May Worship Schedule
Adult Ed Hosts "Amazing" Evening
Chancel Choir Celebrates A New Choir Sunday
Women's Spoke Groups
Endowment Committee Needs Your Talents
Veggie Tales® Pirates Vacation Bible School Coming in July
MAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Every Sunday: Worship services at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Nursery care for infants to 2 years available from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. Church school classes for age 2 through 8th grade at 10:30. Fellowship in the Wallace Moore Fellowship Center following the 10:30 worship.
Sunday, May 11 -
Pentecost, Communion celebrated during the 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. worship services.
Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23
Sunday, May 18 -
Choir Sunday, a celebration of music in the 10:30 a.m. worship service.
Genesis 1:1-2, 4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20
Sunday, May 25 -
Regular worship schedule.
Isaiah 49:8-16a; Psalm 131; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Matthew 6:24-34
ADULT ED HOSTS "AMAZING" EVENING
Friday, May 16th, 6:00 p.m. at Dave's Italian Kitchen in Evanston
Friday, May 16th, join fpcw members for dinner at Dave’s Italian Kitchen in Evanston at 6:00 p.m., then go as a group to hear and amazing speaker, Philip Yancey (Author of Reflections on Prayer: Does It Make a Difference? and What’s So Amazing About Grace?) who will speak at First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, at 8:15 p.m. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO RESERVE A TABLE AND SEATS AT THE LECTURE. Please contact Erik Wiebe at erik.wiebe@yahoo.com
CHANCEL CHOIR CELEBRATES A NEW CHOIR SUNDAY
Sunday, May 18 - 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
This service marks the Chancel Choir’s celebration of music in worship: “Choir Sunday” as we’ve been calling it recently. In years past we have done major choral works such as the Schubert Mass in G, the Fauré Requiem or
Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass, but this year we are trying something new: putting together some more challenging choral anthems that don’t require large scale instrumentation, but that focus more on the beauty of pure choral sound.
Two of the anthems will be sung a capella (unaccompanied): Cantate Domino by Heinrich Schütz and an arrangement of Praise to the Lord, the Almighty by F. Melius Christiansen. One of the anthems is in a beautifully contemporary style with a lovely piano accompaniment by Ralph Johnson called Be Thou a Smooth Way. Please join us as we praise God through music in a new way with some choral gems on May 18.
WOMEN'S SPOKE GROUPS
Gather monthly for fellowship, prayer, and spiritual growth.
Spoke 1 meets third Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Call church office for further information at (847) 256-3010.
Spoke 3 meets third Wednesdays, 7:15 p.m., Lounge.
Spoke 5 Moms’ Group meets first Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. Upper Room. Child care provided.
Spoke 7 meets Friday at 12:00 p.m., Upper Room. May meeting - May 2nd. Bring your own lunch.
ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR TALENTS
Endowment Committee Needs Your Talents for an important ministry which helps provide more than $70,000 in funds annually to support critical mission, programs and church operations. We are in search of several new members to join our committee and lead the Endowment's growth moving forward. We are in special need of individuals with interest and talent in communications and education or planned giving and/or development experience. If you are interested in lending your unique gifts to the team that leads this critical ministry, please contact the church office for further information at (847) 256-3010.
VEGGIE TALES® PIRATES VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL COMING IN JULY
Ahoy me hearties! Set sail with The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything for boatloads of Bible learning fun this summer in our ecumenical Vacation Bible School. Kids will launch into a week of Bible learning that’s seriously fun. As they experience stories of some of the greatest heroes of the Bible, kids will learn what it means to be a true hero for God. Children will see their friends from five churches (First Presbyterian, Trinity United Methodist, St. Augustine’s Episcopal, St. John’s Lutheran and Wilmette Lutheran) and the community as they engage in plenty of pirate blarney and Bible-learning adventure!
Who: Children three years old to those who will enter fifth grade in the fall. Those who have finished fifth grade and up are welcome as youth staff. Adults of any age enjoy pirate fun.
What: Bible hero dramas, fun songs, science, crafts and games
Where: First Presbyterian Church, 600 Ninth Street, Wilmette
When: July 14 – 17, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
How Much: $10 per child, $30 maximum per family
Why: Have fun with friends and learn about God and Jesus
You Should Know:
Dinner for those who sign up will be served at 6:00 and cost $3. Chef Amy Wolf returns and needs two helpers each evening.
Adults will have fun as small, preschool, craft, game or science leaders.
Youth staff can assist with small groups, activities and drama.
Two greeters will make sure children are signed in each evening.
Decorators will turn fpcw into a pirate ship before VBS.
A tech expert will take pictures and create a slide show.
Contact Bev Bolsen (bbolsen@fpc-wilmette.org or (847) 256-3010 ext. 20 to help or for more information.
