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On Saturday, May 4th, Concordia Place and Concordia Church, in conjunction with our friends at Advocate Health, are hosting a spring event for our migrant friends in the community from 10am-1pm. The event will feature a resource fair, activities for kids, a performance by the MadHatters Theatrical Literacy Program, and also food! We need volunteers for this event! Please email Kiki Collias, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, if you are available to help with set up, during the event, or with clean-up. Click here to visit the webpage for Migrant Support.
Join us on Sunday, May 5th, for a special Stewardship Fellowship hour following worship as we celebrate the kick-off of our 2024 stewardship campaign. Light snacks, coffee, and other drinks will be provided. Make plans to come!
Join us for our next ‘Second Sundays’ concert on Sunday, May 12th at 12pm. This will be a special Mother’s Day concert honoring those special women in our lives. The concert will feature the soprano trio, Tres Belle, along with pianist Paul Dykstra.
The concert is free and open to the public. Donations welcome; give today at this link to support Concordia Concerts! Choose ‘Concordia Concerts’ from the dropdown menu.
Beginning on April 14th, Pastor Zook will lead a book study on Sunday mornings at 9am in the church office. The book read will be Eternal Life? by Hans Kung, a Roman Catholic Biblical scholar and theologian. The book was published in 1982, and the discussion will focus on the topic of Life after death, the resurrection and Biblical understandings of eternal life.
The book is available for purchase on Amazon. Reach out to Pastor Zook (nzook@concordiafaith.org) with any questions.
Check out the encouragement page of our website. Here you’ll find reflections and writings on a variety of topics that we hope will meet you where you are, with whatever you may be facing. Take some time to peruse the selection, and take a moment when you need to read and reflect. New resources are added regularly.
We will soon be embarking on a community-wide collection for 5 specific items in high need in the community. They are:
- Adult diapers – size medium and large (pull-up style preferred)
- Brown rice
- Whole grain crackers
- Feminine hygiene products
- Baby wipes
We continue to ask for help in supporting our neighbors facing food insecurity – either via donations of (shelf-stable) food and toiletry items or through financial contributions. Concordia Church is partnering with the Common Pantry, to support a ‘Take What You Need’ food pantry in the lobby of Swedish Covenant hospital — created for patients to grab grocery and toiletry staples they need on their day of discharge. Our neighbors (and their immediate families) who are utilizing this food pantry are often facing a double challenge of (1) already experiencing food insecurity and (2) being sidelined from work and the ability to care for themselves/families while being in the hospital. This food pantry aims to lessen the stress for these patients leaving the hospital.
We have a scheduled delivery the first Tuesday of every month. Please bring shelf-stable groceries (examples are: canned goods, pasta, jarred sauces, rice, boxed mixes, etc.) and/or new toiletry items (examples: shampoo, toothpaste, lotion, etc.) to the marked container in the church’s main entrance on or before Sunday, October 3rd. Donations received after this will be included in a future delivery. Concordia, We are looking for 10 more sponsor families to commit to providing $30 a month (in donations or equivalent items) to this ministry. If you are unable to commit monthly, but you’d still like to give, simply Text the word “CONCORDIA” to 73256 to give using your mobile device and use the drop down list to choose our ‘social impact’ fund. All donations to this fund benefit our neighbors in need and is a tangible way we express our faith and gratitude for the blessings we’ve received. Please connect with Jen Phillips if you have any questions.
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