Meet Incarnation

     The Church of the Incarnation, Bloomingdale can trace its beginning back to November 4, 1981 when The Rt. Rev. James Montgomery of the Diocese of Chicago appointed The Rev. Alvin Johnson as a missioner to the area. He began to gather a congregation by knocking on doors.

       With the help and love of two sister churches in the Aurora Deanery, Trinity Church in Wheaton and St. Mark's Church in Glen Ellyn, the fledgling mission began to take shape and grow. The first Eucharist and study groups were held in members' homes until a nucleus of 86 people gathered on Palm Sunday 1982 for their first formal worship service in the gym at the Central School in Bloomingdale. A proud and thankful congregation occupied its present church building at 261 West Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale, IL on July 31, 1988.

     The Incarnation family has had an incredible history.  Over this time, Incarnation has epitomized the notion of Time, Talent and Treasure. Whether it was rolling up our sleeves to build, paint, dig, or unload pumpkins; donating time for special projects; or helping raise funding for air conditioning, the beautiful organ, or even an office copier, Incarnation has been successful at every turn.

   Over the years we have gone through many changes, yet we have remained the same caring and intimate church family we have all come to love.    Incarnation is proud to be home to many who have found our worship and fellowship a common meeting ground to many from varied faith backgrounds. 

Congratulations to:  Rev. Lou Ness on the birth of her granddaughter Mirin Royce Ironstrack who was born on Feb. 8th Mirin is Lou's 14th Grandchild!   to: Dave & Barb Amos on the birth of their Grand son Vincent David Mateo Martinez, who was born on February 5th weighing in at 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 1/2 inches long   Vincent is son to his proud parents Heather & David Martinez       The Sympathy of the Congregation go to Rev. Marc Strong and family for the death of Marc's brother Ted Strong in Michigan at the end of January     May his soul, and the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, Rest in Peace.       Please pray for the following: We pray for the sick, especially for George, Lucile, Bobbi, Dawn, Ellen, Kay, Liz, Lucile, Laurel, Pat, Susan, Linda, Lou, Micah, Nancy, Rhonda, Phyllis, Barbara,  and Kimberly. We pray for peace in the World, especially in the  Middle East. The American People, the Iraqi and Afghan people, especially the children. We pray for the families in Transitional Housing.  Note: We need to know if you are ill or in the hospital so that we can visit you and also put your name on the prayer list.   Church Office: 630-351-3249	Ash Wednesday February 17th  7 PM Worship       March 28 10 AM  Service       Maundy Thursday   April 1   7 PM Washing of the Feet       Vigil April 1- April 28 PM until 6 AM       Good Friday April 2 Incarnation:  11 AM  Stations of the Cross   1st Asian:  Noon-3 PM     St. Luke's:  7 PM  Last Words of Christ     Holy Saturday   April 3 8 PM Combined  Great Litany       Easter Sunday April 4 5:30 AM Contemplative Prayer Experience   10 AM Incarnation Easter Worship   3:30 PM St. Luke's Easter Worship   5:00 PM 1st Asian Easter Worship
Bishop's Visit	Special Prayers are offered to Lt. Aaron Scully and Family.   Aaron is an Army Apache Helicopter Pilot and will be deployed to Afghanistan in early March, where he will be stationed for a year.   Aaron is currently a Platoon Leader, as well as the Executive Officer for the 101st Airborne/Alpha Company stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.     May God bestow grace and care upon all of our men and women of our Armed Forces,  at home and abroad. Give them strength of character and the courage to face the perils that may beset them as the do their duty.   May they serve a sense of your abiding presence to keep them safe from harm.
. . . To Ann Fudge and Pam Scully who were re-elected as Warden and Junior Warden for 2010. To Ann Fudge, Pat Cropper and Kim Strong for their election as Delegates to the 2010 Diocesan Convention To Pat Cropper and St. Elizabeth's Guild for the wonderful Tea for the Bishop's Visit To Bishop Lee for joining Incarnation, St. Luke’s, and 1st Asian on November 1st To Co-Pastors Lou Ness and Marc Strong for your dedicated service To Sandy White for her very successful Act/Sat Test Prep Class To all who continue to donate to the Pennies from Heaven and DuPage Walk-In Ministries Food Pantry. Thank you George and Ann Fudge for collecting the food and delivering it to the Pantry each week. To Fr. Bert and Rev. Dungo for ALL you do!	We pray for Our Military:   Major Matt Boulos, Sgt. 1st Class Mark Dean,  Cadet Alberto Liggayu, Cadet Anthony Liggayu, and  Lt. Aaron Scully            . . .and our military friends Major Dave Benjamin, Lt. Tom Burnham, Lt. Steven Chauncey, Sgt. Erin Chauncey, Lt. Shaun Collins, Lt. Brad Crosson, Sgt. Ryan Krochmolny,  Lt. Matt Ewing, Capt. Comador Ferguson, Lt. Doniel Flores and Family, Lt. Lisa Klekowski, Lance Corporal Trevor McElroy, Lance Corporal Christopher Miller, Lt. Brandon Simmons, and for all those serving overseas, deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East.   We Honor We Remember We Give Thanks