Banner Newsletter | July/August, 2022
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WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES<br />
Rev. Chris Winkler<br />
Senior Pastor<br />
cwinkler@barringtonumc.com<br />
Rev. Matthew Johnson<br />
Associate Pastor<br />
mwhjohnson@barringtonumc.com<br />
Rev. Wendy A. Witt<br />
Senior Pastor<br />
First UMC, West Dundee<br />
wwitt@barringtonumc.com<br />
Luis Vega<br />
Lay Pastor<br />
Comunidad Cristiana<br />
lvega@barringtonumc.com<br />
Patti Mangis<br />
Director of Music & Worship Arts<br />
pmangis@barringtonumc.com<br />
Susan Acosta<br />
Director of Family Ministries and<br />
Noah’s Ark Christian Academy<br />
sbrown@barringtonumc.com<br />
Ana Kelsey-Powell<br />
Director of Youth Ministries<br />
akelsey-powell@barringtonumc.com<br />
Lou Ann Gordon<br />
Director of Finance<br />
lgordon@barringtonumc.com<br />
Sharon Orr<br />
Director of Campus and<br />
Missions Ministries<br />
sorr@barringtonumc.com<br />
Becky Lemna<br />
Director of Communications<br />
blemna@barringtonumc.com<br />
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Barrington United Methodist Church<br />
98 Algonquin Road, Barrington, IL 60010<br />
(847) 836-5540<br />
Summer Office Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Friday, 9:00–noon<br />
Worship online | Services are posted each week on Saturday<br />
We offer an online wworship service through our Do.Be.Live channel on Vimeo<br />
and our website, barringtonumc.com.<br />
Sunday Worship | All are invited to bring chairs and enjoy our outdoor worship in<br />
the parking lot at 9:00 a.m. this summer or in the sanctuary at 10:30 a.m.<br />
Respecting the health and safety of all, masks are recommended in the church building.<br />
Sunday School is available for children ages 3 through grade 5 during both worship<br />
services. All students, grades 6 through 12, are invited for fun conversation and fellowship<br />
at 10:30 a.m. in the youth room.<br />
Comunidad Cristiana | Christian Community Worship<br />
Sundays at 2:00 p.m. | Bilingual, in-person<br />
Trinity Center<br />
1647 Ravine Lane, Carpentersville IL 60110<br />
You and your neighbors are invited to join this emerging worship. Experience Hispanicstyle<br />
worship with a mix of traditional and contemporary worship elements. Communion<br />
is celebrated on the first Sunday of every month.<br />
Sunday School is available for children age 3 through grade 5 during worship!<br />
First UMC of West Dundee<br />
318 W. Main Street, West Dundee, IL 60118<br />
Classic Worship, Sundays at 10:00 a.m. | Online and In-person<br />
In-person, socially distanced worship is held in the sanctuary with audio of the service<br />
available in the parking lot through FM radio.<br />
Nursary Care and Sunday School are available during worship for children through grade 5.<br />
My Dear Sisters and Brothers,<br />
Summer is always a festive time of year. There are<br />
joy-filled reasons to celebrate: proms, graduations,<br />
engagements, and weddings, and all seem to occur in<br />
abundance this time of year.<br />
As many of you know, my parsonage is located<br />
directly across from Grafelman Park in West Dundee.<br />
My home office has a huge picture window that looks out over that park. So,<br />
I have a front row seat for viewing many photo ops. I have seen proposals<br />
occur in the gazebo or in front of the fountain. I have watched robed seniors<br />
gather with their proud parents and families for graduation pictures. I<br />
have seen couples come to take pictures before heading off to prom or<br />
homecoming. And, I have the daily opportunity to watch children come to<br />
the park and play. If I am feeling grumpy or glum all I have to do is open the<br />
blinds on my office window or, better yet, leash up my dogs and head for a<br />
stroll through the park. Even if we are the only ones there, the park fills me<br />
with joy and relaxes me, allowing me to take a breath and reset my day.<br />
As I reflected on that this morning, it occurred to me that our days are<br />
punctuated with joy-filled moments that we can savor and celebrate. From<br />
the smell of freshly brewing coffee in the morning and that first sip to<br />
settling into our beds for a restorative night’s sleep, we have a multitude<br />
of things to celebrate and for which to give thanks. The problem is, if you<br />
are like me, we can be too busy, too preoccupied, too caught up in our<br />
own thoughts and heads to even notice the wonderful things happening all<br />
around us.<br />
Every week we have the opportunity to come together, whether in person<br />
or remotely, to celebrate our faith and give thanks for the love and support<br />
we receive from our one another and the many ways we are able to reach<br />
out and share God’s love with our neighbors. The community garden and<br />
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