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1650 W. Foster Ave., Chicago IL
(773) 561-8496
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Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet
Zambia, ca.2000
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Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost
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Today’s gospel starts with disciples obsessing over who’s number one, which leads Jesus to say something about God's take on importance and power. Here Jesus makes it explicit that the reversal of values in God’s community is a direct challenge to the values of the dominant culture, where wielding power over others is what makes you great. When we pray “your kingdom come” we are praying for an end to tyranny and oppression. We pray this gathered around the cross, a sign of great shame transformed to be the sign of great honor and service.
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See you Sunday!
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Morning Prayer:
Creator God, you are wrapped in light as a garment, clothed with honor and majesty. Enlighten us with true faith and humble obedience that seeks to serve others in your name. Amen.
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Evening Prayer:
Eternal One, whose thoughts and ways are not ours, you alone are God, awesome, holy, and most high. School us in the ways of faith and wisdom, that we, like Job, may learn to truly see and hear, and in humility find blessing. Amen.
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Prayer with Children:
Dear Jesus, you give each of us gifts to love and serve you and our friends and neighbors. Help us to remember that we don't need to compete with other for your love. There is more than enough for everyone!
Amen.
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In our prayers:
Dan, Ron, Walker, Major, Belita, Aimee, Velda, Paul, Ina, Jennifer, Lili, Gloria, Monroe, John and Sharon, Bob, Lauren, Howard, Dennis, Richard, Jody, Scott, Barbara, Dick, Ashley, Debbie, Eric. We also pray for our bishops, Elizabeth and Wayne.
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Celebrations, Concerns, and Condolences...
If you have items you'd like shared in this section, email
Pastor Michael
. Names may be added or removed from the prayer list by contacting
Pam S
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The friends and families of Don McCrary and Tom, Ashley Frigerio's stepfather, upon their recent deaths.
Barbara Ketter who is recovering from surgery.
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This Week's Commemorations
James of Jerusalem, martyr, died around 62
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
One of three early-church leaders named James, this man is identified in the New Testament and by a historian of the time as a brother of Jesus. Scholars are uncertain whether this means a blood brother. He was a leader of the church in Jerusalem.
Philipp Nicolai, died 1608; Johann Heermann, died 1647; Paul Gerhardt, died 1676; hymnwriters
Friday, October 26, 2018
These great hymnwriters all worked in seventeenth-century Germany in times of war and plague. Nicolai, a pastor, lost 1,300 parishioners to plague, 170 in one week. He wrote "O Morning Star, how fair and bright" and "Wake, awake, for night is flying." Heermann's hymns, including "Ah, holy Jesus," often express the emotions of faith. Gerhardt, perhaps the greatest Lutheran hymnwriter, was a pastor in Berlin.
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Fall Fellowship Block Party
Games
Prizes
Food
Fellowship
- Celebrate Being Neighbors
- Celebrate Our Community
- Celebrate Fall
- Celebrate God's Blessings
(if weather is an issue, we will relocate to the gymnasium)
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Ebenezer to Welcome New Members on November 11
Are you interested in formally connecting with the Ebenezer Church community? Come learn more at a New Member Orientation Session on Sundays October 30th and November 4th at 3:30 p.m. Can't make either of those sessions? Contact
Pastor Michael Fick
; he'll be happy to meet with you!
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Community Hour at Ebenezer
Sundays from 11:15 – 12:15 a.m. downstairs in the Education Center.
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Justice Team Book Discussion in October
It's time to start reading!
Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism
by Deborah Jian Lee.
Generational changes and the shifting racial make-up of evangelicals are transforming the evangelical movement and pushing it in a more progressive direction. A young and diverse array of people on this leading edge of progressive evangelicalism--LGBTQ and straight; white, black, Asian, Hispanic and indigenous--are working to wrest political power away from conservatives. Given the clout that evangelicals still hold in national politics, Lee argues, this movement is important not only for the future of evangelicalism but also for the future of the country.
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Senior Group
The Ebenezer Senior group welcomes you to join us for an outing to the Botanic Garden October 18. We will leave church at 11 a.m, eat lunch at the garden and return to Ebenezer before 4 p.m. If you want to go, please contact Joyce Sweet at
jsweet100@gmail.com or 224-250-7313 before October 15 to reserve your spot and so that we can arrange transportation. If you can drive for this event, please let her know at the time of your reservation.
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Small Groups at Ebenezer
Are you interested in learning more about the Small Group ministry at Ebenezer? Current members of the small groups gather…
- To get to know one another and become a caring community.
- To support one another through listening, sharing, praying, and being present to one another.
- To discover meaning in God’s word and apply it to our lives.
- To enjoy one another’s uniqueness and take responsibility for our own adventure in Christian growth.
If you are interested in making a commitment or learning more
please contact Bev, Darlene, Janet, or Pastor Michael:
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Edgewater Congregations Together Youth Group
at Immanuel Lutheran Church (1500 W. Elmdale Ave.)
The E.C.T. (Edgewater Congregations Together) Youth Group has resumed their regular youth group schedule.
2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month
Dinner - 6:15 pm; Program - 7:00-8:30 pm; Free Time - 8:30-9:00 pm
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ECT Youth Group Community Night:
Wed., Oct. 24
@Immanuel Lutheran Church: 1500 W. Elmdale Ave.
6:15pm - Dinner, 7-7:45pm - worship
* Youth will continue with small groups, games, and free time following worship (until 9pm).
Join the ECT Youth Group for dinner and worship on the 4th Wednesday of the month (with a few exceptions due to holidays).
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Edgewater Congregations Together Youth Group consists of youth in grades 6
th-12
th from Unity, Immanuel, and Ebenezer Lutheran Churches in the neighborhood of Edgewater. During the school year, they gather on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at Immanuel Lutheran Church for a meal, games, faith discussions, and worship. For more information, contact Pastor Emily at
pastoremilyh@gmail.com.
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October 28: Congregational Meeting
This year, the Council is calling this October meeting purely to consider and adopt a budget. This will allow our January meeting to focus on ministry update and planning. Be sure to stay!
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Ebenezer Refugee Support
Ebenezer’s support group works with newly arrived refugees in the Rogers Park and Edgewater area. Sponsoring agencies offer a minimum of initial help when families first arrive. Ebenezer’s group works to fill the gap until families are self-supporting. To see a list of items needed and sign up to donate them, click
here.
Check back periodically. The list is updated as families’ needs change. Cash donations can be made out to Ebenezer Lutheran Church with the notation of Refugee Fund on the memo line. Questions can be directed to
Jackie Wood
or text at 773-484-3923. or call
Norm Dynneson
at 773-218-8729
To learn more, visit the Facebook Page for the group
here. Or, contact
Norm D.
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Esprit:
A Support Group for People Recovering or Supporting Others with Mental Health Issues
Esprit welcomes anyone affected by mental illness and makes available a spiritual circle to share, listen, learn, be heard and renewed.
MONTHLY gatherings are 2nd and 4th Thursdays 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
October 11, 2018-May 23rd, 2019
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Facilities Feedback
Ebenezer's facilities are busier than ever, which is both a gift and a challenge! To help us understand areas where cleaning and repair could be improved, you are invited to use this
form to provide feedback to Jesse, our sexton. This is a more reliable method than verbal reports to staff or volunteers on Sundays, when our focus in on worship. Please let us know how we can continue to make Ebenezer a place of hospitality for all! The link is also available at any time at the Ebenezer Facilities
webpage.
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Community and Announcements
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John Elmquist Performance, October 28
John Elmquist has written a sprawling 50-minute 10 movement work for 45 musicians and his HardArt groop will be performing it on Sunday, October 28 at 7:30 at the Merit School of Music, 38 S Peoria. The piece, entitled
I Own an Ion,
plays with different ideas of the fallacy of ownership. Admission is $20 and includes a copy of the recently completed recording of his project from 2017:
Expeditionary Twitch
. Also performing will be John's small group partnership with guitarist Chris Siebold: Lennon's Tuba that features Andrea Tolzmann. There is easy (metered) street parking around Merit.
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Still Point Theatre 25th Anniversary Event
Sunday, October 21st, 3-6
4300 N Hermitage, Chicago IL
Can you believe it, friends? Still Point is celebrating 25 years of using theatre to build connections and community; to uplift and inspire; to celebrate the human spirit and the healing power of creative expression. Please come join us for a talk by poet and theologian Edwina Gately, for performances by our outreach ensembles, and for cake! We couldn’t have made it without a supportive community, so we are celebrating you as much as we are celebrating the organization’s accomplishments. Tickets are $25 each, see link to purchase. If ticket cost is an obstacle please contact us at ! All are welcome. Ample street parking and along the Metra tracks on Ravenswood.
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Travel to the Holy Land
Travel to the Holy Land with LSTC Professors Barbara Rossing and Klaus-Peter Adam, and seminary students from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Jan. 4-17, 2019, "World of the Bible: Ancient Sites and Current Struggles." arranged with Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies. Includes Petra, Jordan, as well as Israel & Palestine. $3958 with airfare from Chicago. (Land only price $2660).
for more information, email Klaus-Peter Adam (
kpadam@lstc.edu
) or Barbara Rossing:
brossing@lstc.edu
. (Barbara has led Ebenezer retreats in February 2014 and 2016.). A deposit of $600 is due by Oct. 21.
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Give with Goodshop and Amazon Smile
Shopping online at
goodshop.org allows you to do the shopping you'd do anyway at your favorite sites, while supporting the ministry at Ebenezer! Simply register and then select Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Chicago, as the beneficiary of the donation Goodshop makes when you shop through their site. Check it out today!
Also, Ebenezer is designated as a recipient for Smile dollars on Amazon.
Any shopping you do on Amazon can benefit Ebenezer! Simply register at smile.amazon.com and designate us... same great shopping, but we receive .5% of your purchase amount!
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Regular Office Hours
Monday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Thursday 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Our Mission:
God calls Ebenezer to be a Christian home for all who seek the sustaining nature of the Holy Spirit, to demonstrate faith and trust in God through the ministry of its people, and to let Christ's model of service, justice and love give expression to how we share God's gift with the world.
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