Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
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Reach out to office@waucc.org or 773-935-0642 (text or call).
In person worship is now TWICE as nice!
Join us this Sunday, October 15th, for an
in-person/hybrid service at Nambu Chapel!
If you’re joining us in person, you’ll find us on the lower level of North Shore Baptist Church at 5244 N. Lakewood Ave, in the Andersonville neighborhood. Click HERE for a map & to figure out the best route for you.
If you’re joining us online, just click on the peace dove below & she’ll bring you into the Zoom sanctuary
Either way, we look forward to seeing you at
10:30am on Sunday!
If you’d rather join by phone, just dial 312-626-6799 and enter the Meeting ID: 917 3218 6458.
Check out the list below, and bring your donations to
worship on October 15th!
You can also reach out to
Meg Evans or Debbie Southorn
if you need your items picked up.
September Helping Hands Offering – Wellington’s Welcome Home Fund for Carl Williams
The Outreach Committee is offering to match up to $2,000 from the congregation towards our Welcome Home Fund for Carl!
Please give generously to support this long-time friend of Wellington’s as he returns home after almost 30 years of incarceration. You can mail a check to the church office with the note “Helping Hands” in the memo line, or click here to give online.
Click on Carl’s image below if you’d like to watch the Call to Share from the worship service on September 24th.
Call for an End to the Violence in Israel and Gaza
We are all still reeling from the reports of tragic loss of life and continued atrocities taking place in Israel and Gaza. There is a growing concern that the cycle of violence could escalate into a wider regional war if steps are not taken to deescalate this conflict. As we mourn, and pray for those who have lost loved ones, particularly those still seeking information on the well-being of friends and family, we must call on policymakers to support a Just Peace.
In this tense moment, it is important for Congress to hear messages from advocates calling for de-escalation and for restraint from measures that would only intensify the violence. Join the United Church of Christ, and our ecumenical partners, in telling our elected leaders that we support calls for an immediate ceasefire, steps toward de-escalation, and respect for international law to prevent further civilian harm.
As a Just Peace Church, we also know that an end to the immediate acts of violence will not automatically bring justice. The international community must address the core systemic issues of the war and ongoing occupation of Palestinian territory that is necessary in the long term to build a real peace. As we continue in our prayer for those impacted and as we find hope in our belief that peace is possible, may we too take action to urge our legislators to be leaders in calling for a Just Peace.
Click here to contact your representatives now.
Upcoming Events
Want to experience a love letter to Chicago’s youth organizers?
RSVP now for the highly anticipated screening of the
No Cop Academy Documentary – Monday, October 16th
at 5pm in Malcolm X’s Conference Center Auditorium
Turn out to be inspired by the next generation – and watch for cameos of Debbie Southorn!
(Can you find her in the above image?!?)
“Charming, compulsively readable, and full of wit, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope – a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.” (from the author’s website)
Pick up a copy today so you’re ready for the next
Book Club meeting on Saturday, October 21st at 10am!
There are just a few Last Suppers left in the year, so if you haven’t attended one yet, RSVP soon!
October’s dinner will be on Tuesday, the 31st – and in addition to dinner & conversation, we’ll be handing out candy to Trick or Treaters!
Join us for the fun.
Music 4 the Soul
for the October 15, 2023 service,
with the devastating realities in Palestine and Israel
I am reminded of these two recordings
from Bethlehem in English & Arabic
and May the Light.
May there be a way for peace.
~ Music Director, Chris Inserra
Little Drummer Boy –Voices from Bethlehem Dec 24, 2018
Singers by appearance: Nathalie Murad, Fouad Moubassaleh, Milad Fatouleh, Amjad Khair, Fadi Ghattas. Written By: Katherine Kennicott Davis. Arabic Lyrics: Fadi Ghattas, Fouad Moubassaleh.
by David Roth 1986
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