About Messiah… 

Our congregation was officially organized on May 7, 1954 with 35 people present. Since then, Messiah has thrived in the community, and has strived to make Christ’s love known to all who enter our doors – through worship, through education, through facilities, and through fellowship.  Thank you for your interest in us.  If you would like to learn more about us, or would like to become a part of the fellowship of Jesus Christ here at Messiah, please contact our pastor, either in person, by phone, by email, or with a letter. We look forward to hearing from you!

WORSHIP SCHEDULE  Sunday, December 7th  9:00 AM - Christian Education Hour                         Including  Sunday School, Confirmation, and Adult Forum 10:15 AM - Worship and Holy Communion                              We are now in our Winter Worship Schedule Sunday School and Adult Christian Education begin again at 9 AM each Sunday. Check back here for topics and times!   2008 Christmas Worship Schedule Dec. 24 @ 4 PM – Family Christmas Eve Service Our extremely popular "Family Edition" service featuring kid-friendly worship and a convenient start time!   Dec. 24 @ 10 PM – Traditional Candlelight Service Traditional late-night Christmas Eve service featuring candle lighting and "Silent Night“   Dec. 25 @ 10:15 AM – Christmas Day Service Worship on Christ's Birthday

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UPCOMING EVENTS CHRISTMAS CHARITIES ARE HERE! Collecting from Nov. 30-Dec.14 Once again we will be collecting goods to help out those less fortunate than ourselves. For The Night Ministry, serving the homeless of Chicagoland, we put hats, gloves, and scarves on our Giving Tree in the narthex. We are looking for mostly adult items, and asking that they be STURDY, WINTER ITEMS, rather than “magic gloves” which are very thin. The Child Care Center is also collecting gloves for this ministry…THANKS! Deadline for donations is December 14th – the Night Bus will be delivering the items to people in need on December 19-20, so they need to pack everything up before that. Also, we are doing LSSI’s Gifts for Kids again this year. Gift tags will be available in the narthex. Pick a tag, purchase a present, and bring it wrapped to church by December 14th to be sent to LSSI in time for their Christmas Party. Gift cards are also welcome…remember, you can use our Manna program, deadline November 30th, delivery of cards on Dec. 4th!   ROOM AT THE INN Saturday and Sunday, December 6 & 7 from 10 – 4 PM St. Matthew’s Center for Health, Park Ridge If you haven’t seen this yet, you MUST go see it! For the seventh year, St. Matthew’s will be displaying over 300 nativity scenes from around the world. This is a free event. Children will enjoy a “Please Touch” table of non-breakable sets. This is a great way to kick off the Christmas season!   CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Sunday, December 7th following the service This announcement serves as official notice that we will hold a short meeting to confirm the members of the Call Committee. The meeting will be immediately following the worship service in the sanctuary. All members are encouraged to come and vote.     SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Sunday, December 14th at 10:15 AM Service Please join us for a special holiday program during Advent on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at the 10:15am worship service.  The children are hard at work preparing a special program of song and scripture to share the meaning of Christmas from their perspective.  We have an active and lively group of 18 Sunday School students, so please plan on attending this wonderful event to share the this exciting time of year with our youngest members!     AUGSBURG FORTRESS BOOK FAIR   December 7-14th in the Library See the article in “Noteworthy News” about the Kibosho Project, then come on out and buy some books at the Fair! This is a great chance to do some Christmas Shopping – there will be books, CDs, and other small gift items, all with a Christian theme. We could also use a little help staffing the event during the week. If you can pitch in, even for an hour or two, please let Pastor know.

PADS NEWS

Messiah Lutheran Church is a full supporter of the PADS for Hope initiative in Park Ridge. Our members have signed petitions in favor of a PADS sight in Park Ridge, and have attended Council Meetings and Rallies in support of the project. We are also a member of the Park Ridge Ministerial Alliance, who have been the most vocal advocates of this community outreach. Check back here for more information as it becomes available. 

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