Carpentersville Gargage Sale for the Salvation Army

Neighborhood Garage sale on July 9-11 in Carpentersville, Paul and Carol Holter are raising money for the Carpentersville Salvation Army food pantry and the Feed My Starving Children program. We are still looking for more donations so if anyone has any gently used items that they no longer need, we'd be willing to come and pick them up.

They can call Carol at 847-426-3947. Whatever is not sold will be donated to Goodwill - so eventually everything goes to a good purpose.

Willow Creek Is Open this Summer

Every year, The Holy Observer website resurrects a story with the headline: “Shutdown Season: Willow Creek Community Church Will Close its Doors for the Summer.” None of the information on the site is true.

“Stories and content on The Holy Observer are mostly fabricated and should not be taken seriously. Real names are used on occasion for satirical purposes, but quotations and situations associated with those names are usually fictitious,” claims a statement on holyobserver.com.

Willow Creek is has a full summer schedule with great speakers and events going on!

Summit signup only $99 - till June 29!

The Leadership Summit is filling up, but you can still get the $99 deal until June 29th.

Get info and signup at: www.willowcreek.com/summitwccc

Blitz Build - Home rehab in Carpentersville

Take part in transforming our community as we have an opportunity to rehab a house in Carpentersville. By picking up a hammer, you will build hope and a future for a family. With the stroke of a paintbrush you can do more than paint a wall you will help create a safe haven for a children and a family.


There are a number of projects to choose from the week of June 19-26. Sign up for the Carpentersville Build at: Blitz Build C'ville

For general Blitz Build info visit: http://www.blitzbuild.org/

Used Toy Sale - for kids in Haiti - Results!

Our area community life folks did a great job this weekend with a used Toy Sale for children in Haiti,

Tammy Massey reported the results:"We were at $2900 as of Friday night and decided to sell on Saturday as well... We are currently at $3170 with some toys listed on craigslist. :) Yeah God!"
All proceeds go help children in Haiti via our partner ministry Brighthope.

Engage Online Tool - Beta Testing

I just got more information on what the WCA is looking for next Monday night for the Engage Beta Market Test. We are looking for a cross section of people (teenagers through 60+) who would be interested in coming to learn more about the Engage tool. The meeting in Monday the 21st from 6:30-8:30pm (room TBD). We need 40 people who MUST have and bring their own laptops with wireless capability.

The evening will consist of:
An orientation and vision of Engage tool
Demo of the product
Engagement with the spiritual growth assessment tool/small group module
Feedback discussion (likes, dislikes, confusion, etc)

The purpose of this meeting is to give the WCA user feedback on various aspects of Engage to help them continue to build the product. To that end – we are looking for people who like to be in on the ground floor, who like to test things and like to give constructive feedback. Extensive computer knowledge is not a requirement – but at least the ability to turn on the laptop and connect to the internet is required. Have the interested people send me an email to express their interest and I will make sure they have updated room information. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

RSVP or if you have questions – contact Amie Carlson at acarlson@willowcreek.org

Baptism - June 27 in the Willow Pond

Get ready for Baptism in a couple weeks. Christ asks his followers to be baptized as a symbol of his work. Being washed of our sins and born to live a new life.

Baptism is the symbol of being a Christian. I know we have numbers of people that have expressed an interest in following Christ in this. Here is how you can!

http://www.willowcreek.org/?p=98

Salvation Army - Serving Opportunities

You may have heard that the Carpentersville Salvation Army location will be a site for the Summer Lunch Program that offers free lunches to kids this summer.

If you would like to volunteer, there will be a training session next wednesday at 3pm in West Chicago.

Please call or e-mail me if you would like to attend. Volunteers are not required to volunteer every day or all summer. The times for the volunteering will be only a few hours around lunch time on weekdays. Any amount that you are interested in helping will be appreciated.

Thank you,
Glenn Moore - email me
847-428-5138