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, let Jeffery know! You can reach him at: office@waucc.org or 773-935-0642 (text or call).
If you’d rather join by phone, just dial 312-626-6799 and enter the Meeting ID: 917 3218 6458.
The Outreach Committee is sponsoring a new venture – and we’re looking for 2 more folks to get involved!
Might that be you? Or a friend? Read on for details…
JOIN THE WELLINGTON UCC JAIL SUPPORT TEAM!
The Outreach Committee invites you to be part of the Wellington UCC team volunteering at Chicago Community Jail Support from 5:00PM to 8:15PM on the first Friday of the month – starting August 4!
Most people are released from Cook County Jail with nothing but the clothes they were arrested in – without a phone, money, or any belongings. This can be more than inconvenient and demeaning, it can be dangerous. That’s where Chicago Community Jail Support comes in.
Chicago Community Jail Support is a 7 days a week grassroots mutual aid project run completely by volunteers. Their mission is to assist anyone being released from Cook County Jail, their loved ones, and the surrounding community. They focus on providing direct aid that meets the immediate needs of those being released with phone calls, warm clothing and shelter, snacks, drinks, PPE, safe transportation home, and emergency housing. They have been present outside the jail at the corner of 27th Street and California Blvd every day from 5 PM to 10 PM (11 PM on weekends) for the last three years.
We will be volunteering on the first shift.
Training will be provided!
Please call Meg Evans (at 217-553-2995) or Debbie Southorn (at 971-227-3829) for more info or to join this Wellington community effort to keep this vital project going! Or send a friend our way!
This month’s Helping Hands offering
Last chance to give!
If you still need to make a gift towards the June Helping Hands offering – supporting our Negro Spirituals Reparations Initiative – please do so before the end of the week!
You can click here to give online (choose “Helping Hands” from the drop-down menu) or you can mail a check to the church office at
P.O. Box 804687, Chicago, IL 60680-4108
(be sure to note “June Helping Hands” in the memo line).
Upcoming Special Events!
Join the Book Club on July 15th!
We extend a special invitation to allmembers to join this conversation.
Margaret England will lead us through the book discussion and begin conversations around end of life issues as special programming for the Congregational Life Committee.
This is the first event in our new Aging with Grace series – keep an eye out for more events coming soon!
Celebrating the Life of
Bruce Beasley
Sunday, August 6th
Luncheon at noon
Service in the Nambu Chapel at 1:00 pm
(also streamed via Zoom)
All are welcome
Music 4 the Soul
is on break for the summer – it’ll return in September
when Chris is back at work!
What’s Up?
Congregational Life
SAVE THE DATE – SUNDAY, JULY 30 –
FOR A PRAYERFUL PICNIC WORSHIP SERVICE!
We’ll gather at the AIDS Garden Chicago for a delightful time of fellowship. More details to come, but save the date on your calendar now!
CHURCH RETREAT at TOWER HILL in MICHIGAN, SEPT. 15-17
Save the date on your calendar for one of the best weekends of the year! Take one final dip in the lake…enjoy the peace and quiet of being out of town…and compete in the “Waggle Dance Off” to help select our next meeting space!
We’ve got 20 spots to fill in the new Lodge building, pictured above – let us know if we should save one for you!
Sometimes you just need a document!
Click below if you’re looking for:
- This Sunday’s BULLETIN
- The latest version of the CHURCH DIRECTORY
- The approved CHURCH COUNCIL MINUTES
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