Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
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PEACE
This Sunday is the second Sunday in Advent, and we’ll be lighting the candle of peace. Elaine Klemen is our liturgist, and Kay Snowfleet our candle-lighter. Hope to see you in the Zoom Sanctuary!
You have a few days before Council Members start making reminder phone calls about your 2024 pledge!
If you need a pledge card, you can find one here.
Have you called yet this week? Today?
Keep up the pressure
to demand a ceasefire in Gaza!
Click here for easy step-by-step instructions.
image by @Ernestoyerena
This is the final week to give towards this month’s
Helping Hands offering for the
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
Almost 2 million people in Gaza have been displaced.
17,177 people – including 7,112 children – have been killed*.
Families in Gaza are in need of your urgent support!
MECA’s staff and local partners in Gaza are on the ground responding to the most urgent needs of children and families.
Please give generously to provide medical aid, clean water, food, psychological support, and more. You can mail a check to the church office (P.O. Box 804687, Chicago, IL 60680-4108), or give online using the button below (be sure to choose “Helping Hands”)
*Statistics from the Ministry of Health in Gaza as of 12/8/23, as reported by Aljazeera.com
Tammy continues her recovery – and loves getting cards! Write to her at:
Tamara Snider
c/o The Citadel (Rm. 108)
9615 Knox Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076
CARL’S COMING HOME!
The Illinois Department of Corrections seems to operate under a system of “hurry up and wait!”
Details are still unclear and in flux, but Carl is still hoping to be released on December 15th – and is looking
forward to Wellington’s support every step of the way.
Join the
Book Club on Saturday, December 16th at 10am
to discuss this wildly entertaining romp that also offers a “historically grounded indictment of the separate and unequal lives of Blacks and whites in mid-20th century New York.” —Associated Press
The group will also be selecting titles to read in 2024 – so bring your recommendations!
Christmas Eve is on a Sunday this year –
so our Sunday morning service on the 24th will do double-duty!
Even if you’re traveling for the holidays, you can join us, since this service will be offered only on Zoom.
Music 4 the Soul!
as we continue to yearn for peace,
we hold in our hearts all those in Israel and Palestine
who also desperately long for and are working for peace.
Little Drummer Boy
from Voices from Bethlehem
curated by our Music Director, Chris Inserra.
Milad Fatouleh, Amjad Khair, Fadi Ghattas
Written By: Katherine Kennicott Davis
Arabic Lyrics: Fadi Ghattas, Fouad Moubassaleh
Sometimes you just need a document!
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- This Sunday’s BULLETIN
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