Got
Freshmen? We'll Send Care Packages!
If you know a college freshman who would enjoy a fun
care package, please give us their name and mailing address. If your freshman
attends school locally, they need a care package too! Everyone can help.
Look for our collection area in the undercroft this Sunday; we'll collect items
until Wednesday, Oct 24. Keep it simple and inexpensive. Appreciated
items are gum, pencils, ChapStick, individual packs of Kleenex, lotion,
etc. So far, we have seven young women and five young men on our list.
Questions? Contact Dee McManamy, Margi Strombeck, or Mike Madden.
SWIFT
Event
SWIFT will be hosting an event called “Women in
Faith” on Sunday, October 14th at Faith United Methodist Church
(15101 South 80th Ave, Orland Park, IL 60462). This will be a
speaker’s forum offering insight from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish
perspectives. Registration for the event is at 2:30 pm, with the program taking
place from 3:00-6:00 pm. SWIFT also encourages those attending to bring along a
toiletry item to donate to Respond Now. If you have any questions, please
contact Rob McManamy.
Care
for Our Common Home: Interfaith Forest Clean-up at the Little Red Schoolhouse
The SouthWest InterFaith Team (SWIFT) will be
spending a morning working to help protect the trees by clearing out invasive
species around the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, 9800 Willow Springs,
IL on Saturday, October 13, 10:00am to 12:00pm. Light refreshments,
gloves, and tools will be provided and a ranger will be on-site to help with
identifying invasive plants. This is a great opportunity if you need
community service hours for school as well as a great opportunity to work and
talk with people of different faiths. Contact Bryan Burke by
October 10 to sign-up.
Fleece
Blanket Donations
The Will County Children’s Advocacy Center provides
fleece blankets to all children with whom they conduct sensitive
interviews. At this time they are running out of blankets. We will
be putting together blankets on Sunday 10-21-2018 after the 10:00am service or
10-23-2018 at 7pm. If you would like to donate towards supplies, please
contact Shirley Reilly at 708-305-2540. Thank you!
Blue
Jean Yard Cleanup – Sunday, November 11th
