Discipleship

Upcoming Lecture: Stefan Gustavsson

How is Europe's Spiritual Crisis Influencing America?

You’re invited to hear Stefan Gustavsson, a leading communicator of the gospel in Europe and President of the Swedish Evangelical Alliance, answer this question on Friday, September 9, 2011 at Naperville Presbyterian Church (943 Sanctuary Lane, Naperville, IL) from 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm.

Feed My Starving Children

Did you know that over 16,000 children die each day from starvation?   Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is committed to feeding God's starving children hungry in body and spirit. Their approach is simple: Volunteers pack nutritious meals made up of rice, soy, vitamins and dehydrated vegetables, and FMSC partners with Christian relief organizations worldwide to distribute these meals to starving children.

FMSC is a Christian organization with a vision to reduce the number of starving children throughout the world by helping to instill compassion in a generation that hears and responds to the cries of those in need.

Naperville Presbyterian Church is pleased to partner with Feed My Starving Children by inviting you to pack with us at the FMSC packing center near the Fox Valley Mall where you can help assemble and pack meals for starving children. We need volunteers who are 3rd grade and above to pack food.  This is a great family event.  Signup yourself and family below.

http://www.npchurch.org/forms/fmsc.html

NPC Community Picnic

Join us this Sunday, July 11 after the 10:15 service (about 11:30 am) at the church, for a time together with others. Everyone is invited. Bring a friend. Rain or Shine. 

We will provide the burgers, hotdogs and drinks. Bring your own snacks, slides and games for your family. Also bring a chair or blanket to sit on.

Click here for mroe information

Moody Men's Conference

After a hiatus, the Moody Men's Conference is back, a conference that several men at NPC have taken advantage of in year's past. Click here for more information on time, places, registration and speakers. Take the chance to encourage your growth in God's grace with other men who have a similar passion to know God more.

Leadership Breakfast, May 30

Hey everyone,

I wanted to remind you of the leadership breakfast we are hosting for you and for other leaders in the church on Sunday, May 30 in the LL Rooms 040/042 at 10:00 am. We will not be meeting for education classes that morning, but want all small group leaders, adult education teachers, welcome team members and hospitality team leaders to join us for time of food, fellowship, time in prayer and sharing what God has done this year.

Please take a moment to email Nate with your RSVP, yes or no, to the event. We want to use our resources wisely and plan accordingly for the event (food, staff, etc.).

Please call the office 630-961-0579 with any childcare needs.  Click here for more details on the event.

Feed My Starving Children

We are supporting Feed My Starving Children on Wednesday, May 26 at 6:20 pm. 

See here for more details, but we hope that you will consider taking time with your small group, your family, neighbors or friends to serve in this context. You will see several other times on the calendar that you can sign up to support the ministry of FMSC, a partner of NPC in the Aurora area.

HSM Talent Show and Spaghetti Dinner

Spaghetti Dinner and Talent Show
April 11, Dinner 5-6:30 pm | Talent 7:00 pm

Come join the High School Ministry as we serve up a  meal and showcase the gifts God has blessed us with in a Dr. Seuss themed Talent Show. This is our annual fundraiser for the HSM summer mission trips.

All money donated goes to offset the cost of the trips for the students. This year we are going to the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington State, and to the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky.  Please come out and support our trips and enjoy a great evening of food and fun.

Dinner is free, donations greatly appreciated. 

Seeds Worship Live Event

We're nearing the end of our Seeds Scripture memory and we plan to celebrate together:

Seeds Worship Live Event
Sunday, April 18 at 4:00 pm

We're bringing in the Seeds Songwriter to work with NPC musicians to lead us in a collection of songs from all of the Seeds CDs. It will be a fun time of singing, dancing and praising God together. This is for everyone of ALL ages, whether you've memorized any verses or not.

After the worship time we'll have a community pizza party. There will be a small charge for dinner ($5/person, or $15 max/family) and we need to know how much pizza to order. So if you think your coming to the dinner, please reply to this email with the number of attendees!

Check out the flier in the bulletin, or online for more details.

Rebuild Together | Aurora

A ministry that we support is the Rebuilding Together Aurora (RTA) project that occurs each spring. Like many volunteer organizations RTA is being hit hard by the down turn in the economy.  To off set loses the RTA team is sponsoring a fund raising concert that will occur March 20.

http://www.rebuildingtogetheraurora.com/

Check back for more information about our partnership with RTA.

Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities

This coming season there are several ways to help serve the church and our ministry partners. Consider one of the opportunities below as a way your small group can step into service this fall:

Feed My Starving Children

November 5, 2009 we are hoping dozens of NPC small groups will join one another to help package food with FMSC in Aurora. This is a very simple, easy way that men, women and families can serve side by side. Click here for more information.

Purchase and Pack Gifts for Children in Haiti

This information sheet describes our work as a presbytery to provide gifts for kids in Haiti. If your group would be willing, it can provide dozens of gifts for kids who will otherwise not receive any. This mission opportunity supports a ministry already on the ground in Haiti which seeks to meet the physical and spiritual needs of children. Please email npcdeaconjoe@gmail.com to sign up to help.

Serve at the HSM/MSM Thanksgiving Dinner

High School Ministries and Middle School Ministries are looking for one small group to shop, set up, cook, and clean up after. NPC will provide the turkey, sliced and ready to heat up, small group members can do the rest.  Set up is a couple tables from the back hall for serving, the kids eat on the floor or in chairs. Total time commitment would be about 3 hours, 3:30 to 6:30, and dinner included! The dinner is November 22 from 5-6 pm. Please email traceybouton@npchurch.org