Literacy Fundraising Campaign Last month we launched a fundraising campaign to support language acquisition programming for the members of our refugee families. The campaign is going very well. So far we have raised over $8,000 to support three new literacy initiatives! Thank you so much to everyone who has already contributed. Look for an email … More Refugee Project Update
Sunday, June 4, 2017 The Day of Pentecost 9:30 am Holy Communion On Pentecost… We’ll celebrate with Sarah Barnard and Joe Tammen as they take on their baptismal vows for themselves and are confirmed. This will involve blowing up lots of red balloons. If you’d like to help with this, show up on Sunday morning … More Pentecost – So Much Going On!
Mother-Daughter Luncheon: May 20 The Women of Augustana Mother — Daughter Luncheon will be held on Saturday, May 20 at 12:30 in Gorder Hall. This year it will be potluck. Please RSVP via the sign-up sheet in the narthex, email at office@augustanahydepark.org, or call 773-493-6451.
Two dozen people of all ages and walks of life are marching 200 miles to Springfield for a just resolution to the ongoing budget crisis. The March to Springfield Kickoff Event is tomorrow at noon at the Thompson Center, and the March ends with day of action in Springfield on May 30. Whether or not … More March to Springfield
Palm Sunday 2017 – Matthew 21:1-17, 26:6-13 – Pastor Goede Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a professor of theology in Germany during the years of the Nazis and the Third Reich. In 1930, at the end of his seminary study, he went to New York City to study at Union Seminary. While he was there, he made … More Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Palm Sunday Meditation
Pastor Goede’s meditation from last night’s worship. Our Lenten theme is “Confronting Violence/Building Peace.” Tomorrow is the feast day for Oscar Romero, who is on his way to being made a saint by the Vatican. So “feast day,” for him, means the day he was gunned down at the altar as he celebrated Mass in … More The Vocabulary of Peacemaking
The Three Days Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 13 – 7:30 pm On this night, we remember the events of Jesus’ last hours by washing feet, as Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. We eat the Holy Supper, as Jesus ate the Last Supper with his disciples, and we strip the altar, as the soldiers stripped … More Holy Week and Easter
Joining a congregation is a way of publicly expressing your identity as a follower of Jesus. Members are the engine behind the ministry of worship and proclamation, service and education that happens here. If you’d like to take this step at Augustana, we’ll gather for new member sessions between the services on March 26, April 2 and … More Consider Becoming a Member
Lenten Midweek Gatherings Thursday Evenings March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 6:00 p.m. Soup Supper 6:45 p.m. Lenten Evening Worship Our Lenten theme: Confronting Violence/Building Peace
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