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SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 11:1-24

SERMON SERIES

A YEAR LONG STUDY OF ROMANS

Hello Church!

I pray you are experiencing the presence and mercy of the Lord this week.

At the end of Romans 10, Paul includes prophetic words from Isaiah 65, where God speaks on the salvation of the Gentiles and the stumbling of Israel: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for me. But concerning Israel, all day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

In Romans 11, Paul now responds to this prophecy assuring both the Jewish believers in the Roman church, and their Gentile brothers and sisters in Christ, that God is faithful to all who call upon His name in belief - all chosen by His merciful and abundant grace.

Join me on Sunday as we learn more about the amazing grace of our Lord. See you in church!

Pastor Dawn

JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK

GOOD FRIDAY - APRIL 18 AT 7PM

EASTER SUNDAY - APRIL 20 AT 9:30AM

JOIN OUR HOLY WEEK CHOIR!

We will sing a song for our Good Friday service (April 18, 7 pm) and two songs for Easter Sunday (April 20). Please email Pastor Dawn at Dawn.lauber@gecovenant.org
if you can join for either service or for both services.
She will share details about songs.
The next rehearsal will be on April 6 during Sunday school.
On April 13, rehearsal will be held in the FLC at 4:15pm

EASTER FLOWERS

The sanctuary will be decorated on Easter Sunday, April 20, with flowers placed in memory or in honor of friends and loved ones. If you would like to participate, please complete the insert form in your Sunday Bulletin and place it in the offering plate
no later than Palm Sunday, April 13.
The Easter bulletin insert will have a list of names in whose memory or honor the flowers are given, as well as of those giving the memorials. Contributors are invited to take a plant home after the Easter Sunday service.

LENTEN PRAYER/SOUP SUPPERS

During Lent, we gather for prayer in the sanctuary at 5pm on Sunday nights,
followed by our soup supper at 5:30pm in the Family Life Center.
What a wonderful turn out we have had for our Soup Suppers this season. We hope you will join us this Sunday and feel free to invite family, friends and neighbors to these special evenings together.

Thank you for using the link to sign up to provide soup or to help with set-up/clean up:
https://www.gecovenant.org/soup-supper-sign-up

HOP ON OVER FOR OUR ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT!

Join us Easter Sunday, April 20, right after the Worship Service
for a joyful egg-stravaganza of fun and surprises!

We’re on the hunt—for donations! If you’d like to bless our kiddos with plastic Easter eggs (filled or unfilled), candy, or small toys, please drop them off at church by Palm Sunday, April 13.
Let’s make this Easter egg hunt egg-stra special!!

MONTHLY BOOK CLUB
2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH

On Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00pm we'll be discussing
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.
We are meeting at the home of Martha Miles, 1S254 Addison Ave. in Lombard.
All are welcome to join us and feel free to attend even if you haven't read the book!

Please RSVP to ml-miles@comcast.net or 630 290 7934.

SPRINGTIME FOOD DRIVE

Glen House Food Pantry’s mission is to provide essential groceries and support to our neighbors at risk of hunger. GE Cov families along with Ark families have provided a great amount groceries, or donated financially in support of this mission in the past.
We have another opportunity to participate in this vital program! We will have our Springtime Food Drive April 21-April 25
Thank you for your generosity in the past (see photo below!) and thank you in advance for your continued generosity!

CANS FOR CHANGE

SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR COVENANT WORLD RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

Donations are being collected during Lent to support the work of Covenant World Relief & Development. Part of our denomination’s Serve Globally department, CWRD “works through local partners around the world to reduce human suffering for the most vulnerable people and support healthy communities.” This focused giving opportunity during Lent is additional to regular giving to our church’s General & Missions Fund.

“Cans for Change” labels and lids for making individual or family CWRD collection banks at home will be available near Higher Grounds. Donations may also be made by check or via our church website here. The cans will be collected on Easter Sunday.

WINDSOR LUNCH
WITH PASTORS

We believe God created us for community with the triune God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and also with one another! Windsor Lunches are a wonderful time to gather together and enjoy food and fellowship.

COMMUNION SERVERS NEEDED

BEGINNING IN MAY & THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER

If you are a regular attendee to GE Covenant and willing to serve Communion during our Sunday morning worship service, please access the serving page on our GE Covenant website:

1. choose “Serve” from the top right pull down menu.

2. then click on the orange box “Sunday Serve Sign-Up”

Or you can simply click SERVE right here!

And for your convenience, please see the QR code on the Sunday bulletins, which takes you to the same “Serve” site on our website :)