Schedule for the Coming Week at Resurrection Church
Saturday, September 16
3:00 p.m. — Pastor Therwanger’s official Installation Service.
Join us for a service of celebration as our call to our new pastor and his acceptance are acknowledged by the wider church. Refreshments and fellowship will follow.
Sunday, September 17
9:00 a.m. — 9:45 a.m. Opening Prayer and Sunday School in the Parish Hall. Sunday School Breakfast and Meet Pastor Harry!
Sunday School families, please join us in the Parish Hall for some food, fellowship and fun! Please bring a dish to share.
10:00 a.m. — Worship: Pastor Harold (Harry) Therwanger.
Sunday, September 24
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. — Worship: Pastor Harold (Harry) Therwanger.
Sunday, October 1
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School in the Parish Hall.
10:00 a.m. — Worship: Pastor Harold (Harry) Therwanger, in the Parish Hall. Pet Blessing will be held on the lawn after the service.
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. — Homeward Trails adoption event at the church.
Sunday, September 17 - Continuation of September 10 Rally Day - God's Work, Our Hands
This is a day of service and will include:
Undie Sunday, we will be collecting new, packaged men's underwear, undershirts and sweat socks for New Hope Housing.
We will have containers in the Narthex and the Parish Hall for your generous contributions. All undergarments MUST be new in its original packaging.
Books are Food for Your Brain book collection to be distributed by Food for Others. Please bring New OR Very Gently Used board books and books up to 5th grade to include easy readers, easy chapter books and picture books. What goes especially fast? Board books and 2nd-3rd grade books. (No religious books, please.)
Sunday, September 24 - Sunday School program
We welcome our children 3 years of age through 5th grade. We will continue with the well-loved Whirl Lectionary curriculum. This is lectionary based so that our kids will dive deeper in their understanding of the lessons that we are all listening to during our worship service. There is a video component that adds a lot of GREAT discussion. Prayer is always included and games, skits and/or art will also be included to reinforce the days' lesson. We will also continue working with the church calendar, learning the "Seasons of the Church" year.
If you would like to join our Sunday School program, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
While Singing in Choir You Learn to Listen
While it's fun to belt it out like Björling, a key to good choral singing is paying attention to what's going on around you — listening. (It's a good thing to do outside choir, too.) A rule of thumb is, if you can't hear the person next to you, you're singing too loudly.
It's official: singing in a choir improves the way you hear music, it draws out your innate musical ability and intensifies your appreciation of harmony. There is a natural learning curve that occurs quite organically as a consequence of singing regularly in a group that strengthens your ear. Where choral singing is concerned, the whole really is the sum of its parts, and choir members soon become aware of how harmonies combine and complement each other.
To sing in the Choir the only thing you need is… your voice! And RELC needs your voice! So what are you waiting for?
With a voice of singing,
Barbara
Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 1
On October 1, we will have the Pet Blessing at the 10:00 a.m. service. All pet owners are welcome to bring their pets to the Parish Hall, where the service will be live streamed. After the final hymn, we will meet on the lawn for the Blessing itself. Refreshments and treats will be provided for humans and their pet family members. Afterwards, we will host Homeward Trails for an adoption event at the church from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. All animals are welcome for the Blessing.
Receive the Weekly Announcements by Email or as Printed Copies in Church
If you do not receive the weekly announcements by email, please be sure to let the church office know of your correct email address and to include you each week in the mailing. If you would like a hard copy to share with someone, there are a few printed copies available in the Narthex.
We will print a few copies each week for a while to see if there is a desire to have them printed and perhaps to share more widely.
Contact Information for Pastor T
Pastor Harry has a new email for you to reach him. It is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Also, Pastor will normally take Monday and Tuesday as his weekend so he asks that you contact him Wednesday through Sunday. Unless, of course, there is an emergency. You can reach him on his cell phone at 312-515-7269.
Signing up for Breakfast with Pastor
Breakfast with Pastor! There will be five breakfasts held in the Fellowship Hall for up to ten RELC members invited per breakfast.
Each breakfast is scheduled on a Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. and will be led by a different Resurrection Church leader: There are two remaining breakfast dates:
September 16 (Valerie Pratt), and,
September 30 (Christina Cuesta).
Get to know Pastor Therwanger and other members of the RELC family! Have breakfast, devotions and a bit of conversation in a small group with our new Shepherd. Come and enjoy some breakfast and fellowship!
Please sign up using this SignUp Genius link for one Saturday breakfast:
Please Use Name Tags
There are name tags available in the Narthex. Please use them during the next few weeks to help Pastor learn all of our names and maybe also to help us refresh our memory!
Please Update Member Information
Resurrection is continuing to work on updating its membership directory with the most current, accurate and preferred contact information. Member Information forms are available in the Narthex. Please complete one, even if your information has not changed, and consider including a photo!
Including a Name in Sunday Prayers
We will be returning to having individuals who request to be named in the Sunday morning Intercessions. To add a name to be mentioned on Sunday during worship to the prayers, please email or phone Pastor Harry by Thursday evening. The name will be included for one week, and if you wish to continue having someone named in the prayers, please update Pastor each week.
Share Your Intent to Support Our Budget
Having adopted our 2023 operating and capital budgets, Resurrection’s financial team needs to ensure that our congregation will back these budgets with its generous offerings of support. Please let us know of your giving intentions by answering the Stewardship Committee’s request and returning your Giving Intent response at our Sunday services, mailing it to the church office, or using the online form on the Resurrection website.
You can also choose to have your offering automatically drawn from your bank account on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis with the “Simply Giving” electronic funds transfer program. Just complete an enrollment form and return it along with your giving intent – or schedule a recurring offering using the “Donate” button on the Resurrection website.
Can't make it to church? Watch us Live! Now Livestreaming Worship
To view our 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship service on YouTube live, click on the live worship link on the RELC home page on Sunday mornings during the worship hour and be redirected to the YouTube live stream. The Live Stream will "go live" at 9:55 a.m. on each Sunday morning. To view the service at a later time, go to our YouTube Channel. Click on the videos tab to browse archives of past services. Click on the Subscribe button and create an account to be notified when Live Streams are started or when other videos are added. For any questions, please contact the pastor.
Other Announcements?
Alexandra Mattson, the editor of our quarterly “Steeple Light” newsletter, is, at present, also serving as the editor of our Weekly Announcements messages, working closely with Council President Leslie Nolen. If you have any items that you wish to communicate in the Weekly Announcements as committee chairs or those responsible for other ministry initiatives at Resurrection, please send them via email to both This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by late Wednesday mornings for inclusion in the message for the coming Thursday. Thanks!