May 21, 2026

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If you are able to help, please sign up using the graphic above. Training will be provided! Contact Amy Steenson with any questions.

The Message this Week

Preaching Text: Acts 2:1-21; Philippians 4:4-7


We find ourselves back in the beginning of Acts. We hear about the day of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The day of Pentecost was 50 days after Passover, just a short while since Jesus was crucified and resurrected. The disciples are struggling with how to continue to spread the Gospel without Jesus’ earthly presence. As the disciples are gathered together the Holy Spirit comes crashing through and empowers them to spread the Gospel throughout all nations. Let us reflect on what it means for God’s Spirit to come into our midst.

God the Holy Spirit, you bestow your Spirit upon us in many ways. You breathed life into humanity at Creation and have continued to breathe life into our lives. Continue to lead us with your Spirit to spread the mission of the Gospel.

WONDERING...

Real questions from real people to learn more about faith.

Beginning this weekend, May 23/24, worship will take place downstairs in Fellowship Hall. You still enter through the front doors and either take the stairs or the elevator down to the basement. Service times will remain the same (Saturday at 5PM, Sunday at 9AM and 10:30AM). The 10:30AM service will continue to be livestreamed. The Nursery will remain open as well and welcomes children ages 1-5 years.

• Make us eager to go where you are sending us and open to being transformed by your power.
• Give us a vision as wide as we can handle, that we never set our sights too small in carrying out your work of justice and love.
• We give thanks for our worshipping community, for all the blessings we receive from it, and all the ways we can contribute to it. Strengthen congregations, their leaders, synods, church bodies, and all whose primary work is to magnify your name in all the earth.
• Pour out your healing upon each and every one of us, those with visible and invisible ailments, and those too afraid to ask for help, especially Lin Lindstrom.
• We thank the saints that have gone before us. For every challenge and every joy that lies ahead, we bring our gratitude and ask for your protective power.

Hear all our prayers, spoken and unspoken, and gather them into your loving arms, for the sake of our risen savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Results from last week:

Would you rather...

We will be preparing and serving dinner for 60-80 people at Holy Trinity Soup Kettle in Elgin on Sunday, May 31. We will prepare the meal between services that morning. Volunteers are needed to bake the casseroles at GLC that evening, and then deliver to and serve the meal at Holy Trinity. Click HERE to sign up for ingredients needed and to serve. Contact Michelle Lata for more information.

We are beginning Summer Confirmation! Whether you were never confirmed or are ready for a refresh...this is a great way to grow! Thursday evenings throughout the summer. Contact Pastor Trudy for more information or to register your interest.

We are meeting this Friday, May 22 at 12:30PM to set up Fellowship Hall for worship. Tasks will require heavy lifting. This set up will remain in place through June 28 and then we will do weekly set up/take down for the following 5 weeks. If you are interested in helping, please feel free to join us this Friday or contact Pastor Trudy for more information.

The Sanctuary is being renovated but the Sacristies are only getting new floors. We are looking for someone to paint them this summer so they can look as new as the Sanctuary! Please contact Jess Swanson for more information.

Sunday School raised $550.29 for the local organization With Room to Grow, which is dedicated to transforming spaces for children in need.

If you ordered a brick for the Mother's Garden last year, they have been installed by our landscapers. Be sure to take a walk through the garden to find your brick!

Piano seeking a loving family in a good home. It has been recently tuned and is waiting for someone to play! You must pay to have the piano moved. Contact Lisa Kanzler for more information.

Thank you to the many helpers that made this past Sunday a success. We had people in every part of the building helping with Sunday School, Youth Group, cooking before and cleaning up after the Congregational Cookout, and taking things out of the Sanctuary to prepare for the renovation. Geneva Lutheran Church is truly made up of people living our mission of generosity. We are so grateful for this community.

-Pastor Trudy and the GLC Staff

Click HERE to see pictures of the last week!

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