What About Suffering and Evil?
Pastor Jim will be leading us through the Scriptures to help us see why there is evil and what God is up to in allowing it. This will be a message where we see the power of God’s love and the hope his grace truly gives us.
General Announcements
First hour:
First Hour: the adults’ & kids’ classes will coordinate in Psalm 23. This summer Kids Ministry is taking a journey across Ireland through Psalm 23 with our Emerald Crossing curriculum during the 9 am and 10:30 am hours. Join us as kids discover God’s peace & guidance, journeying from lost to found, fearful to peaceful.
Virtual Prayer Gathering: This Tuesday night, 6/16, 7 pm, we’ll be gathering on Zoom for our prayer meeting. Come join us for a meaningful time of prayer-all from the comfort of your own living room. Zoom details to follow via email. If you have a prayer request or an update, please sent it to office@evcl.org.
Summer talks: Pastor Jim will be hosting, Bible, Sermon, or Spiritual Conversations, on Wednesdays from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. Feel free to bring your questions! Let’s take this time to open up conversations on what God is doing in our lives, or in our understanding of Him and His Word.
Our blood Drive: We had a total of 29 people come into our building on Tuesday to donate blood. Four were deferred and 25 donated. Of those 25, seven of them gave power red which counts as two donations to the Red Cross, so we effectively collected 32 units of blood. Thanks to all and to Chrissi Wall for being our host!
VCL Men: Please mark your calendar for the men’s Fellowship & Prayer on Saturday, 6/20 at 8 am.
Missionary of the week: Please pray for Todd & Jana Patterson, Slovakia, this week.
Picnic: Today’s the day! We hope you’re planning on joining our picnic following today’s service across the street at Whytegate Park. Come on over and grab some eats and play some games!
Feed My Starving Children: Join us on Saturday, June 20 from 9:00-10:45 am as we serve together at Feed My Starving Children. This is a wonderful opportunity for our church family to come alongside an organization working hard to wipe out hunger across the globe. Let’s get our whole church involved and be a blessing to those in need! Today is the last day to sign up, email Seth at seth@evcl.org to get registered
Giving & Financial Update
It’s important that we continue to embody our trust in the Lord’s provision through faithful, sacrificial giving. Please visit http://evcl.org/give/ and make your offering as an intentional act of faith.
Although online giving is available, you may also write and mail your checks to Village Church of Lincolnshire, 201 Riverwoods Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045
General Fund Giving for June 2026
Last Week Year to Date
Actual Giving June 7, 2026………………………………… $43,690…………………….……..…. $209,071
General Fund Budget 2026 ………………..……………… $8,921…………………….……………$205,184
Variation to Budget………………………….….……………… $34,769…………………….……………..…$3,886
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