Thanksgiving Eve Worship November 27

Worship Service - 7pm

Pie & Coffee in Fellowship Hall - 8pm

Personal care products (shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, etc) will be collected to share with the clients of our Food Pantry.  Come for an hour of festive praise and Holy Communion; enjoy a piece of pie after worship!  Sign up at the Welcome Center Table to bring a pie to share or to set up or clean up following the pie fellowship.  Thank you!

"Thanksgiving for Christians" Study Nov. 7, 14, 21

Thanksgiving for Christians Bible Study

First three Thursdays of November

November 7, 14, 21 - 7pm

"Every Day Is Thanksgiving for Christians" will be a Biblical journey of thanks in deed, in prayer, and in heaven.  The November 7 and 21 gatherings will be in Chapel Lounge.  The gathering on November 14 will be in Fellowship Hall.  Please sign up in the Welcome Center if you wish to attend.

If you have any questions, please call Judy Milroy at 815-751-3835.

Leadership Training Day November 16

The Salem Council would like to invite interested congregation members to attend a training day November 16 from 9am-1pm for leaders at Salem in our effort to unify Salem's ministries.  Our goal is to develop a well-functioning, integrated team of Salem ministry leaders.  For more information, contact any of the Executive Committee members: Larry Schlawin, Alice Freier, Ken Reinhardt, Jenny Ruff, or Pastor Kinnear.  Please respond by November 10 to the church office.

Make a Difference!

Make a difference with DKC Mobile Pack, hosted in Sycamore on November 14-15 and working through Feed My Starving Children.  FMSC meals reach starving children in nearly 70 countries around the globe.  Each meal packed costs just 22 cents and provides essential nutrients for a starving child.  Sign up this weekend before and after services.  Pray...donate...find out more! Go to www.makeadifferencedkc.com or contact Jim Sauber (815-761-5690, JimSauber@hotmail.com).

Grief Support Group Begins November 3

With the holidays coming, people who have lost a loved one need to have a safe place to grieve.  This could be a new grief, or it could be grief from a loss that happened a while ago.  This group is open to anyone whether a Salem church member or not.  Our goal is to help people get through the holidays and our discussions are confidential.  If you know someone who might benefit from this group, please invite them.  The Grief Group offers encouragement and support on the journey.

Come and join us every Sunday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30 beginning November 3 through January 2014.  We will meet in the Chapel Lounge.  Your leaders will be Carole Lichty and Phyllis Castenson who have led grief groups before, and a new addition to the group, Judy Milroy.  If you have a question, you can reach Carole at 815-899-6116, Phyllis at 815-895-3650, or Judy at 815-756-4205.

All Saints' Candle-Lighting November 2-3

Saturday, November 2 - 5pm
Sunday, November 3 - 8/10:30am

Join us for worship All Saints' Weekend as we celebrate the lives of those who have died in Christ within the past year from our congregation and community, as well as those who remain close to our hearts from times past.  A candle will be carried in for each person honored as a bell is rung in their memory.  During the Hymn of the Day, the congregation will be invited to bring a lighted candle forward in memory of loved ones who have died.