CHURCH CALENDARCHURCH CALENDAR

THURSDAY, JULY 20 6:30PM Radiance Yoga

SATURDAY, JULY 22 8:00AM Radiance Yoga

SUNDAY, JULY 23 9:30AM Connection Café 10:30AM Worship 2-4PM 80th Party for Nancy Feller

MONDAY, JULY 24 9:00AM Newsletter Articles Due

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 4-7PM Farmer’s Market/Bake Sale

THURSDAY, JULY 27 6:30PM Radiance Yoga

FRIDAY, JULY 28 12-1PM CCIW Spiritual Retreat

SATURDAY, JULY 29 8:00AM Radiance Yoga 9AM-12PM Fair Bus Painting

SUNDAY, JULY 30 9:30AM Connection Café 10:30AM Worship

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 6:30PM Radiance Yoga

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 6:00PM Pastor’s Pub Talk/Olivers

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 9:30AM Connection Café 10:30AM Worship 12:00PM Church Picnic

BIB Cruise Night was a Success!

7th Annual Ice Cream Social

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June Giving: Central received $5,515 for the General Fund, $15 for

the Building Maintenance Fund, $211 for Fair Trade Store, $310 for BIB Cruise Night, $221 for Pentecost Offering, $130 for Farmer’s Market, $496 for Disciples Mission Fund, $25 for Benevolence Fund, $42 for Local Mission, $42 for Global Mission, $868.86 for Rummage Sale, and $56.57 for CD Interest. Your generous giving is appreciated. Central offers Apple Pay, Google Wallet, Credit and Debit cards as well as online giving through our website and PayPal.

Thank you to everyone who made this year's ice cream social a success. We not only had our usual

ice cream, desserts and drinks, along with cake walks, but also enjoyed the music of a quartet sang.

Mark Noller, also played for our cake walks. It was a good time for all in attendance. The grand total

was $506 with $316 from ticket sales, and $190 from the cake walks. This covered all of our

mission pledge for the year. Without all who donated, worked and attended this would not have

been possible. Thank you so much for inviting your friends, your dedication and support.

Ice Cream Social—Women's Ministry News

Sympathy of the Congregation

to Judy Whitehead

following the death of her

mother, Lucille Tapp who

rested with God on

Saturday, July 8th. God’s

grace and peace be with

the Tapp family.

Pub Talk Wednesday, August 2nd

6:00PM @ Oliver’s Bar & Grill

800 N Kinzie Ave, Bradley, IL

1st Wednesday of every month at 6:00PM. Join Pastor Robert for an open discussion about faith

and culture. Bring your questions and we’ll talk. Bring a friend. Be yourself. Table Reservation

under “Robert”.

Grilled Pork Sandwiches & Drinks provided. Bring

Sides and Desserts to Share. Games and Fun! Sunday, August 6 | Noon

From Robert’s Round Table As I write to you we are still in the process of cleaning up from another successful Cruise Night for Blessings in a Backpack River Valley Communities. Despite heat and humidity throughout the day people came out to enjoy sunny skies and to support a great cause. We raised over $780 during the 3 hour event which added to our sponsorships will bring us close to $3200 for BIB RVC with another Cruise Night to be held on August 9th. Thanks to all who volunteered and donated for the event and especially our Cruise Night Team: Bill Cheffer, Jerry Colbert, James Bushey, Chris Robins, George Pfeffinger & Peggy Wilking. As you know Joshua, Nicholas and I recently attended the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, IN. During the Assembly we elected and installed the Rev. Dr. Terri Owens, pastor of First Christian of Downers Grove, IL and Dean of Disciples Divinity House at the University of Chicago as General Minister & President, the first African-American woman to lead a major denomination. I am privileged to know and to have worked with Rev. Owens at our regional church level in recent years and am excited for her leadership of our general church. We also recommitted to our 2020 Vision of beginning 1000 new congregations by 2020 and learned we have established over 975 and are well on our way to our goal. We received the reports of our many General Ministries and heard the stories of a thriving church across the continent and the globe. We resolved together to support refugees, urging congregations to become “immigrant welcoming” and to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, which has deemed native peoples of non-European descent as less than fully human and led to centuries of oppression in the name of Christian progress. There were many other items of business which may be found online at ga.disciples.org/business. We were moved and inspired by excellent preaching and worship experiences. And, I enjoyed reconnecting with many members of my Disciples family. I am grateful for those who covered my Sunday morning responsibilities while I was away, especially Kelly Youngblood who served as our Pulpit Guest. In the July 1 edition I invited you to submit questions for our upcoming Sermon Series entitled You Asked for It! I have received several great questions and am hoping to incorporate many into the series. The questions cover the nature of God, the church, Biblical interpretation and spirituality. We will begin with Is Christian Unity Possible? on July 23rd followed by How Do We Receive Salvation? on July 30th. In

August we will ask how do we decide which parts of the Bible to read literally and which to read metaphorically, what is the truth about Noah’s Ark, how does our faith relate to capitalism and are ghosts real? Whew! I’ve got some serious work to do and I’m grateful for the challenge of exploring these questions with you in worship. If your question is not listed it does not mean it will not be addressed, many of the topics above will combine several submitted questions. I do hope you will join me in this journey along with your inquisitive friends! This weekend I celebrate the 20th anniversary of my ordination into Christian ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It is hard to believe that I finished my Master of Divinity degree two decades ago and shared with you in worship and celebration of my call to serve the Lord. I continue to be humbled by the awesome opportunities and responsibilities of serving Christ’s church. And, since many of my colleagues who have retired had recently celebrated 40 years as an ordained minister, I guess I’m half-way there! It is good to know that should my health and stamina remain intact, I may have many more years of ministry to try and get it right. I am grateful for our shared ministry through Central Christian Church and for the love I know to be genuine and real in this congregation!

Peace & Joy, Rev. Robert Bushey, Jr.

YOUR QUESTIONS – STRAIGHT ANSWERS

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Thursday 9:00a.m – Noon

310 Main ST NW, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

Phone: (815) 939-4433

Email: cccbourbonnais@gmail.com

Staff: Dianna Clem, Administrative Secretary;

Rev. Robert Bushey, Jr. Minister

Mobile: (815) 662-7771

CONNECT WITH US:

Saturday, July 29 / 9AM-12PM at the Kankakee

County Fair grounds. Central Youth and Adults

will meet at Kankakee County Fairgrounds, 1st

entrance off Rt. 45/52. Wear painting clothes

and bring a roller or brush with you to paint a

School Bus for the Extreme School Bus Figure

8 Race & Demolition Derby which will be held

at the Kankakee County Fair on Thursday,

August 3rd at 7:00PM.

Seventh Annual Bus Painting