Adult Bible Studies, and Pastor's Notes
Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Prayers
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THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL 10780 3rd St. 815-623-2348 |
June
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Starting Three Services today – 8AM; 9:45AM & 11:30AM – all with Communion. 8AM Service – 3 will be confirmed |
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2 |
6:00 PM – Pastoral Relations Meeting (Deacons, Trustees and Pastor) |
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7:00 PM – Church Council Meeting |
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4 |
11:30 AM – Retirees and Wannabe’s Men’s Group meeting at Hawks View |
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4 |
6:30 PM – Bible Study |
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5 |
10:00 AM – Bible Study |
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7 |
9:00 AM – Weigh/Pray |
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8 |
6:00 AM – Serve Breakfast at the Rockford Rescue Mission |
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8 |
Worship Services – 8AM; 9:45 AM & 11:30 AM – Recognize Graduates |
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8 |
9:00 AM – VBS Meeting |
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11 |
1:00 PM – Women’s Afternoon Circle Luncheon at Sophia’s in Roscoe |
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11 |
6:30 PM – Bible Study |
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12 |
10:00 AM – Bible Study |
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14 |
FLAG DAY |
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14 |
9:00 AM – Weigh/Pray |
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15 |
Father’s Day |
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15 |
Worship Services – 8AM; 9:45 AM & 11:30 AM |
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19-27 |
Pastor Jim will be out of town attending the NACCC Annual Meeting in Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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21 |
9:00 AM – Weigh/Pray |
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22 |
6AM – Serve Breakfast at the Rockford Rescue Mission |
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22 |
Worship Services – 8AM; 9:45AM & 11:30 AM |
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28 |
9:00 AM – Weigh/Pray |
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29 |
Worship Services – 8AM; 9:45 AM & 11:30 AM |
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Children’s Church – 9:45 AM Service |
New Sunday Worship
Service Schedule
Staring June 1:
Our
Service Times are changing! We are growing; which is a wonderful and great
thing; it now has come time to add a third worship service on Sundays.
Service Times will be:
8:00 A.M.
9:45 A.M.
11:30 A.M.
Fellowship
Hour will only be after the 8:00AM and 9:45AM Worship Services. Hope to see you
at one of these services. This is the due to the result of the survey sent out
in March and by the vote of the Church Council Members at their May meeting.
Out
of the Office
Pastor Jim will be leaving on Thursday, June 19th to
drive out to attend the NACCC Annual Meeting in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Gerrie
Bruns and Pastor Charles Sagay will be going with him. Pastor Jim and Gerrie
plan to return on Friday, June 27th. Pastor Charles will be going to
New Hampshire from there. We pray and wish for them to have a safe trip out, a
great time at the Meeting a safe return trip. God Bless!
Adult Lending
Library
Thank you
so much for all of the books that have been donated to the Adult Lending
Library. Please some and check out some good reading material for the lazy days
of summer.
Mary Garibay
Wesley Willows 36th
Annual Benefit
JONAH
Wesley
Willows invites you to their 36th Annual Benefit for The Good
Samaritan Fund on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at the Rock Valley College Starlight
Theatre.
The Starlight features an original musical production of
Jonah, an Old Testament Yarn. It was written, produced, and directed by
Rockford’s very own Mike Webb and Mike Mastroianni of Rock Valley College.
These talented artists have spent the last two years preparing this story for
the Starlight stage. It is musically “eclectic” with over 45 original tunes
and more than 60 actors of all ages telling the Old Testament story of Jonah
who survived the misery of being swallowed by a big fish in order to eventually
do the good deeds God intended him to do.
The afternoon begins at 1:00 pm with an Ice Cream Sundae Bar
presented by DQ Grill and Chill. Shop the Wonderland Book Fair, take a tour of
the beautiful Starlight Theatre, or bring your camera to snap pictures of your
family with the actors. The Jonah musical begins promptly at 2:00 pm.
Come early to enjoy all the pre-show activities.
Tickets are: $30/adults and $15/children under 12. To purchase
tickets or make a donation, call Keri Hennis at 815-316-1570 or e-mail to
khennis@wesleywillows.org. Tickets include all pre-show activities and the
Jonah performance.
Flag
Day – June 14, 2008
In the United
States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14.
It commemorates the
adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution
of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
In 1916, President Woodrow
Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in
August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.
Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, thong on June 14, 1937,
Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a
state holiday.
Special Summer Combined
Choir
The third
annual Combined Choir will sing at Riverside Communnity Church on Sunday, July
27 for the 10:30 A.M. service. There will be one combined rehearsal sometime
during the week of July 21. If you are interested in singing with this group
please contact Holly Dodge @ 815-871-9153.
Coming
in July
Sunday,
July 6, 2008
9:45 A.M.
4th of July Worship
Service Celebration in the Park with Communion
Location: Leland Park
Potluck Lunch will follow the service. Bring a Hot and Cold
Dish to pass plus your own drink and table service.
Note: Only one service that Sunday
Monday,
July 21st through Friday, July 25th
Vacation Bible School
Saturday, July 26th
7:00AM
Goldie Floberg Center Run and Pancake Breakfast
At the church
We recognize the Bible as the sufficient rule of faith and practice, and hold that living in accordance with the teachings of Jesus the Christ, is the true test of fellowship. Each member shall have the complete right to follow the Word of God according to the dictates of one’s own conscience, under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit