Join us Each week in person or online
Sundays at 9:30am.
Scripture: Galatians 3:26-4:7
Music:
Be Thou My Vision
Who You Say I Am (I’m a Child of God)
Good, Good Father
Cornerstone
Children of the Heavenly Father
Summer Sermon Series
What Difference does the Holy Spirit Make
IN the Life of a Believer
IN THE Life of the Church
We continue in our sermon series on the Holy Spirit. This is a topical sermon series (like last summer), so we’re moving through different places in the Bible.
We began in Acts 2 on Pentecost Sunday, when God poured out His Spirit on all believers for all time. Then we turned to John’s gospel, when Jesus met with His disciples in the upper room, for a final time before His crucifixion. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would always be with them. The Holy Spirit would be their Advocate, Comforter, Truth-Teller, and Counselor.
For the next few weeks, we will reflect on the Holy Spirit at work in the early churches in Galatia, Ephesus, and Rome.
We hope you will join us in church!
May you know the Lord is with you always, Pastor Dawn
Worship Arts
Dear GEECC Artists,
Here is a new opportunity to use your gifts as artists for the visual enhancement of our congregation's worship. As you know, Pastor Dawn has been doing a series of sermons on the Holy Spirit starting this Sunday and throughout the summer months. She has asked us as artists to contribute to the worship services by reflecting upon the selected scriptures and noticing what the Lord is showing you in your heart. If you visually try and represent this thought from the Holy Spirit, others can be blessed. We never know if this message is for us or for someone in our congregation, we just need to be obedient to give the message. All gifts of the Spirit become easier to discern with practice as does practice of your medium. You have all demonstrated that you have enough of the skills to let your message be seen. Thank you for sharing your gifts in the past, and I hope and pray that you will consider using your artistic gifts in the future of our congregation as you are led. May you have a meaningful time meditating on these Scriptures.
For more info, see Pastor Dawn or Kriste Sveen.
Front Door Ministry
ATTENTION: We have many openings available for our Front Door Ministry during the months of June and July. This ministry is essential to the hospitality of our church. We hope you will consider joining. We need you!
Click the link to sign up!
K-12 Dodgeball: June 8
We will have a Co-Ed Dodgeball Tournament on June 8 at 5pm for rising 1st graders - 12th graders.
This will be one of the many events and activities planned for this Summer at GEECC.
For more information, contact Susan Cornett (susan.cornett@gecovenant.org) or see the poster outside the sanctuary.
Bring you friends and neighbors. Let’s play some dodgeball and eat some pizza!
Click the link to sign up!
Pasta Zin Lunch Fundraiser: June 8 and 9
Calling all Jr and Sr Highers! On June 8 we are going to need a small army of chefs to help us prepare for the Pasta Zin Lunch Fundraiser.
Meet at the church at 10am. There will be donuts!
Pasta Zin Lunch Fundraiser after the service on June 9th in the Family Life Center.
Prepare for an outstanding dining experience put on by the Student Ministries Squad.
Donations go towards Unite 2024 and future student ministries mission trips.
Bring your appetites!
All Church Summer BBQ: June 12
Our first All Church Summer BBQ will be June 12, 5-7pm at the home of Drew and Melissa Elliot.
We will have Summer BBQ’s every Wednesday until July 10th (excluding July 3rd).
Click the link to sign up!
Fire pits: June 20
For the months of June, July, and August we will have Fire Pits every other Thursday at various locations.
Our next Student Ministries Fire Pit will be at the Casey Family Home on June 20 at 7pm. See Joseph Sawyer for directions.
We still have one available slot! Click the link to sign up!
The Ark Preschool
The Ark Preschool is gearing up for the 2024-2025 school year. We still have a few spaces available!
If you have family, friends, or neighbors with preschool age children who are seeking a Christian preschool education, please have them call The Ark Office (630-858-7755) or email Holly Pelsor (holly.pelsor@gecovenant.org) for registration information.
Thank you for your prayers and support of The Ark Preschool. May God's grace and peace be with you.
Thursday Evening Book Club
On Thursdays the Justice group will be studying material from World Relief called
DISCOVERING AND LIVING GOD’S HEART FOR IMMIGRANTS: A GUIDE TO WELCOMING THE STRANGER
This guide is intended to help you learn more about a very complex and controversial topic, one that tends to evoke passion and sometimes disagreement."
Anyone who would like to receive the pdf or printed file of the guide and/or join the Zoom discussions Thursdays 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. should contact Mary or Scott Crickmore.
Church Prayer Meeting
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” -Colossians 4:2
ATTENTION: There will not be a Zoom prayer meeting from June through August.
You can send a prayer request to Jayne Bischoff (jaynebischoff@gmail.com) who will forward all requests to the Prayer Partners
Please mark if a request is confidential.
Thank you, have a blessed Summer! Jayne Bischoff
“So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” Luke 11:9-10
Mission Focus
“Impacting Lives With Clean Water Access
The importance and impact of clean water access are highlighted in the Spring newsletter of Covenant World Relief and Development (CWRD). Through the story of the work of a CWRD partner in a rugged area of Honduras, we learn how clean water can transform lives.
CWRD was the focus of our recent “Cans for Change” collection and related giving during Lent. Part of the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Serve Globally mission priority, CWRD “works through local partners around the world to reduce human suffering for the most vulnerable people and support healthy communities.”
Celebrating Multi-Cultural Chicagoland Welcome
World Relief Chicagoland recently celebrated 45 years of welcoming new neighbors into our communities. A local agency partner that we support via our General and Missions budget, World Relief Chicagoland is part of a national network within World Relief—a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to “boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church.”
Locally, WRC comes alongside refugees and other immigrants in vulnerable situations to help them rebuild their lives (World Relief Chicagoland). In partnership with the church and community support, WRC provides Immigration Legal Services, including running an Asylum Legal Clinic, Adult Education support teaching English to those who have no literacy all the way up to career-specific language courses, and an Immigrant Family Services program that spans employment and economic opportunity, refugee resettlement, case management, intensive medical case management, support with southern border arrivals and asylum seekers, children and youth support, a mental health clinic, and housing assistance. All these amazing things happen alongside 1,200+ volunteers. Learn more here.”
- Rosie Gardner at Glen Ellyn Covenant Church
- Stephanie Clark at World Relief Chicagoland
