Mark Your Calendars for Friend Day!
Studies show that most unchurched people will accept an invitation from their friends to attend church. What better way to be a friend than to introduce your friends to Jesus. Eden Church has scheduled Sunday, October 15th as Friend Day. We will have worship at 9:15a and a brunch to follow in the Fellowship Hall. All that is missing is the friend you invite to join you for church. What unchurched friend can you pray about inviting? Who is on your list? Let’s make Friend Day a time when many of our friends get to know our congregation and our Savior.
New Office Hours
Beginning Monday, September 18 the office will have new hours as follows:
Monday - Thursday - 10 AM to 3 PM
Friday - Closed
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the church office at 618-656-4330.
American Red Cross Blood Drive - October
Eden Church is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. The blood drive will take place in the Fellowship Hall from 12:30p to 5:30p. Please call 1-800-733-2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org to schedule an appointment.
Eden Circle 5 for October
Circle 5 will meet in Fellowship Hall on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 10 a.m. We will meet to make fleece blankets. This is our annual service project. Bring your scissors and a sack lunch. Following lunch, we will have our regular meeting with Nancy Bunte as our hostess. She will provide dessert and devotions. All are welcome to join us with this project. Many hands make the work light.
Wednesday Night Bible: Why the Nativity?
Eden’s Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study Group will begin studying Why the Nativity? by Dr. David Jeremiah on Wed, October 11th. The true reason we celebrate Christmas is that God sent His only begotten Son to be our Savior. This event changed the world! Christmas is about God’s plan of salvation, which He set in motion before time began. In Why the Nativity?, Dr. Jeremiah discloses how the most minute details of Christ’s birth were foretold in Old Testament prophecies. From the Davidic lineage of Jesus and His virgin birth to the worship by angelic hosts, common shepherds, and Wise Men, God was pointing us to the birth of the Messiah. Our class meets on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm in Classrooms 1302/1303. Contact Linda Romann (Mobile: 618-560-9532 / Email: lromann@sbcglobal.net) for more information about our study.
Adult Sunday School Class – Meeting the Spirit
Who is the Holy Spirit? How does He change our lives? How does He work in the world? The Adult Sunday School Class is studying “Meeting the Spirit” by Douglas Connelly to help us examine these and other critical questions. We are covering specific aspects of the Spirit, such as how the Holy Spirit speaks, renews, empowers, guides, and equips us. The Spirit of God is eager to work in your life and draw you to God. Please join us on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall.
Friday Women’s Bible Study - Respectable Sins
Eden’s Friday Women’s Bible Study Group is studying the book of Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges. Have we become so preoccupied with the major sins of our society that we have lost sight of our need to deal with our own more subtle sins? Our group will tackle specific “acceptable” sins that we tend to tolerate in ourselves and others, such as anxiety, impatience, jealousy, anger, pride, unthankfulness, and discontentment. This study may step on our toes but we will hear the message of hope in the profound mercy of the gospel and the transforming grace of God as the means to overcoming our subtle sins. Our class meets at 12:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Fridays of each month in Classroom B/C. Contact Nancy Kruckeberg (Call or Text: 618-920-6941 / Email: nkruck85@gmail.com) for more information on joining our group.
Love Packages
Eden Church is once again collecting Bibles and Christian books for the Love Packages mission in Butler IL. The items will be sent to English-speaking countries around the world. Any Bible, Christian book, bible study book, Sunday school book, devotional booklet, like the Upper Room, is what they are needing. It can be used or in new condition. There are many people out in the world that will be appreciative of your donation. They all need to know more about Christ.
There will be donation boxes in Fellowship Lobby for the next few weeks. Thank you for your donation.
Constitution Class by Tad Armstrong
Tad Armstrong is offering a monthly Constitution Class at Eden Church. The class falls on the first Thursday of each month. You will need to sign up to attend the event. This lets Tad know how many copies to make so everyone can have the material needed each night.
If you have any questions, contact Pastor John at 656-4330 or at jroberts@edenchurch-edw.org. If you want to sign up someone else for the class, just email him their name and let him know and he can add them.
