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the Homer Horizon | January 17, 2019 | 17
Contests
Spread the love in the annual Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest
Forms available
online now, with
deadline coming
Feb. 7 for entries
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
We [heart] you.
As much as our editorial
team hates to admit it, there
are some things that simply
are not conveyed quite as
well by words.
Photos purportedly convey
1,000 of those words at
once. Emojis give you the
opportunity to convey your
affection, share a secret
message or declare something
is a pile of poo in a
single graphic. And if you
really want to spread the
love, you need some color.
Sometimes, images just
do it better.
Case in point: 22nd Century
Media’s Valentine’s
Day Coloring Contest,
which for years has been
spreading the holiday’s
love both near and far, with
contest entries doubling as
valentines for both active
military and veterans over
the years. Every year, we
provide a blank heart and
children get creative. A few
lucky entrants win prizes,
and even more get to see
their work in print.
The beloved (see what we
did there?) tradition is back.
The Homer Horizon is
asking children ages 3-12 to
get creative by downloading
the form from the home
page of HomerHorizon.com
to create just one outstanding
valentine per entrant
and send it our way.
Entries must be mailed
to or dropped off at 22nd
Century Media Southwest
Chicago c/o Editor Thomas
Czaja, 11516 W. 183rd St.,
Unit SW Office Condo #3,
Orland Park, IL, 60467.
The deadline to submit entries
is 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
7. Publisher 22nd Century
Media’s Southwest Chicago
staff will review all entries
and select winners in each of
three age groups — ages 3-5,
6-8 and 9-12. The winning
entries are to be published in
The Homer Horizon’s Feb.
14 edition (yes, we planned
it that way), along with other
favorites, at the editor’s discretion.
For this year’s contest,
we will be picking one winner
in each age group from
Homer Glen. Winners are to
receive a $10 gift certificate
to Artesa Bakery in Homer
Glen.
Winners will be chosen
based on creativity and
neatness. Entries must use
and fit on the form provided.
As in past years, 22nd
Century Media Southwest
Chicago is to team up with
an area organization to help
distribute the finished valentines
— minus the entry
form information — to
nearby veterans.
For more information,
call (708) 326-9170 ext.
20 or email bill@opprairie.
com.
faith
From Page 16
products to clients who are
qualified to use the local
FISH Food Pantry. For more
information, call (815) 838-
1017.
Communion
First Sunday of the month.
Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church
(14610 S. Will Cook Road, Homer Glen)
Sanctity of Human Life
Sunday
5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
20, at St. Michael Parish,
14327 Highland Ave., Orland
Park. Sponsored by the
Multi-Parish Respect Life
Ministries of Our Lady of
the Woods, St. Francis of
Assisi, St. Michael, St. Bernard’s,
Our Mother of Good
Counsel and Annunciation
Byzantine Catholic. Part of
the Knowledge & Prayer
Series in 2019, this will be
a Mass for Life.
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.
Sunday School. For more
information, call (708) 645-
0652.
Adult Bible Study
9-9:45 a.m., first and third
Sundays of the month
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.
Sunday School. For more
information, call (708) 645-
0652.
New Life Community Church - Homer Glen
(14832 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)
Weekly Worship Services
10 a.m. Sundays; for more
information, call (815) 838-
1416.
Kids Zone Ministry
10 a.m. Sundays.
Children up to fifth grade
can participate in games,
singing, take part in interactive
Bible teaching and
participate in hands-on
crafts. Participants should
arrive 5-10 minutes prior to
the service to sign children
up for the group. For more
information, call (815)
838-1416.
Women’s Ministry
9:30 a.m. Fridays. Bible
study for women of all
ages.
Prayer Meeting
10 a.m. Tuesdays.
Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen
(14367 W. 159th St., Homer Glen)
Senior Connections
10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.. Orland
Park Campus, 11110
Orland Parkway, Orland
Park. Second Friday of the
month, chili lunch and program.
The cost is $10, and
Pastor Chaz will speak. To
RSVP, call (708) 478-7477
ext. 272 or email merry-o@
att.net.
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and
11:30 a.m.
Lemont United Methodist Church
(25 W. Custer St., Lemont)
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. Communion
Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Contemporary
Worship Service (nursery
available)
Christ Community Church
(13400 Bell Road, Lemont)
Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. Sundays. Worship
is casual.
Have something for Faith
Briefs? Contact Editor Thomas
Czaja at tom@homer
horizon.com or call (708)
326-9170 ext. 12. Information
is due by noon Thursday one
week prior to publication.
Knowledge and Prayer Series to have
talk on damage of pornographic culture
Event at Orland
parish sponsored
by ministry that has
Homer churches
Submitted by Knowledge
and Prayer Series 2019
The Knowledge and
Prayer Series 2019 will soon
have an event with the topic
of the violence and damage
being done by a pornographic
culture and practical ways
to counter it for family and
friends.
The discussion, which is
for adults only, is to be held
7 p.m. Feb. 6 at St. Francis
of Assisi Catholic Church,
which is located at 15050
Wolf Road in Orland Park.
Speakers will include Adam
Fuselier, Mary Bielski and
Ray Pingoy.
Guests can join the Department
of Parish Vitality
and Mission, the Chastity
Education Initiative and
Dumb Ox Ministries for
the evening, which will include
relevant facts about
the prevalence of pornographic
images in everyday
life and the ease of access to
it on cellphones for young
people, as well as a look at
often-misunderstood, longterm
damage that the pervasiveness
of pornographic
images can do to emotional
and spiritual growth, as
well as present and future
relationships.
Other aspects of the conversation
will be a disconnect
between the understanding
of freedom and the
reality of sexual exploitation
and using the lens of St. John
Paul II’s Theology of the
Body theological developments
to unpack the morality
of pornographic culture and
how to help friends and family
counter it.
Resources to help one
understand the brain science
and harm being done
to society will also be
discussed.
The evening session is
sponsored by the Multi-
Parish Respect Life Ministries,
which consist of
Annunciation Byzantine
Catholic Parish, Our Mother
of Good Counsel and St.
Bernard’s in Homer Glen,
as well as St. Michael, Our
Lady of the Woods and St.
Francis of Assisi in Orland
Park.