Announcements for the Church in Chicago
Week of December 21, 2025
HWMR: Week 34 (vol. 6) of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ
Corporate Bible Reading:
- New Test. Wk 99 (Rev. 8:13 – 11:19 w/ftn.) NT RcV Reading Schedule
- Old Test. Wk 99 (Hosea 13:1 – Amos 2:16 w/ftn.) OT RcV Reading Schedule
Corporate Ministry Reading: Msg. 46 of the Life-Study of Ephesians.
PSRP will resume on Jan. 4 after the December Training.
Tuesday Night Prayer will resume on Jan. 6 (corporate) after the December Training.
Hall Cleaning on 12.27 will be by saints in the training; 1/3 will be by Northshore.
Next Lord’s Day Meeting will be corporate (Dec. Training) in Irving Park.
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.
- December Training starts this week. Details can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/CHGOTRNNGINFO. The dates are as follows:
- Live Training in Anaheim (Dec. 22 to 27).
- Local Video Training (Dec. 23 to 31).
- YP Winter Camp will be held from Feb. 13 to 15 in Green Lake, WI. Parents, YP, and serving ones should register by Jan. 25 at www.midwestyp.com.
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. All corporate meetings are at the Irving Park meeting hall unless otherwise announced.
| South Loop (English/Chinese-spkg) | Irving Park |
Northshore |
Meeting Hall Cleaning (Sat.) |
| 12/28 | Corporate (December Training) | 12/27: (Saints in trng) |
| 1/4 | Corporate | 1/3: Northshore |
| 1/11 | South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 1/10: South Loop |
| 1/18 | South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 1/17: IP/Span-spkg |
| 1/25 | South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 1/24: Korean-spkg |
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.