Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ

409 Center Parkway Yorkville, IL 60560

Phone: 630/553-7308 E-Mail: adminasst@yorkvilleucc.org

Web Page: www.yorkvilleucc.org FB: @yorkvilleucc

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Worship & Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Our Staff Minister Rev. Mark S. Gregory Building Manager Mary Ellen Anderson Christian Education Director Barbara Thurlby Administrative Assistant Liz Cronshaw Chancel Choir Director Doug Trumble Children’s Choir Director Sondra Shatters Organist Tina Andersen Pianist Lori Runkle Childcare Attendants Kalli Farbisz Halle Jones Dana Malinowski Mariela Olvera Brett Rhodes Custodians Tim & Laurie Strong Sextons Steve Redmon Mike Obenauer

Our Shepherds Chairperson Sandy deRidder Vice Chairperson Aaron Shatters Recording Secretary Sue Kimes Operations: Personnel Kathy Farren Operations: Bldg & Grds Tony Houle Operations: Finance Tim Andrus Information Services Diane Stablein Christian Education: Adult Christian Education: Youth Sarah Pottinger Worship: Serving Lori Redmon Worship: Preparation Pam Hamblin Church Family: Caring Mary Ann Doetschman Church Family: Fellowship Jeff Kline/Laurie Houle Service: Missions June Davis Outreach/Welcoming Gere’ Ryerson

A New Season

A New Beginning

Step Out & Try Something

New at YCUCC!

Spaghetti

Dinners

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YORKVILLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH HAS “SUPER” SUMMER!!

By Barb Thurlby, CE Director

Our Summer Kids Church program was simply “super”! We were fortunate to have an outstanding group of volunteers that embraced our summer superhero theme and pulled off a stellar program

for children and adults alike.

Students from Kids Church learned important Christian values from our ‘Superheroes’ in a fun and interactive way. The curriculum emphasized Loving your parents; Be slow to speak; Do good; Know your power source; Use your gifts; Practice Teamwork; and Do small acts of kindness. The children

had a blast in this energetic and surprise filled program.

A special thank you to our ‘Superheroes’ – Chris Skinner, Matt Strausberger, Alex Skinner, Lauren Vaclavik, Kevin Vaclavik, and Trevor Farbisz. You were great sports and the students,

as well as the adults, enjoyed the journey. Lastly, a “SUPER’ thank you to Joe Duran for leading the program each week in a way that only Joe can do! You were fabulous!

A friend of mine recently returned a book he had borrowed – If Grace is True, by Gulley & Mulholland. It’s one of my favorite books about one of my favorite subjects, God’s grace. Maybe I love the concept of grace because I would be lost without it, I would be someone other than who I am, if grace was not true. Since getting the book back, I have been thinking a lot about grace, and started looking for devotions on grace that I could use to begin each day of September.

I ran across this one, that I want to share with you, because it really got me thinking about the role we have in grace. I may use it for the whole month. May it speak to you, as it did to me.

Two-Dimentional Grace By Charles Swindoll

Grace comes to us in two dimensions, vertical and horizontal. Vertical grace centers on our relationship with God. It’s amazing. It frees us from the demands and condemnation of the Mosaic Law. It announces hope to the sinner—the gift of eternal life, along with all its benefits.

Horizontal grace centers on our human relationships. It is charming. It frees us from the tyranny of pleasing people and adjusting our lives to the demands and expectations of human opinion. It gives relief—the enjoyment of freedom along with all its benefits. It silences needless guilt and removes self-imposed shame.

Few people realize better than non-Christians how guilt-ridden many Christians are. A lady in our congregation tells of a conversation she had with a fellow student while the two of them were students at the University of California Berkeley. He knew she was a Christian, and he made it painfully clear that he had no interest whatsoever in her faith. When she asked why, his answer bore the sting of reality: "Because the most guilt-ridden people I know are Christians. No thanks."

So take a moment, and think about your answer to these two probing questions:

1) Do you add to others' guilt or do you lessen it?

2) Are you the type of person who promotes another's liberty or restrains it?

Both questions have to do with attitude, don't they? We do what we do with others because of the way we think. Our attitude, therefore, is crucial. It is also at our mercy. We have full control of which attitude we will have: charming and gracious or restrictive and rigid. Liberty or legalism will be the result. Depending on our attitude, we will either be grace givers or grace killers.

With love in Christ,

Pastor Mark

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September, the month we start saying goodbye to hot summer days, send our children back to school, and bring out light weight jackets and long pants. I think this summer went by in a blink of an eye and am truly amazed that we’re heading towards the end of another year. I hope that your summer was filled with fun, excitement and relaxation. And I also hope that those who attended the Annual Church Picnic enjoyed a fabulous time of fellowship with friends and family.

The board is continuing to work on meeting the challenges of completing several major projects that require capital funding such as replacing the roof, projector system, fixing the parking lot and replacing our church signage at the corner of our property. We are still finalizing costs and investigating ways to fund these much needed improvements. We are targeting making decisions and recommendations in the next few weeks and will keep you informed as progress is made on these issues.

I know financial issues are not easy to deal with on many levels, but they are a fact of life. We are faced with the ongoing issue of expenses exceeding income and a lack of funds for capital improvements. But in the meantime, on behalf of the entire board, I thank you for the generosity you have shown over several months by donating money for the tagged items on the Giving Tree. It only took two weeks to collect $1,300 which will be used to replace a window and buy paint for the west side of the building. We have been truly blessed with your love for this church.

Another way to close our gap between operating expenses and income is to increase your personal giving by just 10%. If you give $10, can you possibly give $11? If you can make the 10% increase, we could close the gap in operating funds in a very short period of time. Something for everyone to at least pray about and consider doing,

September is a busy month in the life of our church. Sunday school resumes, spaghetti dinners resume, both children’s and adult choirs begin practicing and the annual fall rummage and bake sale will be held. This is a great opportunity for everyone to think about volunteering to help out as a Sunday school teacher, help prepare the spaghetti dinners, lift up your voice by joining the choir, or help with the rummage and bake sale. The gift of your time and talents are also much needed and appreciated. And don’t forget we still have an opening on the leadership board for Christian Education: Adult shepherd.

May the blessings of God’s love be with you as we move towards the beauty of the fall months.

Sandy deRidder Chairperson

There are times when every one of us experiences difficulties..... You don’t have to face your crisis alone.

A caring Stephen Minister will listen and walk

alongside you as you deal with life’s challenges. Contact one of our Stephen Leaders--

Pastor Mark Gregory, Carrie De Fuss or Lou Ann Hoffman.

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Building and Grounds Mary Ellen Anderson Office Hours Tuesday – Thursday 8:00 am – 2:30 pm 630-674-4345 Bldmgr@yorkvilleucc.org

We are close to making our recommendation to the SLT on the church roof. This process has taken longer than we first thought. The more we investigated the more we learned what we needed to do to bring our roof up to standard. Most importantly we learned from talking to Bob Lee who had helped with the original installation that all the electrical lines ran on the roof. We also discovered that there was no ventilation of the roof. We knew that the new roof would require correcting this problem. Last, we learned that we would need to remove the skylights because the new roof design would be higher. The skylights are in bad shape and we were afraid they would shatter if removed. We now have a price for replacing the skylights.

We had a workday to clean up the area behind the garage and to do some serious weeding. The DeFuss family took the pavers which was a huge help. We wish them well on their project. We had nine men, Jeff, Bill, Jerry, Pastor Mark, Andy, Ron, Art and Tony (Ben not in the group photo) that came to the Saturday workday and they filled the dumpster. Below are a few pictures taken that morning. We also want to thank Laurie Strong for weeding the corner sign area.

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Sunday, 9/15 .……… Set-Up Crew begins immediately following the Worship Service

• Donations accepted (Narthex) following the Worship Service

Monday, 9/16 ……... Drop off Rummage Sale donations: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, 9/17 ……... Drop off Rummage Sale donations: 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 9/18 … Drop off Rummage Sale donations: 8:30 a.m. - NOON only!!

• Sorting & Pricing continues: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, 9/19…….. Final Sorting & Pricing: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Bake Sale donations: 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Friday, 9/20……….. 1st Sale day: 9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

• Volunteers arrive at 8:30 a.m.

• Bake Sale - Friday only!

Saturday 9/21…….. 2nd Sale Day: 9:00 a.m. - Noon only; $3-a-Bag Sale and ½ price day

• Volunteers arrive at 8:30 a.m.

Tear-Down Crew begins promptly at NOON

• Leftovers boxed & set out for Wayside Cross -1:00 p.m.

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Questions? Contact Peg Trumble YCUCC’s Rummage & Bake Sale Chairperson

630-553-1166 (H); pjltrumble@comcast.net; 630-768-5924 (C)

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Love Your

Neighbor

Dear members and friends of Yorkville Congregational UCC,

The director and staff in the World Relief ESL program extend a BIG THANK YOU to you for your generous gifts of school supplies for their students.

Adult students in four classes will use the spiral notebooks, pencils and erasers, pens, sticky notes, scissors, index cards, and regular markers, highlighters, glue and plastic bags. Teachers will appreciate the drink cups and will definitely use the dry erase markers.

The children in the daycare and preschool groups will enjoy the crayons, colored pencils, water color paint, and glue sticks when they work on their “projects” and during unstructured playful learning.

Your generosity is awesome!

ALPHA YOUTH GROUP FALL CHANGES

Difficult schedules have made youth group meetings challenging. This fall we will change the meeting time for our Alpha Youth Group. The group will meet the first Friday of each month following the school

calendar. Alpha Youth Group “First Friday” meetings will meet from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and will begin on Friday, October 4th. The tentative dates are Friday, October 4th; Friday, November 1st;

Friday, December 6th; Friday, February 7th; Friday, March 6th; Friday, April 3rd and Friday, May 1st. Please encourage all youth, middle school and high school, to join us for a time of fun, food and fellowship!

Contact Barb at ced@yorkvilleucc.org with questions.

Coming Soon…

Let’s grow in God together! Short 4 - 5 session Topical Bible Studies

once per quarter!

More details to come during worship!

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MISSIONS MINISTRY

Our Soup Sundays are well received. Mark your calendars:

October 20th November 17th December 15th.

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHTS

1 Cor. 4:1-7 People should think of us as …. stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God…each one should be found trustworthy.

John 1:15-18 Indeed, from his fullness we have, all of us received – one gift replacing another.

Coming soon is the annual Fall Bake Sale. Circle this date on your calendar -

Thursday, September 19th

– bring bake goods to church for the bake sale.

Plan to drop off your bake good donations any time on Thursday, September 19th

from 8:30 am – 7:00 pm. We will have containers, plates, gift bags and

ribbons ready for your donations.

Shoppers from the Rummage Sale look forward to purchasing several delicious, home-made items from our bake sale. Please plan to bake something delicious and help us to

have another successful bake sale.

Proceeds from the bake sale are given to our Christian Education Ministry. In the past, they have used the proceeds to purchase pumpkins for the Fall Festival which is open to the whole community, fleece material to make blankets to be given to children at Central DuPage Hospital and they gave a cash donation to “The Santa Shop of Christmas Toys”

for the Food Pantry.

The sale cannot be successful without YOUR generous donations of homemade treats. Please look through your cookbooks, check out Pinterest or bring in a family favorite

goodie. With your support, we can have another profitable bake sale!

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September 20th

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Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ

Sunday School Registration Form 2019 - 2020

Last Name ____________________________________________

Parent’s Names: _ __________________

_____ _____________

Street Address: __________________

City: _____ State: __________ Zip: ___

Home Phone: _________________________

Email: _____________ __________________

Cell Phone: ______ Name ______________

Cell Phone: ______ Name _____________

Children being registered:

Do any of your children have food or medical allergies? ____________

If yes, please list: ____

________________ _________________________________

________________ _________________________________

First Name

Last Name

Grade in school

Birth Date

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Does your child/children have any other concerns we should be aware of? _______________________________

Liability Release Form (please list all children attending) I hereby give my permission for

________________ ___

_______________________________________________________________

To participate in the Yorkville Congregation United Church of Christ Sunday School program. I further agree to release, indemnify and hold Yorkville Congregation Church, its officers, board members, employees, volunteers or other representative in any capacity harmless from or for any claims, causes of actions, liabilities or damages that arise as a result of or in connection with my child’s participation in the program. I understand that I will be notified as soon as possible in the case of any emergency that may arise with my child. Further, I give my permission for Yorkville Congregation United Church of Christ staff or leaders of the Christian Education School program to obtain emergency medical treatment in my absence.

Parent/Legal Guardian signature: __________________ Print Name: ___________________________ Date: ____________________________________________________

Name of Insurance Company: __________________

Does YCUCC have permission to publish your children’s photographs or

videos in the church or community newspapers or social media? __Yes __ No

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YORKVILLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ATTENDS CHAMBER NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST

By Barb Thurlby, CE Director

For the second year in a row, Yorkville Congregational Church participated in the Yorkville Chamber ‘New Teacher’ Breakfast. Each year the Chamber hosts a breakfast to welcome new teachers to the Yorkville School District 115. This is a great opportunity to engage in community and to take a moment to welcome new teachers to the area.

YCC member Deanna Bazan served as our ambassador at the breakfast and welcomed a new incoming teacher. YCC also sponsored a centerpiece for the event. Yorkville Congregational Church was the only church to participate! Thank you, Deanna, for attending and thank you to the SLT board for supporting this special event.

REEL PEOPLE

The Wife

After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE

CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are

complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where

Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his

very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her

considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great

Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's

literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the

couple's youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later--a lifetime's shared

compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.

Genre: Drama Directed by: Bjorn Runge Written by: Jane Anderson Rating: R (for language and some sexual content) Run Time: 100 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures On disc/ streaming: January 2019

Like movies? You are invited to join the group!

Watch the movie prior to the event. Bring an appetizer or dessert and your favorite drink. Join us for an evening of lively discussion and spiritual inspiration. Share - or just listen to - unique viewpoints and insights as we talk about the characters, conflicts, setting, and main ideas of the movie as they relate to our understanding of God in our lives.

Friday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. At the home of Lou Ann Hoffman

1163 Heathrow Court, Aurora

RSVP: LouAnn lahoffman47@gmail.com (630) 661-2615

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ITEMS ‘NOT’ ACCEPTED FOR DONATION Electronics (TVs, computers, printers, typewriters, land/cell phones, fax equipment),

infant car and/or booster seats, any size mattress, cribs

REQUEST A DONATION PICK-UP THIS OFFER IS ‘ONLY’ AVAILABLE TO CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

If you request a pick-up for a donated item that is too large for you to transport yourself,

call YCUCC’s Church Office at 630-553-7308 and schedule a pick-up time

during the month of September!!

Week of sale: pick-up requests available Monday & Tuesday only!

(Scheduling will be based on storage and/or room availability)

***** Donated Clothing should be clean, with no holes or stains. *****

Please use a safety pin to secure matching outfits!

Proceeds from the 2019 SpringYCUCC Rummage & Bake Sale helped support the church’s facility, ministries and pro-grams plus the following community-based organizations: Kendall County Community Food Pantry; Chapel on the

Green; Mutual Ground; Association for Individual Development (AID); Open Door; Wayside Cross; Feed My Starving Children; and Suicide Prevention Services.

Questions? Contact Peg Trumble

630-553-1166 (H) pjltrumble@comcast.net 630-768-5924 (C)

SPAGHETTI DINNERS ARE COMING SOON!!!

It doesn’t seem possible, but Spaghetti Dinners are right around the corner! Our family Spaghetti Dinners will begin on Wednesday, September 25

th! Serving time is 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Mark

your calendars, your pasta chefs extraordinaire will be back in the kitchen. Good food and great fellowship…. Wednesday evenings…. don’t miss it!

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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost GREEN Jer 2:4-13 and Psalm 81:1, 10-16 or Sirach 10:12-18 or Prov 25:6-7 and Ps 112 Heb 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Open Table

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost GREEN Jer 18:1-11 and Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 or Deut 30:15-20 and Psalm 1 Philem 1:1-21 Luke 14:25-33 A New Identity

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost GREEN Jer 4:11-12, 22-28 and Psalm 14 or Ex 32:7-14 and Psalm 51:1-10 1 Tim 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 Growing in God’s Love

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost GREEN Jer 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9 or Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113 1 Tim 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 Prayerful Living

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost GREEN Jer 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 or Amos 6:1a, 4-7 and Psalm 146 1 Tim 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 Surprising Investment

September Birthdays

Walter Pfaff 01 Carrie DeFuss 02 Rick Falato 02 Joe Runkle 02 Marilyn Vogus 02 Ruth Prince 05 Dan Gette 06 Adam Kolowski 06 Kristine Arch 07 Tracy Andrus 08 Dianne Corneils 09 Aidan Donahue 13 Dawn Mulligan 14 Brett Rhodes 14 Fred Anderson 15 Julie Kline 16

Katie Niesen 17 Amber Anderson 18 Maddy Gawne 18 Mary Ellen Herron 20 Marjorie Fitzgerald 20 Lori Runkle 21 McKenzie Strausberger 21 Ellie Gentile 22 Mariah Cathey 22 Jeff Dillow 23 Jon Runkle 23 Michael Mallon 25 Jenna Anderson 27 Pat Stewart 28 Mark Gregory 29

September Anniversaries

9/04 Frank & Phyllis Yabsley 37 years 9/04 Troy & Aimee List 20 years 9/06 Bob & Bar/b Thurlby 22 years 9/11 Harv & Peg Knell 64 years 9/14 Earl & Mary Ellen Bushnell 23 years 9/17 Scott & Amy Corwin 36 years 9/19 Fred & Connie Dickson 55 years 9/20 Allan & Beth Goss 39 years 9/22 Ben & Regina Moe 18 years 9/22 Alex & Kaitlen Mulligan 1 year 9/23 Joe & Diane Stablein 2 years

Date Greeters Liturgists Guardians

9/1 Joanne Vitek & Mary McCracken Jim Davis Lee Kinkade

9/8 Lou Ann Hoffman & Ron Anderson June Davis Brian Bazan

9/15 Myra Baldwin & Rosey Clark Jim Davis Fred Dickson

9/22 Jeff & Julie Kline June Davis Jeff Farren

9/29 Gere Ryerson & Ellie Gentile Jim Davis Andy Hamblin

Alter Guild

September, 2019 Kristine Arch & Chanel Bravo

October, 2019 ALPHA Group

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Those Grieving: Ellie Gentile & Family, The Robbins Family, The Coleman Family, The Pruski Family

Those in Cancer Treatment:

Health Concerns:

General Concerns:

Homebound/Assisted Living:

Andrea Andres Cindy Fix Steve Hagman Harve Knell

Michelle Meyers Debbie Potempa Cheryl Roberts Pat Rogers

LuAnne Thorne

Don Ament Bill Andersen Michelle Atwood Marie Behrens Lynn Belcher Earl Bushnell Joe Duran

Bob & Mary Freeman Donna Fuss Karen Hess Cliff Jahp Bob Johnston Denise Kelly Mazie Marshall

JoAnne Matlock Joanne O’Brien Dale Perkins Doug & Jo Pierce Dale Prochaska Walter Scott Donna Whitfield

Cindy Coleman Jim Follmer

Andrea Prochaska Dorothy Sanderson

Karsjen Family Brian Homerding Ruth Prince Walter Scott

Norma Simmons Michelle Terri Brandy Van Ostrant Fred & Marie Wayne

Kathy Wickens

1st Lt. Alex Houle - son of Tony & Laurie Houle Marine Cpl. Christopher Johnson - son of Chris & Eva Schoenfielder Zachary Overmyer Staff Sgt. Ryan Strong, son of Tim & Laurie Strong

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Yorkville Congregational Church United Church of Christ

409 Center Parkway Yorkville, IL 60560

Phone: (630) 553-7308 E-Mail: adminasst@yorkvilleucc.org

Web Page: www.yorkvilleucc.org

Change Service Requested

September, 2019

Our Mission Statement To live as Jesus lived: Love without Judgement, Welcome without Exception,

Serve with Compassion, Teach by Example.

Our Vision Statement God’s community of unconditional love, made real for everyone, everywhere.

Open & Affirming Covenant YCUCC is an open and affirming congregation that seeks to meet each child of God—persons from the full diversity of

creation including gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical and intellectual ability, age, race, nationality, economic and social status, faith background, marital standing and family structure—where they are on life’s

journey as together we seek to transform all our lives through Christ’s Gospel.

Register Now!

Registration Form inside this

Newsletter, on our website

and at the church office.

Sunday School Starts

September 8th!

Studies begin this month - more info at worship!