Wellington’s Weekly News 4/26/25

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, please let the office know! Reach out to office@waucc.org or 773-935-0642 (text or call).

~ Sunday, April 27th ~

join us at 10:30am

ONLINE

for a digital worship service!


Please plan to stick around for Zoom Fellowship Hour this Sunday
for a guided conversation about our search for a new “hive”!

Our main focus this month will be reflecting
on what we’ve learned during our nomadic years;
we’ll also share brief updates from each prospective location.

(Mark your calendars now for another session like this on May 25th which will focus more on the specifics of each potential spot.)


If you’re interested in attending the May 1st rally as part of a Wellington group, please reach out to Meg Evans (megevans33@gmail.com)!

You can join early for the interfaith gathering, or come at 11 for the rally & march!

There are TWO seats left at the
April Last Supper Club*
hosted by Colleen Harper at 6pm on Wednesday, April 30th.

 RSVP to the Church Office by phone call, text, or email to save yourself a seat at the table!

All the organizations that utilize the First Church of the Brethren building are gathering to help give the place a spring spritz up! We’d love to have 5-7 folks from Wellington present, and to focus our contributions in the morning. Available? Let Pastor Ann-Louise know!


Thanks to Wellington’s generous donation, five containers of 150,000 books are on their way to Sierra Leone! It includes a wide variety of books for all ages, as well as a Thomson Reuters law library for the Sierra Leone Attorney General, sponsored by the Attorney General Alliance. Thanks to your contribution, in just a few weeks, over 150,000 books will arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone to be distributed to public libraries, schools, and colleges throughout the country.


Did you know the Sanctuary Working Group has their own quarterly newsletter?

Read the full dispatch by clicking here!

On April 28th, come see Buddy perform in this fantastic choral concert at Symphony Center!

Click here for tickets.

From Israel – to Chicago! – this week
Wellington is a proud supporter of Standing Together, and encourages you to attend one of their events this week!

We also have a private Wellington meeting with them Wednesday afternoon in the loop – let Ann-Louise or Craig know
if you’d like to attend.

Speaking of choirs ~
our very own pianist
Nick Guetterman will perform with the Allegrezza Singers for an uplifting program of song!

Friday, May 2nd in Chicago, and Sunday, May 4th in Hinsdale

Click here for full event details.



Music 4 the Soul

Recorded 4 years ago, this message continues to ring true:
Please wake up, America!

Wake Up In America
Written by Dave Kinnoin & Jimmy Hammer
Lead by lea Morris

Sometimes you just need a document!

Click below if you’re looking for:

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