Union Church of Hinsdale

Used Eyeglasses Drive For Angola
2023-10-08 - 2024-01-31 | IL
PUT YOUR OLD EYEGLASSES TO GOOD USE by donating them to benefit our friends in Angola!

Glasses will be delivered to Dr. John Kakorio, ophthalmologist, to better serve his patients at the hospital in Dondi, which is supported by our congregation.

Donations are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off in the Gathering Place at Union Church starting Sunday, October 8. A plastic bin will be located underneath the bulletin board for collection.

The deadline for our first shipment is November 30, but we will continue to collect glasses into the new year!

Thanksgiving Offering, Nov 17-Dec 5
2023-11-17 - 2023-12-05 | IL
For our Thanksgiving Offering this year, we encourage you to make a special contribution to our Ministry for Change partner, DuPage PADS, which strives to keep families and individuals safely sheltered while ending homelessness in DuPage County. As you may know, in 2022 PADS purchased and converted a motel in Downers Grove into its Interim Housing Center (IHC). PADS continues to transform the space into a nurturing place for residents, including many families and seniors, as they focus on locating permanent housing.
Once checked in, clients can focus on their wellness and stability, moving forward using the suite of resources and support provided by DuPagePADS to regain their independence. The IHC also provides community partners a centralized destination for delivering support services that align with ending homelessness. Since beginning this model in 2020, PADS has observed a 500% increase in the utilization of case support services by clients in interim housing.
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For the Thanksgiving Offering (running November 17th through December 5th), you may donate to DuPage PADS or make a special contribution to the church – or do both! You have two easy options for giving:
1) Give online through the church website. On the giving page, under “fund,” select either “Thanksgiving Offering – DuPage PADS” (all amounts donated under this selection will be donated to DuPage PADS) or “Thanksgiving Offering - Union Church Ministries” (all amounts donated under this selection will be shared by ministries of the church generally) and complete the rest of the information. To give to both, please complete two separate donation transactions.
2) Deposit a check in the offering basket during service OR send in a check. If some or all of your donation is intended for DuPage PADS, please tell us the split in the memo line or in a separate note. If all of your gift is intended solely for Union Church, just send the check.

Poinsettia Sale
2023-11-26 - 2023-12-10 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
November 26 – December – 10
Christmas is coming…SOON! We are continuing our Poinsettia plant tradition starting November 26! Each plant costs $20. You can find forms around the church that can be turned in with payment to Adriana in the church office or follow this link to order online: https://onrealm.org/uchinsdale/-/form/give/now. This is a wonderful way to honor or memorialize your loved ones, and can even make a great gift to family and friends. All those honored and memorialized will be included in our Christmas Eve bulletins along with donors’ names. Help us make the Sanctuary more beautiful for Christmas Eve! Members of the Worship Ministry will be available for taking orders in the Gathering Place after the worship service on Sunday, December 3 and Sunday, December 10. If you would like to take your poinsettia plant home, you may do so after the 8:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service

Mitten Tree - Nov 27 - Dec 24
2023-11-27 - 2023-12-24 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Donate mittens, scarves and gloves to benefit the children of our Mission Ministries on the tree at the top of the main stairs.

Christmas Offering
2023-12-01 - 2024-01-06 | Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 S Garfield Ave., Hinsdale, IL, 60521, United States
Our Christmas Offering this year will again be divided between Union Church and a special mission organization. The organization is our partner agency in Guatemala, Sueños y Esperanzas (“Dreams and Hopes”).
The mission of Sueños y Esperanzas is to reduce poverty in Guatemala’s Mayan communities through education.
They equip and empower Mayan children and youth to have the best future possible in Guatemala. They help young people develop the skills to successfully compete in higher education and obtain careers of their choosing. Founded in San Juan la Laguna in 2018, the initial focus of Sueños y Esperanzas was to offer scholarships for students to continue their education past elementary school. In Guatemala, families must pay for their children to attend middle and high school, so poverty prevents many children from continuing their education beyond elementary school. The mission of Sueños y Esperanzas continues to grow from there.
Part of our Christmas Offering (up to $6,000) will fund the Abejitas (“Little Bee”) program for one year. This program provides nutrition, health, and learning opportunities to elementary students, preparing these students to continue their education into middle and high school. Staff and volunteers provide the children with a safe place to have a nutritious snack/meal, learn, play, and grow at the Center at least twice each week.
Our overall goal for the Christmas Offering is $30,000. Maybe this is a good year for you to give $10,000? Maybe this is a good year for you to give $10? However you can support this effort this year will be wonderful. Between the Abejitas program of Sueños y Esperanzas and the wonderful ministry of Union Church, this is a great way to give a Christmas gift to Jesus as we celebrate his coming into the world to give peace, love, joy and hope to all.
Go to “https://onrealm.org/uchinsdale/-/form/give/now” to give now, or find links in the regular Wednesday church emails. Or send in a check made out to the church, and put “Christmas Offering” in the memo line. For both online or a check, if you want to split amounts between the church and Sueños y Esperanzas, just put that in the “memo” line on the giving page or on the check. Thanks, and Feliz Navidad to all!
