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This Week @ FBC La Grange
November
11/4                 Worship 10:30am in the Fellowship Hall
                            Fellowship Hour following worship
                            Latte Heck Week 1:00 -9pm
                            Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/5-8th        Latte Heck Week 5:30-9pm
11/6                 Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
11/7                 Choir Rehearsal 7pm
                            Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
                            Career Center Open
11/9                 Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/10              Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
                            Latte Rehearsal 11:30- 3:30
11/11              Worship 10:30am in the Fellowship Hall
                            Fellowship Hour following worship
                            Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/13               Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
11/14               Choir Rehearsal 7pm
                             Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
11/16               Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/17               Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
                             Latte Rehearsal 11:30- 3:30
11/ 18              Worship 10:30am in the Fellowship Hall
                             Fellowship Hour following worship
                             Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/20               Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
11/21               Choir Rehearsal 7pm
                             Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
                             Career Center Open
11/23               Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/24               Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
                             Latte Rehearsal 11:30- 3:30
11/25               Worship 10:30am in the Fellowship Hall
                             Fellowship Hour following worship
                            Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
11/27              Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
11/28              Choir Rehearsal 7pm
                            Latte Rehearsal 5:30- 9:30
11/30               Improv 7:00pm - 9pm
12/1                 Latte Rehearsal 11:30- 3:30
                            Improv 7:00pm - 9pm

Fall Worship

  Sundays 10:30 am in the Fellowship Hall
 What is a Baptist? What makes us different? How did the Baptist shape what Religious Freedom means in the founding of the United States? These questions and so many more will be tackled as we jump into Fall 2018 @ FBC La Grange! Starting September 16th!

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11/4          Wars of Words
11/11       New Endeavors: 20th Century                Baptists in the North 
11/18        Guest Preacher
11/25         Explosive Growth

News from American Baptist Churches USA

Young pastors gather for ABHMS’ ‘Connect 2018’
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/9/18)—American Baptist clergy and seminarians in their 20s through early 40s from 16 American Baptist regions participated in “Connect 2018,” the first gathering of American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) American Baptist Young Adult Clergy Network, June 25-28 at Lake Street Baptist Church, Evanston, Ill.
“This was a first-of-a-kind event, so we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. The Holy Spirit moved in amazing ways,” says the Rev. Sarah Strosahl-Kagi, director of ABHMS’ Emerging Leaders program. “Many participants arrived feeling isolated and unsure of their identity within the American Baptist family. By the end of our time together, we were connected to one another as colleagues and friends, we had cultivated skills to carry with us, and we began to identify opportunities for growth and transformation as we minister in an ever-changing world.”

Featuring opportunities for retreat, spiritual formation, networking and professional development, the event included such workshops as “Racism, Trauma and Resilience,” led by LeDayne McLeese Polaski, executive director of BPFNA~Bautistas por la Paz; “Publishing for Pastors” by Judson Press editor Rebecca Irwin-Diehl; and “Financial Planning Basics” with the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board (MMBB).

“I truly appreciated the opportunity to connect with experienced clergy from diverse backgrounds and ministry contexts,” says participant Holyn Ivy-Bogert, who is pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. “The times of worship, learning, fellowship and quiet allowed me to listen to others’ voices, as well as the still voice inside myself, so I might continue to clarify my understanding of my call to ministry, as I move into my final year of seminary.”

In the plenary session “Dreams, Themes and Schemes,” attendees discussed dreams for their ministries, churches and the denomination. They explored areas in which they are finding joy and, conversely, where they are fearful, angry, anxious or concerned. They sought answers to such questions as “What barriers are being encountered?” and “Where are opportunities for transformation?”

“It was incredibly powerful to come together to have intentional conversation about the joys and challenges specific to our shared American Baptist life and to approach the conversation valuing our diverse spectrum of options,” noted First Baptist Church of La Grange, Ill., pastor the Rev. Erica Van Brakle, who was both a participant and a local coordinator for the event. “The point of the conversation was not to debate one another but, rather, to listen and glean wisdom from our sisters’ and brothers’ lived experience. It modeled how we desire to learn and collaborate with one another throughout our lifetime.”

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