Worship Each Week & Daily Prayer | |
Attending weekly gives you the opportunity to re-center your life,
give God honor and glory, and remember what is really important in life.
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This Week's Prayer Calendar
Congregations: First Christian church Downers Grove, First Christian Church Robinson, University Christian Church Chicago; Blaine Christian Church, Arcadia, MI
Global Ministries: Kenya
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Pray with Kenya, December 4, 2022 -
Global Ministries
| Lectionary Selection Isaiah 11:1-10 Prayers for Kenya Mission Stewardship Moment from Kenya "Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top when the wind blows the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. And down will come baby cradle ... Read more | | | |
Grow in Faith
through listening, paying attention, and reading 5 verses a day
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Take a class, as you make friends and grow to know what learning, loving, and serving God and neighbor means in everyday life. | |
Next Steps Class Meets
Wednesday, December 7, 6 pm
As Prairie Avenue approaches its 100th anniversary, a new chapter begins. To develop a deeper discussion on the mission and call in the 21st Century, we continue a study of two books: Thrive by Ruth Fletcher, and Everywhere You Look by Tim Soerens. Chapters to be read in each: Thrive- Collaborating & Choosing; Everywhere: Learning from Local Heroes. You do not need to have read the materials to participate in the discussion. This is a church-wide conversation, open to all.
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Use Your Gifts by sharing five acts of love and kindness each week | |
Serve God and neighbor by using your gifts and talents both inside and outside the walls of the church. Each of us have spiritual gifts and natural abilities to use to serve others and glorify God. | |
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Birthdays/Anniversaries
December 1 - 7
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Birthdays
6- Debbie Vick
Wedding Anniversaries
None
Membership Anniversaries
(When you joined Prairie Avenue!)
6, 1987- Dane Hodges
If you know of a birthday or anniversary that has gone "Missing" from our list, please contact the church office at 217-428-3327. Thanks.
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"Not Quite" Choir Meets Wednesday, December 7, 7 PM
Like to sing hymns, or miss the anthems and special music of the times before COVID? Join us on Wednesday, December 7, at 7 pm - Sanctuary.
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Give Regularly through five acts of generosity each month | |
Giving regularly not only supports the work of the church,
but also is your way of giving God priority in your life.
What we love is where we will spend first.
When we are able to give, it always deepens our faith
in loving and serving God.
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Thank You for your generosity! | |
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Our gifts support the work of regional ministries this Christmas. Your regional ministry works to:
- Connect congregations to each other
- Foster faith development
- Gather Disciples in camps, conferences, and assemblies
- Nurture the development of a new generation of pastors
- Assist churches in calling new ministers
- Interpret the global mission of the Church
- Represent the Church in ecumenical gatherings
- Counsel and pray with those who are troubled of spirit
- Lead the Church to address racism
- Inspire leaders to experiment and create
- Witness to the power of God to make things new
The Christmas Special Day offering supports all of these and many other ministries of our regions. The offering will be received on Sunday, December 11 & December 18.
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General Fund Supports Operations & Ministry | Donations given to the Prairie Avenue Christian Church General Fund support the year-round ministries of the church. Your generous support keeps our building, staff, and operations working for the mission of the church. The mission of Prairie... | | | |
Building Fund Supports Repair & Updates | Announced at the State of the Church address on June 30, 2015, the reFresh capital campaign has two improvement/update priorities: updating HVAC equipment and internet/network accessibility. | | | |
For instructions in registering your Kroger Rewards Card, Click Here.
The Organization code for Prairie Avenue Christian Church is: BY235.
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Kroger Community Rewards Program News | |
$28.95 was raised by 14 households who have linked their Kroger customer reward cards to support Prairie Avenue Christian Church. The quarterly contribution is for shopping at Kroger from July to September 2022
Joining to support the ministries of Prairie Avenue Christian Church is FREE. Any transactions moving forward using the Shopper’s Card number associated with your digital account will be applied to the program, at no added cost to you. Kroger donates annually to participating organizations based on your percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending associated with all participating Kroger Community Rewards organizations.
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Prairie Avenue Christian Church is a listed charity with the Smile.Amazon program. Please use smile.amazon.com, and choose Prairie Avenue Christian Church for your generous support. We will receive a $5.42 donation from program activity between April 1 and June 30, 2022. | |
Share Your Faith by inviting 5 people to church this year | |
The God you worship is always revealed through your words and actions. Awkward conversations (i.e. "Are you saved?") are not necessary when your words and actions reveal the God you seek to learn, love, and serve. | | |
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The Wise Men Begin Their Journeys...
To remind ourselves of the journey to meet Jesus during the season of advent, our Wise Men figurines travel to various places in Central Illinois on their journey. Each week during Advent we will post photographs of our wise men on their journey. Try and figure out where they have visited.
If you would like to "adopt a wise man" to take on a weekly journey, please sign up with Pastor Jason.
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Elevator Modernization Work Begins
Work on making the necessary code upgrades for the new Otis Elevator has begun this week. Bodine Electric is installing the Add-A-Phase motors and separate service needs. The Church Council recently approved an elevator renovation and management firm, ATIS Elevator Inspections, LLC. to handle the day-to-day work of this modernization and to manage our elevator needs and issues following completion. With fire code regulations, it is hoped that any time when the elevator is out of service will be during the weeks in winter when congregation members who regularly use the service would not be in attendance due to the weather conditions, i.e. ice or snow days. We will let you know when it is anticipated the elevator is out of service.
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At the end of October in Orlando, faint signs of Hurricane Ian remained: blue tarps on roofs, trees that broke through fences and walls, swamps and lakes with high water, and debris that needed to be removed. For the most part, though, the damage was hidden - there were few washed-out or blocked roads, most waters had receded, and destruction seemed surprisingly minor. | | | | | | | |
