July, 2016 - Plainfield United Methodist Church

Vacation Bible School 2016
July 10-14, 6:30- 8:30 p.m. at PUMC
Imagine upwards of 220 children of all different ages, backgrounds, faiths, and abilities excited and ready to learn about “the Wave of God’s Amazing Love” and 100+ adults there
to make it happen. For some of these children, it will be their only opportunity
all year to hear about God’s love for THEM.
WELCOME TO PUMC VBS!!
Our church’s largest outreach program begins soon.
Some important dates:
Weds, July 6th - 6:30 p.m.
Last Volunteer Training Session - Rooms 206 / 207
Sunday, July 10th following 9:30 a.m. worship & coffee
Help Decorate for VBS
(all at PUMC are invited to help!)
Sunday, July 10th - 6:00 p.m - Volunteers Report for Duty
Can’t volunteer to teach or be onsite?….WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP! Below is a list of
supplies needed, or you can grab a tag or two from the Surf Shack “Snack Board”
Surf boards
 Boogie boards
 Beach balls
 Inner tubes
 Black lights
 Flood lights
 Fog Machine

Packing “peanuts”
 Beach chairs
 Palm trees
 Liquid dish soap
 Seawater scents

Hydrogen Peroxide (must be 12% solution)
 Blue cellophane or plastic wrap
 Kool-Aid “Jammers” plastic drink bottles
(empty)
 Large Beach Umbrellas
 1-Liter bottles (empty)
 Foaming hand soap dispensers (empty)
 Sandbox sand (several bags)
 Rainbow loom bands

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July Worship Schedule
July 3
8:30am
9:30am
Preacher:
Special Music:
Eucharist Worship
Worship and Communion with Special Music
Eun-Hye Choi on “The Author of Freedom”
Sophia Armstrong & Nate Scates
July 10
8:30am
9:30am
Preacher:
Special Music:
Eucharist Worship
Worship with Special Music
Eun-Hye Choi on “The Faith of Gentiles”
Hannah and Jason Hawkins
July 17 (VBS Celebration)
8:30am
Eucharist Worship
9:30am
Worship with Special Music
Preacher:
Sherry Scates on VBS Celebration
Special Music:
VBS Band
July 24 (Hymn Festival Sunday)
8:30am
Eucharist Worship
9:30am
Worship with Special Music and Hymns
Hymn Singing Leader: Jason Hawkins
Special Music:
Ariana Jimenez & Snydersmith family
July 31 (Celebration of 20th year of Deacon Ordination)
8:30am
Eucharist Worship
9:30am
Worship with Special Music
Preachers:
Sherry Scates & Kathy Wellman on Deacon Ministries
Special Music:
Carrie & Paul Wrubel
Date
8:30am
9:30am
July 3rd
Caryn Feris
Betty Sacco
July 10th
Helen Hill
Garden Group
July 17th
Lolly Adolfson
Widows’ Group
July 24th
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Widows’ Group
July 31st
Paul & Victoria Eggerstedt
Melissa & Nick Wilson
Women's Book Group — We continue with our summer “Book and a
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Movie” series! This month the Women’s AND Kids’ Book Clubs will combine and visit
the movie theatre together on Thursday, July 21st, to see Roald Dahl’s “The BFG.”
On August 18th, the Women’s Book Group will discuss “This is Where I Leave You” by
Jonathan Tropper. All women are welcome to come and join us anytime this summer,
as we read, discuss and watch some amazing stories! We meet at 7:00pm at the
church unless otherwise indicated.
Contact Pastor Sherry at sherry.scates@plainfieldumc.com if you have any questions
or if you would like to be added to our direct communications.
Green Team News
The Really Really Free Market is Almost Here! (Saturday, August 6)
In four weeks Fellowship Hall will be transformed into a wonderfully awesome FREE community outreach
event and, at 8:30 AM on August 6th, PUMC will open the doors and welcome everyone to come in and
bring what they don't need and take what they do!
Everyone is invited to be a part of this - whether you donate items (to simplify your life and remove that
clutter)...volunteer to help organize and sort the plethora of "stuff" that will begin to be stored in
classrooms...help to pick up donations at offsite locations (Plainfield Village Hall and JJC)….help to “get
the word out”….or plan to be on hand during the event (wearing a very stylish green apron!) to help our
guests as they choose items - WE NEED YOU! This event cannot be successful without all of us, as a
church family, coming together. So, THANK YOU for all that you have already done - or will do - in the
upcoming weeks.
Your Green Team RRFM Leadership Team,
Carol May, Char Baker, Mindy Cadogan, Judie Sharar, Ellen Sterrett, & Sandy Krzywanos
Visit our Facebook page for more details:
https://www.facebook.com/plainfieldfreemarket/?fref=ts
Beginning this Sunday, July 3rd, share your abundance with
your church family (and support the Missions Committee) by
bringing items for the “Garden Cart.” All proceeds from the
Garden Cart will support “Imagine No Malaria.”
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Be a Part of Our New
“Family Album”
Our new 2017 PUMC Church Directory is “in the works”
and we need your smiling faces! Our goal is to include
everyone in our Church Family, therefore, it is
extremely important that you schedule a time for your
photograph to be taken (at the church) by Lifetouch,
our directory production company.
Just for coming in for a photography session, you will receive a FREE 8 x 10” photograph, a copy of the
directory, and a $10 coupon as well - to be used toward the purchase of any additional photos/Christmas
cards ordered.
Below is a list of the photography sessions being offered at PUMC (Please note: groups of 7 or more will
need two back-to-back sessions):
Wednesday, August 10
Thursday, August 11
Friday, August 12
Saturday, August 13
Wednesday, September 14
Thursday, September 15
Friday, September 16
Saturday, September 17
3PM to 9PM
3PM to 9PM
3PM to 9PM
10AM to 4PM
3PM to 9PM
3PM to 9PM
3PM to 9PM
10AM to 4PM
There are 3 ways you can sign up for your portrait sitting. If you are viewing
this newsletter from email or the PUMC website, you can simply click on the
blue “PORTRAIT SIGN-UP” link above. You can also sign up online via the
direct link contained on our church website: www.PlainfieldUMC.com or,
lastly, representatives will be available following both worship services on
July 10th and July 17th, to assist with sign up in Parks Friendship Hall (at the
top of the stairs).
If you are unable to sign up online or after church on those dates, or if you
have any questions, please feel free to call Caryn Feris at 630-649-9924 or
Sandy Krzywanos at 815-254-0724. We are very excited about this project
and look forward to working with all of you on our new directory.
Sincerely,
Sandy Krzywanos & Caryn Feris
PUMC Membership & Outreach Committee
Youth Ministries News
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SUMMARY OF TRIP TO RED BIRD MISSION
The mission trip to Red Bird in Appalachian Kentucky went well for
the 12 youth and 5 adult participants. We built a wheelchair ramp
for a lady in a mobile home whose grandson has had multiple
reconstructive heart surgeries since the day he was born. We also
painted four bathrooms in Red Bird Christian School and replaced
several tiles in the floor throughout
the school. The week was full of
bonding through hard work in the
heat and humidity, mosquitos and
chiggers, good food, a fun trip to
Cumberland Falls on Wednesday,
and lots of humor and emotional
reminisces and well-wishes in our
closing ceremony on Friday night.
More than painting, fixing stuff, and building things, young people
(and adults) that go on these trips experience an intense and
extended time of living with a purpose that extends beyond themselves. They experience being
sent by the body of Christ as the body of Christ. God is a “missio Dei,” a “missional God,” in which
missio in Latin means “sending (away).” When Jesus sent out The Twelve in Matthew 10:9-10 (The
Message), he told them, “Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start.
You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is
three meals a day. Travel light.” The church, the body of Christ, is both the “equipment” that Jesus
talked about and the “senders” of the equipment.
The church sends out these young people from their parents and families so they can become more
in tune with their identity in Christ as “sent ones,” sent away from the pressures and constraints of
our culture that is so steeped in competition, striving for accomplishment, entertainment of the
senses, and social networking through technology. When you really think about it, everything the
church does, even or especially worship, is “missional” because, in those times, we extract
ourselves from the competition-and-striving-oriented culture we live in to be reminded that
everything we are and everything we have ultimately comes from God. “Do this in remembrance
of me.” We remember who we are and whose we are. And then we go out, “that we may be for the
world the body of Christ … and one in ministry to all the world.”
Without regular rehearsal of this core truth of Christ’s teaching and mission through ritual worship we
are merely people painting, fixing, and building stuff. Anyone can do those things … and they do.
What makes us different is that sending and being sent in the Name of Christ testifies to the
world that God seeks to redeem each and every person for eternity, which is a message so many
people deserve to hear in a culture so full of self-worship and seemingly endless strife and division.
Wishing you the “peace that passes all understanding” (Philippians 4:7) … Sincerely, Pastor Chris.
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The PUMC Cycling Group will be hitting the roads and bike
paths of northern Illinois again this summer, and we are always
eager to have new participants! Our weekend rides are meant to
be casual and fun, with a typical distance around 20 miles and a
pace of 12-13 mph. We are training for a daylong ride from
Plainfield to Wisconsin on July 8th, with camping that night at Big
Foot Beach State Park in Lake Geneva. For more information about being part of this
group, call Eric Lenning at 636-577-1774 or emailing EricLenning@sbcglobal.net.
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An Invitation from Becky Potter
I invite you to prayerfully consider attending The Northern Illinois
Conference Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation, Your Spirit Calls, which
will be held Monday, August 1st – Saturday, August 6th at the Bellarmine
Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington, IL. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from two
outstanding faculty presenters, Jane Patterson and Daniel Wolpert.
Who attends a Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation? At a Five Day Academy, you will find laity
and clergy, men and women of all ages, Christians from many denominations, people with a variety of
interests and hobbies; all of us hungering for a deeper relationship with God.
What draws people to a Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation? Some are drawn by the spiritfilled worship, the excellent teaching by well-qualified faculty, opportunities for deep spiritual
conversation, solitude, community, or rest. But I go for the rhythm of the day. A rhythm of rest and
activity, silence and talking, solitude and relationship, a rhythm marked by morning prayer, evening
prayer, and night prayer. Through yielding to this rhythm, I find myself ever so gently turned toward
the Holy One. And I am blessed more richly than I have words to tell.
I have attended several Five Day Academies and would be delighted to share my experiences with you
and answer any questions. rspotter6@comcast.net or 815-351-1759.
The Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation is a program of Upper Room Ministries which invites
clergy and laity to a deeper Christian spirituality. This Five Day Academy is sponsored by the Spiritual
Formation Committee of the Northern Illinois Conference in partnership with the Upper Room. A
brochure and registration form for this 5 Day Academy can be downloaded from our conference
website https://www.umcnic.org/th_event/5-day-academy-for-spiritual-formation-2/ More
information about The Academy for Spiritual Formation can be found at
http://academy.upperroom.org/about/five-day
Welcome to Our
Newest Members
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Linda Bahr is retired, and enjoys having time to devote to her many
hobbies. She has a son (Kevin) and daughter (Khara), as well as 5
grandchildren. Linda currently resides in Joliet.
Mike Gosling is employed as an Account Executive for Houghton, Mifflin & Harcourt in Geneva, Illinois. He
and his wife, Laura, reside in Plainfield with their daughter, Melissa, who is beginning her sophomore year this
fall at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. Mike is joining by transfer of membership from the
United Methodist Church in Dolton, IL.
Shirley Reardon and her husband, Chester, were married in 1952, and lived in Downers Grove until Chet
retired from Northern Illinois Gas. They moved to North Carolina and lived there for over 27 years. Chet
passed away 5 years ago, and Shirley moved back to Illinois, and currently resides in Plainfield. She and Chet
had 4 children: their daughter, Barbara, resides in Downers Grove - son, Tom, lives in Virginia - son, Charles,
lives in Lisle, and son, David, lives in Kalamazoo. Shirley joins by transfer from another denomination in N.C.
Tony and Jayme Reda live in Plainfield’s Aspen Falls subdivision and have resided there for 15 years. Tony
works as a police sergeant for the Village of Addison and loves keeping active whether going for a run or
helping out their kids with their sports. Jayme works part-time at Silver Cross Hospital registering patients in
the Emergency Department, and enjoys reading and spending time in Michigan on Round Lake. They have
three children: Carsen, 12, is an avid hockey player & loves to sketch and draw; Nolan, 8, enjoys building
with Legos and playing baseball; and Aubree, also 8, can be found doing gymnastics or reading a great book.
The Reda family eagerly joins PUMC, by transfer from another denomination.
On June 19th, we celebrated the Baptism of
OLIVIA MAE PALER
Olivia’s parents are Kaitlyn and Nick Paler. Also celebrating with the family were grandparents
Robert & Kathleen Hammack and Claudine Paler. Maternal great-grandparents are
Murley & Patricia Wheeler.
On June 26th, we celebrated the Baptism of
MACY RAE CARDONI
Macy’s parents are Marissa & John Cardoni. Siblings include sister Madeline, age 5 and brother Jack, age 3.
Grandmothers are Debra Hill and Janice Madl, and great-grandmother is Ann Roberts
Please welcome Olivia & Macy as members of Christ’s church.
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DATE
TIME
EVENT
** Church Office Closed **
Fri., 7/1
Sun., 7/3
DATE
TIME
Mon., 7/18
9:30a
Music Together (203)
11:30a
Lunch Bunch (C/L)
7:00p
YMAP Meeting (C/L)
** NO SUNDAY SCHOOL **
12:30p Fun Men’s Group (Offsite)
Mon., 7/4
EVENT
HAPPY
INDEPENDENCE
DAY !
**CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED**
Tues., 7/19
9:30a
Music Together (203)
Weds., 7/20
8:15a
Men’s Group Breakfast
(Offsite)
9:30a
MEM’s
(Eaton Forest Preserve)
TBD
Combined Women’s / Kids
Book Club MOVIE(Offsite)
Tues., 7/5
5:00p
Cruise Night Hosting (Offsite)
Weds., 7/6
9:30a
MEM’s (Renwick Park)
Thurs., 7/7
6:30p
Plainfield Aktion Club (202/203)
7:00p
Alcoholics Anonymous
(206/207)
Fri., 7/22
** Church Office Closed **
Sat., 7/23
12:00p
Private Event (JBFH)
10:45a Baptism Orientation Class (C/L)
Sun., 7/24
6:30p
Finance Comm. (C/L)
6:30p
** VBS
Mon., 7/25
9:30a
Music Together (203)
9:30a
Prayer Shawl Knitting Group
(PFH)
11:30a
Lunch Bunch (C/L)
6:30p
** VBS
7:00p
Admin Council (JBFH)
5:00p
Cruise Night Hosting (Offsite)
9:30a
Music Together (203)
6:30p
** VBS
5:00p
Cruise Night Hosting
(Offsite)
Weds., 7/13
6:30p
** VBS
7:00p
Walkers Grove HOA (C/L)
Thurs., 7/14
7:00p
Trustee Meeting (TBD)
10:00a
MEM’s (Phillips Park)
6:30p
** VBS
11:00a
Trinity Food Pantry
(Offsite)
7:00p
Alcoholics Anonymous (TBD)
6:30p
Stewardship Mtg. (C/L)
6:30p
Staff-Parish Relations
Committee (C/L)
7:00p
Alcoholics Anonymous
(206 / 207)
Fri., 7/8
Sun., 7/10
Mon., 7/11
Tues., 7/12
** DUE DATE FOR
NEWSLETTER INPUT**
Fri., 7/15
Thurs., 7/21
Tues., 7/26
Wed., 7/27
Thurs., 7/28
** Church Office Closed **
Sun., 7/17
9:30a
Baptism - KYLIE LYNN
SCHWARK
Fri., 7/29
** Church Office Closed **
** Church Office Closed **
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Prayer Requests
*Russ & Louise Corey
*Tom Corzan
*John DeGroot
*Carolyn Dement
*Jeff (Carolyn) Dement’s brother, Mark
Provance
*Arleta Gordon’s aunt, Vada Jackson
*Ron Henbest’s friend, Alexis Wathier
*Carole Holloway’s friend, Russ Slinkard
*Ron Lee
*The Lenning Family
*Chip & Veray Mackley’s niece, Tricia Ryan
*Belinda Maranowicz’s father, Bill Courter
*Misty Martin
*Carol May’s husband’s cousin, Sandi Kania
*Harriett Nelson’s mother, Harriett Chrismon
*Kelly Newton’s uncle, Cliff
*Lois Schwiesow
*Beverly Stanfill
*Pam Testin’s dad, Vic Pech
*Trinity Trevino & Family
*Claire Wellman’s friend, Ehiosa Ocuqun
*Please pray for the Orlando shooting victims and
their families, as well as those impacted by the recent
terrorist attack in Turkey.
***Those serving in the military, fire fighters, police
officers, refugees & immigrants.
Our thanks and prayers are being sent with Pastor Chris, as he
begins his role as President of the Northern Illinois United
Methodist Foundation, effective July 1st. The Foundation's
Board of Directors unanimously accepted the recommendation
of the Foundation's Executive Committee to hire Pastor Chris as
the new President. This was announced from the floor of the
Northern Illinois UMC annual conference in June.
Good luck, Pastor Chris. You will be missed, but we know you
will be a great asset to the Foundation! Thank you for
everything you did for us !!
On August 7th (at the 9:30 a.m. service) we will enjoy a Youth
Mission Trip Celebration. Those that traveled to Kentucky to serve
the Red Bird Mission will share their personal witness and
experiences with the congregation.
Following the service and coffee hour, the Youth will have a farewell
gathering with Pastor Chris, to wish him well, as he leaves PUMC as
our Youth Pastor, and takes up his new position as President of the Northern Illinois United
Methodist Foundation.
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Plainfield United Methodist Church
15114 S. Illinois Street
Plainfield, IL 60544
Plainfield United Methodist Church
Ph: (815) 436-9651 Fax: (815) 436-9764
Web: plainfieldumc.com
Email: pumc@plainfieldumc.com
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday
Office Hours 8:30am - 4:30pm
Summer Sunday Worship Schedule
8:30am Eucharist Service
9:30am Traditional Worship with Special Music
9:45am Sunday School
Plainfield UMC Pastoral Staff
Rev. Eun-Hye Choi, Lead Pastor
eunhye.choi@plainfieldumc.com
Rev, Sherry Scates,
Minister of Faith Formation
sherry.scates@plainfieldumc.com
Plainfield UMC Staff
Victoria Eggerstedt / Cheryl Henbest
Administrative Assistants
pumc@plainfieldumc.com
John De Groot, Chancel Choir Director
johndegroot@comcast.net
Kelly Markwell, Bellissimo Choir Director
bells@plainfieldumc.com
Jason Hawkins, Worship Band Director
jasonhawkins@comcast.net
Cheryl Henbest, Financial Secretary
cheryl.henbest@plainfieldumc.com
Kathy Hermansen, Organist
kathleen_hermansen@comcast.net
Karyn Holstead, Children’s Choir
kholstead@hotmail.com
Danielle Ivins, Parish Nurse
parishnurse@plainfieldumc.com
Hope Wooldridge, Bookkeeper
hope@plainfieldumc.com