Celebrating the Journey Joys & Concerns Edition October 2019

Help us Honor our Church Members Mary Westerbeck & Ethel Yamashita Let them know they are part of our family - always in our hearts and prayers!

Remember our Shut-Ins in Prayer

Betty Blair Joyce Horn Erna Houdek Dede & Gary Gray Ed Brandwein Betty Imhoff Louise Dahm Claire Kent

Ollie Lindgren Richard Noxon Thea O'Connor Helen Stauffer

Claudette Treadwell Mary Westerbeck Ethel Yamashita Valoyce Williams

Please remember those of our church family who are not always able to be with us. Send a card, give them a call, plan a visit, and keep them in your prayers!

You may obtain the list of our shut-ins or our monthly birthday and anniversary lists by contacting the Church Office.

Remember also our members and friends who were hospitalized and/or entered into or continue in rehab this month: Dan Drasler, Sandy Ferguson, Rick Stauffer, Martha Wallace ,

Dear Church Family! I want to thank everyone for your prayers, cards, and phone calls during my recovery. You are all so very thoughtful! With much thanks! Tony Tarosas

Do you know persons serving currently in the military? Please let the church office know, so we can keep them on our prayer list! Requests for Prayer

Remember Our Military! Cody Colbert Richard Dowdle Cole Guenther Eric Hertel John (Jay) Hogrewe Jake Korbecki Dominik Kneip Joey Mann Owen Ritsema Ben Sprouse

The Ladies of Yarn Works will be attending their annual Snug Hugs for Kids TM Event on Saturday, November 2.  Yarn Works members work all year on pieces to include at this event. This is a winter clothing drive which benefits at-risk children and families served by Children's Home & Aid.

THANK YOU! Just a quick note to thank all of you for the input you provided us for our workshop on environment at this year's FVA Fall Meeting, held on October 20. our workshop . Click on the link below to view the document we were able to provide listing what OUR congregation put together. We could not have done it without you! Barb and Don Schmidt Social Justice Advocates o btain the copy to post to website. insert link when done

HERITAGE SUNDAY November 10, 2019

Would you like a visit from Rev. Cope? Don't think that he is too busy or that you are interrupting him. This is part of his job as your minister. email: revcope.cca@gmail.com Church Office 847-658-5308 Just let him know!

“Give, and it will be given to you” Luke 6:38 Our Stewardship Journey Jesus lives within us, and the Holy Spirit comes out of us to live what God calls us to do. Please join us for Commitment Sunday on November 10 as we offer our estimate of giving and continue our stewardship journey. Ministry of Finance

Crop Walk 2019 We want to thank all the church members and visitors who supported our walk in the Church World Service Crop Hunger Walk. Your generosity netted $700 to the cause. Twenty-five percent of the funds raised provide hunger-fighting programs in our own community. These funds also helps to provide resources throughout the world, such as food and water, and other resources that empower people to meet their own needs. From seeds and tools, wells and water systems, technical training and micro-enterprise loans, the key is people working together to identify their own development priorities, their strengths and their needs through Church World Service for the past 70 years. God bless you all, to God's honor and glory. Barb and Don Schmidt

We want to also recognize other ways our congregation has assisted our local A-LITH Interfaith Food Pantry (The Pantry), by bringing food products to the church where members deliver them to The Pantry, support through paying the pig, as well as members who pick up soon-to-be-expired meat at several local grocery stores and deliver these to The Pantry. The Schmidts

Bread for the World Sunday, November 17

Bread for the World Letter Campaign We will have a letter writing station on 11/17. You can also write to Congress by following this link Write to Congress

Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. Our work to change the conditions and policies that allow hunger to persist is supported by all major church bodies and sustained by generous contributions from individuals, families, and congregations.

Whether you have been coming to church here for a while, or just stopped in, you can find out about who we are and what it means to be a member here. Contact the Church Office or find Sally Cope! YOU ARE WELCOME HERE!!! The Heavenly Attic is Having a Sale!

Visit the CCA Website!

No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, YOU are welcome here !

The Congregational Church of Algonquin 109 Washington Street Algonquin, IL 60102

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