Upcoming Events

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EVERYONE is invited to join us on Sunday, December 4, as we
go sing Christmas Carols to our homebound and shut-ins! We will meet in the gym at
12:00 and depart from there. This is an outdoor event, so please dress for the weather.

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OWLS DECORATING/CHRISTMAS LUNCH The OWLS will be decorating the church for the
Christmas season beginning at 10:00 on Friday, December 2. Helpers of all ages are
welcome. The OWLS Christmas Party will follow at Papa Joe’s beginning at 12:00.
► PLEASE CALL/TEXT ELLEN WEBER AT 708-803-6767 BY NOVEMBER 28, TO LET
HER KNOW IF YOU WILL BE COMING TO THE LUNCHEON.

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“This Is My Son”, our series of weekday Advent communion services, will be held and streamed
on WEDNESDAYS, November 30, December 7, 14, and 21, at 11:00. A luncheon will be
served following each morning service. (This week we will have Taco Bake Casserole!)
November 30: Just as God’s people of old waited with faith in the coming Messiah, so is our Advent
anticipation of Christmas… Our hopes and fears are real. They can distract us from God’s promises.
God’s promise was from the beginning spoken to Adam and Eve. Salvation would come through the
woman’s offspring. But it would not be Cain, son of Adam, nor Ishmael, son of Abraham, nor Absalom,
son of David. The true Son of Adam and Abraham and David is the Son of God. Our attention and faith
thus direct our hopes and fears to God’s Son, in whom we receive adoption as sons and daughters in the
family of God.

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The Ladies Aid / LWML Craft & Bake Sale is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4,
following all church services. Everyone in the congregation is invited to donate handmade crafts: needlework, wood crafts, painted items, Christmas ornaments, etc. Please bring your donated crafts during church office hours, on Sundays during regular worship services, or on Friday, December 2, which is preferred. Craft items should be
marked with the donor’s name, phone number, and price (so that any unsold items can be
returned). Baked goods can be brought on Friday, December 2, or to the 5:00 service on
Saturday, December 3. Thank you for your support of the mission work of the LWML.

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The final Voters’ Meeting for 2022 will be held on Sunday, December 11,
following the 10:00 worship service. Parish officers will be elected and other congregational
business will be addressed. All communicant members of Christ Lutheran Church, 18 years of
age and older, are eligible and encouraged to vote. The Elders will have a meeting on
Sunday, December 4, and Church Council will meet on Tuesday, December 6, at 6:30.

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A Christmas Door/Love Offering will be received December 10 and 11 after all services to support the ministry of St. Matthew Lutheran in the Pilsen neighborhood and its El Comedor Popular Soup Kitchen. Volunteers are needed to
help package and distribute the Christmas Bag Lunches on Thursday, December 15.

Please contact George at 708-363-4209 or email George@georgezoellick.com if you would like
to join us.

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This year’s Sunday School Christmas Program, “The Greatest Gift”, will be held on Sunday, December 11, at the 10:00 a.m. service.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO 8:00 A.M. WORSHIP ON THAT SUNDAY.

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❖ This is LWML Sunday throughout the Synod. We’ll be collecting mite box offerings for
missions in the large purple collection box in the narthex during the month of October.
Thank you for your support.
❖ On December 3 and 4, the Ladies Aid/LWML will be sponsoring a Craft & Bake Sale
after services. If you are a crafter (knitting, crocheting, sewing, woodworking, painting,
etc.), please consider donating an item (or several!) and/or baked goods. More
information to follow later.

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Thank you to everyone who brought desserts and participated in our
Rally Day Dessert Competition! Congratulations to our dessert winners: 1st Place – Allison
Kazlauskas (peanut butter cookies); 2 nd Place – Jeanne Smith (chocolate peanut butter bars); 3rd Place
– Bill Keuch (brownies).

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With thankful hearts and praise to God, we will celebrate the Installation of Pastor Charles
Johnson as Senior Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church on Sunday, September 18, at 3:00.
Pastor Matt Dubensky of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Chicago Heights, will offer the sermon and
Rev. Dr. Allan R. Buss, District President will officiate the Rite of Installation. The service will be
followed by a reception in the gym of Ledogar Hall.

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WOMEN’S SCRIPTURE & PRAYER GROUP Join Pastor Chuck for a new season of WSPG
beginning this Wednesday, September 14, at 9:30 a.m. We will begin a study of Hosea with
the book God’s Relentless Love by Sharla Fritz. God’s Relentless Love shows how God never
gives up on us, how He loves us freely, and how He makes us His very own. Copies of the
book will be available in class. All women are invited to join us!

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USED CLOTHING COLLECTION Our used clothing drive will continue through the end of
September. Clean, used clothing can be brought to the church to be donated to Pass It On
Thrift Center in Crestwood.

PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR
DONATIONS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11.

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OWLS LUNCH OUTING The OWLS are going to Blueberry Hill (179th & LaGrange) for lunch after
the 10:00 service this Sunday, November 13. Any senior is invited to join us; you don’t have to
be an OWLS member. Carpooling is available, and the restaurant will write separate checks
(and do the dishes!). Come meet some other seniors at Christ Lutheran. We will meet in the
Fireside Room after the 10:00 service.

To sign up or for more information, contact
Sharon Mulcahy at 708-269-2102.

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MONDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY We are currently studying the book of 1 Samuel. This study is
zoomed on Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. and led by Pastor Chuck. Zooming information can be
found at christlutheranorlandpark.com and click on “Bible Studies”.

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LADIES AID / LWML CRAFT & BAKE SALE The Ladies Aid / LWML Craft & Bake Sale is
scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, following all church services.
Everyone in the congregation is invited to donate handmade crafts: needlework, wood
crafts, painted items, Christmas ornaments, etc. Please bring your donated crafts during
church office hours, on Sundays during regular worship services, or on Friday, December 2,
which is preferred. Craft items should be marked with the donor’s name, phone number, and
price (so that any unsold items can be returned). Baked goods can be brought on Friday,
December 2, or to the 5:00 service on Saturday, December 3. Thank you for your support of
the mission work of the LWML.