The Christ UMC family extends our condolences to Sue Pedersen and family as they mourn the loss of Sue’s husband, John Pedersen who passed away on Tuesday, August 21st.  There will be no service in connection with John’s passing; his body will be donated to science.  Memorials may be given either to Fox Point Manor, 3350 Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry IL, 60050 (please include John Pedersen’s name in the memo section of your check) or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 8430 W. Brynmawr, Suite 800, Chicago IL 60613 (please include the family’s name and mailing address if you would like them to be notified of your memorial gift).  Sue’s address is 9502 Lenox Ln, Village of Lakewood, IL 60014

 Please pray for the following:

…Susan Choromokos requests prayers for her family, for the Maranto family, for our troops around the world, and for  all in the congregation who are suffering from health issues.

…The Geheren family requests prayers for Lucy who has stage 4 bone cancer.

…for Rev. Harry Nicol who is currently recovering from an illness. (Rev. Nicol was to be our guest speaker on August 26th; however, he won’t be able to be with us as he is recovering from an illness.)