Meals for Haiti - Salvation Army Food Packing Event

Saturday, Feb. 20th - Join nearly 5,000 local volunteers in helping to package 1,000,000 meals to be sent to Haiti Earthquake victims. Children 8 and older may participate when registered with an adult who also must participate. Check additional time slots under your selected time so that we can accommodate your youth involvement at the work stations.

This is another great way we can help those in desperate need.

For information and to sign up visit: http://www.salarmyelgin.org/
Phone: 847-741-2304

Earthquake

Wow my first earthquake!! I thought there was a huge snowplow in the parking lot behind my house or I was having a bad dream or something!! Then I was so sleepy I didn't even remember it until someone said there was an earthquake. I have never been in an earthquake. I started thinking about it and it was a little scary with all that has gone on in Haiti recently. Just another reminder that we are not in control!

(CNN) -- An early morning earthquake rattled northern Illinois on Wednesday, shaking an area about 50 miles west-northwest of downtown Chicago, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake was originally reported as having a magnitude of 4.3, but the USGS later downgraded it to magnitude 3.8. It hit just before 4 a.m. CT (5 a.m. ET), with an epicenter about 3 miles underground. The USGS pinpointed the quake between the towns of Virgil and Sycamore, Illinois.

Millions of people felt the temblor, with reports coming in to the USGS from Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin, as well as Illinois. Members of the public sent more than 10,000 reports of the earthquake to the USGS within the first few hours after it struck.

Join a Group!

The groups season is just getting ramped up. There are a number of open small groups in the area.



Just search at: Join a Group

re(new) - All Leaders Gathering - Feb.13th

All Community Leaders, Group Leaders and Team Leaders in the Community Life Ministry are invited to attend re(new)! A gathering where we will re(fresh) our hearts and re(energize) our leadership.


At the mid-point of the ministry season leaders need a place - and some space - to re(new) our spiritual center, and to re(calibrate) our leadership focus. And, after all, it's February (the most beautiful month of the Chicago winter!) We all need some renewal in the midst of a tough winter and a challenging ministry run!

Date: Saturday, February 13th
Location: Willow Creek Chapel
Schedule: Saturday Morning
8:15-8:50 Coffee & snacks available in Chapel Lobby
9:00-10:20 Renewing our Hearts: Worship- Becky Johnson/ Session - Mindy Caliguire
10:20-10:40 Refreshment Break
10:40-11:50 Renewing our Leadership Focus: with Bill & Ryan
11:50 Dismissal
12:00-1:00 Community Leaders Gathering in 204-206

Registration: http://community.willowcreek.org/eventregister.aspx?event=2086

Habitat for Humanity - Serving Opportunities Carpentersville

Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year so our goal is to do 20 projects. We are planning to complete 10 rehabs and 10 A Brush with Kindness (ABWK) projects. ABWK is a new program for us this year and here's some brief information: The new program will serve low-income homeowners who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes. Volunteers help homeowners with exterior maintenance which typically includes painting, landscaping, and clean-up. A Brush with Kindness ensures that families live in well-maintained homes. The program is designed to revitalize the appearance of the neighborhood, encourage connections within the community, and most importantly, help preserve affordable housing stock. There is no cost to the homeowner for this program.

We are planning on doing 5 rehabs in Carpentersville, 4 in Elgin and 1 in St. Charles and the ABWK have not yet been selected. So there are many projects with various scopes of work we could really use your help with...please let us know if you'd like to be involved.

Also, if you know someone who would like to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house, please let them know we are having a meeting this Saturday, February 6th at 10 am at First Congregational Church on Rt. 31 in West Dundee.

We still need 4 families for houses for this year. And if you know someone who owns their house but needs a free paint job and might want to apply for the ABWK program, please have them call our office and ask for Justin, 847-836-1432 or justin.lucas@hfhnfv.org.

Thank you.

Barbara Beckman - Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley
20 S. Grove Street,
Suite 201,
Carpentersville, IL 60110
p. 847-836-1432 f. 847-836-1495
http://www.hfhnfv.org/