table of contents

Order of Worship (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.)....................................................................... 3

Black History Month Call to Worship.............................................................................................. 4
Hymn of Praise (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. – “Acceptable To Thee”)..................................................... 4
Unison Scripture (7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.)......................................................................................... 5
Unison Scripture (6:00 p.m.)........................................................................................................... 6
Sermon Notes / Prayer Concerns.................................................................................................... 7
Pastor’s Page................................................................................................................................... 8
Pastor’s Pupils................................................................................................................................. 9
2007 Lenten Meditation #2........................................................................................................... 10
To Do Justice................................................................................................................................ 11
Stewardship................................................................................................................................... 12
Calendar........................................................................................................................................ 13
2007 Village Conference
The Akiba / African American Heritage Month
35th Anniversary Celebration: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Trumpet Subscriptions
Heart of the Community............................................................................................................... 19
Information & Announcements..................................................................................................... 20
Prayer List..................................................................................................................................... 22
Bereaved........................................................................................................................................ 24
Hospitalized.................................................................................................................................. 24
Extended Care . ............................................................................................................................ 25
Members at Home . ...................................................................................................................... 27
Service and Support Groups ......................................................................................................... 30
Church Information...................................................................................................................... 31

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Order of Worship
Worship
Choral Introit.......................................................................................................“Holy, Holy Holy”
Opening Hymn (7:30 a.m.)............................................................................... “Worship The Lord”
Opening Hymn (11:00 a.m.)...........................................................................“Lift Up Your Hands”
Opening Hymn (6:00 p.m.).........................................................................“While I Run This Race”
Hymn of Praise (7:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.)........................................................ “Acceptable To Thee”
Unison Scripture (7:30 a.m.)...................................................................... Exodus 1:15–20 (NRSV)
Unison Scripture (11:00 a.m.).................................................................. 2 Samuel 12:13–23 (NLT)
Unison Scripture (6:00 p.m.)................................................ Genesis 4:1–16 (The Message, Peterson)
[PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE READING OF THE WORD]
Invocation
Ministry of Music (6:00 p.m.).....................................................................“I Can Depend On God”
Parish Concerns
Visitor Recognition
Passing of the Peace
The Pastor’s Word
The Service of Giving
Offertory Sentences
Tithes and Offerings
School
Altar Call (7:30 a.m.)..............................................................................................“Open Our Eyes”
Altar Call (11:00 a.m.)........................................................................“Create In Me A Clean Heart”
Sermon (7:30 a.m.).................................................................................................“Let Them Live”
Sermon (11:00 a.m.)................................................................................“Making The Connection”
Sermon (6:00 p.m.)........................................................................“Thug Life, Pt. IV: Raising Cain”
Hymn of Invitation (7:30 a.m.).................................................................. “I Need You To Survive”
Hymn of Invitation (11:00 a.m.)............................................................................... “Call Him Up”
Hymn of Invitation (6:00 p.m.)
Benediction..................................................................................................................“Total Praise”

[Once the sermon has begun, parishioners may not enter or re-enter the first floor sanctuary.]

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
CALL TO WORSHIP Hymn of praise
MINISTER 7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
Beautiful are the WORKS of God!
acceptable to thee
CONGREGATION
Beautiful also are the SKINS of my people! Chorus
Let the words of my mouth
MINISTER
Beautiful is the MIND of God! And the meditation of my heart,
Be acceptable, in thy sight.
CONGREGATION
Let the words of my mouth
Beautiful also are the HOPES of my people!
And the meditation of my heart,
MINISTER Be acceptable, Lord to Thee.
Beautiful is the HEART of God!
CONGREGATION
Verse
Beautiful also are the SOULS of my people!
Here I am, Lord
MINISTER
At your feet, Lord
God made the heavens and the earth!
My soul looks up to Thee.
CONGREGATION
And my people built the pyramids and the world’s
Make my thoughts Lord
first civilizations. And my tongue, Lord
MINISTER Acceptable, to Thee.
God made the Seven Seas! (Repeat Chorus)
CONGREGATION
And my people were the first to sail them!
MINISTER
God made us; and God made all nations which dwell
on the face of the earth!
CONGREGATION
It is He that hath made us and not we ourselves!
MINISTER
With His blood He has saved us. By His Power He
has raised us!
CONGREGATION
To God be the glory for the things He has done!
MINISTER
And always remember, my Father’s children, that
God is GOOD…
CONGREGATION
ALL THE TIME!
TOGETHER
This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.

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 UNISON SCRIPTURE
7:30 a.m. of the LORD great opportunity to despise and
EXODUS 1:15–20 (NrSV) blaspheme him, so your child will die.” 15After
15
The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew Nathan returned to his home, the LORD made
midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and Bathsheba’s baby deathly ill. 16David begged
the other Puah, 16“When you act as midwives God to spare the child. He went without food
to the Hebrew women, and see them on the and lay all night on the bare ground. 17The
birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, leaders of the nation pleaded with him to get
she shall live.” 17But the midwives feared God; up and eat with them, but he refused. 18Then
they did not do as the king of on the seventh day the baby
Egypt commanded them, but died. David’s advisers were
they let the boys live. 18So afraid to tell him. “He was
the king of Egypt summoned so broken up about the
the midwives and said to baby being sick,” they said.
them, “Why have you done “What will he do to himself
this, and allowed the boys when we tell him the child
to live?” 19 The midwives is dead?” 19But when David
said to Pharaoh, “Because saw them whispering, he
the Hebrew women are not realized what had happened.
like the Egyptian women; “Is the baby dead?” he
for they are vigorous and asked. “Yes,” they replied.
give birth before the midwife 20
Then David got up from
comes to them.” 20So God the ground, washed himself,
dealt well with the midwives; put on lotions, and changed
and the people multiplied his clothes. Then he went to
and became very strong. the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After
that, he returned to the palace and ate. 21His
advisers were amazed. “We don’t understand
11:00 a.m. you,” they told him. “While the baby was
2 Samuel 12:13–23 (NLT) still living, you wept and refused to eat. But
13
Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have now that the baby is dead, you have stopped
sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “Yes, your mourning and are eating again.” 22David
but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won’t replied, “I fasted and wept while the child was
die for this sin. 14But you have given the enemies alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the LORD will be

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gracious to me and let the child live.’ 23But why brother?” He said, “How should I know? Am
should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him I his babysitter?” 10God said, “What have you
back again? I will go to him one day, but he done! The voice of your brother’s blood is
cannot return to me.” calling to me from the ground. 11From now on
you’ll get nothing but curses from this ground;
you’ll be driven from this ground that has
6:00 p.m. opened its arms to receive the blood of your
Genesis 4:1–16 murdered brother. 12You’ll
(The Message, Peterson) farm this ground, but it
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Adam slept with Eve his will no longer give you its
wife. She conceived and had best. You’ll be a homeless
Cain. She said, “I’ve gotten wanderer on Earth.”
a man, with God’s help!” 13
Cain said to God, “My
2
Then she had another baby, punishment is too much.
Abel. Abel was a herdsman I can’t take it! 14You’ve
and Cain a farmer. 3Time thrown me off the land and
passed. Cain brought an I can never again face you.
offering to God from the I’m a homeless wanderer on
produce of his farm. 4Abel Earth and whoever finds me
also brought an offering, but will kill me.” 15God told him,
from the firstborn animals “No. Anyone who kills Cain
of his herd, choice cuts of will pay for it seven times
meat. God liked Abel and his over.” God put a mark on
offering, 5but Cain and his offering didn’t get Cain to protect him so that no one who met
his approval. Cain lost his temper and went into him would kill him. 16Cain left the presence of
a sulk. 6God spoke to Cain: “Why this tantrum? God and lived in No-Man’s-Land, east of Eden.
Why the sulking? 7If you do well, won’t you that he did to prosper in his hands.
be accepted? And if you don’t do well, sin is
lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it’s out
to get you, you’ve got to master it.” 8Cain had
words with his brother. They were out in the
field; Cain came at Abel his brother and killed
him. 9God said to Cain, “Where is Abel your

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 PASTOR ’S PAGE
WOUNDED HEALERS
— John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
By now we’ve all heard the latest about Ted Haggard,
former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, and former head of the National Association
of Evangelicals. Brother Haggard — and, as a fellow
Christian, he is my brother — was found to have
been having sexual relations with a male prostitute in
Denver. He resigned in disgrace, and has since been in
counseling.
According to the February 6 issue of the Denver Post, the
four pastors in charge of overseeing New Life Church in
the wake of this disaster made a surprising — to some, an
astonishing, and to others, an absurd — announcement.
One of them, Rev. Tim Ralph of Larkspur, Colorado, was
quoted as explaining Haggard’s three-year relationship
with the man in these terms: Haggard “is completely
heterosexual. That is something he discovered. It was the
acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn’t a
constant thing.”
Columnists have had a field day with this recent
announcement, of course, with many wondering what
stresses could possibly drive a “completely heterosexual”
man into the arms of a male lover. Others have simply
gotten the story wrong, saying that Haggard is claiming
to have been “cured” of homosexuality in just three
months, rather than the years that might be expected for
rebuilding such a basic component of one’s personality
— if indeed such a thing is possible at all. The media
circus continues.
In all of this, I am reminded of the late Henri Nouwen,
the superb spiritual writer who taught at Harvard
and Yale before spending his last years in pastoral
service at L’Arche, Jean Vanier’s community for the
developmentally disabled. Nouwen also wrestled
with homosexuality — “wrestled” with it because
his religious beliefs, like Haggard’s, diagnosed it as a
deformation of the personality.
Also like Haggard, Nouwen maintained a position of
spiritual advisor to many. His sexual difficulty did not
disqualify him from offering his considerable gifts to
others — nor should Haggard’s have kept him from
pastoral service.
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Unlike Haggard, however, Nouwen refused to
engage in preaching or public activism against
homosexuality. He avoided, that is, any risk of
incurring the taint of hypocrisy, which is a far more
serious problem — in the Bible and in the public eye
— than is homosexuality.
Nouwen gave us the lovely phrase, the “wounded
healer.” Some have exploited this term — as all
lovely things are vulnerable to exploitation — to
suggest that you can be entirely comfortable with all
manner of sins and still be a spiritual leader. You can
be proud, you can be lustful, you can be greedy, you
can wrathfully dismiss dissenting colleagues, and on
down through the seven deadlies — but hey, you’re
a “wounded healer” and darned popular — in other
words, “blessed in your ministry.” So it’s okay, right?
No, says Nouwen, by word and by example. Serve,
yes, offering your God-given talents to make God’s
beloved world a better place. But serve out of
consciousness of your wound, which means to serve
in humility, in compassion, in patience. “There but
for the grace of God go I.”
Nouwen’s insight is that, clergy or not, we must not
wait to become perfect before we help others. We
can help them, that is, precisely as fellow sufferers,
with genuine fellow feeling — but also with a strong
and clear sense of our limitations. And even if you’ve
never been a fan of Ted Haggard, nor of the populist
celebrity-evangelicalism that he exemplifies, you can
still cultivate sympathy for him, for his family, and for
his church.
And, thanks to Brother Nouwen, we can also better
recognize that our wounds may not be healed right
away, nor even over months or years. According to
Nouwen’s theology, God may well allow some of
those wounds to remain a while — for as we endure
their pain, their shame, and their debility, we may be
given the gift of remembering just how needy each of
us is, and how great the possibilities of restoring love.
John G. Stackhouse, Jr., is Sangwoo Youtong Chee
Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College.
 PASTOR ’S PUPILS
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Micah A. Ellis Jordan Moran
Malik R. Fowler Taylor Moran
Debra Franklin Anthony Morris
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Robert Garner Josef Owens
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Ariel Samu
Alyson C. GodboltGraham Ariel Parrott
Imani Gwendolyn Brandon Parrott
Kennedy Green Noah Perkins
Jazmin L. Hall Zelatandria Quinn
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Doucette M. Alva Talliyah Hardy Tiffrany Schofield
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Stephanie Aghaho Brianna Harris Nasr Simpkins
Stephen Aghahowa Shelbi Harris Tariq Simpkins
Khadija Allen Dejona Hawkins Darius T. Slatton
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Khar y Armster Morgan Hawthor Mikal M. Slatton
Ayinke Arnett Cameron Hill Julius Stallworth
Mawusi J. Arnett Elaine L. Hill Donald Stewart
Bria Atkins er Tiffany Hill Maya J. Stewart
Christian Jay Aving Nia Holmes Nia E. Stewart
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Damian Av ing er, Brittany J. House en Logan Taylor
Kimaria Baker Stephen Izedonmw on Darrell Thomas
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Porshe Buckner Nailah Johnson Kamaya Thompsonon
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Christa Aluse Carte Kayla Jones Imani Timms
Roberta Carter Kia Jones Indigoe Timms
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Joshua E. Chapma Whitley King Kamaul Wade
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Cameron Curtis Mayah McIntosh ic Joshua Woods
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L entenof
Meditation
Worship #2
WHEN GOD ENTERS OUR PICTURE,
PLEASE COME TO ORDER!

A
miscellaneous cluster of people comes together and a buzz of conversation is heard.
Some of those attending are well acquainted; others are there for the first time. When a
leader says, “The meeting will come to order,” they become a unified group, ready to do
business. A common interest and a common purpose unite them, but it takes directing if
they are going to achieve something.

We prize human freedom. Life is enriched both by differing ideas that people have and by their
varied styles of speaking and working. It takes organization, though, to give life unity and make it
productive. The same God, who brought order out of chaos in creation, can bring order into our
society and into our private lives. Being free, we can accept God’s ordering or not, but life is much
better, when lived according to God’s plan.

The season of Lent helps us with this. While it focuses on the days that lead up to Christ’s crucifixion
and resurrection, these are seen in the context of His whole life and ministry. Some people
considered Jesus a dangerous radical, because He was not meticulous about every detail of the
ancient laws. For example, He healed a man on the Sabbath Day, when work was forbidden. Jesus
saw an ordering that focused more on people than on tradition. In doing so, He showed what God is
really like. God’s ways were His ways and they can become our ways as well.

Perhaps, it would be helpful during this season to review God’s ordering, almost as we would look
through a photo album. In a variety of actions, God seeks to bring wholeness to our lives, both as
individuals and as a society.

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 TO DO JUSTICE
By Rev. Reginald Williams, Jr.
S
ince January of 2002, the United States
government has been detaining men at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under the banner
of homeland security. In many cases, these are
men who have been stolen from their home
country, blindfolded and beaten, interrogated
under duress, and designated as an enemy
combatant. These persons have never been
charged with a crime, and all evidence against
them is kept secret. Legal redress appeared
to be their only hope until a law was passed
that prevents foreign-born prisoners seized as
“enemy combatants” from challenging their
detention.
This law was upheld on Tuesday of this week
by the U.S. Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision
which held that civilian courts no longer have
the authority to determine whether or not
the military is holding prisoners illegally. This
decision automatically eliminates legal access
and redress for hundreds of detainees with
pending cases. The result of this ruling further
ensures that many may die imprisoned in
Guantanamo Bay without even knowing the
crime for which they have been held.
This law undermines the writ of habeas corpus
which empowers a prisoner to challenge the
legal basis of his/her detention in court. This
law also further displays the hypocrisy of a
government which claims a banner of freedom
for all while policies and procedures ensure that
real freedom is only for a few.
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On Tuesday of this week, municipal elections
will be held across the city of Chicago. This
week’s column is simply urging you to go to
the polls. The protections for the right to vote
were purchased with the blood, sweat and tears
of persons like Fannie Lou Hamer and Medgar
Evers. In addition to those names which are
well-known in the canon of the Struggle for
Civil Rights, there are other names which we
will never know. Yet, because of their selfless
sacrifice, the protections for you and me to vote
are in place.
Secondly, your vote is your voice. If you have
complaints about the way this city is being run,
then vote about it. Vote for the candidates who
represent your interest. If you do not vote, then
you have no ground on which to stand and
complain when municipal matters are at issue.
Therefore, if you have not taken advantage of
early voting, I urge you on Tuesday to vote.
ACTION ITEMS
1. VOTE!
. Contact your Senator and/or Representative
and demand that they fight to restore habeas
corpus in order to preserve the rights of
people to challenge their detention.
3. Boycott Wal-Mart & Sam’s Club.
Thought for this week:
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 stewardship

the results of a Redeemed Life

CHANGING THE WORLD

If you’ve ever been to a high school or college graduation, then you’ve

had to sit through speeches. Graduates make them; administrators make
them; and the guest speakers make them. While they each have their own
way of saying it, for the most part, they all have the same point: “Go and
change the world.”

People who understand Christian stewardship already understand

this message, sometimes better than the speaker. For one thing, they
understand that it’s God’s message. For another, they know that people
shouldn’t wait until they are adults to be told to “change the world.”
Children can be good stewards, and practicing good stewardship changes
the world from the moment it begins.

Painfully cold hands of a homeless person change to warm, comfortable

ones when a child hangs a pair of gloves on a mitten tree. Lonely children
can find a world of kindness and friendship in a church when a child invites
them to Sunday school. Homes can be built or repaired for those in need.
Farms in distant parts of the globe can become more self-sufficient when
children donate money for livestock. The list goes on.

Good stewardship usually begins when a Christian is a child, and is usually

taught by parents. However, there’s nothing wrong with these speeches.
They may inspire those who are already good stewards to become better
ones, and convince those who are not to begin to give of their time, talent
and treasure, which is a worthwhile form of stewardship.

Your Friends in Service,

The Stewardship Ministry
Constance A. King, Editor
James D. Butler, Chairman

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HIGHLIGHTS TUESDAY – 2/27
400 W. 95th Street
SUN…2/25 Artists in Residence Art Exhibition &
5:30 p.m. Website Review Subcommittee – BR
Reception
6:00 p.m. Women’s Drill Team – Narthex II
Ebony Expressions Oratorical Contest
Band Rehearsal – SA
SUN…3/4 Pastor Wright’s 35th Anniversary
Voice Class – WC
6:30 p.m. New Member Class – FH
SUNDAY – 2/25
7:00 p.m. Men’s Chorus Rehearsal – SA
7:30 a.m. Worship Service – SA
Immabasi Family Caregivers – 203
9:30 a.m. Breakfast – FH
Bible Study – WC
Cottage Grove Building
11:00 a.m. Worship Service – SA
901 E. 95th Street
1:30 p.m. Dinner – FH
6:30 p.m. Immabasi Gospel Aerobics – Room 1
Artists-in-Residence Reception – 202
2:30 p.m. Ebony Expressions Oratorical Contest
TUCC Village Center
– SA
(1947 W. 95th Street)
6:00 p.m. Worship Service – SA
4:00 p.m. THEC Tutoring – W305
6:00 p.m. THEC Financial Aid Worskshop
MONDAY – 2/26
– W301
400 W. 95th Street
6:30 p.m. Sisterhood Ministry – W302
12:00 p.m. Active Seniors
7:00 p.m. Counseling Ministry: Business
6:00 p.m. Band Rehearsal – SA
Meeting – W305
Voice Class – FH
Choir Directors Forum – WC
Stewardship Ministry – 202
WEDNESDAY – 2/28
7:00 p.m. Prayer and Fasting – BR
400 W. 95th Street
Drug & Alcohol Revival Committee
6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Meeting – 102
Prayer and Fasting
Women’s Chorus Rehearsal – SA
11:30 a.m. Prayer Service – WC
5:30 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal – SA
Cottage Grove Building
7:14 p.m. Prayer Service – SA
901 E. 95th Street
5:30 p.m. Mwanabaraka Rehearsal – Room 3
6:30 p.m. Chinara High School Dance
THURSDAY – 3/1
Rehearsal – Room 4
400 W. 95th Street
5:30 p.m. Imani Rehearsal – WC
TUCC Village Center
6:00 p.m. Band Rehearsal – SA
(1947 W. 95th Street)
Voice Class – FH
6:30 p.m. Safer Foundation – W301
Adopt-A-Student – 102

BLACK & CHRISTIAN (NEW MEMBER CLASSES)

Tues., February 27th: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Sat., March 3rd
Adults & Teens (13–19 Years): 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Children (6 – 12 Years): 2:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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THURSDAY – 3/1 (cont’d) 1:00 p.m. Singles Community Membership
400 W. 95th Street Committee – 116
7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal – SA Women’s Drill Team – Narthex II
7:30 p.m. For Teen Girls Only – 116 New Member Class (Adults) – FH
For Teen Boys Only – FH New Member Class (Teens) 118
1:30 p.m. Youth Usher Ministry Board Meeting
Cottage Grove Building – 202
901 E. 95th Street 2:00 p.m. New Member Class (Children) – WC
5:30 p.m. Khayralla Dance Ministry Rehearsal Deacon Ministry Communion Prep
– Room 2 – BR
2:30 p.m. Junior Deacon-In-Training – 116
FRIDAY – 3/2 3:00 p.m. Youth Usher Ministry Training – SA
400 W. 95th Street (Balcony only)
10:00 a.m. Free-N-One – 207 Youth Usher Training – 202
2:00 p.m. Youth Usher Ministry – 202 3:30 p.m. Young Women’s Christian Walk
5:30 p.m. Music Theory Class – 207 Ministry – 203
7:00 p.m. Free-N-One – 207 4:00 p.m. Deacon Ministry Business Meeting
Tough Love – 203 – WC

Cottage Grove Building TUCC Village Center

901 E. 95th Street (1947 W. 95th Street)
6:30 p.m. Immabasi: Gospel Aerobics – Room 1 9:00 a.m. Legal Counseling Ministry – E101/
E102
9:30 a.m. Youth Sexuality Project Training
SATURDAY – 3/3 – W305
400 W. 95th Street 10:00 a.m. THEC Tutoring – W307
7:00 a.m. Ministers in Training – FH THEC ACT Workshop – W302
7:30 a.m. Yoga Ministry – Narthex II
9:00 a.m. Youth Band Choir Rehearsal – SA Cottage Grove Building
Yoga Ministry Meeting – BR 901 E. 95th Street
9:30 a.m. Church School (Preschool 12:30 p.m. Girls Scouts All Troops – Room 1
Kindergarten) – 118
Church School (Grades 1–2) – 203
Church School (Grades 3–6) – 202
Church School (Teens) – 207 Food Service Training
Church School (Discipleship) – 116 All ministries that serve meals to the
Adult Church School – WC
Church School: Confirmation Class congregation are required to attend the
– FH food service training,
11:00 a.m. Math Tutorial – 202/203 Saturday, March 10
Little Warriors For Christ – WC/116
Gospel Reloaded – A Fellowship Hall
Adult Ushers Team and Section 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Leaders – FH R.S.V.P. to Shaun Brown,
12:30 p.m. Walakia Choir Rehearsal – WC
Women’s Drill Team – Narthex II
773-962-5650, Ext. 709

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2007 Village Conference
“Reclaiming and Restoring the
Village Ethic Within the Community of Faith”

Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28

With Speakers:
Rev. Wayne Croft
Rev. Martin Espinosa
Rev. Dr. Renita Weems
Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith
Rev. Alise Barrymore
Rev. Sean H. McMillan
Rev. Otis III & Monica Moss
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah & Rev. Ramah Wright
and more!

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312-567-1234
King, Double and Accessible Rooms – $99/night plus tax
Discount Parking: $15/night (No In/Out Privileges)
Registration - $115.00
Seniors (65 or Older) - $95.00
Register following all three worship services in the Atrium.

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Today, Sunday, February 25
Ebony Expressions Oratorical Contest Finals
with Presentation of Hurston-Hughes
Writing Contest Winners
2:30 p.m. – Atrium

February 25th – March 4th

Artists-In-Residence Annual African American Heritage
Month Art Exhibit
Narthex II
Reception: 1:30 p.m. - Room 202

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 heart of the communit y
ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE invites the
United Church of Christ’s clergy and members
to a town hall meeting to review topics
impacting Advocate and their activities, Tuesday,
March 6, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., Advocate Health
Care office, 2025 Windsor Drive, Oak Brook, If
attending, contact Lynn Rolseth, 630-990-5391
or lynn.rolseth@advocatehealath.com
BLACK SPEAKERS SERIES featuring
Maya Angelou, March 16, 7:30 p.m., and
Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, May 6, 10:00 a.m.,
St. Sabina Catholic Church, 1210 W. 78th Place
BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS
Juried Art Exhibition through February 28, Museum
of Science and Industry, 57th Street and Lake
Shore Drive, Call Octavia Hooks, 773-947-3729
BLAXPLOITATION 2: YOU KNOW HOW
WE DEUX Performances through Sunday,
March 18, Victory Gardens Greenhouse,
2257 N. Lincoln Ave., For performance times
and tickets, call 773-871-3000
BLOOD DIAMONDS AND WAR IN
CONGO A presentation by Maurice Carney,
co-founder and executive director of Friends of
the Congo, Washington, D.C., Thursday,
March 8, 7:00 p.m., DePaul University,
Schmitt Academic Center, Room 254, 2320 N.
Kenmore Ave., Chicago, Contact Ngalula Kela,
773-653-4561 or ngalula1@yahoo.com, or visit
www.friendsofthecongo.org
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DELOIS BARRETT CAMPBELL 81st
Birthday Musical Extravaganza, featuring the
Barrett Sisters and other special guests, Sunday,
March 11, 3:00 p.m., First Church of
Deliverance, 4315 S. Wabash Ave.
DR. RAYMOND JACKSON of Howard
University presents Piano Classics, Old Masters,
New Masters, A Study in Black and White,
Sunday, February 25, 4:00 p.m., Bethel
Lutheran Church, 76 W. Crystal Lake Ave.,
Crystal Lake, IL, Visit www.bethanylc.com
FREEDOM’s song 100 years of African
American struggle and triumph, Special guest,
Myrlie Evers-Williams, Tuesday, February 27,
7:00 p.m., DuSable Museum, Mayor Harold
Washington Auditorium, 740 E. 56th Pl.,
Chicago, RSVP, www.freedomssong.net/rsvp
JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE
Stage play by August Wilson, presented by
Congo Square Theatre Company, through
February 25, Goodman-Owen Theatre,
170 N. Dearborn, Tickets, Call 312-443-3800
KENWOOD ACADEMY ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION presents “Come Laugh Out
Loud,” Friday, March 2, 8:00 p.m., Jokes and
Notes, 4641 S. King Dr., Tickets, Contact the
Bronco Hotline, 773-513-9738 or
www.kenwoodalumnionline.com
 HEART OF THE
community
MILDRED LAVIZZO SCHOOL students
celebrate Historically Black Colleges and
Universities with panel discussions and
presentations on 30 HBCU’s, Wednesday,
February 28, 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., 138 W.
109th St., Contact R. Armour, 773-490-6271
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Benefit concert sponsored by the Morehouse
College Chicago Area Alumni Association and
the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and
Culture, University of Chicago, Tuesday,
March 6, 7:30 p.m., Rockefeller Memorial
Chapel, 1156 E. 59th Street, Tickets,
Contact Brad Minnifield, 708-612-0789 or
MorehouseChicago@yahoo.com
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Summer
high school journalism program, All expenses
plus travel included, Student must be entering
junior or senior year of high school in
Fall 2007, interested in journalism and have
3.0 or better grade point average, Contact
rinderle@princeton.edu
Information &
announcements
AFRICA MINISTRY Join Pastor Wright on a
spiritual and cultural sojourn to Ghana, West
Africa, August 12-21, Informational meeting
tomorrow, Monday, February 26, 7:00 p.m., Call
Sydneye Wilson, 773-363-9500
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Information &
announcements
DETON BROOKS HEAD START An affiliate
of Trinity UCC Child Care Centers, Inc. has
vacancies for children ages 3 – 5 years, 6921 S.
Stony Island Ave., Call Aimee Washington,
773-955-2818
DRUG AND ALCOHOL RECOVERY
Save the Dates: Revival and Prayer Breakfast, Friday,
March 30 and Saturday, March 31, Contact Deacon
Vanessa Lenoir, 708-819-0337 or Robert Hayes,
708-473-5511, or tuccrecoveryrevival@yahoo.com
FINANCIAL COUNSELING CONSORTIUM
Subcommittee of Long Range Planning is available
to come to ministry meetings and retreats upon
request, to address tithing, debt management,
managing risk, savings and investments, college
planning, retirement life planning, charitable giving
and estate planning, Request a speaker, Call 773-
962-5650, Voicemail 819
HOUSING MINISTRY Save the Date:
Housing Ministry Expo, Saturday, May 19,
10:00 – 4:00 p.m., Cottage Grove Building,
901 E. 95th Street AND…Seeking real estate
industry vendors to participate as exhibitors,
Contact the hotline, 773-643-4100 Ext. 15,
or tucchousing@yahoo.com
LITTLE WARRIORS FOR CHRIST
Mandatory parent meeting discussing upcoming
Youth Concert, Saturday, March 10, 11:00 a.m.,
Room 207, Contact Myra Sykes, 773-562-0222
or Christye Hurley, 773-968-1055
information & announcements
MEMBERSHIP/MINISTRY SERVICES
Have you moved? Any children left the nest?
New employment or newly married? Forgot
your giving number? Call Membership/Ministry
Services, 773-962-5650 x395, x233 or x232
TRINITY CHILD CARE CENTERS, INC.
currently has position for Educational
Coordinator, Requires a bachelor’s degree in
early childhood, at least two years experience in
field, creativity and knowledge of early
childhood curriculum AND…Position available
for Site Director, Requires bachelor’s degree in
early childhood, at least two years experience in
field, knowledge of budgets and supervisory
experience or 773-488-3511 ALSO…Position
available for a Mentor Teacher, Requires
bachelor’s degree in early childhood and 04
state certification, Contact Mrs. Barbara
SanJuaquin, bsanjuaquin@tucc.org
TRINITY HIGHER EDUCATION
CORPORATION (THEC) presents three
Spring HBCU tours: Tour A (4/1 – 4/6):
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Tugaloo,
LeMoyne-Owen and others; Tour B (4/1 – 4/6):
Clark Atlanta, North Carolina A&T, Bennett
College for Women, and others; Tour C (4/8 –
4/13): Clark Atlanta, Florida A&M, Tennessee
State, and others, For information and registration,
call Ms. Thomas or Rev. Owusu, 773-298-1590
TRINITY UCC AND SAFER FOUNDATION
Sponsoring Ready 4 Work, aftercare program for
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ex-offenders: 18 years old and up, out of prison
180 days or less, no sex crimes or crimes against
women or children AND…Ready 4 Work
mentors needed, Must be available to meet with
mentees 2 – 6 hours per month, If ex-offender:
conviction must not have been of sex crimes or
crimes against women, children, out of prison for
at least 2 years, Call Vanessa Cosby-Shannon, 773-
233-1492
TRINITY UCC FEDERAL CREDIT
UNION Member statements for the quarter
ending December 31, 2006, have been mailed,
If you have not received your statement, please
call 773-962-5686 AND…Members are urged
to use your Credit Union to pay off your
Christmas debt, for your automobile, vacation,
credit card and other loan needs, Take advantage of
our lower interest rates, Contact us for more details
TRINITY UCC LEGAL CLINIC Providing
direct legal advice, services and representation
to the congregation and community, Open
every1st and 3rd Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – Noon
and 2nd Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.,
Village Center, Call Mrs. Marcia Green, 773-
962-5650, Ext. 424
YOUTH sexuality project (YSP)
Currently enrolling students for the next class
sessions, 10 –18 years of age, Sundays,
beginning March 11, YSP table, Atrium,
after worship services, or call S. Bradford,
708-275-6807 or J. Dorn, 708-862-6981
 PRAYER LIST
Adams, Deacon Lorraine Bynum, Judy
Adams-Carter, Cynthia Campbell, Deborah
Adams-Childs, Vernita Cannon, Christie
Afflalo, Carmelita Carlisle, Yolanda
Allen, Baby Jeremy Stephon Carter, Herman
Allen, Jason Oliver Carter, Lyric
Ames, James Caston, Aletha & Alfred
Anderson, Davida Chambers, Elosie
Anderson, Harry Chapman, Malachi
Anderson, Rev. Danita Clay-Wilkes, Roslynn
Atkins, Anthony Coleman, Cassandra
Avent, Carolyn Cook, Ceola
Baker, Diane Cosby, Cynthia
Baker-Brown, Bridgette Cosby-Shannon, Vanessa
Ballard, James Crawley, Helen
Barrigher, Deacon Elwood Curtis, Cynthia
Barrigher, Jeffrey Daniels, Carbena
Bates, Robert & Family Daniels, Celeste
Bates-Pittman, Lettia David, Baby Jacob
Beard, Lavera “Ray Ray”
Beckett, Janice Davis, Edrena
Berry, Baby Bridgette Rae Davis, Marie
Blount, Viola Davis, Velma
Booker, Jr., Raymond Divers, Gregory
Boose, Christopher Dorham, Barbara
Bowers, Jeffrey Dorsey, Sam
Bratton, Marjorie Dunlap, Joy
Breaux, Freddie Dunlap, Phillip
Brewer, Deacon Evelyn Durham, Burnette
Brooks, Deacon Beatrice Durroh, Odessa
Brooks, Evelyn Eason, Margarette
Brooks, Keith Eberhart, Ivan
Brown, Dr. Harriett Elbert, Robby
Brown, Hysson Emerson, Mary
Brown, Terrance Eskridge, Sonny
Burnom, Odester Everett, Barbara
Butts, Larvette Everette, Gwendolyn
Bynes, Gayla Fagan, Reggie
Bynes, Ronald Farrakhan, Minister Louis
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Fleming, Dr. Ned James, Louis
Forbes, James James, Safya
Ford, John Jenkins, Janice
Freeman, Rev. Donna Johnson, Anita
& Family Johnson, Kenneth
Funches, Baby Keari Johnson, Lois
Gay, Mary Johnson, Mary
Gibbs, Charon K. Johnson, Monique
Gill, Charlotte Johnson, Renita
Gill, Deacon Eldridge Johnson, Rita
Gillette, Fraziar Johnson, Robert
Givens, Charmaine & Jordan, Vallmer
Family Joyner, Andrew O.
Graham, Elder Lucille King, Richard
Guerin, Jr., Jerome C. Korvo, Baby Sean Paul
Guerin, Sr., Jerome C. Lane, Antoine C.
Guyton-Smith, Mary Lynn Leggs, Deborah
Gwynn, Arthur Lehmann, Auguestine
Hampton, Wyman Lemon, Jackie
Hardaway-Wheeler, Lennix, Loyce
Pamela Lewis, Deacon Pattrice
Harrell, Deacon Linda Lewis, Germel T.
Harris, Jajuan Lewis, Jennifer
Harris, Marilyn Livingston, Barbara
Harris, Otis Long, Deacon Rosemary
Haynes, Sr., John H. Louie, Emmitt
Hickman, Nellie Louie, Lonnie
Hooker, Timothy Lumu, Akemi & Tonny
Horne, Joyce Lyle, Paul
Hoskins, Dominque Lyles, Johnise
Hudson, Irean Maclin, Bonita
Irish, Jerome Mangum, Anita
Jackson, Betty Jo Mann, Kimberly
Jackson, Deacon Rudolph Marshall, Myles
Jackson, Elizabeth Mason-Matthews, Karen
Jackson, Lizzie Mayes-McCruel, Deacon
Jackson, Pamela Alma
Jackson, Robert McDade, Darlene
Jacobs, Isom McDonald Family

McGhee, William
McGowan, Milton &
Theresa
McIntosh, Deacon Maurice
McKinney Family
McKinney, Marian
McKinney, Takiesha
McKinnon, Cora
McLinnahan, Glen
Melton, Alzenia
Miles, Beatrice
Miller, John
Miller, Virgie
Mitchell-Shields, Deacon
Sharon
Monegan, Jerome
Moreno, Lisa
Muwwakkil, Baby Morgan
Neely, Danny
Nelson, Donna
Nelson-Brewer, Dr. Beatrice
Nevils, Tessie
Norris, Deacon Wanda
Overton, Jean
Page, Gail
Parker, Andre
Payne, Jason
Payne, Shannon
Peavy, Irene
Pepper, Evelyn
Pepper, Robert
Peterson, Rev. Dr. John O.
Plummer, Jr., Morris
Provall, Estelle
Pugh-Lightfoot, Eric
Putman, Delores
Rayford, Sharon
Raymond, Sheldon
Reams, Carolyn & Family
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PRAYER LIST
Rice, Gladys Thomas, Rosetta Wright-Miller, Mildred
Rice, Sylvester Thornton, Laverne Wright Moore, Janet
Roberts, Erskin Tillman, Deneen Young, Shantal
Roberts, Leslie Tillman, Jonae Lynn Young, Thelma
Robinson, Ann Timberlake, Deacon Joyce
Robinson, Candie Toles, James
Robinson, Charles Torrey-Parker, L. Julie
Robinson, Dorian Tregre, Deacon Evelyn
Robinson, Juanita Turner, Sonia
Robinson, Michael Tyler, Betty
Robinson, Theresa Tyler, Deacon Lazane
Rollins, Eddie Tyler, Shelton & Demetri
Ross, Baby Honesty Upton-Davis, Ardell
Gabriella Wade, Deborah
Ruff, Carolyn Walker, Euclid
Russell, Debra Walker, Honoria
Russell, Tamon Walker, Jerry
Sanders, Deacon Robert Wallace, Jacory
Scates, Hermine Wallace, Juanita
Scott, Alice Wallace, Walterene
Scott, Dr. Angela Warmack, Charlene
Sigh, Martha White, Jr., Royal
Simmons, Michael White, Sr., Joseph
Smith, Carmencita Williams, Deacon Mattie
Smith, Deacon Dorothy Williams, Dorothy
Smith, Jody Williams, Joy
Smith, Louis & Virgina Williams, Lena
South, Lucretia Williams, Mae
Spann, Theresa Williams, Pauline
Steele, Abbigale Williams, Rebecca
Stewart, Beverly Williams, Willie Ruth
Sykes, Myra Williams, Yvonne
Sykes, Rev. Michael Wilson, Charles
Taylor, Patricia Withers, Mother Ernestine
Terrell-Haynes, Rosalyn Woods, Darius
Teverbaugh, George Wooten, John
Teverbaugh, Olivia Wordlaw, Kenya
Thomas, Jonathon & Wright, Rev. Ramah
Tabetha Wright, William
 BEREAVED
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Mr. Edward Banks Mrs. Gwendolyn Marshall & Family 10734 S. Beverly Ave (43)
Mr. Onva Berry Mrs. Beverly Byrd & Family 27 E. 90th Street (19)
Ms. Thelma Bird Deacon Deborah Green & Family 9431 S. Lowe Ave. (20)
Mrs. Marie Butler Ms. Emily Ferguson & Family P.O. Box 7528 (80)
Mr. Jesse Douglas Ms. Brea Douglas & Family 1534 E. 81st Street (19)
Mr. Emmit Graham Mr. Thomas Dixon & Family 4220 S. King Drive, Unit 1-South (53)
Deacon Virginia McNorton Ms. Vanessa McNorton & Family 609 E. 33rd Place (16)
Mrs. Virginia Muse Rev. Ruvinia Owusu & Family 9101 S. Emerald Ave. (20)
Mrs. Barbara J. Parks Ms. Toni Oats & Family 11634 S. Laflin (43)
Mr. Frank Robinson Ms. Anita Thomas & Family 6450 S. Wolcott (36)

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Janice Burnom Sandra Hall Jean Overton

Northwestern Memorial Hospital McNeal Memorial Hospital St. Margaret Mercy Hospital
251 E. Huron Street 3249 S. Oak Park Ave. 5454 Hohman Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611 Berwyn, IL 60402 Hammond, IN 46320
312-926-2000 708-783-9100 219-932-2300

Joseph Gilliam Dr. Frances Holliday

Mercy Hospital Northwestern Memorial Hospital
2525 S. Michigan Ave. 251 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60616 Chicago, IL 60611
312-567-2000 312-926-2000

Viola Gray Ethel McCullough

Roseland Community Hospital Oak Forest Hospital
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Chicago, IL 60628 Oak Forest, IL 60452
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 SICK & SHUT-IN
E XTENDED CARE FACILITIES
BROWN, Ed
Victory Center
4150 W. Gatling Blvd.
Country Club Hills, IL 60478
Room 243
708-957-8300
CADENHEAD, LaFronne
Jackson Square Nursing Home
5130 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60644
Room 427, Bed B
773-921-8000
(Communion Visits Only)
ELZIE, Deacon Evelyn
Renaissance Nursing Center
2940 W. 87th Street
Chicago, IL 60652
Room 207, Bed 1
773-434-8787
EVANS, Edward
Pavilion of Forest Park
8200 W. Roosevelt Road
Forest Park, IL 60130
Room 432, Bed 1
708-488-9850
GARNER, Wilhelmina
Renaissance at South Shore
Nursing Home
2425 E. 71st St.
Chicago, IL 60649
Room 312, Bed B
773-721-5000
GRAY, Cary
Alden Lakeland
Rehabilitation Center
820 W. Lawrence Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
Room 214, Bed 2
773-769-2570
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HAMPTON, Ineze McINTOSH, Deacon Maurice
Manor Care Health Care Services Lexington House Nursing Home
2145 E. 170th St. 10300 Southwest Highway
South Holland, IL 60473 Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
Room 338, Bed C Room 232, Bed C
708-895-3255 708-425-1100
HOLLOWAY, Theodore MITCHELL, Milva
St. Agnes Nursing Home Evergreen Health Center
1725 S. Wabash Ave. 10124 Kedzie Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616 Evergreen Park, IL 60805
Room 414 Room 220, Bed 1
312-922-2777 708-636-9200
JEFFERSON, Lorrine MOORE, Hilton
Manor Care Health Care Services Manor Care Health Care Services
6300 W. 95th St. 940 Maple Ave.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Homewood, IL 60430
Room 30, Bed 1 Room 404, Bed A
708-599-8800 708-799-0244
LAWS, Robert MOSS, Edreaner
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Montgomery Place
345 East Superior Street 5550 South Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611 Chicago, IL 60615
Room 614, Bed 2 Room 302
(312) 238-1000 773-753-4100
MARTIN, Kim MOTEN, Marguerite
Dawson Nursing Home Renaissance at South Shore
3500 S. Giles Ave. Nursing Home
Chicago, IL 60653 2425 E. 71st St.
Room 200, Bed 2 Chicago, IL 60649
312-326-2000 Room 111, Bed B
773-721-5000
MASON, Claristine (Communion Visits Only)
Bronzeville Park
Skilled Nursing Center
PEAVY, Irene
3400 S. Indiana Ave.
Victory Centre of River Oaks
Chicago, IL 60616
1370 Ring Road, Apt. 407
Room 224, Bed 1
Calumet City, IL 60409
312-842-5000
708-832-1130
 SICK & SHUT-IN
E XTENDED CARE FACILITIES

PUGH-LIGHTFOOT, Eric THOMPSON, Opreabea WILSON, Louis

Glenwood Nursing Home Alden-Prairie Village Renaissance at 87th St.
19300 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home
Glenwood, IL 60660 16450 S. 97th Ave. 2940 W. 87th St.
Room C15, Bed 1 Orland Park, IL 60467 Chicago, IL 60652
708-758-6200 Room 202, Bed 1 Room 302, Bed 1
708-403-6500 773-434-8787
RICE, Sylvester
Evergreen Health Center TINSLEY, Eddis WITHERS, Mother Ernestine
10124 S. Kedzie Dawson Nursing Home Montgomery Place
Evergreen Park, 60805 3500 S. Giles Ave. 5550 S. South Shore Drive
Room 5119 Chicago, IL 60653 Chicago, IL 60615
708-709-7000 Room 319, Bed 1 Room 216
312-326-2000 773-753-4100
ROGERS, Marlene
Kindred Chicago Lake Shore WATSON, Janet
6130 N. Sheridan Road Timberview Nursing Home
Chicago, IL 60630 2450 Taft St.
Room 319 Gary, IN 46404
773-381-1222 Room 319, Bed 2
219-977-2610 Ext. 342
SHEATS, Benjamin
Rest Haven Central WATT, Mildred
13259 S. Central Ave. Renaissance at South Shore
Palos Heights, IL 60463 Nursing Home
Room 41 2425 E. 71st Street
708-597-1000 Chicago, IL 60649
Room 430, Bed A
SMITH, Mary Baker 773-721-5000
Mongtomery Place
5550 S. South Shore Dr. WILLIAMS, Mae
Chicago, IL 60615 Imperial Extended Living
Room 208 1366 W. Fullerton
773-753-4100 Chicago, IL
Room 219, Bed 1
773-248-9300
TEVERBAUGH, George
Washington Heights Nursing Home
1010 W. 95th Street WILLIAMS, Maudine
Chicago, IL 60620 Halsted Terrace Nursing Home
Room 201 10935 S. Halsted St.
773-298-1177 Chicago, IL 60628
Room 231, Bed 2
773-928-2000

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 SICK & SHUT-IN
MEMBERS AT HOME

ADAMS-CHILDS, Vernita 1621 E. 68th Street, #1A (49) 773-363-8625

Saturday Visits Only
BASKIN, William 1510 Brookfield Dr., Plainfield, IL 60544 815-254-1106
BEY-HARRIS, Deacon Fatima 9643 S. Lowe Ave. (28) 773-239-0985
BLAKE, Judith 8412 S. Carpenter St. (20) 773-873-9521
BROOKS, Arzulia 9412 S. Eggleston Ave. (28) 773-224-7581
BROOME, James 3459 Innsbrook Lane, Crete, IL 60417 708-753-0117
BURKS, Willa A. 18525 S. Center Ave., Homewood, IL 60430 708-799-3581
CALVIN, Diane 9 East 90th Street (19) 773-874-3792
CAMPBELL, Delois 9146 S. Indiana Ave. (19) 773-928-0997
CLAY, Louise 11626 S. Stewart St. (28) 773-468-9642
CLAY, Nancy 5948 W. Midway Park (44) 773-287-9194
DULANEY, Doris 13058 S. Wood St., Apt. #1E
Blue Island, IL 60406 708-597-8309
FORD, John 8939 S. Dante Ave. (19) 773-734-7363
FUNCHES, Josephine 9312 S. Union Ave. (28) 312-805-1401
Visits before 12:00 Noon on Sundays
GARLAND, Deacon Angela 10639 S. Emerald` (28) 773-264-1335
GAY, Mary 500 Park Ave., Calumet City, IL 60409 708-868-8535
GILLIAM, Joseph 9804 S. Lowe Ave. (28) 773-445-8204
GRANT, Sharon 9547 S. Lowe Avenue (28) 773-239-8322
GLOVER, Delores 7759 S. Chappel (49) 773-768-3508
GREEN, Lloyd 7337 S. South Shore Dr., Apt. #731 (49) 773-221-4213
HARDY, Glodine c/o Lois Walker 598 Andover,
Chicago Heights, IL 60411 708-481-5814
HEREFORD, Bessie 9251 S. Parnell Ave. (20) 773-846-0448
JENKINS, Deacon Herschel 7615 S. Paxton (49) 773-734-7583
JONES, Lula 11325 S. Union Avenue (28) 773-468-4743
NORRIS, Kelly 8343 S. Calumet (19) 773-846-9399
LEHMANN, Augustine 9616 S. Princeton Ave. (28) 773-568-3097
LENNIX, Loyce 9618 S. Yates Blvd. (17) 773-768-0234
LEWIS, Deacon Pattrice “Kim” 18218 Ravisloe Terrace
Country Club Hills, IL 60478 708-647-1735
LOVE, Margaret 1520 W. 105th Street (43) 773-445-1336
MARDARDUS, Lofton 1631 Shirley Dr., Calumet City, IL 60409 708-832-9085
MARRABLE, James 10136 S. Peoria St. (43) 773-445-6876
McFADDEN, Deborah 18101 Versailles Lane, Hazel Crest, IL 60429 708-798-3426
McINTOSH, Emily 7811 S. Michigan Ave. (19) 773-651-9560
MELTON, Alzenia 1041 W. 123rd Street, Calumet Park, IL 60827 708-371-5498
MILES, Mary 6142 S. St. Lawrence, #1 (37) 773-667-0167
NELSON, Donna 711 E. 158th Street, South Holland, IL 60473 708-333-1550
NORRIS, Kelly 8343 S. Calument (19) 773-507-2468
PARKER, Irene 9510 S. Kolmar, Oak Lawn, IL 60452 708-422-1019
PARKS, Maceo 7837 S. Morgan Ave. (20) 773-873-8207
PAYTON-LOVE, Mary 7938 S. Jeffrey Blvd. (49) 773-734-7828
PRIEST, David 10009 S. Carpenter (43) 773-239-2823

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MEMBERS AT HOME

QUINN, Anna 7022 S. Shore Drive, Apt. #715 (49) 773-684-8831

RAGLAND, Hannah 9640 S. Peoria (20) 773-239-1964
ROGERS, Marlene 1616 E. 55th St. (15) 773-643-4381
SAMUEL, Jessica 1247 E. 98th Street (28) 773-933-7490
SCATES, Hermine 6831 S. Cornell Ave., 1st Flr. (49) 773-955-2445
SMITH, Betty 17791 Arlington Dr.
Country Club Hills, IL 60478 708-206-1457
SMITH, Carmencita 2142 Tanglewood Pl., Apt. #2B,
Hammond, IN 46323 219-844-0328
SMITH, Jody 6129 S. Rockwell (29) 773-744-2831
TAYLOR, Patricia 10017 S. St. Lawrence Ave. (28) 773-821-6711
TELLIS, Michael 5324 S. Lowe, Apt. #2 (09) 773-285-2617
VERNARDO, Helen 550 E. 50th Place, #508 (15) 773-373-1811
WALKER, Honoria 8748 S. Hermitage Ave. (20) 773-239-8620
WALKER, Thelma 8428 S. Green (20) 773-224-3898
WILLIAMS, Cheryl 9206 S. Normal Ave. (20) 773-994-6710
WILLIAMS, Pauline 9416 S. Parnell Ave. (20) 773-846-9598
WINDOM, Hattie 5158 Keith Dr., Richton Park, IL 60471 708-748-7903
WRIGHT, Ernestine 9146 S. LaFayette Ave. (20) 773-660-0323
WRIGHT, Wiley 9146 S. LaFayette Ave. (20) 773-660-0323
ZAKEE-GREEN, Crystal 3328 W. 186th Street, Homewood, IL 60430 708-206-0730

CARDS ONLY
BRADFORD, Luevater 9301 S. Racine Ave. (20)
BROWN, Hysson 10427 S. Hoxie Ave. (17)
CARTER, Herman 16418 S. Kimbark Ave.,
South Holland, IL 60478
CASTON, Aletha P.O. Box 486, Flossmoor, IL 60422
CHAPMAN, Malachi 10838 S. Wallace Ave. (28)
DANIELS, Carbena c/o Sheila Williams,
518 Calumet Way Calumet City, IL 60409
DELOACH, Berenice 7114 S. Harding Ave. (29)
GARDNER-PEARSON, Renee 17607 S. Mulberry,
Country Club Hills, IL 60478
GILMORE, Laura 1155 Westgrove Pkwy., Apt. #186,
Tempe, AZ 85283
HARRIS, Michelle 811 W. Madison St., Apt. #115 (07)
McDADE, Darlene 18555 Hickory Ct., Apt. 17, Lansing, IL 60438
PLUMMER, Jr., Morris 2040 E. 91st Street (17)
ROBERTS, Fontain 1829 N. Austin Ave. (39)
SAYLES, Bernice 6831 S. Cornell Ave., 1st Flr. (49)
SMITH, Green K. 8126 S. Campbell Ave. (52)
TAYLOR, Dr. Brenda 52380 Windemere Dr., Granger, IN 46530
TORREY, Hoyt 4241 El Moor Way, Las Vegas, NV 89044
702-435-0257 CARDS & CALLS ONLY

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MEMBERS AT HOME

WALKER, Jr., Floyd 8428 S. Green St. (20)

WALKER, Lillian 6138 S. Carpenter St. (21)
WASHINGTON-DYK, Gwendolyn 2045 W. Jackson Blvd., Apt. #2012 (12)
312-421-7867 CARDS & CALLS ONLY
WHYTE, Rev. James 3429 Peachwood Rd., Knoxville, TN 37921
YOUNG, Charlotte 1330 W. Wentworth, Calumet City, IL 60409

COMMUNION VISITS ONLY

ANDERSON, Marguerite 1884 W. 108th Place (43) 773-239-3453
BENN, Vester 9035 S. Luella Ave. (17) 773-374-8914
BROWN, Ann H. 1342 W. 111th Place (43) 773-445-5315
BUTLER, Alice Faye 10104 S. Emerald Ave. (28) 773-445-5110
COLEMAN, Garland 8521 S. St. Lawrence (19) 773-488-3459
GWYNN, Arthur 6250 S. Harper Ave., Apt. 909 (37) 773-363-9893
HENDERSON, Evelyn 7406 S. Paxton Ave. (49) 773-643-0956
HILL, Katherine 9950 S. Carpenter St. (43) 773-779-3872
HILL, Valjean 935 Maple Ave., Homewood, IL 60430 708-991-2532
LEGGETT, Aurelia 1639 W. 107th Street (43) 773-233-0286
LONG, Deacon Rosemary 8921 S. Halsted Street (20) 773-846-2488
MACLIN, Bonita 6720 Ash Ave., Gary, IN 46403
NELSON, Mary & Thomas 5401 S. Hyde Park Blvd., Apt. #1101 (15) 773-667-3404
PULLINS, Mary 7836 S. Champlain Ave., 2nd Floor (19) 773-483-2533
ROGERS, George & Betty 400 E. 41st St., Apt. #2010S (53) 773-285-3941
ROUNSAVILLE, Linda 9344 S. Bishop St. (20) 773-983-8322
SIMMONS, Lavern 503 E. 87th Place (19) 773-483-2830
SMITH, Jr., Walter 10338 S. Church St. (43) 773-881-8733
SMITH, Olah 10510 S. Rhodes Ave. (28) 773-995-6893
TREGRE, Deacon Evelyn 9723 S. Lowe Ave. (28) 773-779-1528
TRIPLETT, Sadie 9612 S. Wallace Ave. (28) 773-779-1689
TUCKER, Geraldine 400 E. 41st St., Apt. #602N (53) 773-924-2207
WEATHERSPOON, Aletha 8929 S. Union Ave. (20) 773-483-0130
WILKS, Elizabeth 2960 N. Lake Shore Dr., Apt. #2507 (57) 773-296-0580
WILLIAMS, Cheryl 9206 S. Normal Ave. (20) 773-994-6710
YOUNKINS, Rose 9332 S. Eggleston Ave. (20) 773-483-2784

DEACON VISITS ONLY

ALLEN, Deacon Quinville 11919 S. Harvard Ave. (28) 773-468-8228
GRAY, Viola 9518 S. LaSalle Ave. (28) 773-264-2592
WEAVER, Odessa 6751 S. Constance Ave. (49) 773-288-3795

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 SERV ICE AND SUPPORT GROU PS
AKIBA SALES COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS
773-962-5660 & ECONOMIC MINISTRY COMMUNITY
M – TH EMPOWERMENT MENTAL HEALTH
9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.  773-962-5650, Ext. 819 SUPPORT GROUP
FR - 11:00 a.m.– 7:00 p.m.  773-978-0725 or
SAT - 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. COUNSELING MINISTRY 773-734-4033, ext. 111
SUN - After Each Service Answering Service
773-962-0043 HIV/AIDS
Amani Care Program SUPPORT MINISTRY
773-298-0473 CREDIT UNION 312-409-AIDS or
MON – FRI TU & TH - 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 312-409-2437
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. SAT - 9:00 a.m .– 1:00 p.m.
SUN - After 7:30 HOUSING MINISTRY
BLAINE DeNYE LIBRARY & 11:00 a.m. Services Ron Miller
773-962-5650, ext. 740 773-962-5686 773-643-4100 Ext. 15
MON - TU - THUR 773-723-8382 (fax)
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. KUJICHAGULIA
WED: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. DIABETES SPECIAL CITIZENS
SAT: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SUPPORT GROUP SUPPORT MINISTRY
773-928-3233 24 Hours
CAN-CER-VIVE J. Payton
HELPLINE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 773-373-7042
773-962-5650 MINISTRY
Mailbox 830 CONFIDENTIAL MATH TUTORIAL
HELPLINE 773-962-5650
CAREER DEVELOPMENT 773-962-5650
MINISTRY Mailbox 811 PRISON MINISTRY
24-Hour Answering Service Answering Service
773-962-0139 DRUG & ALCOHOL 773-962-5650
Careerdevelop@tucc.org RECOVERY MINISTRY Mailbox 886
Tough Love
College PLACEMENT 773-962-5650, Ext. 808 TRINITY COMPUTER
OFFICE Free “N” One LEARNING CENTER
TU & TH - 1:00 – 9:00 p.m. 773-962-5650, Ext. 808 773-298-2190
WED - 10:00 – 6:00 p.m.
FR - 10:00 – 6:00 p.m. FAMILY CAREGIVER
SAT - 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. SUPPORT GROUP
Sundays & Mondays Tommie Jean Ryhal
CLOSED 773-375-6981
773-298-1590 Eleanor Anderson
773-881-1419

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 Order of
CHWorship
URCH INFORMATION
Order of Worship

PASTORAL/PROGRAM STAFF
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Senior Pastor
Rev. Otis Moss III, Pastor
Toya Perry, Chief Financial Officer
Rev. Stacey Edwards, Director of Pastoral Services
Rev. Barbara A. Heard, Associate Pastor
Rev. John E. Jackson, Sr., Associate Pastor
Rev. Cedric McCay, Associate Pastor
Rev. Regina Reed, Associate Pastor
Rev. Michael G. Sykes, Associate Pastor
Rev. Reginald Williams, Associate Pastor
Rev. Ramah E. Wright, Associate Pastor
Dr. Julia Speller, Director Christian Education
Rev. Michael D. Jacobs, Minister to Youth and Children
Rev. Ann Patton, Minister of Christian Education
Deacon Shirley Bims-Ellis, Director Center for African Biblical Studies
Robert E. Wooten, Jr., Director of Music
Deacon Jeri L. Wright, Director of Media
Ivey Matute, Executive Secretary

Friday Worship Service Bible Discovery Hour Radio Broadcast

• F.A.T. Fridays •
Every Friday • 12:00 Noon
Chicago Federation of
Musicians Building
175 W. Washington Street
Church School
Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service
7:30 & 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.
(Praise Service begins 15 minutes prior)
CFABS Bible Study
773-962-5699
For current schedule,
check www.tucc.org
Church Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sundays, 9:45 a.m. Sundays • 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Youth Church (WVON 1690 AM)
7:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m.
Philadelphia, PA
Webcasts Sundays - Fridays
LIVE Sundays 6:30 a.m. EST
7:30 & 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. (WURD 900AM)
Mondays & Thursdays
7:00 p.m. Weekly Praise/Prayer Service
Website • www.tucc.org Sundays
7:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 5:45 p.m.
Television Broadcast Wednesdays • 11:30 a.m., 7:14 p.m.
Sundays • 6:30 a.m.,
(TV One, Check Local Listings)
Prayer Line 866-962-5650
Monday – Friday 6:30 p.m.
Sundays • 9:00 p.m.,
(WJYS, Check Local Listings)
Reception Desk Hours Synergy Counseling Center
Monday through Friday 532 W. 95th Street
9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. 773-994-9937
Saturdays • 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sundays • 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

.“There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served.”
1 Corinthians 12:5 (TEV)

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 A God of Restoration
My heartfelt hope for the congregation in the year 2007 is that each member
will fully embrace what it means to be loved by a God who restores.
God is a God of redemption and not a God of condemnation.
Isaiah 40 (NIV)
January July
Isaiah 40:1-2 Comfort, comfort my people, says Isaiah 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the
your God. 2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and heavens: Who created all these? He who brings
proclaim to her that her hard service has been out the starry host one by one, and calls them
completed, that her sin has been paid for, that each by name. Because of his great power and
she has received from the LORD’s hand double mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
for all her sins.
August
February Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and
Isaiah 40:4–5 4 “Every valley shall be raised up, complain, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the
every mountain and hill made low; the rough LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
ground shall become level, the rugged places
a plain. 5And the glory of the LORD will be September
revealed, and all mankind together will see it. Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the
Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not
March grow tired or weary, and his understanding no
Isaiah 40:11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: one can fathom.
He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries
them close to his heart; he gently leads those October
that have young. Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and
increases the power of the weak.
April November
Isaiah 40:18 To whom, then, will you compare
God? What image will you compare him to? Isaiah 40:30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
May December
Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know? Have you
not heard? Has it not been told you from the Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in the LORD
beginning? Have you not understood since the will renew their strength. They will soar on
earth was founded? wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not be faint.
June
Isaiah 40:25 “To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.