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Sundays at 9:30am
SCRIPTURE: Luke 13:22-30; Acts 1:8
SERIES: 10 Healthy Missional Markers of the Church
SERMON: Can I Get a Witness?
FALL FEST!
OCTOBER 28 AT 5:30
ON OUR NEW PARKING LOT!
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NEEDS: CHILI
TRUNK & TREATS!
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!
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
OCTOBER 25
daniel sveen & tom mcandrews
”stewarding for the glory of god
through money & mission
As a reminder to those of you who have attended Sunday school on October 18, as well as for those who will attend this coming Sunday, our GEECC Treasurer has some take-home tasks for you:
Pray the Lord’s Prayer daily, pausing on “Your will be done” over your finances.
Keep a gratitude list: write down one thing each day that God has provided.
Review one month of spending and ask: what does this say I treasure?
Come ready to share a story this Sunday of something you’ve seen God do.
What wonderful opportunities for reflection these tasks provide. Please join us and come prepared to share how God has been providing, guiding, or teaching you, and be encouraged by the stories of others as we continue this conversation together.
ANNUAL GEECC FOOD DRIVE
OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 1
Glen House Food Pantry’s mission is to provide essential groceries and support to our neighbors at risk of hunger. GE Cov families, along with Ark families, have generously provided groceries and financial donations in support of this mission.
You can support this vital program in two ways this fall:
1) SHOP & DROP OFF: Use the shopping guide below to choose needed items. Bring your full shopping bag to GEECC on November 1 and leave it at the information table
in the Atrium.
2) ORDER ONLINE: Shop the Amazon Wish List and have the most-needed items delivered directly to Glen House Food Pantry by using this link: https://a.co/06C20mCc
As you proceed with the Amazon check out, please add the Glen House Food Pantry address to the list of shipping addresses on your Amazon account: 55 N. Park Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
GOD’S WORK IN AND THROUGH OUR CHURCH FAMILY
A NOTE FROM THE CARE TEAM
We are so thankful for the many hands that support the CARE Ministry at Glen Ellyn Covenant Church! As a team, we have the privilege of coming alongside members of our church community during times of need. So far this year, we have delivered more than 63 meals to families recovering from illness or surgery, battling cancer, and celebrating the arrival of new babies! It is a joy for our team and fellow church members to share Christ’s love and CARE through the gift of a meal.
This summer, we were also able to add several new items to the church kitchen through memorial funds given in honor of our dear friend and former CARE team member, Joanne Sandstorm. Joanne was such a joy to serve alongside, and it was a blessing to honor her in this special way! Her generous memorial gift allowed us to update our silverware, serving pieces, coffee carafes, water pitchers, knives, and other kitchen essentials. These improvements help our kitchen run smoothly and allow us to continue creating a welcoming environment as we serve others.
In 2026, we also had the privilege of hosting a memorial service for Dan Bloomquist. His family expressed heartfelt appreciation for the care and love shown to them during this difficult time.
Thank you to the many prayer warriors who faithfully cover our church and community in prayer. We are also so grateful to everyone who volunteers their time and talents to prepare and deliver meals, bake desserts, wash dishes, and serve others through the CARE Ministry at Glen Ellyn Covenant Church. Your generosity and willingness to serve make this ministry possible, and we are deeply thankful for each of you!
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!
Celebrate God’s faithfulness by telling your story! 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!
MOMS TOGETHER
tuesday october 27
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 27
women’s ministries
FRIENDSGIVING
MONDAY NOVEMBER 9
6:30-8:30
As the days grow shorter and the Thanksgiving season approaches, you're invited to a special evening of friendship, gratitude, and community at Friendsgiving! On Monday, November 9 from 6:30-8:30 pm, we'll share delicious treats, warm beverages, a fun and creative activity (no artistic skills required!), and the opportunity to relax, connect, and enjoy one another's company.
This year, we're also partnering with Outreach Ministries' Christmas Store, a program that helps families in our community shop for Christmas gifts for their children with dignity and care. If you'd like, you can participate by purchasing an item from one of Outreach's gift wish lists (Amazon, Walmart, or Target) and have it shipped directly to Outreach.
Whether you come for the fellowship, the treats, the creativity, or the opportunity to give, we'd be delighted to have you join us.
If you have any questions, simply reply to this email or call the church office at 630-469-5405.
With gratitude,
Pastor Dawn
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!
YOUNG ADULT & COLLEGE BOOK STUDY
EACH TUESDAY
7PM-8:30PM
HOME OF LAURA GRANGER
Young adults and college students are gathering each TUESDAY 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.
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.
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.”
