Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
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This Sunday our Helping Hands Offering will go towards the Neighbors in Need denominational offering, which also supports the Council for American Indian Ministry.
Please come prepared to share!
Join us ONSITE at
First Church of the Brethren,
425 S. Central Park Avenue.
To map directions from your location, CLICK HERE.
Street parking is free & available close to the church building.
In case you need a little recap of JOY before we welcome LOVE!
A delegation of 1,000 evangelical pastors and influencers recently went on a fully funded trip to Israel, organized by Friends of Zion and the Israeli ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Christian pastors and influencers met with Israeli president Issaac Herzog and other officials, and they received training to promote Israel and strengthen its reputation in their respective communities. Dr. Mike Evans, a Christian Zionist who founded the Friends of Zion Heritage Centre in Jerusalem, is a known confidant of President Donald Trump. In their itinerary, the delegation did not meet with any Palestinian Christians or Palestinian Christians leaders.
Holy God, please forgive us when we participate in the structural sins of racism, hatred, and settler colonialism. We grieve the complicity of false prophets who participate in theologies of empire. Embolden the global church to stand firm in love and inclusivity against exclusive theologies and help us realize that your justice and love for humanity extends to all.
Lord in your mercy…hear our prayer.
From the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Holiday shopping returns
this Sunday the 21st
at First Church!
Joyce Cassel will have hand-made Palestinian crafts from the Women in Hebron cooperative in the downstairs Fellowship Hall!
Join us on Christmas Eve at 7pm for an hour of readings, songs, and contemplative warmth to welcome the Christ child.
This service will be held exclusively in the Zoom sanctuary, so you can join us from wherever you are!
If you’d like to help with the readings – let Ann-Louise know by clicking the button below.
On Christmas Day, we will gather once again in person at Elaine Klemen’s home. After a brief worship service with Communion – and plenty of singing – we’ll enjoy a potluck brunch.
Join us at 10:30am – and RSVP with the button below!
In case you missed it last week – Debbie Southorn’s great collaborative work on the press release led to Chicago Block Club running a story about our gift! You can read it HERE!
Small church gives big gift to free immigrants from detention this holiday season.
CPT Delegation to the Borderlands
Kryss Chupp and Tracy Hughes will co-lead a CPT Delegation to the U.S./Mexico Borderlands in Arizona/Sonora February 21-March 3. Information is available on CPT’s website. If you or someone you know is interested, please apply by January 15.
In this final week of ADVENT,
May you find LOVE & BEAUTY for sustenance in these selections.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
by Maeve O’Hara (violin)
recorded for Wellington November 2020
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Maverick City Music | TRIBL feat. Melvin Crispell III & Chandler Moore
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