Join us Each week in person or online
Sundays at 9:30am.
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sunday Sermon
Galatians 5:1-15
“Jesus, What a Friend For Sinners” “Lord I Need You” Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me” “In Christ Alone” “Blessed Assurance”
FEATURED UPDATES
GEECC Babysitting Fundraiser
The GEECC Babysitting Fundraiser is Valentine’s Day Next Wednesday, February 14th 5:00-8:30pm which is in support of the Glen Ellyn Covenant Church Hi-League Students.
For Kids: Games, Movies, & Lots of Fun ~with some wonderful High School Students.
For Parents: 3 and a half hours to enjoy... Ash Wednesday Service, dinner, shopping, or whatever!!
To register, e-mail Joseph Sawyer, Director of Student Ministries at joseph.sawyer@gecovenant.org
Walk-in's are welcome!
Ash Wednesday
The Ash Wednesday Service will be held in the Sanctuary at 5pm.
LENTEN PRAYER/SOUP SUPPERS
During lent, we will gather for prayer and worship at 5:30pm on Sunday nights, followed by a soup supper at 6pm.
This has become a tradition during the season of Lent for our church. We hope you will join us and invite a friend! Please consider signing up to bring a soup or bread whenever you can.
To sign up to bring a soup or bread, just click HERE!
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL Winter 2024
Join us in the gym for coffee and Adult Sunday School!
February 11 – Dr. David Lauber teaches “Patience in an Age of Acceleration.”
February 18 & 25 – Dr. David Van Dyke and Tara Van Dyke continue their class on Relationships: Friendship (Feb. 18) and Conflict (Feb 25)
SMALL GROUPS
Pastor Dawn would like to connect with existing small groups and also form new ones for anyone who is looking to join.
As part of this re-engagement with small groups, she will provide six weeks of curriculum using spiritual practices around scripture and prayer.
Please see Dawn if you are in need of a small group or if your group would like to use these resources (which will be available mid-February).
Email at dawn.lauber@gecovenant.org or sign up in Higher Grounds
SPRING SEMESTER COLLEGE DINNERS
Please sign up to bring a side dish or consider hosting our college students at your home.
Dates and sign ups can be found here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C45A9AD2BA1FB6-college2
Student Ministry Updates
We had so much fun on our Winter Retreat at Covenant Harbor! Covenant Harbor did such a great job providing structure and lots of time for us to spend together and bond as a group. It was so cool to see and hear how The Lord is moving in the lives of these students. This is always an encouragement for leaders and myself, but it should also be an encouragement for all you parents who have raised such awesome kids.
We were so privileged to be able to hang out with them this weekend, and I hope to continue to have retreats and events like this in the future! Make sure to check out the photos that Covenant Harbor took this weekend.
You can access these on Google Drive here.
Important Updates;
Jr. League Youth Group will meet tonight from 6:30-8pm. Hi League Youth Group will meet Thursday from 7pm-8:30pm. See you there!
-Sr High Ministries is going to the Unite conference this summer (formerly known as CHIC)! Please let me know if your student is interested by this Sunday, February 11th. Unite is from July 15th to the 19th. Click here for more Unite 2024 details.
Our first fundraiser is below:
-The GEECC Babysitting Fundraiser is Valentine’s Day Next Wednesday, February 14th 5:00-8:30 pm which is in support of the Glen Ellyn Covenant Church Hi-League Students.
For Kids: Games, Movies, & Lots of Fun ~with some wonderful High School Students.
For Parents: 3 and a half hours to enjoy... Ash Wednesday Service, dinner, shopping, or whatever!!
To register, e-mail Joseph Sawyer, Director of Student Ministries at joseph.sawyer@gecovenant.org
Walk-in's are welcome!
-The updated calendar for February is up on the Student Ministries Newsletter.
adult bible studies
Thanks to all for joining us last evening for our Galentine's Party! It was wonderful to see everyone, to hear laughter and deep conversation, and eat delicious food!
I am attaching the sign-up genius for our next service project. You can bring any items to me on Sundays or at our Wednesday Women's Bible Study nights. I will store in our resource room until we have all we need.
Deadline for getting all items is March 17. If you have any questions, please reach out to me.
Thanks for the love you show each other and beyond our church!
A message about our project from Abigail Crowder, Program Manager DuPage for Exodus World Service Organization:
"I am so glad that Glen Ellyn Covenant and the women's ministry will be moving forward with collecting a Welcome to America! Pack.
I have attached the most up to date pack lists, but they are the same as the ones in the Welcome Pack Guidebook.
I have created an online sign up link that can be shared with other members of the group, or used as a general checklist to mark when someone has purchased something from the list.
As a reminder, we recommend collecting for a family of four, but holding off on bedding until you are matched with a family. It is titled "GEECC Women's Ministry Welcome Pack". Here is a shareable link: https://signup.com/go/cdOvPHU
I have noted that our target date is March 17th to have everything collected and will follow up around then to see how everything is going."
Year-end donation statements
Year-end donation statements were mailed to all members and 4th Quarter donors. If you have any questions, or do not receive it, please contact Financial Secretary Wendy Miller (giving@gecovenant.org or 630-596-6487). Thank you for supporting the ministry of Glen Ellyn Covenant Church!
Also, if you would like a box of numbered donation envelopes for donations via checks or cash, please pick up one in the Higher Grounds coffee area.
CHURCH PRAYER MEETING!
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” -Colossians 4:2
ATTENTION: The Church prayer meetings are on Zoom every Monday night at 7pm!
Zoom ID: 859 848 614
Password: geecc
All are welcome to this sweet hour of prayer! See you there!
MISSIONS FOCUS
Recent Partner Visits
What a delight it was to be with two of our ECC-affiliated missions partner couples recently. If you would like to follow up and connect with them personally, perhaps to send an encouraging note, make an individual contribution, or sign up to receive their newsletters, you may do so through their ECC Serve Globally webpages: Jim and Hydi and Carl and Karen.
Partner Update
Tarcisio, affiliated with Firm Foundation, and his colleagues had an especially busy December. Highlights from his recent update were very impressive. Nineteen students at Evangelical Theological College, where Tarcisio is academic dean, graduated with Theology diplomas. Building of three more classrooms at the college has been completed. And, the National Children’s Camp drew from five additional districts and served 6700 children, an increase of 1400 attendees. Read more about Tarcisio’s ministry here.
