Announcements for the Church in Chicago
Week of July 7, 2024
HWMR: Week 3 of Fighting the Good Fight, Finishing the Course, Keeping the Faith, and Loving the Lord’s Appearing in order to Receive the Reward of Christ as the Crown of Righteousness.
Corporate Bible Reading:
- New Test. Wk 23 (Luke 11:14 – 12:48 w/ftn.) NT RcV Reading Schedule
- Old Test. Wk 23 (Num. 21:1 – 27:23 w/ftn.) OT RcV Reading Schedule
Corporate Ministry Reading: Msg. 32 of the Life-Study of Philippians.
Tuesday Night Prayer – No prayer meeting this week due to the July training.
Hall Cleaning this Saturday will be South Loop saints. 7/20 will be IP/Span-spkg.
Next Lord’s Day Meeting will be by districts and language groups.
YP Meetings:
- Monday through Thursday meetings (7:00pm-7:30pm) for Bible reading according to the church schedule above. On Fridays, YP are encouraged to join the small group meetings in the homes.
- Saturday night meetings (6:00pm – 8:30pm) at the Irving Park hall.
Upcoming Church Events and Prayer Matters:
Please remember to pray much for all the upcoming events and the shepherding of the saints.
- BFA Distribution – The next distribution run will be this Saturday (7/13) at 9:30a in the East Hall.
- Summer School of Truth registration is open. Separate registration is required for the first half in Chicago (Aug. 1 – 2) and the second half in Greenlake (Aug. 4 – 7). All registration information is at: https://tinyurl.com/5n8xrsja.
- Hospitality – From Jul. 30 to Aug. 4, there is a need for hospitality for visiting young people and serving ones from other localities. Please contact Brs. Charlie Azzarello or David Shih to sign up.
- Note to Parents – Parents are strongly encouraged to register to serve for the first half particularly, including help with activities, meals, and rides, and second half if possible.
- Other Upcoming Events:
- College Training – July 17-21 in Columbia, MO
- Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training – July 19-23; July 24-28
- NOTE – All Chinese-speaking saints in Chicago will meet in Irving Park on 7/21 and 7/28 (West Hall) from 10a to 12:30p; 1p to 2:30p
- Labor Day Mini-conference – Schedule TBD
Upcoming Lord’s Day District Meeting Schedule is below. Korean-speaking and Spanish-speaking are generally at the Irving Park meeting hall; English and Chinese-speaking saints meet by districts (including hall cleaning). Hall cleaning may be done earlier in the week based on saints’ availability. The schedule may be subject to change during the week and based on district.
| South Loop (English/Chinese-spkg) | Irving Park |
Northshore |
Meeting Hall Cleaning (Sat.) | |
| 7/14 | South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 7/13: South Loop |
| 7/21 | South Loop | Irving Park | Irving Park | 7/20: IP/Span-spkg |
| 7/28 | South Loop | Irving Park (Love Feast) | Evanston (Yuns) | 7/27: Korean-spkg |
| 8/4 | Corporate | Corporate | Corporate | 8/3: Northshore |
| 8/11 | Corporate | Corporate | Corporate | 8/10: South Loop |
| 8/18 | South Loop | Irving Park | Irving Park | 8/17: IP/Span-spkg |
Other Reminders:
- Children’s Service Prayer & Coordination is every Saturday at 8:30a via Zoom (ID: 972-5109-1217).
- Children’s Meeting: Only parents should pick up their children from the children’s meetings. The serving ones cannot release children to their siblings.
- Parents of YP should plan to pick up your children on Saturdays no later than 9pm, as serving ones cannot always stay later.
- Parking is generally available at the funeral home lot on Lord’s Day mornings (as long as there is not a funeral). Please enter and exit the lot from Irving Park Road only. Please also reserve the handicapped parking spaces for the saints with mobility issues.
- The 500 Life Studies mobile app is available for download in the app stores and is an excellent tool to help the saints in their ministry reading.
- The LSM radio broadcast of the Life-Study messages can be found at www.lsmradio.com and via mobile app (https://www.lsmchristianradio.com for English and https://www.radiocristianalsm.com for Spanish).