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Celebrating the Journey April 2015

Congregational Church of Algonquin 109 Washington Street Algonquin, Illinois 60102 847-658-5308

email: algonquinucc@gmail.com website: algonquinucc.org

“Living our faith in Jesus Christ through acceptance, service and love.”

INSIDE

Pastors Corner pg. 2 Pastor Cope pg. 3 Pastor Arn Member Care pg. 4 Prayers, Shut-ins, Hospitalizations pg. 5 Birthdays, Anniversaries, In Memoriam

Activities pg. 6 Tuesdays with the Pastor, Men's Fellowship, Women's Fellowship pg. 7 Faith in Action, Yarn Works, Bunco, New Member

Bulletin Board

pg. 8 Literacy updates, Playgroup pg. 9 Fair Trade, Missions, Facility Use/Preschool

Worship Assistants

pg.10 Shep U, Coffee Hour, Liturgists, Acolytes, Users & Greeters

News from the Office

pg.10 Thank Yous, Treasurers Report, Notes

About CCA and UCC

pg.12 More information about the UCC denomination and contact information for CCA

Inserts April Calendar,

Scholarships

In keeping with the “Irish Season” Gerry Dignan will share Irish songs and

stories. Gerry’s Great Aunt Ellen Quinn, born in 1898, shared her tales, bringing characters alive such as the banshee,

fairies, the dancing lights, old-time healing remedies, and wisdom she learned and passed on to Gerry in her 97 years of life. Join us for an afternoon of lilting

tunes and Irish yarns.

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Dear Friends,

What exactly is happiness? Is it something that we are all born with, or is it something that we learn from others and our environ-ment? Many people study and write about the subject, but they seldom agree: philosophers and theologians, psychologists and

brain neuro-surgeons, sociologists and historians all have ideas and they are all different.

But even if we disagree on what happiness means, we can agree on one thing: people of the past would not understand the happi-ness of people today. If we went back into time, we would be hard pressed to find any happy people. We would find living condi-tions even for the wealthiest people unbearable, as well as the work and social life. If we define happiness in terms of technology,

material goods, health and power, the past is certainly not the place for us.

Philosophers and theologians from the Greek and Roman eras, and then into the Dark and Medieval times of Western Culture, argued back and forth about happiness. Some thought that happiness only belonged to the wealthy male members of society. They believed that women, children and poor people did not deserve to be happy. (Some thinkers believed that we should elimi-nate all of the lesser people, to make life happier for those who deserved it!) Others thought that happiness was a characteristic of heaven only, and would never - indeed, should never - be found on earth. The church encouraged people to be outwardly sober and melancholic: “sinful humanity had best display a somewhat sorrowful humility.” For the few who believed that happiness might be possible in this life, it could only be experienced by people who lived a perfect moral life. So by custom and church teaching, people went around in their daily life with scowls on their faces. If they were happy, they hid it in their homes, believing that public

display of happiness or joy was a sin.

By the 18th century the attitude towards happiness began to change. Philosophers proclaimed that we our goal in life was to be happy. They disagreed on the source and path of that happiness, but they agreed that happiness was to be enjoyed in this life on earth. It wasn’t that this new Enlightenment understanding of happiness was antireligious. As Peter N. Stearns, a professor of his-tory at George Mason University wrote in the Harvard Business Journal, points out: “a key component was the new idea that being cheerful was pleasing to God.” Leaders began to promote happiness, while at the same time people’s daily life began to improve. The Middle Class began to emerge. (We are still a long way from the happiness of today’s world. But how we live began from the progress made in this time period.) By the 1920’s psychologists, teachers, and authors began promoting happiness as a cultural commitment. Through school, the church, and businesses, the message of cheerfulness was pushed as an obligation. And it was pushed directly into the family structure. Before this, the family survived by hard work. But now people could begin to relax. The pressure for happiness fell on wives and mothers who were urged to maintain a cheerful attitude in order to reward their hardwork-

ing husbands and produce successful children.

Hollywood sold happiness wholesale, advertisers found out that happiness sold products, and people made it through the Great Depression by “Looking at the Sunny Side of the Street.” Americans became known around the world for being happy. As Peter Stearns writes, “A modern Russian adage holds that ‘a person who smiles a lot is either a fool or an American.’ It’s true that when McDonalds arrived in Russia, in 1990, one of its first tasks was to train clerks to seem cheerful.” Stearn outlines that, in America, happiness was picked up as a selling point for products. The more that we can get people to have a sense that they are obligated to be happy, then they will buy products that will help them to be happy. Psychologists began to publish best-selling books that stressed the importance of being happy, the responsibility to gain happiness and how to achieve happiness. Corporations like the Disney Company started to sell happiness. McDonald’s created the Happy Meal. Laugh tracks were added to television shows,

and the round yellow smiling face came out, making $50 million in licensing revenues in the sixties alone.

Brain neuro-surgeons started to map the brain in order to discover and map the source of happiness. Lists began to emerge such

as the 10 happiest places in the world. Even our concept of death was changed to reflect our happiness: cemeteries become gar-

dens. And yet, happiness, as we all know has it limits. What are those limits? How does happiness survive the 20 th century with its

World Wars, the Holocaust, The Cold War and nuclear bombs? Please check here next month for part two of happiness?

--Reverend Cope

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THE CALL TO NEW BEGINNINGS

All of us can identify some turning points in our lives. In these new beginnings we have moved along or groped through the darkness, hoping to find some light much like a new sprout arising from the cold soil in springtime. Spring comes to us on the inside regardless of the time of year, but seems especially appropriate in the after glow of Easter.

Spring is an especially powerful time to think about he changes we see sprouting/growing in our lives. It might be unclear to some of us just what is changing or how the changes are occurring. We may not be able to name the change or describe it until its’ passed. Springtime invites us to a feeling of new hope and new promise.

As someone has written:

NEW LIFE COMES FROM SHEDDING OLD SKINS AND PRESSING THROUGHT THE DARK NESS TOWARD THE LIGHT. SPRIN IS THE SEASON OF NEW BEGINNNINGS…

Or as the wisdom literature of the Old Testament expresses it: Lo, the winter is past… the flowers appear on the earth: The time of singing of birds is come.

Blessings on the journey,

Rev. Arn

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Tom Houp Mekever Jr Roman Tatarinowicz Paul Finch Max George Ryan Williams Sean Hackney

Patrick McMahon Michael Hartman

Travis Primrose Chris Higgins

John (Jay) Hogrewe Steven Canington

As well as with a card, call, or visit the

following individuals who are not always able

to be with us:

Remember in Prayer

Betty Blair Clare Oaks Rehab Center 825 Carillon Dr Bartlett, IL 60103 Ed Brandwein 11436 Russell Dr. Huntley IL 60142 Louise Dahm 1005 South Rd. Fox River Grove, IL 60021 Marge Hanley 808 Menominee Drive Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 Joyce Horn Alden Terrace 803 Royal Dr. McHenry, IL 60050 Erna Houdek Valley Hi 2406 Hartland Rd. Woodstock, IL 60098 George & Betty Imhoff 731 Oceola Drive Algonquin, IL 60102

Donna Krueger Sunrise Senior Living 790 N. Plum Grove Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173

Janet Larsen Valley Hi 2406 Hartland Rd. Woodstock, IL 60098

Edna McCormick 1215 Geringer Road Algonquin, IL 60102 Frances Newberg c/ Bob Newberg 532 S. Kennicott Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Thea O’Connor

c/o Liberty Estates 2080 W. Navajo Dr. #341 Freeport, IL 61032 Ron Reed Florence Nursing Center 546 East Grant Hwy. Marengo, IL 60152 Claudette Treadwell 731 Longwood Dr. Algonquin, IL 60102 Glen True 25 Lincoln Dundee, IL 60118 Barb Whitaker Sunrise Assisted Living 751 Terra Cotta Avenue Crystal Lake, IL 60014

Ethel Yamashita Sunrise Senior Living 790 N. Plum Grove Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60173

Send a card and let our

friends know we miss

them.

Would you like a visit from Rev. Cope?

If you are going to have surgery, or would like Rev Cope to visit you at home, please contact him di-rectly by calling the church office or his cell # at 224-535-1778. Whenever possible, he likes to have a word of prayer with you before you have your surgery. If you know ahead of time that you are having surgery, you may put a note in the offering plate.

You do not need to be ill or recovering from surgery to request a visit. Please call the church office or his cell number to request a visit.

HELP US HONOR OUR CHURCH MEMBERS

Not all of our church members can come to church. Through no fault of their own, circumstances force them out of the church building. Over the years, we have labeled them “Shut-Ins” or “Homebound” to identify them, but the labels themselves end up isolating them from our fellowship. What we want to know especially when we can't get to church is that our fellowship is not bound by space. We want to know that as a part of this congregation, we belong together as a family. To help people who cannot come to church feel a part of our family, we are asking you for three things:

Remember them in your prayers Send them a note or card letting them know that you are thinking of them. If possible, call them to say 'Hello”.

This month we are lifting up two of our members: Ron Reed and Claudette Treadwell. You will find their addresses listed above. Let them know that they are a part of our family and that they are missed and thought about.

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The following individuals have been recently hospitalized and/or had surgery since our last newsletter.

George Imhoff

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April Anniversaries April Birthdays

01 Cathy Bufkin 21 Thea O’Conner

02 Pam Elliott 23 Bob Benjamin

02 Jodi Hogrewe 24 Dennis Ekstrom

03 Carol Roby 25 Barb Field

04 Bonnie Carlson 25 JoAnn Benthusen

05 Pat Beatty 26 Laura Garand

06 Denise Jensen 26 Lauren Stengel

08 Dave McLaughlin 27 Barb Schmidt

10 Dennis Kneip 28 Bonnie Soukup

13 Dave Treadwell 28 Bryan Tipps

13 Cathy Thorne 28 Kimina Jamison

14 Betty Paldauf 29 Norman Jolitz

15 Caden St. John 30 Jackie Alexander

17 Joseph Sprouse 30 Timothy Sprouse

02 Patrick & Wynn Van Holleran 37 years

02 Gary & Eva Tipps 37 years

17 Ann & Michael Armato 43 years

21 Whitey & Pat Hemmingsen 58 years

Everyone loves a gift of warm wishes on their special occasion.

Send a card to a friend!

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Memorial Gifts were received in memory of Erna Brandwein from:

David & Janet Aggen Tarosas Family Rev. & Mrs. Cope Jeff & Cheryl Halat Ron Martens Lori Martens Ann Armato

Memorial Gifts were received in memory of Joanne Martens from:

Lori Martens

Memorial Gifts were received in memory of Rosemary Soto from:

W. J. Soto

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Shop

Heavenly Attic Resale Shop

307 South Main Street Algonquin, IL 60102-2655

Phone: 847-854-4552

Hours: Tuesday thru Friday 10am to 4pm

Saturday 10am to 2 pm

The Heavenly Attic Resale Shop stocks gently used items and is open to the public. Proceeds

from the Attic support the missions and ministries of the CCA.

The Church Calendar is available on line for all to see at any time. Just go to our website algonquinucc.org and choose the “Calendar” page and that is where you can see an up to date calendar of events for the Church year.

If you wish to have an event/meeting put on the calendar, please use the Form for adding/changing/cancelling an event.

Using the forms will indicate to the office your

needs for the meeting and allow the Church

Office to keep our meetings up to date and

make sure you have a room when you need

one. You can find the form in the mailbox

marked “forms” or attached to the office desk

calendar.

April 11th 8:00 am Fellowship Hall

Every 1

st Wednesday is Game Day

2nd

-4th

Wednesday's are focused on

fellowship

Women’s Weekly Fellow-

Wednesday's at 10 am

Faith, Fun & Friendship

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Tuesdays

with the

Pastor

4:30 - 6:00

We invite you to join us every Tuesday for a

Bible study with Pastor Cope.

New people are always welcome for a stimulating

study and discussion.

TUESDAYS 9:00 AM – NOON

The Senior Center meets weekly at the Congregational Church. It provides a gathering

place for senior adults where fellowship, socialization, educational and enrichment

opportunities are available. The center is open each Tuesday from 9:00 am to noon. If you have

any questions, please contact the church at 847-658-5308 and leave a message for

WynnAnn Roggeveen.

“Living our faith in Jesus Christ through acceptance,

service and love”

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1st Saturday of the month

April 4th

Volunteer your time or a meal to help someone in need

See the sign-up sheet in Fellowship Hall

Community and School Service hours are given

“Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you

my faith by what I do.” James 2:18

April 12th & 26th

10:00 am

We meet on the Second and Fourth Sundays each month to plan ways to make the world a better place,

using Scripture to guide us how to put our Faith into Action.

All Youth are Welcome.

Yarn Works We knit, crochet, and all other type of hand work. New people are always welcome: we

have supplies to get you started, and absolutely lovely people to teach you if you want to learn. Our work helps support our

Prayer Shawl Ministry, Snug Hugs for Kids, and our own personal projects.

Join us Thursdays at 10:00 am In Fellowship Hall

2nd Friday of every month

7:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall $5 cost to play

Play for a cause! Winnings are donated to a

charity/mission

See Sign-up Sheet in Fellowship Hall

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ction

to

eliver

helter

Thursday April 16th 7:00 pm @Church

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April 17th

Want to learn more about who we are and what we believe? The New Member Class is the perfect

time. We have a brief presentation and then there is time for questions and we wind things up by taking a tour of the building. There is never an obligation to join, No matter who you are or where you are on

life's journey, you are welcome here. For more information or register contact 847-658-5308.

New Member Classes: Sunday 4-19 9am or

Monday 4-20 7pm

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Literacy Tutoring Update

Fifteen members of our congregation have completed (or almost completed) their training for certification. Two have been tutoring for several months. Seven more have now been matched with learners, and are excited to be in the process of beginning to tutor. Four of those are meeting their learners in Elgin and three in Algonquin. Four others are waiting to be assigned.

The Literacy Connection of Elgin has many learners needing tutoring in Elgin, and is actively looking for more in the Algonquin area. They recently conducted literacy testing at the Algonquin Eastgate Branch Library. This is a new outreach for them.

McHenry County College has learners needing tutoring north and west of Algonquin. Elgin Community College does not have a volunteer tutoring program.

There is a need for tutoring in the Algonquin area, especially in English as a Second Language (ESL). The challenge now is to make the community aware that help is available to them at our church. We are currently making public space available for tutors to use. In addition, plans are being made to offer support group meetings for tutors and to make some resource books and supplies available.

If you wish to tutor, you need to be certified. You can do that by taking free tutor training classes. These are available through:

The Literacy Connection of Elgin (12 hours of instruction plus $25 purchase of textbook) McHenry County College (12 hours of instruction plus 10 hours of practicum experience)

The organization you choose will then assign you to an adult learner(s) as they are available depending on where you want to tutor. There are brochures available at the Literacy Tutoring display in Fellowship Hall that explain more about their classes and tutor/learner assignments.

Any questions? Please talk to Pastor Cope, Sandy Ferguson or Lynn Brown.

More information is also available on: The church’s website: algonquinucc.org. (Get Involved/Current Projects.) The Literacy Connection’s website: elginliteracy.org McHenry County College’s website: mchenry.edu/volunteer

You are Invited!

2015 Playgroup

A group of us have season tickets to the Woodstock Opera House. The last showing is on Friday April 10th. All shows start at 8pm. All shows are at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock, IL 60098. If you would like to join us call the box office directly at 815-338-5300 or buy a ticket online at www.woodstockoperahouse.com Our seats are in rows D, E, and F on the side with even numbered tickets.

We will plan to meet prior to the show at Angelo’s at 6:15pm 117 W. Van Buren St, Woodstock, IL 60098.

Ann Venzon, annvenzon@sbcglobal.net, 847-778-9174

Nothing works on the stage like a well-crafted tale, and Oliver! is just such a show. Based on the Dickens novel (Oliver Twist), it will engage audience members with its pathos and drama, while delighting everyone with its outstanding musical numbers. Lionel Bart, who wrote the book and score of this 1960 musical, kept to the lighter side of Oliver Twist. He simplified Dickens’s elaborate story line and brightened his seedy characters, most notably revamping the villainous figure of Fagin into a lovable rogue. After a half-century of airplay (and a 1968 film), the melodic score’s hits are stamped into many people’s memories. Dickens’ characters are brought to life with all their facets glowing in this production.

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THE TUESDAY WITH THE PASTOR study group is challenging themselves and the congregation to “Go the Extra

Mile, and Give More” whenever possible. Towards this goal, we are choosing two items every month for us to give above our

regular giving to the Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Food Pantry and the Home of the Sparrow Women and Children

Shelter. For April, if you would like to help out the Food Pantry, please bring canned beans If you can help the Home of

Sparrow, please bring new strollers and bathroom wastebaskets

Canned Beans

Strollers (new) Bathroom Wastebaskets

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We're on the church website: algonquinucc.org

We have met our goal for The Red Cherry Challenge! We had pledged to buy 100 pounds of coffee before the end of May, and we have reached that already! All the coffee we buy continues to support this program at 10 cents per pound, but adds no cost to what we order. Equal Exchange will use this money to help growers in South and Central America combat leave rust which is threatening coffee crops is it creeps to higher elevations because of climate change. About those empty coffee bags and cocoa containers, think about these when you are starting seeds for spring planting. And if you bought the single-serve (K-Cups), the components can be composed and recycled after you reuse them to start seeds! The hole is already in the bottom of the cup ready to go. If you have used honey jars they can be returned to the beekeeper in Woodstock to be sterilized and refilled with this season's honey. Drop them off anytime. We can be proud of the difference we are making around the world for small growers. And our purchases continue to support the Franklinton Center in North Carolina. 15 cents from every pound of all products is donated at no additional cost to us. Our sales are averaging $180, and our purchases weigh 25 to 30 pounds each month. Check out the information in the blue notebook on our table on the second Sunday this month. Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and

sustainable world.

CCA Christmas Canta-ta

Fair Trade

April 12th

A Tale of Love in Action

Some of the youth who are members of Teen Faith in Action

Recently they helped pack food to be sent to starving children. They also promoted offerings to collect money for those children, and for blankets to be given to people who need them for warmth or even for shelter. This group of young people, called Teen Faith in Action, meets on the second and fourth Sundays of the month in their room in the church basement. They worship and plan ways to help people in need. When asked why they make these efforts, they say things like, “it feels good to do something; it’s better to give than to receive; and it’s fun!” Did you hear that? It’s fun to help others! This year the teens promoted the Blankets Offering, raising $540.00, and so far $346.00 has been collected for Feed My Starving Children. You may contribute to either of these by going online to www.algonquinucc.org/get-involved/giving or by marking your envelope or check for either of these two funds and placing them in an offering plate.

Ministry of Missions

NOTE: (not about Happiness) Recently the Ministries of Church Finance

and Trustees have been discussing the role and responsibilities of our

church as Landlord. We are finding out that in order to be good stewards of

our church property, we need to look at our financing structures as well as

our building use contracts. This will include reviewing our relationship with

the Algonquin Pre-School as well as the Heavenly Attic property. Because

the only relationship that exists between our church and the Preschool is

our relationship as landlord/Tenant (a relationship determined by the

Preschool) we need to be sure our relationship is fair for everyone. Also,

our building is getting busier and busier not only because of our own use,

but from more community groups using our building for their meetings. I

am writing to the congregation about this so that we can maintain transpar-

ency. If you should hear through the grapevine that someone is trying to

push either the Preschool or Heavenly Attic out, do not let such false rumor

continue. We have no other goal in our work than to make sure that we are

administrating the gifts that God has given to us in the most responsible

manner possible. If you have any questions, please contact Rev. Cope, or

Gary Gray (chair of Church Finance) or Tony Tarosas (chair of Trustees).

Rev. Cope

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ACOLYTE SCHEDULE

Apr. 5 Anna Manion

Apr. 12 Nolan Pociejewski

Apr. 19 Macy & Ella Barham

Apr. 26 A.J. Albandia

Ushers Greeters

Apr. 2 Deacons Desk: Sally Cope Corner: Donna Brown Apr. 3 Main: Ron Martens Desk: Sally Cope Corner: Lori Martens Corner: Ed Turk Apr. 5 Main: Ron Martens Desk: Sally Cope Corner: Pam Elliott Corner: Lynn Brown Apr. 12 Main: Ron Martens Desk: Paul Sigrist Corner: Ed Brandwein Corner: Lore Sprouse Apr. 19 Main: Ron Martens Desk: Dede Gray Corner: Lori Martens Corner: Bob Benjamin Apr. 26 Main: Ron Martens Desk: Shirley Basler Corner: Nidia Kulack Corner: Lois Carpenter

TEACHER SCHEDULE

Apr. 5 Family Worship

Apr. 12 Liz Albandia, Stephanie Barham

Apr. 19 Ed Turk, Alice Woertendyke

Apr. 26 Janet Kelley, Dede Gray

LITURGIST SCHEDULE

Apr. 5 Janet Kelley

Apr. 12 Sue Kreibich

Apr. 19 Heather Wilson

Apr. 26 Shirley Basler

COFFEE HOUR SCHEDULE

Apr. 5 Novak Family

Apr. 12 Janet Kelley, Cory Kirkpatrick

Apr. 19 Ken Hemmingsen, Gale Wohlert

Apr. 26 McLaughlin Family, Ann Armato

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Treasurer’s Report as of February, 2014

Total Operating Fund Income

for month of February $17,709.26

YTD $53,041.09

Total Operating Expenses

for month of February $16738.06

YTD $46843.85

Mortgage Balance $149,080.66

If you would like a copy of the entire monthly

Treasurer’s Report, please contact the Church Office.

Thank you so very much for the special Sunday for my retirement from the organ. The collage of pictures is much appreciated as was the cake. It was delicious. Sincerely,

Betty Maicke

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To the Fellowship Breakfast Group,

I wanted to take a moment and thank your group for allowing me to speak at your breakfast meeting. I hope my material was information & provided some insights to there things are cur-rently at. I appreciate your hospitality, positive energy, and conversations. Thank you again. Sincerely, Jarid Brockman

Bill Hellyer has been asked to run as a write-in candi-date for an open seat on the board for the Fox Water-way Agency (FWA). The FWA manages the Upper and Lower Fox River. The lower river is in need of represen-tation on this board. Currently the board only has one member from the lower Fox River and he is stepping down after 12 years of service. Bill feels that the Chain O' Lakes and the Upper Fox River have had more repre-sentation on the board and we need to maintain some representation for the Lower Fox River. As a candidate for the FWA's McHenry County Board Director position, he would like to ensure that the 17 miles of the Lower Fox River are properly represented. He believes the Lower Fox River should have an equal say on issues and resources being utilized by the FWA.

On the ballot, there will be an open spot for the Fox Waterway Agency. This means his name will not be on the ballot and you will need to write his name in. You need to literally write in William Hellyer and he will get the vote. There is also a write-in candidate from Johnsburg which would again be representing the Up-per Fox River.

Some of you may or may not reside in the voting area but I am sure you know people who do.

We are asking for your support.

Number 1: VOTE on April 7th.

Number 2: Spread the word to family, friends and neighbors who are in the voting area.

Thanks so much for your support! Bill and Kelly Hellyer

Notes from the office… LIKE and REVIEW US ON FACEBOOK!!

Coming Soon…. Starting shortly after Easter we will be updating all of our electronic membership files! Please be aware that we may be asking you for updated information, as well as a brief survey regarding our newsletters and bulletins. It would be greatly appreciated if everyone could participate! Be on the look out for more information!

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The Congregational Church of Algonquin is a congregation affiliated with the United Church of Christ. It is one of the oldest churches in McHenry County. Members have been worshiping in its current sanctuary since 1868.

The church is located a block east of Main Street (Route 31) and a block south of Algonquin Road (Route 62) in downtown Algonquin.

The United Church of

Christ is a denomination

with over 1.4 million

members in nearly 6,000

congregations. The UCC

was founded in

1957 by uniting several different Christian traditions. From the beginning we were a church that affirmed the ideal that Christians did not always have to agree to live together in communion. Our motto -"that they may all be one" - is Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church. The UCC is one of the most diverse Christian churches in the U.S.

Affirming that Jesus

Christ is the Head of the

Church, the UCC claims

as its own the faith of

the historic church

expressed in the ancient

creeds and reclaimed in

the basic insights of

Protestant reformers. Yet the UCC also affirms the responsibility of each generation and community to make faith its own in reality of worship, in honesty of thought and expression, and in purity of heart before God. It looks to the Word of God in the Scriptures, and to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to prosper its creative and redemptive work in the world.

For more information about the United Church of Christ, go to www.ucc.org.

The Congregational Church of Algonquin A United Church of Christ 109 Washington Street Algonquin, Illinois 60102

Phone: 847.658.5308

Website: www.algonquinucc.org

Email: algonquinucc@gmail.com

Senior Pastor Rev. Brian Cope

Pastoral Counseling Rev. Dr. Arn Schaper

Administrative Assistant Wanda Siverio

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ALGONQUIN A UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 109 WASHINGTON STREET ALGONQUIN, ILLINOIS 60102

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