Letter to call absent members to renewed worship and fellowship.
First
Presbyterian
Church
of DuPage
Founded July 13, 1833
Renewed Daily
180 N. Naperville Road
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
(630) 759-8843
Enter to Worship - - - Depart to Serve
Pastor
Rev. Laurence A. McCulloch
Session
Robert Buegel
Linda Conley
Kenneth Cummins
Melvin Hansen, Clerk
Kenneth Liles
Judith McKellips
Cheryl Marshall
Stewart Patterson, Jr.
Marjorie Radanovich
Trustees
Roy Altonen
James Grant
Mark Hopf
Ronald Hopf, Chairperson
Brian Mann
Michael Park
Clyde Ruble
David Smelser, Jr.
Richard Sykora
Deacons
Nancy Brossman
Maria Cotel
Mary Grant
Jane Hochertz
Jerrie Lea Hopf
June Lyons
Lorine Mataya
Marge Michel
Betty Patton
Roberta Schwarz
Mary Lou Shearhod, Chairperson
Jean Wrage
Dear
It has been some time now since we have had the benefit of your presence in the worship and life of the church. You, and the talents which the Lord has given you, are truly missed. We hope that you are still actively practicing the faith in Christ Jesus that you professed when you joined our congregation. It may be that the many duties and tasks of our contemporary hectic life have simply gotten in the way of the routine that you had when we shared worship and church life together an a frequent basis.
We want to be of encouragement to you. We urge you to continue, or renew, an active, practicing faith through prayer and Bible study. It is also our desire to know that you are receiving the nurturing and sustaining strength for your faith that comes through regular worship and association with fellow believers.
If your life just seems too busy these days to come to worship, ask our Lord for help. Christ misses your presence more than we can express. We fully believe that He will help you make time to join us in worshipping Him, if that is your heart's desire and if you ask.
If our congregation or church has done something which offended or hurt you, please give us the opportunity to repair the damage, and let us be reconciled to one another.
If you feel that your faith has slipped or turned to another direction, remember that Jesus is truly the Son of God, and be reassured of what many others have found: that there is true satisfaction for one's soul only in the worship of the True God. Our primary concern is for your spiritual journey through this life and into the next. We would urge that you return to regular worship, either with us or with a fellowship of Christian believers that will best meet your needs.
If you have found worship and a relationship with another congregation to be more fruitful to you than that which you experienced here, then that would reassure us that you are active in your spiritual life. If you intend to continue in that new church relationship, it is appropriate that you ask that Pastor to request a transfer of your membership, so that you have the benefit of mutual commitment with others of that fellowship. Such a transfer will be sent with our sorrow at the loss of your fellowship with us, but also with the joy of knowing that you are in fellowship with Christian believers and worshipping our God.
However you choose to go about it, it is our desire and prayer that you be active in the Church of Jesus Christ, in companionship with believers who base their faith, as we do, on the redeeming work of the One who died that we might truly live, and who rose again to prove that His claims are real.
In Christ's love, we are
Your Brothers and Sisters on the Session