Schl 7pm Tuesday Night SUBMISSION DEADLINE Committee
11am Coffee Hour Youth
6pm Adult Education 6pm Parents
7:15pm Choir Night Out
8 pm Band
13 14 COLUMBUS DAY
15 16 17
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8:30am Chapel Worship 9am Messenger
10am Worship, Sunday Schl Collating 6pm Adult Education 7pm Compassionate
11am Coffee Hour 1pm Town & Country 7:15pm Choir Friends
7pm Tuesday Night 8pm Band
Youth
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8:30am Chapel Worship
9:15AM Band 6:30pm 4H Clovers 7pm MYLO 6pm Adult Education
10am Worship, Sunday Schl 7pm Tuesday Night 6:15pm Handbell Choir
11am Coffee Hour Youth 7:15pm Choir
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29 30 31 HALLOWEEN
8:30am Chapel Worship
10am Worship, Sunday Schl 7 pm Tuesday Night 6pm Adult Education
11am Coffee Hour Youth 6:15pm Handbell Choir
11:30 am CROP Walk 7:15pm Choir
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From Our Moderator—Financial State of the Union information
Hi All- after the service on 10/20, Mike Szpylman and I are going to give a financial state of the union dur-
ing coffee hour. During this conversation we will discuss how we are tracking to budget as well as update
the capital expenses. The following week will kick off the stewardship campaign that will run until 11/17.
Thank you to Nan Thorson and Terry Knight for being a part the stewardship committee. If interested in
joining that exciting four week process please let Terry, Nan or
myself know. Thanks!
Mike Pocius
Pastor Phil’s Message
Let’s get Growing! “That which is not busy being born, is busy dying.” Bob Dylan This fall can be a time we are busy continuing being born! We will have opportunities to hit the reset button, to reimagine our future, to think new thoughts and to explore new possibilities of what it is to be alive and in love with being. We are here having been given the gifts of time and being. Now it is up to us to DECIDE what we want to do with these gifts. The DECIDING and DOING is at the heart of spirituality. Let’s make this fall one of those delightful times of “growth spurt!” Let’s decide to grow in faithfulness, in grace, in compassion, in generosity, in knowledge and in mission. The Search Committee has been chosen and launched. Please pray for them and support them in this most important of endeavors. The Youth Group is revitalized and excited! We have big plans for this year! Please share in their excitement! So much work is being done in the church and on the grounds. Much thanks to the folks who have shepherded these projects. Breathe in deeply of the breath of God and be filled with God’s spirit! Blessings, Phil
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September Lay Readers 1-
8- Penny Smith
15- Deb Morrissey
22- Sr. High Youth
29- Scott Etienne
Thank you for being a Lay Reader this
month. To volunteer, there is a sign-up
sheet posted on the bulletin board in
Lauren Hall or call the church office.
Lay Readers add a special touch to our
worship services.
Flowers for September Thank you for providing flowers for the altar in September. They were a beautiful addition to the sanctu-ary. If you would like to help decorate the altar on Sunday mornings, there is a sign-up sheet posted on the bulletin board in Lauren Hall. You can also call the church office.
1st- Nan Thorson – to celebrate her birthday 8th- Kris Franks – to celebrate her son’s (Danel) 40th birthday 15th- Vi Miller – Remembering Red Miller 22nd- 29th-
COFFEE HOURS HOSTS
Special thanks to all the Coffee Hour Hosts/Hostesses who served and/or pro-vided refreshments during the month of September. They include: 1– MYLO 8 – CE Committee 15– 22 – Kris, Reznor & Traigh Franks 29– No coffee hour Set up for Rummage Sale
Sign-up sheet is on bulletin board in Lau-ren Hall. Please consider signing up your group, committee, family or friends to host a Sunday.
The Fall Rummage and Bake Sale is almost here! Mark your calendars for October 4 and 5! If you haven’t already signed-up, there are plenty of opportunities to help with this church event from set-up to clean-up, baking or working the sale! Please see the board in Lauren Hall to sign-up or see one of us listed below!
Your Rummage Sale Team Ron and Lynnette Bratzke Barb Coon Margo Paramski Sarah Storaasli
Rummage Sale
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Search Committee
A heartfelt Thank You to all of the folks that put their name on the ballot for the Search Committee for our next Called Pastor. The Search Committee that the congregation has chosen are as follows, in alphabetical order:
1. Paige Force 2. Terry Knight 3. Matt Lakemacher 4. Deb Morrissey
5. Katie Pietraszak 6. Vicki Szpylman 7. Nancy Tschannen 8. Joel Williams
On Call: Todd Kozak, Penny Smith
I ask everybody to provide support and prayers for wisdom and guidance for those chosen to serve.
We are in a very exciting time, and have a great team assembled for the next steps. The future is
bright!
Sincerely- Mike Pocius
The Tuesday Night Youth will be sponsor-
ing a Parents Night Out on October 12th.
Please bring your kids by for some howl-
ing good fun! Halloween fun and games
and dinner will be served. All proceeds
from the free-will donation will go to the
Youth Mission Trip. The fun starts at
6pm and will end at 9pm. Tell your
friends and neighbors!
ADULT
EDUCATION
Pastor Phil will be leading a discus-
sion about the book ,“The Time is
Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage”
by Joan Chittister. Copies are availa-
ble in Lauren Hall. The discussions
will take place at 6pm on Wednes-
days in October at 6 pm.
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Joys and Concerns Don Kenimer In Condell Hospital
Keep in Our Thoughts & Prayers Ron and Judy Smith
Juliana Lopez After knee surgery
Alicia Rayner Now cancer free
Sue Heinlein’s Great-grandparents
Bob DeRue
Dawn Revenaugh
Sarah Storaasli’s dad, Fred Bickel
Milt Anderson
Norma Welch
Stacy Messner’s brother
Lynous & Sonja Jones
Tom & Marianne Turnbull
If you wish to have someone added or removed from the prayer list, contact the church office or use prayer request cards located in sanctuary.
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Updates for the Administrations Committee Lighting updates have been completed in the Sunday School and Music rooms, Lauren Hall, Kitchen and Chapel. Any outdated equipment was removed and we now have energy saving LED lights!
The work for the Septic field that had to be moved is almost complete. They will be filling in the trench that is near the office entrance. Thank you to Scott Etienne for seeing that project through.
Also, the mess on the north side of the church grounds will be restored once the new pavement is completed.
Work continues in the basement. Some potential hazards have been revealed and we are addressing these so that all electrical and plumbing is safe in the future.
Our bell tower is being looked at because potential rotting wood. That will be resolved before winter.
A cleaning person has been hired to help take care of the Sanctuary, Lauren Hall, bathrooms and offices.
Thank you to Ron Bratzke for all the help with the lift project. As stated Sunday, we are waiting on final inspections.
Please note that the women’s retreat (Wonderfull World) has been changed (it will be held at church) to FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH at 7:00 p.m., and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH at 9:00 a.m., as it was conflicting with home-coming and a lot of people couldn’t attend.
Here’s what it’s all about:
Session 1: Australia I wonder if anyone cares about me?
Session 2: Europe I wonder what it would be like to be royalty?
Session 3: Asia I wonder if I matter to God?
Session 4: Antarctica I wonder where God is when life is hard?
Session 5: South America I wonder if I can really rely on God?
Session 6: Africa I wonder if I can make a difference?
Session 7: North America I wonder what’s ahead for me?
This year, I’ve invited Ivanhoe UCC, and St. John’s UCC to join us!
If you never had been to a retreat at church, give it a try, we have a lot of fun besides digging deeper into the Bible, and forming friendships. Contact me at church or via email if you have any questions:
[email protected]. Thanks much!!
Nan Thorson, Chair
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Katie Pietraszak 02
Emma Rendl 03
Mallory Draper 03
Chrystl Olson 05
Patty Vox 07
Nickolas Mathis 07
Abby Manna 12
Anna Zradicka 12
Chuck Denman 13
Aidan Schmeling 15
Russell Reding 16
Jessica Cardinell 17
Mae Tanneberger 17
Tom Turnbull 20
Mark Horner 20
Karen Ende 22
Lynnette Bratzke 22
Milt Anderson 22
Jodi Tipler 25
JoEllen Roebuck 26
Vi Miller 27
Cathy Knight 27
John Doyle Jr. 29
25th Church Anniversary
Congratulations to Laura Dragin. Laura joined Millburn Church on Oct. 30, 1994.
Nursery Update
We have decided to discontinue our church nursery service. All current students will be moving out of the nursery this fall. We have had trouble finding replacement staff for the nursery and feel that discontinuing this service is best at this time. Please feel free to contact Laura Dragin in the church office with any questions or concerns. We will have nursery service through September 1st.
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Messenger Team/Information
Editor/Publisher—Kris Franks [email protected]
Collators:
Ron Bratzke, Lynnette Bratzke, Ruth Young Deadline for article submission is the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Next deadline is Wednesday, October 9th. Email your articles, comments, kudos, etc. to Kris Franks, Editor or to the Church Office Coordinator. You can also drop off your submissions at the church office.
Church Staff Pastor Phillip Price
Laura Dragin, Office Coordinator
Mon, 9:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Tues, Wed, Fri—8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Becky Fuller, Music Director
Worship 8:30 a.m. Chapel Service
10 a.m. in Sanctuary
Sunday School and Nursery Care At the 10 a.m. service
www.millburnchurch.org
T: 847-356-5237 F: 847-356-5669
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Millburn Congregational United Church of Christ
19073 W. Grass Lake Rd. Lake Villa, IL 60046
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