May is important!

First, like a lot of us I love this month for its normally beautiful weather and for all the buds that open giving us a bouquet of color! What a gift God has given us in nature at its finest new growth and "new beginnings."

Second, May is important in my family if you want to remember significant family events. When I was younger it was my mom's birthday and my parents' anniversary. Nowadays it's our oldest daughter's birthday and the anticipation of 2 more birthdays and an anniversary not far behind in June. Phew! Third, for Little Home Church, May is new members joining on May 3. It's Confirmation and Pentecost Sunday, May 24. And those are only the Sundays.

But the single most important event happening during May for Little Home Church is the New Beginnings gatherings where all of us are asked to participate and give our input into the design of our church future. I submit to you that this is the single most important activity for LHC all year, even more important than the search for a new pastor! Because if we don't have a clear vision-direction of where we are going, how can we expect a new pastor to lead us? For that matter how can we effectively select a new pastor if we don't know what skill set from a pastor will best suit our future?

"Where there is no vision, the people perish." This verse from the King James Version of Proverbs 29:18 has always hit me hard. If we don't listen to God's promptings (our LHC heritage, our church strengths, our challenging demographics, our deepest hopes for a church future), then we will lack a vision and we will likely die away as an aging shrinking congregation. That's not what anyone wants! But in order to have something different, we need to re-vison the future of LHC. And all of us need to participate in one of the 3 New Beginnings gatherings. Still available is the gathering on Saturday May 2 or the Thursday evening series May 7, 14, 21.

Sign up in Parish Hall! Six hours is a small gift of your time committed to building the future of LHC for the next 6 years! Your input is crucial. Let's create God's Little Home Church of the future.

Pastor David

May 3

Sacrament of Holy Communion

Sermon: "Christ-Net the Best Way to Be Connected"

Theme: Without Jesus our attempts at being the church will wither away.

Scripture: John 15:1-8

May 10

Mother's Day

Sermon: "No Greater Love"

Theme: We see giving love in the home and from Moms.

Scripture: John 15:9-17

May 17

Sermon: "Where There Is No Vision, the People Perish"

Theme: Our best direction is the one God guides us with our "gifts and hopes."

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14

May 24

Pentecost & Confirmation Sunday

Sermon: "To Our Confirmands..."

Theme: A personal message for our confirmation students...and for the rest of us.

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:5-7; Acts 2:1-21

May 31

Guest Minister: Reverend Gary Shunk

The Search & Call Committee's

anticipates completing the Local Church Profile by the end of April. After it is reviewed and approved by the Associate Conference Minister assigned to our search and our Council, respectively, the entire package including supportive documents will be circulated confidentially by the UCC Conference to its entire clergy. We expect that our Church's opening will come to the attention of potentially interested clergy at a best possible time for them to consider making a change of address.

Please contact any one of us with your questions or comments: 

Greg Abell 630.204.8277; Carol Berger 630.584.7088; 

Anne Bouchard 630.234.8167; Anne Haben 630.632.8329; 

Matt Hadfield 630.200.2367; Judy Hopkins 630.443.6981; 

and Alex Kentfield 630.947.9305