Worship Opportunities

Volunteers are needed to be acolytes, for the 5:00 p.m. Saturday and the 9:30 a.m. Sunday worship services.  Please use sign-up genius to sign-up to volunteer. https://goo.gl/YdCDBJ  

We also need assisting ministers, and sound techs for the Saturday 5:00 p.m. and the Sunday 9:30 a.m. worship service. You can call the office 815 895 9171 to volunteer for those jobs.  

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.                                                                                        (Colossians 4:2 NIV)

Do you ever find yourself in a prayer rut?  I know I am in one when I realize I am praying the same prayers over and over, and when prayer starts to feel like another daily chore to check off my list.

When I start to feel my prayer life hitting a wall, I remind myself that prayer is communication.  I take a step back and ask myself what my prayers are communicating to God.  When I’m in a prayer rut, I usually find that my prayers lack depth.  I may be in the habit of asking God for things (on behalf of myself and            others) but not thanking God for the many joys and blessings God has given me.

When we have conversations with friends or loved ones, we share not only our needs and concerns, but also our hopes, dreams, joys, and frustrations.  God welcomes us to have this same depth of conversation with Him.

Gracious God, help us to share our whole selves with you through prayer – our needs and concerns,  joys and hopes, fears and worries.  May we always remember to thank you for the blessings You have shared with us.

In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Melanie Chavin 

Those in need of Pastoral Care have two new options:

1) Call Sue during business hours at the Salem Office

2) Call or Text Salem's  Pastoral Care Line at 815-797-2441. Currently, this Google Voice number will call or text Pastor Preston's cell phone after hours. It may ask you to state your name before the call is connected, this will help weed out spam phone calls.

Non-emergency prayer requests may also be emailed to Pastor or at the Salem@slcsycamore.org address.

Pastor Preston