Dignity Diner

Holy Covenant asks you to bring in a wide variety of items to support us in our quest to reduce, reuse, recycle, provide for our congregational community, and care for our greater community.

If you have any of these, bring them in!

CINDER BLOCKS NEEDED
Holy Covenant needs cinder blocks for a Lent project! Have a few in your basement? Willing to schlep them to church by February 20th? Let Rebecca Anderson know.

HOT CUP SLEEVE DRIVE
The Green Team and Hospitality have partnered up to start a coffee sleeve drive at Holy Covenant. Please bring in your used hot cup sleeves so we can offer them at the coffee station during hospitality! When using a sleeve during church, please remember to return the sleeve to its basket before tossing your cup. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

BRING US YOUR CORKS!
The Green Team will be collecting wine corks, both natural and synthetic, in the coming year. For every cork collected, Terra Cycle will donate 2 cents to Holy Covenant United Methodist Church. There is a box in the gallery labeled “Cork Collection”. Please bring in any wine corks you have (or your neighbors have, or your local restaurants have) to be donated to this worthy cause!

COAT DRIVE
Holy Covenant is collecting coats for those in need that will be distributed to Dignity Diner guests every Tuesday. Please bring adult coats (L-XL), mittens and gloves (no scarves or hats) to the church and place at the bottom of the basement stairs. We will collect coats through the winter so that as many as possible will receive the gift of warmth. Questions? Please contact Walter Treash.

HAVE PICTURES OF HOLY COVENANT? SEND THEM IN!
We would love to look through your photos and possibly pick out a few for the church’s website! Mission events, social events, hospitality or small groups — if you have any, send them to Katie Cook.

In addition, something you do every day can benefit Holy Covenant:

SEARCH THE INTERNET, GIVE TO HOLY COVENANT!
Every time you search the internet through www.goodsearch.com, the site will donate 1 cent to HCUMC. Just go to the site, enter Holy Covenant to verify, and then search away! It’s free and easy to use for you, and Holy Covenant receives a donation at the end of the year. Many sites also offer a % donation if you make a purchase. So search away, which you do anyway, and give to the church. Their motto is: You search, we give.

Friday, November 6, 6pm-9pm
Presented by the MGR Foundation & Dignity Diner
Every Tuesday evening at 6pm, Chicago’s homeless and hungry are invited to be our guests for a sit-down vegetarian dinner at Holy Covenant.  Following the meal, Dignity Diner patrons and volunteers connect weekly with a variety of activities.  We hope you will join us on Friday, November 6, for our 3rd Art Opening entitled “At 7 O’Clock We ART”.  View the work of our artists as they reveal their unique expressions on identity and Chicago life.

View the poster.

July 25 & 26: ANNUAL MAJOR FUND-RAISER FOR DIGNITY DINER: 10-15 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Taste of Lincoln Avenue is Wrightwood Neighbors Association’s annual fundraiser. Dignity Diner would like to send 10-15 volunteers to the ‘Taste of Lincoln’ on July 25 and 26th so we can be successful again this year. They historically give $1,000 grant to Dignity Diner. The Taste is always held on the last weekend in July, from Noon-to-dusk, both Saturday and Sunday. Located on Lincoln Avenue between Fullerton and Wrightwood, the event includes food and craft vendors, five entertainment stages, and a great Kids’ Carnival Area.

Volunteers register on line at http://www.wrightwoodneighbors.org/tastevolunteers.htm or by calling (773) 298-6800. It is really fun. Besides hanging out with a few friends for 4 hours, you meet other folks who receive service grants and the music is fun! Volunteers arrive a little before the shift you sign up for and go to the volunteers tent-booth for a T-shirt and instructions about how to ’staff’ the entrance gates and ask for donations. Usually you will start out with a seasoned volunteer partner.

If you decide to volunteer, please mention you are from Holy Covenant, or Dignity Diner or both so that we get credit for sending enough volunteers. Send an e-mail to office@holycovenantumc.org to let us know the shift you have signed up for. Questions? Contact Steve Bindrich or Kara Teeple. For more information, see: http://www.wrightwoodneighbors.org/Taste.htm

TUESDAY, JUNE 30
Every Tuesday evening at Holy Covenant, Dignity Diner offers a meal to the homeless and hungry of our community. Usually on the fourth Tuesday of every month, Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers to help cook, serve, and clean up after the meal. Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers on Tuesday, June 30. We have a youth group from Maryland visiting the Diner on June 23. If you are able to help this month or on the fourth Tuesday of any month, please contact Steve Bindrich, Dignity Diner Lay Leader. If you cannot come to the Diner on a Tuesday but would like to find out other ways you can get involved, or with any other questions, please contact Kara Teeple, Director of Dignity Diner.

Every Tuesday evening at Holy Covenant, Dignity Diner offers a meal to the homeless and hungry of our community. Usually on the fourth Tuesday of every month, Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers to help cook, serve, and clean up after the meal. Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers on Tuesday, June 30. If you are able to help this month or on the fourth Tuesday of any month, please contact Steve Bindrich, Dignity Diner Lay Leader. If you cannot come to the Diner on a Tuesday but would like to find out other ways you can get involved, or with any other questions, please contact Kara Teeple, Director of Dignity Diner.

Every Tuesday evening at Holy Covenant, Dignity Diner offers a meal to the homeless and hungry of our community. Usually on the fourth Tuesday of every month, Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers to help cook, serve, and clean up after the meal. Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers on Tuesday, February 24. If you are able to help this month or on the fourth Tuesday of any month, please contact Steve Bindrich, Dignity Diner Lay Leader. If you cannot come to the Diner on a Tuesday but would like to find out other ways you can get involved, or with any other questions, please contact Kara Teeple, Director of Dignity Diner.

Tues., Jan. 27, 5 to 7:15 p.m.

Every Tuesday evening at Holy Covenant, Dignity Diner offers a meal to the homeless and hungry of our community. Usually on the fourth Tuesday of every month, Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers to help cook, serve, and clean up after the meal. Holy Covenant is responsible for providing volunteers on Tuesday, January 27. If you are able to help this month or on the fourth Tuesday of any month, please contact Steve Bindrich, Dignity Diner Lay Leader at stevebindrich@hotmail.com. If you cannot come to the Diner on a Tuesday but would like to find out other ways you can get involved, or with any other questions, please contact Kara Teeple, Director of Dignity Diner, at karateeple@sbcglobal.net.

Opening: 7 to 9 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 17 display through mid-February)

Presented by the MGR Foundation & Dignity Diner

In this multimedia exhibition, homeless artists document their unique perspectives on identity and Chicago life. Artists from Dignity Diner create personal art pieces which will be showcased as a gallery. Over the years, partnerships have been developed to better enhance what we do at Dignity Diner and one of these collaborations is with the MGR Foundation. We are so proud to tell you about our second annual art opening night. The MGR Foundation and their CARE Team have been working over the last year with our amazing Dignity Diner guests doing art activities and so now we are pleased to display their pieces for the public to see (any maybe buy)! Most all of the guests that come through Dignity Diner live on the streets with little to no support and so this is really something to see in terms of how their creative juices have flowed over this last year to show us their perspectives on identity, order, and what it is like living on Chicago’s often dangerous streets. Last year’s show was a huge success; we were featured on Chicago Public Radio and also in a few local magazines.

We resolve to SEEK GOD.

[resolution]: read the Bible.
Whether you’re certain or skeptical, commit to encountering the mystery of the scriptures. Follow a schedule of short (10-minute), daily readings at home and then meet up for a discussion at church
launches Sunday, January 11, 10:30-11:15a

[resolution]: connect to worship.
If Sunday morning is not your thing, try our new evening worship experience–unplugged, acoustic, peaceful, restoring. End the weekend and begin again.
launches Sunday, February 8, 7:00-8:00p

We resolve to LOVE ALL PEOPLE.

[resolution]: join a small group.
Humans aren’t meant to go it alone. Learning, growing, volunteering, understanding, healing, playing–in our experience, these things happen most meaningfully in community with others.
Next cycle launches first week of February

We resolve to CHANGE THE WORLD.

[resolution]: serve a meal.
Every Tuesday evening, our sanctuary is transformed into a restaurant for friends who are hungry or homeless. Cook, serve, welcome, clean: you can do something.
Continues Tuesdays, 5:30-7:15p

[resolution]: go green.
Solve global warming one person at a time. Calculate your carbon footprint, find ways to reduce it, pledge your reduction at church, save money, prevent pollution.
Forum, movie night, and organic meal
Friday, February 6, 7:00-9:00p
Cool Congregations workshop
Sunday, February 22, 12:30p

Ho, Ho, Ho!!!…Dignity Diner is getting ready for its annual holiday meal which will take place on 12/23 and we could use any help you are willing to give in terms of donations. We give gift bags full of goodies to each of our guests and we need help filling these bags! Could you donate gift certificates to places like McDonald’s or Dunkin Donuts, snack food items like granola bars, peanuts, or crackers, or small hygiene items like toothpaste, deodorant, and shampoo? Could you donate hats? Every bit helps so thank you! For any further questions, please email Kara Teeple at karateeple@sbcglobal.net.