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Meals with Jesus: a worship series
Jesus did a lot of ministry during meals that he ate with a wide variety of people: religious officials, government officials, friends and strangers. Through these meals he shared God’s grace, community and mission.
Join Christ UMC Elmhurst and First as Pastors Jim and Joe explore Jesus’ meal ministry. Two of these services will be “breakfast church”. Breakfast church will include breakfast, a Jesus story and table discussion about the story. June 2 will be the first breakfast church at First UMC Elmhurst. June 30 will be breakfast church at Christ UMC
Worshippers will be invited to consider if they would like to host a dinner church in the community later this summer.
Come and experience Grace, Community and Mission!
| Date | Scripture | Church Address |
|---|---|---|
| June 2 | Luke 5:27-32 | First |
| June 9 | Luke 7:36-50 | Christ |
| June 16 | Luke 14:1-24 | First |
| June 23 | Mark 1:37-39 | First |
| June 30 | Luke 9:10-17 | Christ |
| July 7 | Luke 10:38-42 | Christ |
| July 14 | Luke 11:37-44 | First |
| July 21 | John 21:1-17 | Christ |
Lent at First Church
Worship (Available on Facebook)
February 14 6 pm Ash Wednesday Dinner and Service (Wesley Hall and Sanctuary)
February 18-March 17, 9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship (Sanctuary)
March 24 9:30 am Palm Sunday Worship (Sanctuary)
March 28 7 pm Maunday Thursday Worship (Sanctuary and Prayer Stations)
March 29 7 pm Salt Creek Cluster Good Friday Service (Prince of Peace UMC, Elk Grove Village)
March 31 9:30 am Easter Worship (Sanctuary)
10:30 am Scavenger Egg Hunt and Brunch (Wesley Hall)
Small Group
Wednesday 10 am Small group discussion on the scriptures with devotional booklet. Devotional Book available from church office for $3. (Feb. 21-March 27; Aldersgate Room)
Prayer
Six prayer stations will be located on the first floor (Narthex, Quiet Room, Aldersgate) for personal prayer throughout the Lenten season. Each station is self-guided.
Service
Feed My Starving Children March 23, 2pm
Schaumburg Packing Facility 740 Wiley Farm Court
Fall 2023 Christian Education Offerings
September/October
One Day I Wrote Back: Interacting with Scripture through Creative Writing by Jane Herring
Sundays, Sept. 24-Oct. 29; 9:15am – 10:15
Herring leads you to talk back to those scripture passages you don’t understand. Ask questions, explore your life, plead, praise and ponder.
She provides reflection questions and simple practical exercises to encourage writing.
November
Sundays in November 9:15 am
We will kick off this observation by learning about the Papal Bull
Romanus Pontifix, of 1452 that declared war on the non-Christian world and gave Spain and Portugal rights to conquest.
We’ll watch a 45-minute video for this first session.
We will explore our denominational teaching about Christianity and Native Americans the next three weeks by reading United Methodist Resolutions 6025, 3321 and 3334.
December
Advent 2023
Wednesdays, Nov. 29- Dec.20; 10 am- 11am
Sundays, December 3-24; 9:15 am -10:15 am
With the help of Bishop Willimon, we will explore the Incarnation of Jesus with his new book, Heaven and Earth.
“It’s not within our own power to make afresh start. If we’re to have a future different from the past, it must come as a gift, something not of our devising. What we need is a God who refuses to be trapped in eternity, a God who not only cares about us but is willing to show up among us and do something with us, here, now.”
Upcoming Film Discussion/Dinner: Thursday, Sptember 21, 2023, 6:00-8:00 pm – The Long Shadow, a Frances Causey Film.
Keep the Dream Alive
Keep the Dream Alive – CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
To commemorate the March on Washington, the Anti-Racism Task Force of the Northern Illinois Conference UMC is organizing two back-to-back events in Chicago. Our purpose is to continue to work towards a more equitable society for all and to live out our conviction that “racism is incompatible with Christian teaching.” Sign up HERE.
KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE – Sunday, August 27, 2023
Light Lunch , 1:00 at First UMC- Chicago
Worship Service, 1:30 at First UMC- Chicago
March & Rally, 2:30 at Daley Plaza, Chicago
AI Sermon Series
June 4 and 11 at 10:30 am
What is it? How is it affecting us? Human technology offers opportunities to enhance the created order and destroy it. When the newspaper was introduced in the 1600s, many feared it would stop all human social interactions. It didn’t. AI does not have to be feared, only understood.
Join Pastor Joe for this two-part series that will explore these questions and look at how our spiritual practices can help us navigate these waters.
Join us for this FREE event Comemmorating Juneteenth
Sunday, June 18, 2023 – 10:30 am-12 Noon – First United Methodist Church of Elmhurst, 232 S York St, Elmhurst
We will have music, soul food, guest speakers, education, and activities for people of all ages.
This event will take place outside but will moved inside if the weather is bad. Restrooms will be available during the event.
Lenten Sermon Series 2023
Sundays at 10:30 am February 26-April 2
In conjunction with the Salt Creek Cluster of United Methodist Churches, First Church will explore the Lenten season with common objects found in the scriptures: dust, bread, cross, coins, shoes and oil. This series is inspired by Jill Duffield who reminds us that God works through the ordinary and goes to great lengths to communicate with us about Jesus Christ, salvation, grace, and reconciliation.
Drawing from the Christian contemplative tradition, Duffield reminds us that it is often in “hindsight that God’s providence becomes recognizable.” Throughout his teaching, Jesus taught that the kingdom of God is near and in our midst. Each week through these objects you will be asked to consider the possibility, the promise, that God is present, speaking, seeking to be in relationship with you.
Finally, the churches in the cluster will participate in a pulpit exchange. First Church will be welcoming Reverend Hong-kien Jeremiah Lee of Addison: Good Samaritan Church and the Reverend Juyeon Jeon of Bensenville: First UMC. Pastor Joe will be preaching at Addison: Good Samaritan and Elmhurst: Christ and Villa Park: Calvary.
Unwrapping Christmas
7 Lessons on Jesus–A sermon series beginning January 8
These seven lessons on Jesus give us time to unwrap the gift of Christmas by considering the nature of the kingdom he proclaims and the his call on our lives.
