Help us serve the community during Swedish Days at our annual Pancake breakfast! Volunteers especially needed on Saturday morning.

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June 13, 2024

Click the buttons above to sign up for Coffee in the Middle or to serve during worship (reading, serving communion, or acolyting).

Pastor Trudy's Message

Where is home? It seems like a simple question...you give an address. Talk a little more and you might hear a different answer- home may be the state where you grew up (I see you, Wisconsin!), a person's house (emphasis on the person). Sometimes you might hear a song or taste food and proclaim that it takes you home!  We will explore what it means to be home in Christ...and why it matters to our lives of faith.

Mighty God, You call us to find our home in You. Everything else is temporary. Temporary does not mean unimportant, however. Help us to use what is temporary to show Christ's eternal presence! In Jesus' name, Amen.

I like a lot about the way things are in my life...do I need to change?

• Guide the church in listening to and interpreting your message of grace for this time and place in history. In your wisdom, lead us in expanding the reach of your love.
• Sustain the holy rhythms of creation: days and seasons, hibernation and activity, phases of the moon and tides of the sea. Let these patterns assure us of your constancy. 
• Raise up all who are victims of marginalization, discrimination, and hate. As we anticipate Juneteenth, banish white supremacy and bigotry from the hearts of your people and remove the inclination toward anger and violence.
• Tend to all who journey by faith and who wait with patience for the fulfillment of your healing promises. Grant perseverance to people doing physical and occupational therapy, people living with mobility concerns, and people facing chronic pain.
• Empower fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, adoptive fathers, and chosen fathers to embody this gift of love for their children. Where these relationships are strained or broken, bring your comfort and peace.
• GLC Confirmation students, Pastor Trudy, Vicar Aaron, and adult leaders as they leave for camp at LOMC this Sunday

Receive our prayers, O God, and come quickly to our aid, through the power of the Spirit and the love of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Become part of the Parent's Day Out Staff at GLC! We are currently seeking a part time employee to join the PDO staff 10+ hours per week. Candidates will seek to nurture children ages 2-5 in activities to promote social, physical, intellectual and spiritual growth. If you have experience working or volunteering with children, this position might be for you! We follow the school District 304 calendar making this is a wonderful job for a parent with children in the school system. If interested contact Kim McKenna.

Results of Last Week's Poll:

Would you rather be around negative loved ones or be around postive strangers?

UPCOMING SERVING OPPORTUNITIES:

• June 26 at 9AM - Feed My Starving Children in Aurora. Kids ages 5+ are welcome with an adult. Contact Martha Sobie to sign up by June 14.
• June 28 - Volunteers are needed to serve alongside Bethlehem Lutheran Church volunteers during the Hesed House dinner shift. Click HERE to sign up.
• June 30 - Please join us in the donating, cooking AND serving to our neighbors at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Soup Kettle. Click HERE to sign up.
• Sunday evenings at 6PM - Pick up food at Trader Joe's and drive it to Hesed House. Click HERE to sign up.

Once again GLC is joining with other local congregations to serve our neighbors through the Pride Picnic on June 15, from 1-4PM at River Bend Community Park in St Charles. Click HERE to sign up for this ecumenical serving opportunity!

Tent Volunteers

We need volunteers between services on Sunday, June 16 to help put up the tent on the front lawn in preparation for Swedish Days, the pancake breakfast, and the Polka Service! 🎪

Narthex Volunteers

Making our bathrooms available to the public during Swedish Days is one way we can show generosity in our community. We need volunteers to sit in the narthex to greet people as they come in. Click HERE to sign up!

Polka Worship Service

Join us Sunday, June 23 at 10AM on the front lawn for our annual Polka Service! Chairs will be set up, but this service fills up fast so you are welcome to bring a chair also. Please note: 10AM is the only service that Sunday and the livestreamed service will move to Saturday, June 22 at 5PM.



Swedish Pancake Breakfast

Saturday, June 22, 8AM until the batter runs out! Click HERE if you're able to help!

Click HERE to see pictures from the last week!

To see all weekly and special events please check our calendar.