Announcements for the Church in Chicago
Week of July 6, 2025
HWMR: Week 4 of Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans – the Kernel of the Bible
Corporate Bible Reading:
- New Test. Wk 75 (1 Tim. 1:15 – 5:25 w/ftn.) NT RcV Reading Schedule
- Old Test. Wk 75 (Isa. 9:1 – 16:14 w/ftn.) OT RcV Reading Schedule
Corporate Ministry Reading: Msg. 22 of the Life-Study of Ephesians.
Tuesday Night Prayer will resume on July 15 after the semi-annual training.
Hall Cleaning this Saturday will be by Irving Park & Spanish-speaking saints; 7/19 will be by Korean-speaking saints.
Next Lord’s Day Meeting will be 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.
- July Training will continue through July 9 locally.
- Midwest College Training will be held at the University of Missouri in Columbia from July 16-20.
- Summer School of Truth local days are 7/31 (Thu) and 8/1 (Fri); camp days are from 8/3 (Lord’s Day) to 8/6 (Wed). Please go to midwestyp.com for registration information.
- Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training – All the Chinese-speaking saints will meet at the West hall on Lord’s Day July 27 and August 3 to participate in the North America Chinese-speaking Saints Perfecting Training.
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.) | |
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7/13 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 7/12: IP/Span-spkg |
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7/20 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 7/19: Korean-spkg |
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7/27 |
South Loop | Irving Park | Evanston (Yuns) | 7/26: Northshore |
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8/4 |
Corporate | Corporate | Corporate | 8/3: South Loop |
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8/11 |
(TBD) | (TBD) | (TBD) | 8/10: IP/Span-spkg |
Church Service Needs and Coordination:
- Bookstore Service – More saints are needed to serve in the bookstore, especially this summer. Please contact Shelley Sims or Barb Azzarello if burdened to serve.
- Children’s Service Prayer & Coordination is every Saturday at 8:30a via Zoom (ID: 972-5109-1217).
Other Reminders:
- 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.