Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life
& the wider world.
If you’d like something included in an upcoming newsletter, let Jeffery know!
You can reach him at: office@waucc.org or 773-935-0642 (text or call).
If you’d rather join by phone, just dial 312-626-6799 and enter the Meeting ID: 917 3218 6458. You can also program your phone for one tap dialing with the following info: +13126266799,, 91732186458#
Click on the number to call, and it should automatically connect you to the meeting.
We’d love to have your feedback before the next Congo Life meeting on July 7th, so please take a minute to fill it out!
Even if you’re NOT interested, we would love to know that, too!
Inspired by the example set by the United Parish in Brookline, MA, the Wellington Worship Committee has made a commitment to “pay royalties” each time we sing a Negro Spiritual in worship to honor the legacy of enslaved African Americans.
Online giving to the Helping Hands offering on June 19th has brought in just under $250 – but we’re hoping to raise a total of $475 to cover all the spirituals we’ve sung during the first six months of the year!
We invite you to please give generously to this initiative. You can give online (be sure to choose “Helping Hands” from the drop-down menu) or by mailing a check to the church office
(P.O. Box 804687, Chicago, IL 60680-4108).
Missed Brenda’s presentation? You can read it here!
To read more about Spiritual Reparations, in general, click here.
This picture says it all!
Weekly WILD update
Check out the photo above for the best update ever!
If you are on Instagram and NOT following our friends @AFSCChiPeace, you will want to remedy that ASAP.
You are cordially invited to attend their graduation
at 6pm on Thursday, July 28th –
most likely to be held at Grace Place (637 S. Dearborn); awaiting final confirmation.
One of the programs the interns will be involved with is the Final Five campaign – working to shut down the five remaining youth prisons in Illinois.
You can read more about it here & we’ll also be talking about it during Fellowship Hour this Sunday!
Interested in the Cliff Notes version of WILD? Click here!
Have questions about the program? Feel free to reach out to someone on the WILD Wellington Working Group – Jim Morris, Karen Graham, Kryss Chupp, or Shelby Hatch.
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JOIN US FOR A REUNION WITH TIMELINE THEATER,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 7:30 PM
Let’s show up together to applaud another of Timeline’s wonderful theater productions! As well as honoring our long time association with Timeline, it should be a lively, fun, and informative event – a welcome alternative to the “dog days” of summer. Due to some difficulty in using facilities at 615 W. Wellington, play performances are being held at Theater Wit at 1229 W. Belmont. There is parking nearby.
The August production is titled Campaign, Inc., the story of Upton Sinclair, internationally known author and socialist, and his run for governor of California in 1934. His platform EPIC, End Poverty in California, stirred up tremendous political uproar and changed the tools of American electoral, political, and social policies for the future.
Tickets ordinarily cost $40 – $54 per performance, but if we can assemble a group of 10 or more, ticket cost would be $34 – $46 (group rate). So, we are advertising the event early…. Currently we need to hear from 2-4 more people to have a group of 10 and reserve tickets at the group rate.
- Put August 11th on your calendar and register with the church office or text Debbie Lee (773/490-6506) ASAP if you can attend the play.
- If we have a group of 10, you’ll be notified of the actual ticket cost which can be paid for on the church’s Tithely site.
- **We must be Early Birds in order to benefit from ticket discounts and to register as a group with Timeline, so please register your attendance as soon as possible!
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Congregational Life
Thursday, July 21st – Jeff Tweedy and the Students of The People’s Music School Live in Concert at Pritzker Pavilion
Pack a picnic & come join folks from Wellington at a lovely summer outing! The People’s Music School is our partner organization for paying reparations for spirituals, so this is a great opportunity to hear their students open for Jeff Tweedy & play alongside him. Interested? Let Chris or Brenda or Donna know!
Music 4 the Soul
Music lifts our spirits & takes us places that words can’t reach. Click on the image below to enjoy this week’s rendition of Music 4 the Soul – a selection of timely videos, curated by our Music Director, Chris Inserra.
Sometimes you just need a document! Click below if you’re looking for:
- This week’s BULLETIN
- The latest version of the CHURCH DIRECTORY
- The approved CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES
- Reflections on the lectionary texts for this Sunday, July 10th.
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