Events
CPC News
All are Welcome to Journey Through Lent
and Celebrate Easter with CPC!
Easter is for Everyone! All are always welcome at any or all of our
Lenten and Easter Worship Services and events.
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Visit our Lent / Easter website page for
Lent and Holy Week worship and event details
Contemplative Worship and Communion
Wednesdays in Lent 6:30pm-6:55pm
Mar 12, Mar 19, Mar 26, Apr 2, Apr 9
Pausing for 25 minutes to listen to scripture, poetry, examine and ponder art and share in communion may be just what you need this year. Open yourself to the Spirit and trust you will meet God in the midst of the extremes of our everyday life.
Save the Date!!
Retirement Celebration Honoring Rev. Beth Freese Dammers
Sunday, May 18 10:30am
New Art at CPC
"Peace be Still" by He Qi
Anonymous gift celebrating Pastor Beth's 2005 Installation
A very generous donor gave a gift to CPC in May 2015 to celebrate the Installation of Beth as Pastor / Head of Staff of CPC and designated the funds be used for new artwork for the church.
This giclee print by artist He Qi has been selected and now hangs in the hallway of the first floor just outside the church office.
The art is entitled: Peace be Still. It references Mark 4:39, "And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm." (Revised Common Version).
May the Peace of Jesus Christ always bring peace and a great calm to CPC!
My sincere gratitude to the donors of this extraordinary gift,
Pastor Beth
CPC Events for Youth, Kids and Families
CPC Kids Faith Formation
Visitors always welcome!
3yrs - 5th grade
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CPC Kids Faith Formation
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CPC KIDS' Faith Formation: This Sunday, April 6
It's never too late to do the right thing...this week we will learn about Zaccheaus and his desire to change his ways and do the right thing.
Due to Spring Break, that the children will remain in worship for the full service​
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What to Expect During Worship?
On Sundays, we invite children to Grace Space, an inclusive space for children to utilize during worship. It is located on the north side of the Sanctuary, in front of the chancel.
There will be 2-3 Faith Formation volunteers sitting with the kids to help them navigate the worship service. Parents are welcome to sit nearby! The children will stay in the sanctuary for the entire worship service on Communion Sundays and various other Sundays. The remaining Sundays of the month they will start in worship service. After "Growing with God" time during worship they will be invited to go to room LL6 on the lower level for Faith Formation.​​​​​​
The Nursery will be staffed next on May 4
Families can drop off their little ones in the nursery to be cared for by our volunteers on Communion Sudnays. It is located across from the church office on the main floor.
**The Nursery is always open and available for use. Livestream of the worship service is available in the Nursery! (Click HERE for more details on Nursery care).
​For the latest CPC Kids happenings, check out the CPC Thursday E-blast, the weekly CPC Kids email or visit the Events page.
Visit the CPC Kids website page for details on Kids Faith Formation at CPC
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Questions? Contact Kristin Duy, Director of Children and Family Ministries at kduy@chcpc.org
One Great Hour of Sharing
beginning March 9
Fish banks are available for anyone wanting to participate in this Lenten giving program. You can pick up a fish bank and a Sharing Calendar in the Narthex. Each day read the Sharing Calendar and reflect on the questions. You can then place a gift in your fish bank. We will collect the banks and celebrate your generosity on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday.
Bible Explorers
April 27
Children 4th-6th grade
All kids in 4th - 6th grade are encouraged to participate in our Bible Explorers group. These sessions will be exciting and engaging. Kids will get a chance to interact with their friends and their bibles in ways that equip and inspire them to read their Bibles regularly at home.
CPC Kids Summer Fun @ CPC
June 10 & 26; July 8 & 24; August 5
Join us this summer from 3:00 - 4:30pm. We will enjoy
games, crafts, snacks, music, Bible stories and surprise activities! Watch this newsletter for updates as the summer gets closer!
Click on the link below to sign-up for one or all five days!
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**Children of all ages are welcome to join us and will need to be accompanied by an adult*
CPC Kids' Academy
2025-26 Enrollment is NOW OPEN
CPC Kids' Academy is a preschool for children 30 months to 5 years and an after-school program for kids in kindergarten thru 5th grade. The Academy has been in the Clarendon Hills community for more than 50 years and is VERY proud to be NAEYC accredited!
New families are invited to learn more about the Academy by contacting the Director Kelley Lemley at kelley.lemley@gmail.com to schedule a tour.​
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CPC Kids' Academy SpringFlower/Plant Sale
Orders due Sunday, April 13
Pick up Saturday, May 10 10:00-11:30am
Please order your Spring flowers and plants from the Kids' Academy (KA) sale! All proceeds benefit the KA Tuition Assistance Fund, ensuring all children have access to quality preschool and before / after school care for elementary aged children.​
CPC Kids Lending Library is Open!
Children 3 yrs-5th grade
Are you looking for good books for your child, grandchild, niece, nephew or yourself?
Visit the Lending Library in the Narthex and check out a book!
There will be children's books, parenting books and general interest books. Simply complete the form for each book you take and enjoy for up to 2 weeks!
Check back often and watch our little library grow!
CPC Youth
Grades 6-12
Important Upcoming Youth Program Dates:
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4/6: Movie & Pizza Night (6-12th welcome)
4/13: Road Rally for Cubes; Middle School Meets
4/20: Easter- no activities
4/27: Trivia Night for all ages supporting youth- no separate activities - see below for info and registration!
5/4: End of Year Celebration after Worship; no evening youth activities
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If you would like to be connected to youth ministry or added to our youth ministry weekly email list, please email youth@chcpc.org! For more program details visit our CPC Youth page!
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Registration is ongoing - there is always space you YOU!
2025 CPC Family Trivia Night!!
April 27, 5:00 - 7:30pm
Neat Kitchen & Bar
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Come for a night of fun and food while supporting Youth Summer Mission Caravans!
CPC’s Trivia Night will be held at Neat Kitchen & Bar in Westmont on Sunday, April 27. Doors open at 5:00pm to start prepping your team and getting your food orders in! Trivia will begin promptly at 5:30pm.
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Teams will be randomly assigned unless you register a guest who will then be placed on your team. Please pay the small registration fee online or by check at the church office. All fees are part of a fundraising effort for our CPC Youth Summer Caravans or short-term mission trips.
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Admission is $10 per person; $25 max for families. All proceeds will go to the Youth Mission Caravan fund!
CPC Events for Adults
Sunday Morning Adult Ed
Sunday, March 16 - April 13
10:45am-11:45am
Lenten Study and Discussion
Hybrid: Sanctuary and Zoom
We continue our study of the book Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power, by Kathy Escobar.
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The daily readings discuss power – how we use it and how it influences us and others in the world in which we live together. We work through a chapter of the book on our own each week. Then we meet together on Sunday morning and discover more together. Please join us in this journey!
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This week’s class will cover the chapter Week Four: Disrupt.
Amy Hall will be our leader this Sunday.
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A couple of books are still available at the church. Please pick up your copy and get started. Then join us in the chapel or on Zoom at 10:45.
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Zoom link available in the Adult Ed email, bulletin or from the office.
Past session video recordings are available on the Adult Ed page
Circle of Voices Women's Book Club
3rd Wed of the month Sept-June 9:30am
No meeting in March!
**Date Change** April 23 We will be reading The River We Remember: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
All are welcome to join the discussion, even if you have not finished or read the book. The book is available at the Clarendon Hills Library. Traditionally we enjoy lunch together at a local restaurant. For more information visit the Interest Group Page.
Location: Gathering Room
Presbyterian Women
Road Scholar Adventure!
Tuesday, April 8
12:30pm, Fellowship Hall
We’ll start with a scrumptious dessert and fellowship and then hear an educational lecture by Merrill Medansky of Road Scholar.

Road Scholar offers group travel experiences across the U.S. and around the world, ranging from four days to four months. Think of us as a “university of the world.” Road Scholar’s mission is to inspire adults to learn, discover and travel. Their learning adventures engage expert instructors, provide extraordinary access, and stimulate discourse and friendship among people for whom learning is the journey of a lifetime. Regardless of the topic, you will learn something with every Road Scholar program, and your curiosity will be piqued to learn and discover more! A zest for learning is a zest for life.
All are Invited!
Concert Series Concert
​"Chamber Music Across Three Centuries"
April 27, 3:00pm
Sanctuary
Looking for a musical respite in these trying times? Join us for an afternoon of string and piano chamber music across 3 centuries, performed by the finest classical musicians in the Chicago area.
On Sunday, April 27, at 3:00 p.m., in the CPC Sanctuary, we welcome John Sharp, the principal cello of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Liba Shacht, violinist in the Lyric Opera Orchestra and the principal second violin in the Grant Park Orchestra, and Winston Choi, an Associate Professor of Piano and the Head of the Piano Program at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts.
The program includes the Shostakovich Cello Sonata and a well-known Haydn piano trio often nicknamed the Gypsy. The final work embodies all the finest qualities of Mendelssohn's art from the passionate to the sublime.
Admission to the concert is free, although donations are appreciated.
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Visit the Concert Series page for more details
Sunday Morning Adult Ed
Sunday, April 27
10:45am-11:45am
Estate Planning: featured speaker, Sherri Finke of the Presbyterian Foundation
Hybrid: Sanctuary and Zoom
We welcome Sherri Finke from the Presbyterian Foundation to Adult Ed. She will spend an hour speaking about estate planning topics, such as tax-advantaged Donor Advised Funds and Qualified Charitable Distributions, among other more general estate planning topics.
Sunday Morning Adult Ed
Sunday, May 4
10:45am-11:45am
The Emotionally Healthy Life
Hybrid: Sanctuary and Zoom
In this fast-paced world, the challenges to our emotional well-being are constant and daunting. CPC is pleased to welcome Dr. Genalin Niere-Metcalf on Sunday, May 4 for a discussion to help you cope with your own struggles and be better able to recognize when others have problems. Dr. Niere-Metcalf is a clinical psychologist and spiritual director at Samara Care Counseling in Naperville who has worked extensively with various groups to raise awareness of emotional health, including working with churches and individual clergy. She has a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College, as well as a M.A. in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Talbot School of Theology and B.S. in Nursing from California State University of Long Beach.
Read * Pray * Share
Thursdays, 9:00 - 10:30 am
Hybrid: Chapel and Zoom
On January 9 we will begin our study on Illuminations, a novel of Hildegard von Bingen.
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We welcome all to join the group. No one can make it every week, so come when you can! Contact Pastor Beth for more information
Mission Opportunities
Help a Refugee Family through Exodus World Services​
Sign up to provide a refugee family with useful household supplies as they rebuild their lives in the U.S. Delivered by volunteers, these essentials provide families with extra support along with a neighborly visit that blesses refugees and volunteers alike.
The following list of items is required by the U.S. Government Office of Resettlement. We look forward to keeping in touch and sharing updates on refugee ministry. By entering your email in this sign-up, you will be added to Exodus World Service’s mailing list. You may opt out at any time.
You can drop off or have your item(s) delivered to the church.
Music News: Chancel and Bell Choir Info​
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Chancel Choir meets on Wednesday evenings at 7:00PM (Chancel)
Clarion Bells meets on Thursday evenings at 7:00PM (Basement)
Both groups have membership of varying musical levels - we will find a place for you!
Join us for a great year of music making and singing (and playing) praises to the Lord! See the Music Ministries page for more info or contact Christopher Cock, Director of Music Ministries for more information and rehearsal questions.
Meal-a-Month Bag!
Food Pantries are in desperate need. Fill a bag with grocery items to be donated to Hinsdale Community Services. The suggested menu is:
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Cereal & Pancake Mix
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Peanut Butter & Jelly
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Rice, Beans
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Canned Soup
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Canned Tuna or Chicken
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Mac & Cheese
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Shampoo, Conditioner
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Laundry Soap, Dish Soap
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Paper Products
Any non-perishable items will be most welcome! Pick up a bag in the narthex or use your own and return to CPC. Thank you for your generous donations.
Prepackaged Communion Delivery
Worshipping from home? Would you appreciate having communion juice and wafer delivered to you so you have communion elements ready to use during online worship? We are happy to bring you a supply of prepackaged communion elements. Please click here to email Pastor Beth and we'll deliver to your home!
Visiting CPC?
Welcome!
We believe feeling welcome is foundational for members and visitors to be open to the journey of lifelong faith formation and growth. If you’ve felt a sense of welcome at CPC and are curious in learning more about us, reach out to Ingrid Ellithorpe, Community Connector or call the office at 630-323-6522.
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You can also visit the Connect or Plan Your First Visit pages to learn more about us!
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
aids disaster victims all around the world
Click here for more info and ways to offer your support. You can also donate directly HERE
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To directly donate to the LA wildfire assistance, click HERE