Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
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This Sunday is our final “5th Sunday” of the year!
As this calendar year comes to a close &
a new one begins, we invite you to join us for a meditative service of word & song on Zoom, centering peace.
(Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash)
The Council is hard at work, crunching numbers for the 2024 budget.
Let them know they can count on you!
If you haven’t submitted a pledge yet, please do so –
and if you need a pledge card, you can find one here.
TAKE ACTION FOR PEACE!
Until there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, we must keep up the pressure on our elected officials.
Call today, please.
Click here for easy step-by-step instructions.
image by @Ernestoyerena
COMMUNITY NEWS
We are hoping that Tammy will be able to return home soon – but she is feeling a little fearful, and needs encouragement to practice walking on her own.
Give her a call, stop by to visit, or send her a card!
You’ll find her here:
Tamara Snider
c/o The Citadel (Rm. 206-2)
9615 Knox Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076
UPCOMING EVENTS
Start your new year off with art!
Claudette is organizing an outing to the MCA on Tuesday, January 2nd to see Faith Ringgold: American People.
Meet up at the Museum at 10:15 am – and bring your Illinois drivers license or state ID to get in for free! Let her know if you’ll attend – and if you’d like to have lunch or coffee in the cafe afterwards.
Dick Simpson and the Wellington Book Club invite you to the launch of Dick’s new book:
Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot on January 9 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library auditorium.
It will be available on YouTube for those who can’t attend in person.
The Book Club meets next on
Saturday, January 20th at 10am
to discuss Swing Time, which “has brilliant things to say about race, class, and gender, but its most poignant comment is perhaps this. Given who we are, who we are told that we are not, and who we imagine we might become, how do we find our way home? Granger’s romanticization of village life, undoubtedly naive, rests on a correct understanding: that belonging has a value all its own.” — The Guardian
SAVE THE DATE!
The Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting will be
HYBRID this year, following the worship service
at Nambu Chapel on January 21, 2024
Music 4 the Soul!
As we end 2023 with the daylight growing longer,
we long for light and peace to fill our hearts and the world.
Please find the video link recording below:
Singing in the Dark
by Carrie Newcomer
curated by our Music Director, Chris Inserra.
by Carrie Newcomer, co-written with John McCutcheon
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