Dundee Crown Area - Baptism Weekend

Congrats to Cassidy Finnegan her baptism last weekend!! Way to go Cassidy!

Cassidy is the daughter of Ed and Lori Finnegan - Lori serves on staff at the WCA.

Area Baby Dedication - Genevieve De Guzman

Congrats to Josh and Brenda De Guzman of the Silverstone Lake community in Carpentersville on the dedication of their daughter Jenny! May the Lord bless the De Guzman family!!

Student Impact - Update

COMING SOON:
Uprising starts October 2nd. We meet in Mr. Smith’s classroom in Room 250 at 6:45 until about 7:25am each Thursday morning. This is a time of student-led teaching, prayer, worship and serving. All students are encouraged to attend. This year’s focus is showing God’s love around our school.

On Sunday, October 5th we’ll be turning our normal House Group time into a serving event where all of us will be together serving somewhere locally. Details are still coming together, but I wanted to let you know in advance so that you are sure not to miss this fun day!

Jen Oxford

Foundation Groups Vision Meeting

As we head into this new ministry season, one of our desires as a church is to equip people like yourself to come alongside groups of people who want to get rooted and built up (Col. 2:6-7) in the core beliefs and practices of the Christian faith. If this catches your attention, interest or passion, we’d like to invite you to attend a 30 minute vision meeting to consider stepping into the process of becoming a Foundation Group Leader.

Vision Meeting (30 min.) – Choose One
Sunday, September 21st – 12:45pm in Room B-103
Wednesday, September 24th – 8:45pm in Room F-180
If neither date works for you but you are still interested, please let us know that too.
RSVP (include Name and High School Area) to foundationgroups@willowcreek.org or call Jennifer 224-512-1714

At each vision meeting we will share with you the purpose, strategy and support related to Foundation Groups and what is required of Foundation Group Leaders. Prayerfully consider if God might be inviting you into this journey as part of GroupLife @ Willow. We hope to see you there on Sun., 9/21 or Wed., 9/25.

For the Kingdom,

Dan Lovaglia
Annette Forster
Scott Vaudrey

Habitat for Humanity - Serving Opportunity Carpentersville

We are very excited to have a foundation in at 203 & 205 S. Lincoln. Work on the duplex is starting soon. We are planning to "Blitz" the framing of the homes. We need skilled carpenters and other very handy folks to work 9/20 and then 9/22-9/27. The work days will run from 8-5ish.

If you are a handy person or a skilled carpenter who is available and interested in any of those dates, please let me know. Or, if you know somebody else who might be interested, capable, and available, please pass the ask along.

Thank you so much.

Lisa

Lisa Uidl,
Volunteer & Family Services Coordinator
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley
847-836-1432f
847-836-1495
http://www.hfhnfv.org/

Africa Pictures!!! - Tammy Massey

I have posted pictures from my trip to Africa on flickr.com at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tammy_m/sets/72157607097452140/show/

Tammy Massey

Cherished Place Adult Day Care - West Dundee

If you have an interest in serving with the elderly, here is a great local serving opportunity for you. Cherished Place is an adult day care where they do lunch outings, games, picnics in the park, gardening for the elderly that need assistance while their care-takers are working. This can be a great intergenerational serve and will teach your children the value of our elders.

To learn more contact Kristin Klausing at kaklausing@comcast.net or :

Cherished Place - West Dundee
417 W. Main Street
847-586-5770

Algonquin Toy Sale for Africa - Results!!

Thanks to each of you AND especially your children for serving at our 5th Annual Used Toy Sale. God answered our prayers each day with a resounding "YES!" as the weather held and we had a steady stream of generous customers.

Our toy proceeds nearly reached $3000 and we have recieved $2140 in donations for our cause! As of today, our grand total donation to Bright Hope will be $5002.90 Praise God for every penny, for every person behind those pennies, and for giving all of us the chance to serve and grow our hearts of compassion.

Thanks again for generously giving to serve at this event! We all had such a great time doing this together! See picture at: http://www.brighthope.org/blog/index.php

TUBEPOKA!
Barb Olsson

Exchange Student - Dundee Crown

Rica Hamaan is currently attending Dundee Crown High School and living with a family in Algonquin. She is a delightful young woman, 16 yrs. old, from the Saxony region of Germany. She will be here until next July and will stay at her current host home until January. She is fluent in English, Spanish and German.

Her current family adores her and would like to host her the entire year but her exchange program requires a minimum of two families per student per year. We would like her to stay with her next host family a minimum of two months. Her host family must live in the Dundee Crown attendance area.

Rotary runs one of the largest exchange student programs in the world. We have an excellent training seminars and support programs for our students and their host families. Many of our students become lifelong friends with their host families, attending weddings and visiting back and forth after they return home. Hosting a foreign exchange student can be a wonderful cultural experience for the host family and the student.

If you are interested in learning more please contact: Sue Harney, 847-428-8092 or SFHarn@aol.com

Free Coffee and Donuts in the Atrium after services this weekend

It would be great to see you in the atrium this weekend after services for coffee and donuts.
I will be hanging out there and it would be great to see you stop by!

Lynn Irvin Carpentersville

Lynn Irvin passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. She served on staff as manager of the Willow Creek Call Center until she became ill. Lynn and her husband Jim were saved at Willow Creek 30 years ago and have served faithfully ever since. Following is a partial list of their involvement: Small Group Ministry, Orchestra, Evangelism, New Believer Ministry, Service Ministry, Network/Connection Ministry, Summit Team.

A celebration of Lynn's life will be held in the Willow Creek Chapel on Sunday September 7, 2008. There will be a time of visitation from 4:00-5:00 p.m., the memorial service at 5:00 p.m. and a reception immediately following in room 100.

Cards to:
Jim Irvin and family
7024 Lowell Drive
Carpentersville IL 60110-2421