Sunday, October 2, 2022

World Communion & New Member Recognition

9 a.m. Confirmation (Youth Education Room)

9 a.m. Follow Me Faith Formation (Fellowship Hall)

10 a.m. Communion Worship (Sanctuary). Rev. Nicole Farley is preaching.

11:15 a.m. New Member Reception (Outside)

4-6 p.m. Turquoise Table (Hawthorn Woods)

4:30-6 p.m. Holy Spirits (O'Toole's)

4-5:30 p.m. Junior High Fellowship (Youth Lounge)

7-9 p.m. Senior High Fellowship (Youth Lounge)

Tuesday, Oct. 4

6:30-7:30 p.m. Book study "Evicted” by Matthew Desmond (Social Hall)

Sunday, Oct. 9 

9 a.m. Confirmation (Youth Education Room)

9 a.m. Follow Me Faith Formation (Fellowship Hall) 

10 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary & Chapel). Rev. Amy Heinrich is preaching.

10:20 a.m. Kids' Church (Rooms 204/205)

11:15 a.m. Social Hour (Outside)

4-6 p.m. Turquoise Table (Libertyville)

5-7:30 p.m. Love Every Neighbor (Social Hall)

Sunday, Oct. 16

Tackle Hunger Tailgate

9 a.m. Confirmation (Youth Education Room)

9 a.m. Follow Me Faith Formation (Fellowship Hall) 

10 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary & Chapel). Rev. Dr. Brian R. Paulson is preaching.

10:20 a.m. Kids' Church (Rooms 204/205)

11:15 a.m. Tackle Hunger Tailgate (Brainerd Field)

4-6 p.m. Turquoise Table (Hawthorn Woods)

4-5:30 p.m. Junior High Fellowship (Townanders' Barn)

7- 9 p.m. Senior High Fellowship (Townanders' Barn)

Tuesday, Oct. 18

12-1 p.m. Lunch Bunch: Faith & Purpose with Carmen Patlan (Social Hall)

Sunday, Oct. 23

9 a.m. Confirmation (Youth Education Room)

9 a.m. Follow Me Faith Formation (Fellowship Hall) 

10 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary & Chapel). Rev. Dr. Brian R. Paulson is preaching in  the Chapel and Rev. Amy Heinrich is preaching in the Chapel.

10:20 a.m. Kids' Church (Rooms 204/205)

11 a.m. Social Hour (Outside)

11 a.m. Volunteer Development Summit (Social Hall)

4-6 p.m. Turquoise Table 

4-5:30 p.m. Junior High Fellowship (Youth Lounge)

7-9 p.m. Senior High Fellowship (Youth Lounge)

Upcoming Events

Oct. 29: Women's Fall Retreat from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. (Ryerson Woods)

Oct: 30: Evening Sabbath

Nov. 13: Third Grade Bibles

Faith Formation at 9 a.m. in Fellowship Hall

We're wrapping up our unit called Forgive this Sunday! We begin by talking about building bridges, and we'll hear once more from Luke 15:11-32. We hope you'll join us in Fellowship Hall at 9 a.m.and then join as we move to our breakout rooms:

Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades are going up to Room 209. Those in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades can choose to go with the Elementary group or stay with the High School and Adults group. High School and Adults remain in Fellowship Hall. Teachers of younger grades will bring kids back to Fellowship Hall at 9:45 a.m

Can you help with Follow Me or Kids' Church? Click here to volunteer for a specific spot and date. Questions? Contact Jennie Bucciero at 224-358-5885 or Rev. Nicole Farley at nfarley@boxp.net.  

Communion Worship at 10 a.m. in the Sanctuary

Join us for combined worship in the Sanctuary. Rev. Nicole Farley is preaching and we're recognizing our new members. Worship will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

Turquoise Table from 4-6 p.m.

The Turquoise Table is a place to gather together, build fellowship, foster new friendships, and extend our love of Christ out into the community.

Chris and Vanessa Griffin are hosting this week. Their address is 6 Enclave Way in Hawthorne Woods. Bring a folding lawn chair and a snack or drink to share, if you’d like.

Click here for the list of upcoming Turquoise Table dates and locations.

Holy Spirits at 4:30 p.m.

Join Elizabeth Wagner this Sunday (Oct. 2) at 4:30 p.m. to explore the topic of forgiveness over food and the beverage of your choice at O’Toole's.

Email Rev. Nicole Farley at nfarley@boxp.net to sign up for updates on upcoming gatherings

Deacon’s Winter Clothing Drive

Nights are getting longer and there is a chill in the air. That means its time for our annual Deacons Winter Clothing Drive. We need hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, winter fleeces and coats, winter boots and snowsuits. So, please clean out your closets of unused items.

Items can be placed in a bag and dropped off at the narthex on Sunday, Oct. 2 or Oct. 9 between 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The winter clothing will be made available to our Mobile Food Pantry guests on Oct. 15.

Love Every Neighbor: CARE Conversations at First Pres on Sunday, Oct. 9

Have you ever scratched your head over topics related to Indigenous People –those who first lived in the United States, including Lake County? And what is even the correct term: Indigenous People, Native Americans, Indians? Join us as we explore and wrestle with complicated questions together, guided by our Christian love for each other and all of our neighbors.

Come for pizza (5:30-6 p.m.) and conversation (6-7 p.m.) at our kickoff event on Sunday, Oct. 9 in the Social Hall, where our first topic is Exploring Indigenous Perspectives Through a Local Lens. All ages are welcome (with programming included for children). Please sign up here so we have an estimated headcount for pizza. (Registration not required. Drop-ins welcome!)

Tuesday Night Book Study

Join members of the Faith Formation Adult Strategy team as they lead a discussion around the book Evicted, by Matthew Desmond, about eight families experiencing eviction in Milwaukee, as we learn more about the Matthew 25 initiative of Eradicating Systemic Poverty. We meet on Tuesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Social Hall

A simple Panera soup supper will be served, so registration is needed to help us plan accordingly. Register here.

Our PADS shelter opens Oct. 5

PADS Lake County provides trauma-informed support, resources, and shelter to individuals and families experiencing homelessness and a housing crisis. 

We host guests as part of the PADS Lake County Emergency Overnight Shelter Program that ensures that everyone has a safe, warm place to sleep every night from October through April. While at our shelter site, guests receive dinner, camaraderie, breakfast in the morning, and a sack lunch to take with them.

Please click the links below to help us get our PADS season off to a strong start:

Volunteer Shifts: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA8AF23A5FA7-pads10 

Shopping & Food Prep: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BA8AF23A5FA7-pads9

Amazon Wish List: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/37MQQ0AFL43MJ?ref_=wl_share

Volunteer Development Summit on Oct.23

FPC Family, you are invited to join us on Sunday, Oct. 23 for two volunteer recruitment and engagement sessions with Ministry Architects. At 11 a.m., we will focus on effective rhythms and practices for recruiting and equipping volunteers for excellent ministry. At 12 p.m., we will take a break and then dive back into the ministry-specific impact of those processes. All chairs and ministry leaders should plan to attend, but both sessions are open to all.

Communion Helpers Needed

Could you help with setting/cleaning up for Communion on the first Sunday of the month? Angi Chamberlain is looking for few helpers to assist the Communion Guild on an occasional basis. Volunteers meet in the Social Hall kitchen at 8:30 a.m. on Communion Sundays to help with this important part of our church service.

Please call Angi at 224-805-0968 to learn more.

Tackle Hunger Tailgate on Oct. 16

Grab your favorite team jersey and join us on Brainerd Field right after worship on Oct. 16 for the Tackle Hunger Tailgate! We’ll have games for all ages, hotdogs and other treats and we'll be selling raffle tickets to support the Mobile Food Pantry. Donations of canned goods and other non-perishable food items are encouraged!

October Lunch Bunch: Faith & Purpose on Tuesday, Oct. 18

Recipient of the nation's highest honor for libraries and museums, Highwood Public Library Executive Director Carmen Patlan shares her journey of faith and purpose as she helped transform the library into a vital hub of support for local families and a growing immigrant population. Lunch starts at noon. Call the office at 847-362-2174 to sign up or you may register by clicking the blue button below.

Deeply Rooted: Weathering the Storms on Saturday, Oct. 29

Join us at the beautiful Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods for a morning retreat led by Rev. Amy Heinrich, Rev. Nicole Farley & Kim Mendoza. We'll be exploring how nature heals our bodies and souls and, in return, how we are called to heal God's creation. Learn more and register using the link below.

Children & Youth Choirs

Our Joyful Noise, Cherub and Faith choirs rehearse on Thursday. Junior-Senior High Choir and our kids and youth bell choirs rehearse on Sundays. All are welcome! Click the link below to learn more! 

I am The Vine; You are the Branches

In prior weeks we focused on Intentionality and Regularity. This week, we focus on the third branch – First.

Each of us prioritizes how we allocate our resources. We set money aside for our fixed expenses such as rent or mortgage, car payments, utilities, insurance, and food before we spend money on any discretionary items. This is a good practice, but it’s not the best practice. Scripture tells us to take a radical look at our finances from the perspective of first giving back to God, who has given us the resources and abilities to earn in the first place.

We live in a world today where we are constantly targeted by marketing, changing our perception of what is truly necessary by turning our wants into needs. If we don’t prioritize giving to God first, we run the risk of short-changing our call to support the ministry of First Pres.

By putting God first in our giving, we receive infinitely more blessings in return – whether it’s in the form of seeing how God stretches what’s left to meet all our needs, the fulfillment we feel in knowing that our gifts contribute to the blessings others receive, or even witnessing how God multiplies our offerings in unexpected ways beyond our imagination. Let’s commit to putting God first as we plan our giving.

Thank you for your generosity and faithful stewardship!

Remember to return your 2023 Giving Estimate Form or click on the link below to make your pledge.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 

Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.  

The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18, respectively. Día de la Raza, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, also falls within this period.  

During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we reaffirm that diversity is one of our country’s greatest strengths. First Pres C.A.R.E. (Committee on Anti-Racism & Equity) invites you to take a moment to view our Hispanic Heritage displays in the Narthex and hallways.  

Try the new Discovery Tool

Offering time, talents, and spiritual gifts is an important way we live out Jesus' call to discipleship. Now, there is a new way to connect your particular gifts with the needs of the world, our community, and one another! 

The Discovery Tool is a survey that takes just 3 to 5 minutes, and you will see the results immediately. Our prayer is that the Discovery Tool helps you pledge your time and talent to Christ's mission through First Presbyterian Church in ways that are joyful and spiritually enriching for you. Click the link below to take the survey.

Job Opening

First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville is seeking qualified candidates to fill the position of AV Coordinator.

Click here for the full job description.

Amazon Smile Donations

Did you know that when you shop using AmazonSmile, Amazon will make a donation to First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville's mission fund?

Here's the link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/36-2195472

Thank you to our friends and members for shopping at smile.amazon.com or using the Amazon app with AmazonSmile ON.

How to contact a pastor or staff member

Call 847-362-2174 or email office@boxp.net.

Our office hours are M-F 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Pastoral Emergencies

If you are a church member and need to reach a pastor in an emergency, call 847-367-6460. Leave a message and a pastor will return your call as soon as they are able.

Libertyville Senior Center

The Libertyville Senior Center offers a number of programs and services for seniors in our community. You may access their monthly newsletter by clicking the link below.