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Mar 2, 2011
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Options & Advocacy Disciplership Group
Participants will assemble "birthday bags" to help pre-schoolers celebrate their 3rd birthdays. For more information contact Susan Kelly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Mar 5, 2011
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM  Shirlee's Angels (Alden Nursing Home) Discipleship Group
Group visits residents at Alden Estates Nursing Home (Barrington) and play cards or bingo, assists in simple crafts, paints nails, or reads to residents. For more information contact Sue or Corey Meyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Mar 7, 2011
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Relay for Life Discipleship Group
Kick-Off Rally for the Relay for Life. Held at Crystal Lake South High School. Permission form is required. For information contact Kathy Englund at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Mar 10, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM  Website & Facebook Discipleship Group
Participants meet at Panera in Fox River Grove. Bring a lap top (if possible). For additional information contact Chris Semmel at 847-639-0414 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Mar 19, 2011
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM  MCCD Discipleship Group
Be stewards of the earth and help with habitat restoration at Glacial Park (Ringwood). Meet at the Lost Valley Visitors Center at 1:00pm. For more information contact Theresa Donoghue This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Mar 19, 2011
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM  Shirlee's Angels (Alden Nursing Home) Discipleship Group
Group visits residents at Alden Estates Nursing Home (Barrington) and play cards or bingo, assists in simple crafts, paints nails, or reads to residents. For more information contact Sue or Corey Meyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Mar 19-20, 2011
STARTS: 4:00 PM
ENDS: 6:00 PM  Yellow Ribbons Discipleship Group
Our final event to complete this process is o hand out the care packages after all the masses. We will need 2-3 teens to help unload the boxes and put them in the Gathering Space during the 4:30pm Mass on Saturday and the 8:00am Mass on Sunday. We will also need 3-4 teens to hand out the packages after each mass. To sign up for a shift, contact Lisa. For more information contact Lisa Raupp at 847-639-4358

Apr 2, 2011
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM  Shirlee's Angels (Alden Nursing Home) Discipleship Group
Group visits residents at Alden Estates Nursing Home (Barrington) and play cards or bingo, assists in simple crafts, paints nails, or reads to residents. For more information contact Sue or Corey Meyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Apr 10, 2011
PHD Counseling Discipleship Group
Annual Baby Shower to benefit PHD Counseling clients.For more information contact Chris Killian at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Angela Keller at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Apr 14, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM  Website & Facebook Discipleship Group
Participants meet at Panera in Fox River Grove. Bring a lap top (if possible). For additional information contact Chris Semmel at 847-639-0414 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Apr 16, 2011
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM  Shirlee's Angels (Alden Nursing Home) Discipleship Group
Group visits residents at Alden Estates Nursing Home (Barrington) and play cards or bingo, assists in simple crafts, paints nails, or reads to residents. For more information contact Sue or Corey Meyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Apr 17, 2011
8:30 AM - 1:30 PM  Blood Drive Discipleship Group
Helps the Knights of Columbus with their monthly blood drives. Participants volunteer for two hour shifts. For more information contact Dan and Jeanne Pertile This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Apr 21, 2011
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM  MCCD Discipleship Group
Be stewards of the earth and help with habitat restoration at Glacial Park (Ringwood). Meet at the Lost Valley Visitors Center at 1:00pm. For more information contact Theresa Donoghue This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

May 12, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM  Website & Facebook Discipleship Group
Participants meet at Panera in Fox River Grove. Bring a lap top (if possible). For additional information contact Chris Semmel at 847-639-0414 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

May 14, 2011
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM  Shirlee's Angels (Alden Nursing Home) Discipleship Group
Group visits residents at Alden Estates Nursing Home (Barrington) and play cards or bingo, assists in simple crafts, paints nails, or reads to residents. For more information contact Sue or Corey Meyer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

Jun 10-11, 2011
STARTS: 6:00 PM
ENDS: 6:00 AM  Relay for Life Discipleship Group
American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Participants will camp out at Crystal Lake South High School track and take turns walking or running around the track for the 12-hour relay. Make a difference and join hundres of people at the relay! For more information contact Kathy Englund at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.