Announcements for the Church in Chicago
Week of September 14, 2025
HWMR: Week 1 of Material Offerings and the Lord’s Move Today.
Corporate Bible Reading:
- New Test. Wk 85 (1 Pet. 1:1 – 1:25 w/ftn.) NT RcV Reading Schedule
- Old Test. Wk 85 (Jer. 19:1 – 30:24 w/ftn.) OT RcV Reading Schedule
Corporate Ministry Reading: Msg. 32 of the Life-Study of Ephesians.
Tuesday Night Prayer will be by districts and neighborhoods.
Hall Cleaning this Saturday will be by Northshore; 9/27 will be by South Loop.
Next Lord’s Day Meeting will be by districts and language groups.
Young People’s Meeting and Meal Service Schedule can be found here.
Upcoming Church Events and Prayer Matters:
Please remember to pray for all upcoming events and the shepherding of the saints.
- Gospel Meeting will be held on Oct. 11 at 5p in Irving Park. All relatives, neighbors, friends, and new ones are welcome to attend.
- Saints can download and share or print the invitation to the seminar here:
https://tinyurl.com/gospel-seminar-invitation - Saints who plan to attend are encouraged to bring snacks, fruit, or refreshments for
the gospel friends and themselves.
- Saints can download and share or print the invitation to the seminar here:
- Spanish-speaking Conference will be held from Oct. 17 to 19 in Irving Park. Saints who can provide hospitality should sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/spanish-spkg-conf-hospitality.
- International Thanksgiving Blending Conference this year will be held in Indianapolis from Nov. 27 to 30. Hotel rooms can be booked at the LSM rate here: https://book.passkey.com/go/LivingStreamMinistry25. Reservations must be made by Nov. 10. All saints are very encouraged to attend the conference in-person; there will be limited local meetings in Chicago.
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- Thanksgiving Conference Service Needs – Please indicate which service(s) you can help with here: https://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconferenceservices.
- Childcare will be available for children from Kindergarten to 6th grade. Saints must register their children here: https://form.jotform.com/251444161206144.
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Upcoming Lord’s Day District Meeting Schedule is below. Korean-speaking and Spanish-speaking are generally in Irving Park; English and Chinese-speaking saints meet by districts (including hall cleaning). The district schedules may be subject to change during the week.
South Loop (English/Chinese-spkg) | Irving Park |
Northshore |
Meeting Hall Cleaning (Sat.) | |
9.21 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 9/20: Northshore |
9/28 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 9/27: South Loop |
10/5 |
Corporate | Corporate | Corporate | 10/4: IP/Span-spkg |
10/12 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 10/11: Korean-spkg |
10/19 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 10/18: Northshore |
Church Service Needs and Coordination:
- Children’s Service Prayer & Coordination is every Saturday at 8:30a via Zoom (ID: 972-5109-1217).
Other Reminders:
- Notes to Parents
- Children’s Meeting (Lord’s Days): 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 saints with mobility issues.
- 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.
- 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).
- Zoom availability for Lord’s Day meetings is only for saints who do not have the ability to physically attend meetings on a regular basis. If required, please contact Thomas Figueroa for the updated Zoom access.
- Church Phone List Update – Saints can request a copy from the responsible brothers in their district. Please note that the phone list is for the care and shepherding of the saints; the list should not be shared or used for mass communications. Updates to the list can be made at any time here: https://tinyurl.com/chicago-phone-list-update.