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S.P.O.K.E.S. Prayer Vigil & Cooking Dinner

Start:
March 4, 2012
Venue:
Old St. Patrick's Church
Address:
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700 West Adams Street, Chicago, United States

S.P.O.K.E.S.
St. Pat’s Opportunities For Kids To Experience Service
Prayer Vigil For Families
at Ronald McDonald Houses
March 4, 2012

Please join us for a special day of prayer in support of the families staying at the four Chicagoland Ronald McDonald Houses.

The Ronald McDonald Houses provide a “home away from home” to keep families together while their child is receiving medical treatment far from home. Located near Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center and University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, the Houses provide comfortable & private rooms, opportunities to bond with other families going through similar situations, and delicious meals prepared by giving volunteers.

On this day, March 4, 2012, S.P.O.K.E.S. volunteers will be preparing dinner for the Ronald

McDonald families.  We would like to build a day of prayer to coincide with the dinner-making.

To participate, please sign up for a half-hour time slot by going to www.SignUpGenius.com/go/spokes/1265797.  During your time slot, you can gather together in your home, as a family, to pray.

Pray however you would like to pray.  Perhaps your family already has its own unique prayer traditions. It will be helpful to set a reverent tone and to help your children to treat this time as sacred.   Here are some ideas if you would like to try something new:

  • Light a candle to symbolize the light of God;
  • Make a card or write a letter to a child or family staying at a Ronald
  • McDonald House;
  • Write a letter to God expressing how you might like to ask Him to help;
  • Play sacred music (try Holy Now by Peter Mayer) and dance as a prayer;
  • Read Psalms from a children’s bible;
  • Talk about what it might be like to be a child with a serious illness, or to have a sibling who is ill;
  • Look at the Ronald McDonald House website to find out more about them and to see if there are other ways that your family could help.

We hope to have specific details about who is staying at the Houses that we can post on SignUpGenius on March 1.

Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of grace. 

For information about other SPOKES events, please go to www.oldstpats.org/family-ministry/programs/spokes and/or follow SPOKES on Facebook by visiting http://www.facebook.com/pages/SPOKES-St-Pats-Opportunities-for-Kids-to-Experience-Service/119127868172974.

Please join SPOKES for a fun evening of service, cooking dinner for the families staying at the four Chicagoland Ronald McDonald Houses.

The four Ronald McDonald Houses provide a “home away from home” to keep families together while their child is receiving medical treatment far from home. Choose one of the following Houses:

Oak Lawn Ronald McDonald House, near Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital

  • Serving dinner for 30-40 people
  • Arrival time:  5:30 p.m.

Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House, near University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital

  • Serving dinner for 30-50 people
  • Arrival time:  5:00pm

Lincoln Park Ronald McDonald House, near Children’s Memorial Hospital

  • Serving dinner for 30-40 people
  • Arrival time:  5:00pm

 Hines-Maywood Ronald McDonald House, near Loyola University Medical Center

  • Serving dinner for 30-40 people
  • Arrival time:  5:30pm

Each House can accommodate 12-14 people in a cooking group, including children and adults.  Children of all ages welcome!

Please plan on the following:

  • Providing dinner, including a main course, salad, side dish and dessert, for 30-50 (final number will be determined the week of your visit.)  No beverages required.
  • Serving your meal to the families staying at the House.
  • Cleaning up the kitchen and dining room of the House after the families have eaten.
  • A full kitchen is available for cooking your meal or feel free to bring it prepared and ready to serve.

Please sign up for this event by going to www.SignUpgenius.com/go/spokes/1265797.  The week before the event, you will connect with the other families in your group and plan your meal.

Any questions, please email Kathy Bedward at Kathy_bedward@hotmail.com.

We are blessed to have your participation!

For information about other SPOKES events, please go to www.oldstpats.org/family-ministry/programs/spokes and/or follow SPOKES on Facebook by visiting http://www.facebook.com/pages/SPOKES-St-Pats-Opportunities-for-Kids-to-Experience-Service/119127868172974.