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Our next Book Club meeting will be on Wednesday, September 30 at 7:00 pm. We will be discussing "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid. If you want to be included, please email Judie at judietrue@gmail.com and she will send you a Zoom invitation.
Connecting in this time of physical distancing is vital to our remaining connected in life giving ways. Zoom Gatherings can be accessed with a computer, a tablet, a smart phone, or by calling in on your regular phone. We gather every week on Tuesdays at 11 am; and Thursdays at 9 am. Contact Pastor Julie for Zoom sign-in information.
We are resuming our weekly bible study. EVERYONE is invited to join us!! Contact Pastor Julie for Zoom sign-in information. Here is the schedule of dates and passages we will be discussing:
Men's Bible Study will meet two times in September, the 9th and the 23rd.
Meetings start at 7:00 pm.
Our current study is on the book A Resilient Life, by Gordon MacDonald.
We meet via Zoom. We encourage new attendees, so if interested, please contact Ken G. or Stu R. for access details. If you do not have a copy of the book, A Resilient Life, consider ordering from Amazon.
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Across America and in every community, there are families struggling to meet their basic needs. This year Church of the Cross will again be participating in the Operation Warm Coat Program. By donating money for NEW winter coats, you can help relieve the burden of poverty and bring the gift of warmth to children in need at Lakeview Elementary School in Hoffman Estates. A new coat allows families to stretch limited financial resources to necessities, such as food and shelter. The unfortunate reality is that these schools request even more coats than we can fund. Most of the children receiving these coats are part of the federal free or reduced school breakfast/lunch program so having a warm coat to get to school often means their meals for the day.
Thank you for your consideration. We will be accepting donations until Sunday, September 27th. Please put the notation "Warm Coats" in your check memo
line or envelope.
Cheryl W and Centro de Informacion will be participating again to do something about meeting hunger needs both locally and around the world. Elgin Cooperative Ministry organizes the Elgin CROP Walk for Sunday, October 18th, and Centro de Informacion is a member of ECM. In fact, 25% of all the money raised in the Elgin walk goes to ECM to support local food pantries and soup kitchens. Centro's small emergency pantry, which is seeing almost twice as many people now as it did 4 months ago, is one of the beneficiaries. Please donate on the website to support: https://www.crophungerwalk.org/elginil/Centro?tab=MyPage
The group meets via Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 am.
Our study book is “The Color of Compromise. The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism” by Jemar Tisdy. The book tells the story of how people of faith have historically - up to now - worked against racial Justice. EVERYONE is invited to join the study—just let Pastor Julie know you are interested, and the Zoom info will be sent directly to you.
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