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Greetings
The Lord answered, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things. One thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the better part. It won't be taken away from her."
Luke 10: 41-42
I love my I-Phone so much! I like to text information whenever I want. I love receiving calls and emails. I can surf the web, take pictures, tweet and post, watch video segments, read books, and so much more. I really love my calendar and the alarms that remind me of upcoming meetings, events, and commitments. My phone links me to all kinds of people, all kinds of events-all kinds of busyness.
Several months ago, my Spiritual Director (a person with whom I meet for accountability, prayer, and spiritual growth) challenged me to do an electronic fast. Yes, you read it right...to not use my I-Phone for twelve hours(or computer, I-Pod, or I-Pad). Frankly, I considered changing spiritual directors! I could not imagine life without my cell phone, but I decided to try it. So I powered off the phone (yes they really do turn off-I was shocked). And it was AWESOME! I actually went for a walk. I read a book. I took a solid amount of time to pray. I wrote a letter, and I even wrote in my prayer journal. I went outside and enjoyed God's creation. It was a holy and sacred time of renewal with the Spirit!
Jesus confronts Martha in this Bible story from Luke. He lovingly reminds her that "busyness" can prevent us from connecting more deeply with God and God's love in our lives. Jesus celebrates Martha's sister, Mary, and her decision to SLOW DOWN and take some to time to listen to God...to listen to the Spirit. Join us Sunday as we explore ways to slow down, be less distracted, and hear what God is saying.
In Christ,
Pastor James
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WELCOME BACK SUNDAY IS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
Mark your calendars now for WELCOME BACK SUNDAY on
September 9, 2012. Join us for this church-wide celebration which will occur in both the 9:00am and 10:30am services. There will be a great fellowship time between services and a church-wide potluck after the 10:30am worship service. Please sign up for the potluck in the Fireside Room following services or contact the Church office.
We are asking each child and youth to wear their new backpack so we can bless backpacks. We are also asking for donations of new backpacks for school children in Chicago. They will be distributed through Humboldt Park UMC in Chicago. We will also bless school teachers and school workers during both services as well as recognize our outstanding church staff. In addition, we will be participating indirectly with the United Methodist Seeds to Succeed witness (for more information, please visit www.seedstosucceed.org).. Watch for more information....
AND INVITE a friend that Sunday!
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Remember Kingswood for the Ages!
The Endowment and Investment Committee reminds you to consider including Kingswood UMC in your will and estate planning. Your gifts will help others experience God's love for many years to come. Contact the church office for more information at 847/398-0770.
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End of Summer Senior High Youth Event
Capture the Flag and Games this Sunday
When: 7:30pm-9pm (Meet in the Activity Center)
Incoming 9th Graders - Graduated Seniors are invited to come play Outdoor Capture the Flag and other games.
Friends are welcome to join us.
For more info contact Rev. Luke at lpepper@kingswoodumc.com
Peace,
Luke
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 New Beginnings Sidewalk Sale!!
Join us on Saturday, August 18th from
8:00am - 3:00 pm for our first annual Sidewalk Sale! Furniture, artwork, household items, kitchen items, electronics, and children's items will be displayed for sale in the back parking lot of the church. This will be a great opportunity to grab bargains for those going back to college! We have sofas, dorm-size refrigerators, chairs, kitchen tables, etc. for dorms and apartments. Cash and carry only. Questions or to volunteer during the sale,
email Chris Spaeth at thriftshop@kingswoodumc.com.
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Missed the Last Feed My Starving Children Food Packing Event?
Well here is another opportunity!
When: Saturday August 18
Meet Kingswood UMC at 9am, return by 11:50am
We have reserved 25 spots for food packing at a Mobile Packing site at Paulwaukee Airport in Wheeling. Barb Symonds will be the organizer for this event as Revs. Preston and Pepper have previous commitments. This event is open to all ages with emphasis on older children and above. Drivers/chaperones needed for this event. To sign up please contact Barb Symonds by Thursday August 16. More spots may be able to be reserved if we get more than 25. The mobile pack event has been paid for by a private donor therefore we will not be soliciting donations this time. Email Barb at bsymonds@kingswoodumc.com or call her at 847-666-4091.
For more information on FMSC go to www.fmsc.org.
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This Sunday in Worship
12th Sunday after Pentecost
Scipture:
Psalm 84: 1-7
Luke 10: 38-42
Sermon:
Take a Time Out
Music:
Regan Freiling |
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Prayers, Joys & Concerns
Prayers of healing and wholeness for:
Rebecca Berry
Betty Carlberg
Sandy Kolls
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Upcoming Events
Save the Date:
September 9, 2012
Welcome Back Sunday
September 23, 2012
UMM Chicken Dinner
October 6, 2012
Pumpkin Delivery
October 13, 2012
Harvest Fest and
Craft Fair
November 15, 2012
Interfaith Service at
Temple Beth Am
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Ministry Quick Links
More About Us at our Website: |
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Food Pantry Renewal and Food Drive
Eagle Scout Project
Hello, my name is Steven Macenski, a member of Troop 401 here at Kingswood. As part of my Food Pantry renewal Eagle Scout Project, I am running a food drive from August 12 - 20, 2012 with collection bins at Kingswood, Camelot Pool, The Continental Restaurant, Dengeos and Indian Trails Library. I would appreciate it if everyone would bring a can or two to one of these locations in the up-coming week.
Thank you,
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NEW Hand Mime Ministry Team Opportunity!
Hand Mime is the acting out of a song or story in blacklight, by forming words and images utilizing only the presenters' fluorescent gloved hands. Hand Mime is not sign language. Watch this video to view Glory Finger's Hand Mime presentation of Amazing Grace. http://vimeo.com/15782291.
I would like to invite you to help start a new ministry team. For now we'll call it the Kingswood
Hand Mime Team. Everyone 16 years and older is invited to help us form this new team.
The first get together will be Sunday August 19, 2012 at 11:45am in room 122. We will choose a practice day and time based on the participant's availability. I would like to meet once per week for about 1.5 hours. Email sheribrubeck@comcast.net for any questions. |
Glory Fingers Kick-off Cook Out Party!
Glory Fingers Kick-Off party is Tuesday August 28th from 530-730pm.
All 7th graders and older are invited to join the team. Meet on the Manna House back patio. We will be roasting hot dogs on the fire, making s'mores and playing games. Please RSVP to sheribrubeck@comcast.net for the list of pot luck choices to bring to the party.
Rehearsals are every Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:30pm September through May. |
Children's Sunday School Teacher Orientation
Teachers (both new and presently serving) are invited to attend fall teacher orientation with dessert and to meet our new Senior Pastor, Rev. James Preston, at Barb Symonds house at
1040 Kenilworth Dr. Wheeling. Orientation will be held on Wednesday, August 29 at 7:30pm.
Cokesbury has created new Children's Ministry material for Sunday School. Grow, Proclaim, Serve! is a brand new children's ministry resource. Come and have dessert as we review this brand new format from Cokesbury together, plus calendar dates from September through December.
Sunday School material will be available for pick-up at this time.
Teachers, Sunday School will start on Sunday, September 9. All teachers will be blessed at the 9 and 10:30am worship services. Please RSVP to Barb Symonds at 847-666-4091 or bsymonds@kingswoodumc.com |
Kingswood Bake Sale Booth
at Buffalo Grove Days!
September 1st and 2nd
This year again the profits will go into our church budget. Everyone bakes, right? We will be selling Saturday and Sunday, September 1st and 2nd. Bake your favorite - or
several items. It takes a lot of baked goods to sell for 2 days. Please, no cream pies or cream cakes bacause it can be very warm and they aren't safe in the heat. There will be a sign up sheet all month for opportunities to work in the booth. Volunteering in the booth is also a great chance to extend the welcome and hospitality of the Kingswwod family outside our doors! Questions? Call Debbie Kob
at 847-909-1020 or email at debstuff123@aol.com.
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Kingswood Craft Fair
Attention all crafters and Kingswood Craft Fair supporters.
Please mark Saturday, October 13, 2012 on your calendars as Kingswood UMC is holding it's annual Harvest Fest and Craft Fair. If you have any handmade crafts you wish to sell please contact Cindy Miller at cinzia8@gmail.com or 847-459-6337. Or, please help the United Methodist Women by attending this year's fair and purchasing beautiful gifts at reasonable prices for your holiday gift needs.
Whether a crafter or a patron, it is sure to be an enjoyable day out. Please join us!
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Kingswood Men's Club Collection Project
The Kingswood Men's Club is starting a project to collect EMPTY prescription vial and caps. We will have a box located in the Church foyer for you to place the vials. These will be forwarded to have the labels removed, sterilized and sent to third world countries to be used for dispensing medicines by an organization called "Doctors without borders". This will be an ongoing project and we would appreciate your support by putting your empty vials in this box. Any questions contact Dick Stone or Norm Belew. |
Thank You, Sr. High Mission Trip Shareholders!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! We could not have made this trip without the overwhelming support of all of our Shareholders! This was the largest team we have ever had and your support assured everyone a place on the team!
Special thanks to:
- The wonderful chaperones who made the sacrifices that made this trip
- possible. I couldn't do any of this without all of their support.
- Ruth Anderson, Julie Baltz, Harry Brubeck, Jeff Johnson, Traci Micek,
- Luke Pepper, and Mike Schauer
- Don and Maryann Harkess for generously donating our trip t-shirts
- (they didn't even have a youth on the trip this year!)
- Julie and Neil Baltz for coordinating the Shareholders dinner and Julie for making the gorgeous invitations!
- Our chef David Baltz and his sous chef Julie Baltz - our meals were
- delicious!
- Jeremy K. for pouring thru over 1000 pictures and making
- our slide show DVD
- David Baltz for creating the special Bolo Award
 - Dick Stone for crafting our Dash Awards and a Bolo
- Krist Neumann for creating the beautiful Golden Hammer Awards
- Charlene Vanderhulst and Anita Tasher for the multitude of office support
- Each of you that wore your prayer bracelets and prayed for us! Your
- prayers were answered!
- Every individual that sponsored an attendee or purchased shares for the
- general trip fund
Each trip has it's ups and downs. This trip started out slow but ended with everyone feeling that good sense of accomplishment and the joy of giving hope to these deserving families.
With sincerest gratitude, Sheri Brubeck
Here is how your donation is changing lives!
Teresa B.
This trip to Vandemere was probably one of the most emotional that I have ever been on. I'm not generally close to my mission team-mates-I prefer to observe from the sidelines-but as the trip progressed, I found myself edging more and more into the group. I found myself laughing and talking with them more and more. I really opened up to the group on this trip, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks to some of the best friends I never knew I had.
Alex D.
Given that this was my first work camp, I really had no idea what to expect. I knew it was a popular trip among the youth and an opportunity to travel to other places. I also knew that what I did would affect the lives of others like Ms. Lila, Ms. Geneva, and even give hope to people around the community. What I didn't know was that, over the week my life would be changed as well. I never expected that the little work we did would affect these people as greatly as it did. However, surprised as I was, I was even more surprised to see how it affected me. The way the homeowners lived showed me how rich I really was. I have never before come home to feel thankful to have carpet and /or finished flooring under my feet or a working stove and refrigerator. After hearing Ms. Lila's story of what had happened to her, I am thankful to live in an area without the fear of a hurricane coming and taking away everything I own. Not only did it affect the way I viewed life, this journey has touched me
spiritually as well. Everyone down there has been through the same thing, and they still had so much faith. There seemed to be a church down every street. Ms. Lila had told us how God had saved her from the storm and kept her safe. I've always heard that, when you are closest to death or in times of trouble, you feel God's presence all the more. It was during this trip that I saw how this was true. During this trip, I have gotten closer, not only to the youth at my church, but to God and the world around me. It was an eye-opening and awesome experience, and I can't wait until next year.
Erin O.
I think this trip changed my view of the world quite a bit. After seeing how little Miss Geneva and Miss Lila had, I now realize that we take a lot for granted. Here I am sitting at home complaining about how there's nothing on TV and they don't even have much furniture. It also made me realize how much of an impact new floors or paint can have. It makes it feel more like a home and less like a building, and we take those things for granted too, as well as how hard it can be to put them in. I think that seeing how happy Miss Lila was with the flooring we put in was the most important part of the trip for me. It seemed to give her hope, and I knew I had accomplished something. I knew that I hadn't gone on an 18 hour car ride for nothing, and that made me feel even better about the work I did.
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Thank You Bishop Jung
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A Farewell Service is planned for Bishop Jung on
Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 4:00pm at Grace UMC in Naperville.
All are invited. |
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Welcome Bishop Dyck
The Welcome Service for Bishop Sally Dyck will be
Sunday September 23, 2012 at 5:00pm at Grace UMC in Naperville.
All are invited . |
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SUMMER KIDS CAMP - An Awesome Adventure
Summer Sunday School
Summer Sunday School:
Through Sunday, September 2.
Class for children age 4 through 6th grade at
9:00 and 10:30am,in the Activity Center.
Nursery care through age 3 at 9 & 10:30am, room 139/141.
AUGUST Schedule
August 19 - Creation
August 26 - "Breakfast and a Movie"
September 2 - "Sundae Sunday" / ice cream for breakfast
Children move up to their new grade level in September.
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Food Pantry Item of the Month
Rice
For the next few months the Kingswood Food Pantry is going to focus on items that are needed in the food pantry, but are not typically donated.
This Month you can help by donating rice!
Please put your donations in the blue collection bin. Thank you!
Upcoming "Items of the Month"
September - Cereal |
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Calendaring Notice to All Church Leaders!
The start of the church year is approaching and we want to make sure the space you need is available. Please contact Charlene in the office at office@kingswoodumc.com or 847-398-0770 to let us know your meeting plans. Please include dates, time, group size and necessary set up. If you have a room preference, please specify.
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Lamplighter and Email Deadline is Tuesday, 11:00am.
Send all articles to office@kingswoodumc.com
and atasher@kingswoodumc.com or contact the church office
at 847-398-0770. |
| Email Addresses and contact info:
Rev. James Preston: jpreston@kingswoodumc.com
Rev. Luke Pepper: lpepper@kingswoodumc.com
In addition, for emergency, contact Rev. Preston at 312-285-9023 or
Rev. Pepper at 202-957-0350
Charlene: cvanderhulst@kingswoodumc.com
Anita: atasher@kingswoodumc.com
Office: office@kingswoodumc.com
Barb: bsymonds@kingswoodumc.com
Preschool: preschool@kingswoodumc.com |
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Rev. James Preston
Senior Pastor, Kingswood UMC
312-285-9023
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