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SCRIPTURE: Micah 6:8; Mark 12:28-31
SERIES: 10 Healthy Missional Markers of the Church
SERMON: God’s Will for the Church
SHARE YOUR STORY OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
THROUGH GE COVENANT CHURCH
2026 marks our church’s 80th anniversary! As part of our ongoing praise and celebration of what God has done and is doing through the ministries of our church, we are asking for folks to share stories of God’s faithfulness through the Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church. Do you have a story you would share with our congregation? The prompt is “Because of (A) at GEECC, God brought about (B).”
For a brief example: God led Korey Gregornik to volunteer at GEECC while he was a student at Wheaton College back in 2013. After Korey graduated from Wheaton, he went to work at Honeyrock Camp, where Joseph Sawyer was doing a gap-year program. That was how Joseph originally got connected to GEECC. Because God led Korey Gregornik to volunteer at GEECC while he was a student at Wheaton College back in 2013, Joseph Sawyer is now our Director of Student Ministries! Isn’t God amazing?!
I bet our church is FULL of these stories of God’s faithfulness, and we want to hear them! There are a few ways you can share YOUR story of God’s faithfulness:
You can submit a story in writing that we can share via the newsletter.
You can read your story on a Sunday morning.
You can also video yourself telling your story and we will show it either on our Youtube channel or on a Sunday Morning!
If you need help with sharing your story, please contact Carol in the office and we will help you choose how to share! We can’t wait to hear from you!
YOUNG ADULT FALL EVENT
2PM SATURDAY OCTOBER 10
NIKE PARK, NAPERVILLE
Come connect with young adults from churches around the area
for a casual evening of volleyball, lawn games, and conversation.
Bring a friend, bring a game, or simply come as you are.
Snacks will be provided, and we'd love to see you there!
Contact Pastor Dawn with any questions at dawn.lauber@gecovenant.org
PROGRESS ON OUR PARKING LOT!
Thank you for your patience as our construction project continues. Because Door 5 and the south parking lot are unavailable, please note the following temporary parking and entrance procedures:
Sundays: Our south parking lot is available for seniors and those with disabilities. All others, please park at Hadley Middle School. Enter through:
Door 1 (Hawthorne, near Munson Hall - stairs)
Door 2 (Kenilworth, Sanctuary - stairs)
Door 3 (Kenilworth, The Ark - elevator accessible)
Tuesday-Friday (9:00 AM-4:00 PM): Parking is available in our south parking lot. Please call the church office at 630-469-5405 before or upon arrival, and a staff member will admit you through Door 1 or Door 2. All exterior doors remain locked. Please do not use Door 3 on weekdays, as it is reserved for The Ark.
Wednesday Evening Ministries (Kids Midweek, Jr/Hi League, Men's Bible Study): Parking available in our south parking lot and at Hadley Middle School. Enter/exit through Door 2, where staff will be available to let you in. Parents picking up children or students should use Door 2. Students may also exit through Door 2 for curbside pickup.
We're encouraged by the progress being made, even as these temporary changes create some inconvenience. Thank you for your flexibility!
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
OCTOBER 11
KRISTE SVEEN
Stewardship of Creativity:
Finding the Holy Spirit
in the Psalms of Lament
Come see how the Lament Psalms show the creativity of the Holy Spirit in transforming our thinking and perspective. We are all created to be creative because we were created by a creative God! Creativity is just thinking differently. The Holy Spirit was given to us to help us think differently. Join Kriste as she leads us in Adult Sunday school this coming Sunday.
This painting by Kriste Sveen is inspired by the Hymn “How Great Thou Art” written by a Swedish Pastor after trekking thru a thunderstorm from a church meeting 2 miles away in 1886.
MOMS TOGETHER
tuesday october 13
Moms Together meets every other Tuesday 9:30-11am in Higher Grounds.
Allison Borton leads a time of conversation and encouragement
for moms of preschoolers and school-aged children.
Childcare is provided.
Hope you can join us this Tuesday October 13
THANKSFEEDING
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN
sign up today!
Mark your calendars for this special event at GEECC!
We celebrate Thanksgiving by gathering with family and friends around a feast. We feast but many children around the world lack the food basics to sustain and develop their bodies. We are inviting you to include a few hours in your Thanksgiving celebration to provide meals to children in need. We are partnering with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) to pack food over four two-hour sessions
on November 20 and 21.
We are calling this event ThanksFEEDing.
Sign-ups are open for our GE Cov church family!
You can access sign-ups online by going on our GEECC website here: https://www.gecovenant.org/thanksfeeding-fmsc
and use the password: geecc
Reserve your preferred date and time early, and feel free to sign up on your own,
with friends, or as a family. However you come, you'll be glad you did!
CAN FOR CHANGE
COVENANT WORLD RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT
Pick up your supplies in Higher Grounds to make your own “Can for Change”
or if you are short on change, click this link to participate online: https://gecovenant.breezechms.com/give/online
then go to the dropdown menu for “Give General and Missions”
and choose: “Covenant World Relief and Development.”
GEECC JUSTICE BOOK CLUB
A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THURSDAYS
7:30 to 8:30 on Zoom
Join us! We welcome new members! In October we are reading Pope Leo’s Encyclical on understanding humanity and artificial intelligence from a Biblical perspective of avoiding a “Tower of Babel” mentality and instead following the model of Nehemiah and his community building the wall of Jerusalem together. One special quote: “Technology in and of itself is not a solution to humanity’s problems, just as it is not inherently evil. In practice, however, technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it.”
Contact Mary Crickmore or the church office if you’d like to participate.
YOUNG ADULT & COLLEGE BOOK STUDY
EACH THURSDAY
7PM-8:30PM
HOME OF LAURA GRANGER
Young adults and college students are gathering each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. to study None Like Him by Jen Wilkin at Laura Granger's home. The group is already underway, but new participants are still welcome! Contact Laura or the church office if you'd like to join for the remaining eight weeks.
For more information, check the Young Adult announcement chat. If you're not yet part of the chat and would like to be, see Laura after the service or contact the church office.
FALL FEST!
OCTOBER 28 AT 5:30
SIGN UP TODAY TO PARTICIPATE
Join us for our Fall Fest, a fun-filled evening for all ages! Bring your family, friends, and neighbors and enjoy a wonderful time of fellowship and community. Children will love the Trunk or Treat, and everyone can sample delicious entries in our Chili Cook-Off. Whether you'd like to decorate a trunk, enter your favorite chili recipe, or simply come relax and enjoy the festivities, there's something for everyone. We hope you'll join us for this joyful celebration!
If you would like to volunteer, please click this link to see the opportunities to; use your photography skills, decorate and host a “trunk” of treats, provide chili, mac & cheese, cider, cornbread, or assist with set up or clean up; https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/g73LMJrFNP
There are LOTS of ways to participate, but the most important one is simple….PLEASE JOIN US!
KIDS MIDWEEK
EVERY WEDNESDAY
All children in Kindergarten through 5th grade are welcome to attend Kids Midweek
every Wednesday from 6pm to 7:30pm.
Join us for activities, songs, a Bible story, games, and a LOT of FUN!!
If you have any questions please contact Elissa Schauer.
JR. LEAGUE MEETS tUESDAYS
HI LEAGUE MEETS THURSDAYS
7PM-8:30PM
Games – Worship – Message – Small Groups.
JR LEAGUE is a place for middle school students to have fun, build friendships, and grow in their relationship with God. Jr League will meet on Tuesdays.
HI LEAGUE follows the same rhythm as Jr League, with teaching and conversations shaped specifically for high school students and the questions, challenges, and experiences they are navigating. Hi League will meet on Thursdays.
Together, we open Scripture, worship, ask honest questions, and talk about what it looks like to live life with God in the midst of everyday life. Whether you have grown up in church or are just beginning to explore faith, everyone is welcome!
MEN’S GATHERING
FLAPJACKS & FOOTBALL
BRING YOUR SONS, GRANDSONS OR BROTHERS!
Men, mark your calendars! Coming up on Saturday October 17 at 10:30am the men of GEECC will gather to enjoy a Pancake Brunch in the Family Life Center, then head over to Wheaton College to root for The Wheaton Thunder!
A Rocha & Churches of Restoration
A Rocha is an organization of Christians doing care of God’s Creation. You may not have heard of them, but there are already some connections with our church. Mary and Scott Crickmore have visited A Rocha’s sea turtle rescue site in Kenya and their rare bird habitat protection in France. Bradley Lauber has done an internship with A Rocha. Covenant Pastor Dave Swanson is on their board.
This year a core group of Emily Lee, Bradley Lauber, Darren Miller and Mary Crickmore will support our church to participate in A Rocha’s Churches of Restoration program to do creation-care-oriented projects. One component will be to focus on Creation Care during adult Sunday School over several Sundays in November. For other practical projects we have many options and are looking for input with your ideas. Some things we could consider are: having a group from our church participate with the Park District or Forest Preserve District in clean-up days; replanting butterfly milkweed that was removed in the parking lot renovation to a new location to help Monarch butterflies; reviewing what could help good management of our community garden plots; helping church members with native plant landscaping in their own yards; these are just a few on the list of possibilities.
We’ll have opportunity for discussion during Adult Sunday School but also want to include the youth group and children’s ministry, because learning about God through his wonderful Creation and caring for it helps people of all ages be close to God. If you have comments and ideas, talk to Emily, Bradley, Darren or Mary, we want to hear from you!
