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SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
SERMON: The Importance of the Body

COLLEGE DINNER
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7
5PM-7PM

College Students, please join us for this first dinner of the season at the home of Pastor Jeff. We’ll enjoy pizza, salad, and some great conversation! Please note the change in day—we will gather on MONDAY September 7. After this first College Dinner, we will gather on Sundays.
Call the church office for info.

Youth Group EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 3 & SEPTEMBER 17
7PM-8:30PM

For these final weeks of summer, join us for our firepits.
Fire Pits are super simple, low-key nights
where we hang out around a fire,
play games and roast marshmallows.
Join us! We have so much fun spending time together!
Check out the link to see the summer schedule

SEPTEMBER 3: FIREPIT AT THE HOME OF THE CASEYS
SEPTEMBER 17: FIREPIT AT THE HOME OF PASTOR DAWN

The Ark Preschool
LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER 14 & 24

The Ark Preschool is gearing up for our first week of school. The first couple of weeks can be a big adjustment for our little ones, especially those in the younger classes as it may be their first time away from their parents.

We’re looking for volunteers to help in the classrooms during the first two weeks of school, the week of September 14th and 21st. Your extra support will help our teachers and, most importantly, help the children feel safe, and comfortable as they learn to navigate their new classroom routines.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please let me know your availability. We’d love to have you join us and
help make the start of the school year a smooth and welcoming experience for the children!

Holly Pelsor
Director

ART IN WORSHIP
END OF SUMMER HYMN SERIES
CALLING ALL ARTISTS!

Thank you to those of you who have responded to our end of summer Hymn Series.
This is a reminder that it is not too late to submit your visual interpretation of a hymn.
It does not need to be representational, it can be abstract images.

Please email Kriste Sveen for more details as needed.

kristesveen7@gmail.com

Youth Safety & Protection Training
for CURRENT & PROSPECTIVE Volunteers

All volunteers who will be serving children or students
at GEECC have another opportunity
to attend Youth Safety and Protection Training.

Please RSVP here
Questions? Email Joseph Sawyer (joseph.sawyer@gecovenant.org) or
Elissa Schauer (elissa.schauer@gecovenant.org), or call Carol at the office.

GEECC BOOK CLUB IS BACK!
wednesday september 9 at 7pm

The Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church Book Club is a friendly, inter-generational group that usually meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm. Meetings are held at various member’s homes throughout the year. Host homes provide light refreshments, followed by prayer and an informal discussion. The Discussion Leader provides information about the author, along with a few questions to get the discussion started. You are asked to RSVP to the host so she can prepare accordingly.

Come join us on Wednesday September 9 at 7pm at the home of the Bischoff’s for our first meeting of the season. The book choice for the year will be discussed and decided upon at this meeting, so bring your suggestions—and invite a friend or a neighbor!
Call the church office for details

OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN
A NOTE FROM DIANE BROWN

The next time you are in the parking lot at church, face west and take a look at an area where Gather-Grow-Go is in full swing! It is the Community Garden where church family, neighbors, and refugee friends GROW veggies (and flowers) GATHER their harvest, and well, GO home with their produce.

As one of the Plot Managers, I can say that the Community Garden is a great place to extend a welcome to people you don’t know. For example, last summer, a neighbor on a walk spied the garden and contacted the church to see if she could get a plot. Yes! There was one available! I met with her, showed her the ropes, and since then we’ve had several conversations while gardening together.

This year, I got a late start on planting, but the weeds wasted no time! A member of the Falam Christian Church of Chicago, which meets at GEECC each week, saw the ‘empty’ plot and asked if they might garden it. I welcomed this family to use 3/4 of the plot, which they weeded and farmed, while I used the remaining portion of the plot to care for my 3 tomato plants and 4 pepper plants. Here, too, I’ve enjoyed some very nice conversations with my “share croppers”.

I have a little sign in my flower garden—one I took from my family home
some 50 years ago;

The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than any place else on earth

I don’t know if that is absolutely true, but I do know that God walks
in the Community Garden
and blesses it with His presence.

EXODUS WORLD SERVICE
BLOCK PARTY-FALL FEST!
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20 | 4PM-7PM
GEECC PARKING LOT

Exodus World Service will be hosting their Block Party-Fall Fest event
at GEECC and ALL are invited!
This is an event for volunteers and refugee neighbors to come together in fellowship.
This event provides refugees the opportunity to learn about Exodus programs
and connects volunteers with resettled refugees.

If you would like to volunteer, please click the link below.
Volunteers should arrive at 3pm for a brief training and setup.
https://forms.gle/njWmrQZmerPh4Fdb8

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
BEGINS SEPTEMBER 21 & 22

Pastor Dawn will soon be ordering books for the Women’s Bible Study this fall. If you are interested in being included in that order, please email her at; dawn.lauber@gecovenant.org.

The book is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Our Study: “Walking with God” is a five week journey through the Bible as we learn to walk with God through all seasons of life.

Please join us! You may choose the evening or daytime option every other week:

Mondays at Pastor Dawn’s home, 6:45pm for Fellowship, 7pm Bible Study begins
Tuesdays in Higher Grounds at church, 9:15am drop off your children and grab a cup of coffee, 9:30am Bible Study begins (Childcare provided. Please RSVP to Pastor Dawn).

GEECC SHORT TERM MISSION TRIP
TO BELGIUM 2027

If you would are interested in our mission trip to Belgium and/or would like to hear more from Julius Hagan about what God is doing in Belgium, you can receive Julius’ newsletter. Just call the church office to get signed up to hear more!

DATES OF THE TRIP: 2 weeks between June 13 -July 4, 2027
ELIGIBILITY: Open to ages 16 and up
LOCATION & PURPOSE: Traveling to Belgium to support the ministry of Julius and Heleen Hagan.
INTERESTED? Sign up in Higher Grounds.