• Items should be typed and must be submitted at least two weeks in advance of the publication date to Religion Notes, in care of Suburban Life Newspapers, 1101 W. 31st St., Suite 100, Downers Grove, IL 60515. Religion Notes also can be faxed at least two weeks in advance of the publication date to Religion Notes at (630) 969-0228, or e-mailed to religion@mysuburbanlife.com.

• St. Paul Evangelical Church Vacation Bible School’s “Son Games 2008” will be from 9:30 a.m. to noon Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1., at 118 First St., Bloomingdale. Several special days — like sports jersey or T-shirt day, crazy hair day and mascot day — along with crafts, music, snacks, games and Bible stories have been planned. Participants will receive a free Son Games T-shirt. The program is for children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. The school will be collecting offerings for mission groups and canned goods for the Bloomingdale pantry. There is no cost to register. For information or to register, call (630) 980-9196 or visit www.stpaulbloomingdale.org.

• Bethel United Church of Christ, 315 E. St. Charles Road, Elmhurst, will march again this year in the annual Elmhurst Fourth of July parade. Church members will be collecting non-perishable food items during the parade as they push decorated shopping carts courtesy of Jewel Food Stores. Donations will benefit the Yorkfield Food Pantry in Elmhurst. Bethel’s very own Whirling Shopping Cart Brigade will perform. For information, call (630) 279-4040.

• As part of its summer sermon series, Genesis for Grownups, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wheaton, worshippers are asked to bring a story of how they met their life partner during services at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday, July 6, at 515 S. Wheaton Ave. The sermon text describes the selection of Rebekah as the wife of Isaac. For information, call (630) 668-5953 or visit www.stpaulwheaton.org.

• As part of its summer sermon series, Genesis for Grownups, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wheaton, worshippers are asked to bring something they inherited or something they were afraid they might not receive during services at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday, July 13, at 515 S. Wheaton Ave. The biblical story is about the birth of Jacob and Esau and Esau trading his birthright to Jacob. For information, call (630) 668-5953 or visit www.stpaulwheaton.org.

• As part of its summer sermon series, Genesis for Grownups, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wheaton, worshippers are asked to bring something they had worked and saved for as a prop for the services at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday, July 27, at 515 S. Wheaton Ave. The featured Bible story will look at how Jacob was tricked by his future father-in-law and how he had to work seven years for his wife Leah and an additional seven years for Rachel. For information, call (630) 668-5953 or visit www.stpaulwheaton.org.