We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.  

- Romans 8:22

Dear Friends,

Changing leaves, dropping temperatures, pumpkin patches, apple cider… there’s so much to love about October. Yet this is also a wistful time. Many people – myself included – admit to feeling nostalgic, contemplative, or even depressed as the shadows lengthen, the days get shorter, and the onfall of winter looms. Hope mixes with heartache. Joy and sorrow intertwine. It is a season of groaning beauty...

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Jaime Sammons

Interviewed by: Val Cordray

Amanda Cotton - read her poetry at The Akron Civic Theatre; Jeff Kindel & Micah Sutton- church camp; Ryker Sutton, Amari Walker, Aliyah Fischer, Emmerson Sutton, Tatum Sutton, Claire Weyand, Callie Weyand, Karen Foster & Helen Tritt – VBS attendees & volunteers; Pat Moore - graduated from Akron Police Academy and is joining the Akron Police Force; Calvin Moore - beginning his first year of school (Pre-K); Lily & Jeff Kindel – made varsity soccer; Nora Miller – Student of the Month for Valley View Elementary in September; Nate Miller – passed Nurse Practitioner Board Certification and will soon begin working at Pioneer Physicians Internal Medicine in Fairlawn

We will have Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot on Saturday, Oct. 28th from 1-2PM. At 1PM, we will have a small parade around the parking lot and then trick or treating will begin. There will be cookies and juice boxes on the church porch for all. Please enter the parking lot from the parsonage driveway and park in the area by the cornfield. You can exit the event through the cemetery driveway. This will keep the children safe from car traffic. Come enjoy safe and fun trick or treating.

If you’d like to decorate your trunk, please arrive at noon to set up. We’re planning for 75-100 kids. There’s a signup sheet in the narthex.

All Saints Sunday: November 5

Please send names of departed loved ones to the church office by Sunday, October 22 to be included in our bulletin insert. You may also send digital photos with names to the church email by Oct. 22 to be included in a photo slideshow. We will include photos used in last year's presentation, so you do not need to resend previous photos. Thank you for being a part of Emanuel's remembrance of our departed members and loved ones.

Pete’s Repeats at Blue Peacock Antiques, Winchester, VA

By: Peter Rich

During the recent yard sale, I became aware that many of my Emanuel friends were not aware that I have been involved in reselling antiques and collectibles. It started innocently enough with friends at an antique mall in Columbus. While visiting one day, I saw the opportunity for the 3 of us to sell some of our duplicate collectibles. That was the start of what has become Pete’s Repeats...

October Schedule

Liturgists

1: Vaughn Daniels

8: Val Cordray

15: Sandy Bee Lynn

22: Nancy Lyons

29: Karen Foster

Acolytes

1: Claire Weyand

8: James Ulmer

15: Aliyah Fischer 

22: Nora Miller

29: Tatum Sutton 

Door Monitors

1: Mike Weyand

8: Nancy Swain

15: Brian Sammons

22: Rich Little

29: Vaughn Daniels

Card Ministers

1-15: Meg Richmond

16-31: Jill Frase

Liturgist & Door Monitor 2024 schedule

Thank you liturgists & door monitors for your service to Emanuel. We will be sending out the 2024 schedule in November. Please contact the office by October 29 if you have a change in your availability. We’re always happy to add members to the rotation! Please contact the office if you have any questions or concerns. 

Acolyte Winter/Spring schedule

Please let the office know by October 29 if you have any change in your availability for January - May 2024. Thanks for being a very important part of our Sunday worship!