Our congregation's commitment to provide ministries of healing grows out of our desire to be a place where hurting people can receive compassionate care and Christ's healing love.

One way in which we express this is through Stephen Ministry, which offers one-to-one caring relationships to support those who are experiencing challenging times, such as loneliness, unemployment, hospitalization, or loss.

For those facing life's struggles or major changes, Stephen Ministry provides someone who cares, who listens, who accompanies, and who supports.

Do you know someone who could benefit from the caring presence of a Stephen Minister? Information about Stephen Ministry is available online, in the literature racks, and by leaving a confidential message at 312.573.3365.

Are you tired, stressed, overworked? Longing for a sense of peace but don't have time to schedule it?

"Tuesday Evenings at Replogle" offers opportunity for healing and spiritual renewal through meditation.

An introductory meditation session will be held at 6:30 p.m. with meditation immediately following at 7:00 p.m. on July 21. This drop-in session, hosted by the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being, will meet in the Boyle Conference Room on the third floor of Parish House. A $10 donation will be received at the door.

The Replogle Center is also offering a gong healing meditation session on Tuesday, July 28 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Bumpus Room. In this session, Marian Kraus will invite participants to experience the power of vibrational healing. A $25 donation will be received at the door.

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As reported in Session's May update to the congregation, work is underway to improve the functionality and integrity of our database so that it might serve as a more effective tool for the church and members to build connections with one another. The first steps in this process are ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the basic information, such as addresses, preferred means of contact, connections to various committees, and the like.

To accomplish that, the IT team will be inviting small groups of members, one group at a time, to review their data and update it.

We are doing this in small groups (rather than as a blanket invitation to all 5,000-plus members at once!) to ensure that all the updates are processed correctly and efficiently. 

When in the weeks ahead you are invited to do so, please take the few moments necessary to update your information so as to help us know how to be in touch with you!

For more information about this process, contact Meghan McGee or Chuck Cooper.

Thank you for your help with this project! 

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   Ephesians 2:11-22        

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