The Church in Chicago

Announcements for the Church in Chicago
Week of November 9, 2025

HWMR: Week 28 (vol. 5) of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ

Corporate Bible Reading:

• New Test. Wk 93 (1 John 5:14 – 3 John 1:14 w/ftn.) NT RcV Reading Schedule
• Old Test. Wk 93 (Ezek. 31:1 – 39:29 w/ftn.) OT RcV Reading Schedule

Corporate Ministry Reading: Msg. 40 of the Life-Study of Ephesians.

Tuesday Night Prayer will be by districts and language groups.

Hall Cleaning on11/15 will be by Korean-spkg; 11/22 will be by Northshore.

Next Lord’s Day Meeting will be by districts and language groups.

PSRP will be Lord’s Day at 8p in the South Loop hall.

Young People’s Meeting and Meal Service Schedule can be found here.

Upcoming Church Events and Prayer Matters:

Please remember to pray for all upcoming events and the shepherding of the saints. 

• International Thanksgiving Blending Conference this year will be held in Indianapolis from Nov. 27 to 30. Hotel rooms can be booked at the LSM rate here: https://book.passkey.com/go/LivingStreamMinistry25. Reservations must be made by Nov. 10. All saints are very encouraged to attend the conference in-person.
  • Thanksgiving Conference Service Needs – Please indicate which service(s) you can help with here: https://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconferenceservices. 
  • Childcare will be available for children from Kindergarten to 6th grade. Saints must register their children here: https://form.jotform.com/251444161206144.
  • Locally the meeting on Lord’s Day, Nov. 30, will be corporate in Irving Park at 10a
    (message 5). The saints can listen to the conference messages at
    www.lsmwebcast.com.
• Sisters’ Lesson will next be held on Dec. 13 at 9a in the Irving Park hall.
• Senior Saints’ Fellowship will be Dec. 20 at 10:30a followed by a love feast.
• December Training registration is open for the local webcast. Details can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/CHGOTRNNGINFO. The dates are as follows:
  
  • Live Training in Anaheim (Dec. 22 to 27).
  • Local Video Training (Dec. 23 to 31) – Registration deadline is Nov. 23.

Upcoming Lord’s Day District Meeting Schedule is below. Korean-speaking and Spanish-speaking are generally in Irving Park; English and Chinese-speaking saints meet by districts (including hall cleaning). The district schedules may be subject to change during the week. All corporate meetings are at the Irving Park meeting hall unless otherwise announced.

	South Loop (English/Chinese-spkg)	Irving Park	Northshore  (English/Chinese-spkg)	Meeting Hall Cleaning (Sat.)
11/16	South Loop	Irving Park	Evanston (Yuns)	11/15: Korean-spkg
11/23	South Loop	Irving Park	Evanston (Yuns)	11/22: Northshore

11/30	Corporate (Thanksgiving Conference)	11/29: (No Cleaning)
12/7	Corporate	12/6: South Loop

12/14

South Loop

Irving Park

Evanston (Yuns)

12/13: IP/Span-spkg

Church Service Needs and Coordination:

• Bookstore Serving Ones meeting will be held on Nov. 9 at 5p in the bookstore. Saints who are interested in serving can also join. To join by Zoom, please contact Barb Perino or Barb Azzarello.
• Children’s Service Prayer & Coordination is every Saturday at 8:30a via Zoom (ID: 972-5109-1217).

Other Reminders:

• Notes to Parents
  • Children’s Meeting (Lord’s Days): Only parents should pick up their children from the children’s meetings. The serving ones cannot release children to their siblings.
  • Parents of YP should plan to pick up your children on Saturdays no later than 9pm as serving ones cannot always stay later. 
• Parking is generally available at the funeral home lot on Lord’s Day mornings (as long as there is not a funeral). Please enter and exit the lot from Irving Park Road only. Please also reserve the handicapped parking spaces for saints with mobility issues.
• 500 Life Studies mobile app is available for download in the app stores and is an excellent tool to help the saints in their ministry reading.
• LSM radio broadcast of the Life-Study messages can be found at www.lsmradio.com and via mobile app (https://www.lsmchristianradio.com for English and https://www.radiocristianalsm.com for Spanish).
• Zoom availability for Lord’s Day meetings is only for saints who do not have the ability to physically attend meetings on a regular basis. If required, please contact Thomas Figueroa for the updated Zoom access.
• Church Phone List Update – Saints can request a copy from the responsible brothers in their district. Please note that the phone list is for the care and shepherding of the saints; the list should not be shared or used for mass communications. Updates to the list can be made at any time here: https://tinyurl.com/chicago-phone-list-update.