{"id":353,"date":"2021-12-11T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2021-12-11T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:17:00","slug":"advent-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/advent-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"204\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width:140px;float:left;margin-right:10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/JackiBelile-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"The Rev. Jacki Belile\"><em>MANY THANKS to the crew who served in pulling together last week&#8217;s Art &amp; Vendor Fair.&nbsp; Watch for a full report in Echo, but know we celebrated some holiday cheer, brought some nourishment and light to our neighbors and brought in $800-900.&nbsp; THANKS to Girl Scouts and leaders, especially Tomi, Cathy, Jenn and Kim, Boy Scouts and leaders, especially Marty Devine, Chris Van Allman, and Tim. Eden members and friends Sue Betzolt,&nbsp; Jack Campus, Sandy Bechtolsheim, Eva Skowronski, Catherine Inserra, Carla Riggs and Jacki Belile.&nbsp;<\/em><br><br>Additional thanks this week! Daryl and Ed, for investments in researching cost savings for the church, David A and Dave C for many hours working on sound tech, Ed for getting the carillon ringing TODAY, Larry and Sarah for Afterschool staffing, and Sarah for the Alzheimers&#8217; Association educational event this week. See her if you need the link to the recording.<br><br>This week we light the Advent Candle of Joy.&nbsp; That&#8217;s a miracle in and of itsself, lighting the candle each year. Lighting it THIS year.&nbsp; We light it not because we feel we have joy, or sufficient joy. We light it because we need joy.&nbsp; We light it to remember that the joy that sustains us inwardly is a gift that is also from beyond us and despite whatever reality IS our current reality.&nbsp; We light it to recognize the light a loving God wants to shed upon our lives.&nbsp; We light it to say YES with gratitude.&nbsp;<br><br>Join us for good company in Word, song and fellowship tomorrow. I&#8217;m especially grateful to welcome guest vocalist Emily McConnell, a mutual friend of Jenn Peterson&#8217;s.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll be delighted!<br><br>In Christ&#8217;s Peace,<br>Jacki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANY THANKS to the crew who served in pulling together last week&#8217;s Art &amp; Vendor Fair.&nbsp; Watch for a full report in Echo, but know we celebrated some holiday cheer, brought some nourishment and light to our neighbors and brought in $800-900.&nbsp; THANKS to Girl Scouts and leaders, especially Tomi, Cathy, Jenn and Kim, Boy<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/advent-joy\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}