Weekly Word | January 7, 2022 | Issue 22

Emmanuel’s Annual Congregational meeting happens every year on the last Sunday in January, just weeks away! The Nominating committee is up and running and are asking for nominations from the congregation for the assorted elected positions that will be open for the 2022 year. Please pray about how you might consider using your gifts and talents to help the mission of Emmanuel as we love our neighbors and tell the world about Christ! Nominating forms and the submission box are on the table in the Narthex and need to be turned in this coming Sunday!

Our next Interfaith Meal is January 14 at 11:00am. We served 160 meals at our December meal! We are always looking for Thrivent Action cards to help defray the cost of the meal, see Mary in the church office if you can help!

Pr. Adam Bissell offers a monthly Caregiver Support Group, meeting the first Thursday of the month at 11:00am. They met yesterday, in the nursery. Pr. Adam is offering a Zoom alternative, in case it is difficult to get to the church. Call the church office to receive a Zoom invite via email.

Pr. Adam’s Grief Group meets on the second and fourth Fridays of the month in the Nursery at 1:00pm. This group is for those who have experienced loss. The next meeting is Friday, January 14 at 1:00pm.

On Christmas day, Gene Fougner and Stuart Mattson took their son, Isaac, and his girlfriend to make five days of holiday memories instead of buying presents (at Isaac’s request).

They rode the train from Flagstaff to Albuquerque with the goal of doing something crazy! They made it to the top of Sandia Peak by tramway...10,500 ft. They also enjoyed Old Town Albuquerque with its Christmas luminaries. They are thankful to church members Larry and Sonja Mahler for dog-sitting.

We would love to hear about your adventures; share a picture and a story and we will put it in our Friday Newsletter!

Emmanuel – you did it again!

You adopted three families from Mountain View School and provided gifts for five adults and seven children. The quilting group provided three quilts, one for each family. Then Thrivent paid for a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. A single mother with three children was in tears. Another family affected by COVID was so grateful. The third family, living in a small house with two children, was very appreciative. All the families were amazed by the beautifully wrapped gifts and the food boxes. Thank you for caring, Emmanuel!

Charles Jones took this picture Tuesday of our snowy peak view!

We Want to Hear from You!

Just like we did in the monthly newsletter before the pandemic, if you have anything to contribute to our weekly newsletter, please send it in so we can share what's going on with each other! Email your submissions to Kimberly at ELCPVnews@gmail.com (or click on the email link, or simply reply to this email!) by Wednesday afternoon to be included in the Friday email.

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