Still thinking about running the Chicago Marathon or Half Marathon. This is not just for runners! 80% of the people who ran the Chicago Marathon last year with Team World Vision had never run a marathon before and many were new to running altogether. Westbrook is putting a team together and our desire is to help you every step of the way. Come stop by the table in the lobby for more information. You can also write “Team World Vision” on your In-Touch card during church service or contact Dave Fischer either by phone at (630) 759-4320 or by e-mail at dave.fischer@westbrookchurch.org.

*Featuring our Chili Cook-off!

Friday, February 24 / 6:30 TO 8:30PM

Get this date on your calendar. It’s time for an all-church feast to celebrate the diversity of our body. Sign up to attend on your In-Touch Card and tell us how many are coming. Plan on bringing several of your favorite cultural dishes. Here’s the deal…whether you are Italian, Korean, Hispanic, Indian, Filipino, European or any combination thereof, plan on bringing 2-3 of your favorite cultural dishes so that we have plenty to share. If your specialty is lasagna, bring it. If it’s enchiladas, bring them. If you make the best pansit in the area, then you know what to bring. If it’s a tuna casserole, then by all means…make two! We will also be featuring our Chili Cook-off as part of our feast as well! Bring a pot of chili and enter into our very competitive Chili Cook-off.

So much of the world and the church is full of the walking dead…people who are physically living, but spiritually dead. They walk the earth searching for anything and everything that will fill their spiritual bellies. Nothing will satisfy them and so they search and search. What they don’t realize is that the only thing that can satisfy their hunger for satisfaction is Christ. Christ makes us alive! Be sure to join us every weekend in the month of February as we work together to be transformed and wake up the dead among us!

Feb 4&5  The Spiritually Dead
Feb 11&12 Alive In Christ
Feb 18&19  Awoken And Transformed
Feb 25&26  Transformed To Love

SATURDAY, MARCH 31 / 10:00AM
Yes, we realize it’s only the beginning of February, but in preparation for this years Egg Hunt we are collecting candy donations through this month and into March. Donations can be dropped off at the Kingdom Avenue Check-In Desk and will be collected through Sunday, March 18. Remember when selecting your candy that we need items that will fit in a plastic egg! We will also need volunteers to help stuff the eggs prior the the Egg Hunt and to help the day the event. If interested, write “Egg Hunt Help” on your In-Touch Card today.

Have you been considering taking a mission trip with Westbrook this year? If so, please jot down the dates listed below and pick up a trip application in the lobby today. An application deadline will be printed on the application.
Mexico – July 21-28, 2012 (adults and students)
Appalachia – July 22-28, 2012 (adults and students)
Chicago – July 23-28 (students)
Haiti – August tbd (adults and sr. high students)

Ladies, are you tired of feeling overweight physically but underweight spiritually? If you answered “yes” to this question you are invited to join our Monday night women’s small group specifically designed to focus on issues related to weight loss and examining our relationships with food. Beginning Monday January 30th, this every other week group, which meets from 7:00-8:30 PM here at the church, will begin a study using the book and DVD” Made to Crave” by Lysa Terkeurst. “God made us to consume food, but food was never intended to consume us. Made to Crave isn’t another diet designed to teach you “how to” get healthy. Made to Crave will help you find your “want to”- the spiritual and emotional motivation to achieve lasting victory.” Please contact Sarah Martinez at 815-302-4548 or sarahmar120@aol.com.

CRUX: 7TH & 8TH GRADE GROUPS
EVERY WEDNESDAY / 6:03PM  (New Night/New Time)
Crux is a small group meeting for 7th and 8th grade students to work and grow together; and encourage one another. They are gender specific groups that meet in the home of Pastor Mont and Christie Mitchell for dinner and adult led time in the Word. For more info, e-mail Pastor Mont at mont.mitchell@westbrookchurch.org.

The Make A Way offering (white envelope) is the offering that is used for our general fund financial needs. IE: ministry expenses, utilities, staff and personnel payroll, facility mortgage, etc. We need everyone to be faithful in their tithes on a weekly/monthly basis allowing the church to function as God intended.

The beyond offering (blue envelope) is the capital campaign offering that is used to help us prepare to take the next step in fulfilling the vision that God has placed for Westbrook. The plan is to construct a new facility on our Veterans Parkway property in the future. These offerings and commitments were made over and above the Make a Way offerings.
May God bless you as you continue to manage His blessings on your life and as you faithfully steward God’s money!

Invite some friends to come with you!