FAITH EVANGELICAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MAY 2021
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FAITH EVANGELICAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Creating Connections MAY 2021
Through Extending
Christ’s Love A Pastoral Letter
Greetings in Jesus Christ,
We are already approaching May. Today it is over 80 degrees outside.
Nice warm or even hot weather! We missed this kind of weather for so
long. I hope everybody loved and enjoyed these recent days. While I
was preparing parts for the Lighthouse for May, I had a chance to review
the pictures I took during the past month. I usually try to take pictures of
our church people or worship services for the Lighthouse because we
easily forget what amazing things we have done together with those
special ministries unless we record them.
I am so proud of our church people including
the Chrysalis children. The church should be a
place where we worship the Lord, where we
nurture each other, where we grow in faith by
teaching, preaching, and training for our spiritu-
ality. The word “Chrysalis” can be defined as “a
quiescent insect pupa, especially of a butterfly
or moth, the splitting of the chrysalis and the
slow unfolding of the wings, and a transitional
state” (quoted from Oxford language diction-
ary). It means that it is not fully developed yet
and in a transitional state to being fully grown
up. I love the name of Chrysalis for our youth
group. It is very inspirational and spiritual. For
Easter Sunrise Worship, Chrysalis had been
gathering to do some art work, record their au-
dio parts for the play, and have rehearsals for the play.
I am sure that God has been watching over their passion, efforts, and
love for Easter, Jesus Christ, and Faith Evangelical UMC through Chrys-
alis children and leaders. It is so true that we all are created differently
with diverse gifts and talents. Each individual’s personality had been
contributing to collaborative work which is God’s kingdom work. Each in-
dividual’s personality had been enriched by practices for prayer, wor-
ship, service and other forms of soul work that draws us closer to God.
Not only Chrysalis children and leaders, but we all need to remember
that we are Chrysalis. We are working toward Christian Perfection (John
Wesley’s theology) but are not yet there. Even though we have been
Christian for so long, we always need to remember that we should be
humble and always be willing to confess our sins whenever it happens.
Let us admit that we are not perfect which means that we sometimes
make mistakes, dislike certain things, and ignore valuable things. Thus,
we always remember our Lord and work toward our Lord our God who is
always on our side crying, cheering, and caring.
Many blessings on this great spring weather to you all!
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that
you may discern what is the will of God — what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2 (NRSV)
Wishing to live in the spirit of the Resurrection,
Pastor Ko
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People of the Faith Community
Maundy Thursday Worship alter (Above)
Easter Sunrise Worship Service was held on
April 4th at 8:00am. Joanna and Mae did an
amazing job of leading this worship.
Chrysalis kids participated in this journey.
We are so proud of you!!!
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During Lenten season,
Faith Evangelical Church
has challenged the congre-
gation to participate in
Spiritual Scripture Chal-
lenge. The church prepared
for a little gift as a reward
and blessing for their com-
mitment. (Left Picture)
On Easter, Rod and Mae
invited pastor Ko, Halla,
and Cindy for the Easter
supper at their yard. What a
great hospitality they have!
(Pictures Below)
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Nancy Cerny was so excited to
spend two days to complete the puz-
zle of the Last Supper she got it from
her dear friend. Great job!!!
Donna Larson had 90th birthday on
April 24th, 2021. She was so happy to
have bunch of Birthday Cards from the
Faith Community.
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“Beyond Colorblind” Book Group
The “Beyond Colorblind” Book Group will have its last meeting on Monday,
May 10 @ 7 p.m. via Zoom. The group will be discussing the highlights of
Chapters 8, 9, and 10. The chapters focus on responding to cross cultural
conflict in community, prophetic ethnic justice, and culture re-creators. For
more information, please contact Jane Ahrens.
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Mission and Outreach Report from Nancy Hails
Paper Good Drive - 133 rolls of TP, 26 rolls of paper towels, 6 pack of wipes,
2 tissues boxes, 2 jugs laundry soup, and 1 roll of foil were delivered to Yorkfield Food
Pantry. The Easter tithe of $300 was sent too! Thank you to all who donated!
Its Baby Bottle time for Caring Network starting this Mother’s day through Father’s day. There is
a new virtual option this year! Now you don't have to wait until Father’s Day to contribute, check
out the website: http://www.caringnetwork.com/baby-bottle-drive/baby-bottle.
For those who enjoy using the baby bottle as a daily reminder to pray for Caring Network and to
collect coins/checks/cash, bottles will be at the Mother’s day service.
The 5th Sunday offering for May 30, 2021 will be going to a missionary family dear to me, the
Halbert family. Maggie Halbert is my cousin’s daughter. Alex and Maggie and now their 4
children (4th one born 4/20/21) are in transition from serving 5 years in Cape Town, Africa to
Honduras, South America. Alex is a MK that served there 12 years. For more details check out
their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/14DegreesN.
Prayer Requests
Please pray that all these meetings we have had over the past
few months would result in the funding we need to reach the
field.
Please pray for our final training with MTW. It is a several
week long cultural training course that we will do virtually.
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FINANCIAL UPDATE
2021 Giving Statistics
Date Weekly Income Income to Date Budget to Date
Expenses 28-Mar 5595.44 23287.82 36248.25
Exceeded 4-Apr 1855.00 25142.82 39036.58
11-Apr 2709.00 27851.82 41824.90
Income 18-Apr 2885.46 30737.28 44613.23
by $8,758 25-Apr 861.00 31598.28 47401.56
through
March
End of March Budget Status
Expenses $32,046
Income $23,287
Deficit - $8,758
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BIRTHDAYS
8 JONATHAN LEONOR
9 ALICE DVORAK & PASTOR KO ANNIVERSARIES
16 PURNAVATI RATHOD 22 JIM & NANCY SHANDS
24 MONICA SOTO 25 DIGNA & JUANCHO CAMPANANO
28 HANNAH LEONOR 30 LEONARD & SANDY WIECH
29 ASHLEY NIMTZ
31 ANGELA SANDERS-MUDD
Hannah, Kevin, and Big Sister Olivia welcomed
Caleb Daniel Leonor into the world on March 8 at
2:58 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds and was 21
inches long.
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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CONFERENCE
The NIC Anti-Racism Task Force released a statement saying while some say justice was served
in the George Floyd case, we need to continue the work of "building love for neighbor into our sys-
tems and to live out justice and righteousness in concrete ways.
Statement from Northern Illinois Conference Anti-
Racism Task Force: April 20, 2021 With the conviction
of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of
George Floyd, some are saying that justice has been
served. Indeed it is right that a guilty verdict was ren-
dered where there was indisputable evidence of a
crime. But as Christians who know that the word justice
means more than punishment, our hearts are heavy be-
cause no conviction would have been able to bring back
beloved Black child of God, George Floyd. The most
common word pairing in the Hebrew Bible is “justice and righteousness,” reminding us that justice
does not stand alone; God calls us to create a world where all people are treated with dignity, re-
spect, equality, and love. There is still much work to be done to build love for neighbor into our
systems and we lift up the modern-day prophets who have long been calling us to live out justice
and righteousness in concrete ways. Yet, this is still a moment of sorrow and grief because we re-
member the life of George Floyd who was murdered before he had an opportunity to do all God
was calling him to do in this life, just as too many people of color have been. We grieve because
this kind of accountability of racist violence of a former police officer is still so rare. We grieve be-
cause we have too often witnessed our systems fail and give in to the demons of white suprema-
cy. May our grief give way to meaningful action, that we would create a world in which the words
of the prophet Amos would be fulfilled: “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an
ever-flowing stream.”
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AC2021 Important Dates
The 2021 Northern Illinois Annual Conference with the theme "Jesus Makes a Way" will convene
using a virtual format July 16-17 with Interim Bishop John Hopkins presiding.
May 3: Legislation and Historical Documents due (no exceptions)
June 28: Clergy Session via Zoom,10am to 12 noon
July 16-17: Annual Conference Session
Oct. 1: 2021 Class Ordination and Commissioning Service
Oct. 2: Fall AC Session
Dates and times for Bible study sessions, technical training, and pre-conference briefings to be
determined. Stay informed by watching the weekly eNews and checking umcnic.org/
AC2021 periodically.
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Last year, there was no Ordination and Commissioning service due to the Pandemic. Thus,
on April 24, 2020 Class Ordination and Commissioning Service was held at Barrington
UMC with limited attendance and was livestreamed at 3pm.
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May 2 Fifth Sunday of Easter Proverbs 8:33-36 Faith Beyond the Religion 3:
Discovery of Life
May 9 Mother's Day Ephesians 6:1-3 What Mothers Do For Us!
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 16 The Ascension Sunday Exodus 2:1-2 Faith Beyond the Religion 4:
Aldersgate Day Beyond the Selfish Gene
May 23 Pentecost Sunday John 10:1-10 The Spirit of Truth
May 30 Trinity Sunday Acts 7:55-60 Faith Beyond the Religion 5:
Peace with Justice Sunday Not “Your best life now.”
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Faith Evangelical United Methodist Church
“Creating Connections through Extending Christ’s Love”
111 W. North Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
630-941-0212
email: faithelm@gmail.com
Pastor Eun Young Ko
Hannah Leonor, Church Office Manager
Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.
Call or email for the office.
May 2021
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