"What's Worth Fighting For?"
Dr. Thomas Dickelman, preaching
Music by The Elliott Delman Trio
Sunday, October 13, 2019 - Lake Forest College
9:00 - Meditation Reid Hall Rm 100
9:00 - 11:00 - Child Care, Reid Hall
10:00 - Worship Service
11:00 - Coffee Hour - treats by Meg Barnhart
Last Sunday's "Bushwood Service"
Get your photo taken for the directory this Sunday. See Pam or John Corrigan on the inside of the entrance at the church on the North side, or send photo to Pam
THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE BBQ TEAM OF
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH ARE THE
GRAND CHAMPIONS OF THE
18TH ANNUAL LAKE BLUFF RIBFEST
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Capt. Zach Hancock and team John Corrigan, Peter Wolff, Cliff Kiehl, Brian Smyth and a number of other key helpers - including expert BBQ consultant Rod Workman and hospitality specialists Rick and Patti Young - were named the Grand Champions of the 2019 Lake Bluff Ribfest. 23 teams vied for the trophy and bragging rights, including a number of teams who have participated in the
National BBQ Championship in Memphis. Also, a special
thank you to Kraig Moreland for producing Fire & Brimstone swag.
Congrats to Fire & Brimstone sponsored by the Community Church!
Zach Hancock, Peter Wolff, and John Corrigan hard at work on their way to winning Ribfest
Future Fire & Brimstone team members Henry and Frances Hancock celebrate the victory d link your images to supporting resources.
Roots & Wings , our Sunday School for
K - 5, met last Sunday for an extraordinary experience that featured an outdoor altar created by Teddi Koch just outside the Community Church garden. Don't forget that Roots & Wings children will hear a special message at church this Sunday, and that the Roots & Wings meets again on Sunday, October 20.
Allie Schmitt at the
 Roots & Wings altar last Sunday
A close up of the beautiful altar created by teacher Teddi Koch
Upcoming Sunday Schedule
Oct. 13 . TD preach . Eliiott Delman trio music . communion
Oct. 20 . TD preach . Soul Message music
Oct 27 . TD preach . DBUT ukes music . Annual Fund I
Nov 3 . TD preach . Woodstock Service* . Annual Fund II
Nov. 10 . Matt Dewar preach . Bluesbreakers music . Annual III
* if you liked our Grateful Dead Service, don't miss Woodstock!
There’s Still Time to Participate … 
The Community Church Reads
for Spiritual Growth Fall Book 
On the Brink of Everything
by Parker Palmer
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Pre-reading group —
October 14th 9 AM or 7 PM 
Post-reading group — October 28th 9 AM or 7 PM 
Come to whichever time slots works for you. 
Books available at Lake Forest Bookstore. Call or stop by for immediate availability. If they don’t have it, they will order it for you—we prefer to buy books for our reading groups at our local (and beloved) bookstore.
MSG October
You might be asking: What do they do at MSG (Middle School Group)?
To really know, you kinda have to be there, but in a nutshell: 
We ate Malnati’s deep dish 'za, “The Lou” &“Chicago Classic.”
We bowled (in room 215 with a soft ball and soft pins)—Connor Gustafson was champion—striking down all 4 pins in one throw. Maxwell Hill pioneered the technique to knock down all 4 in one throw. 
We read Zach’s translation of The Beatitudes (if you were at the church service on Sunday you heard it). 
We talked about what Happiness is. 
We watched a short film entitled " Happiness ." 
We discussed some more. 
Who is We ? MSG participants this month: Nora Sharman, Lucy Matthews, Charlotte Matson, Samantha Richmond, Jonathan Richmond, Maxwell Hill, Connor Gustafson. 
Ken's Korner

Hi Folks,

While playing disc golf today with Zach I was talking a little bit about my Music Director philosophy. Most churches have a choir, bell choir, organist maybe a worship band and a brass ensemble. We don’t really have any of that, yet I feel like our music program is really special. It’s built on a circle of old and new connections.
We hire great musicians and they become friends that are part of our circle. For instance Bushwood played last Sunday for the first time at a worship service and did a wonderful job! Now they're part of the circle and will play every year on the first Sunday in October. The week before that Terry Moran, who has been part of the circle for many years, played along with Fred, Elliott and myself. That wasn’t anything new except we added violinist Jordi Kleiner who had never played Terry’s music before, and what a great addition he was.
We have musicians like Billy Strings, Don Julin, Brian Bowers and Pierce Pettis who we catch when they pass through the area on tour. That is often made possible with gracious hosts and house concerts. Our musicians take great care to pick music that speaks to the heart and I feel like that’s what it’s all about. 

On a golf note, Zach seems to be unbeatable at disc golf the last couple weeks. I had a brief glimmer of hope being up by two strokes after the first five holes but I quickly self destructed on hole six and Zach never looked back. I’ve included a link to a short video clip along with the winning shot from our last game.

Please support live music this weekend:

Friday: Elliott Delman at the Lake Bluff Farmers Market

Sunday: Elliott Delman, Tom Bowling (the professor) and Jim Seidel will provide music for the 10 am service. At 12 pm The Love with Derrick Suede Stout will be playing the MainStage at the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival.

Mark Your Calendars:

October 19 : Elliott and Tom Bowling with Compass Rose at Maya del Sol, Oak Park 7:30 PM 

November 27: The Hellhounds at The Humble Pub in Highwood for Black Wednesday. Music starts at 8 pm.

Also my friend Linda Taylor has just released a single called Sweep Me. This song elucidates the rampant abuse and neglect in nursing homes. The song takes a first person point of view—where a resident sings to the janitor (who is not listening to her; he/she is focused on sweeping) about all the bad things that take place in the nursing home, and that she just wants to be swept up like the debris.
Linda is the vocalist and lyricist. James Stonehouse composed the music. Sweep Me is the third song in her series to spotlight the atrocities taking place in nursing homes. Here is a link to the song on Youtube .You can also find it on iTunes , Spotify and Amazon music .

See you soon!

Ken