Easter 2024 at Emmanuel: "Living in the Light"

• Saturday, April 6:

4:00pm: Weekend Forum, Rm 101

5:00pm: Worship

• Sunday, April 7:

8:30am: Traditional Worship

9:30am: Weekend Forum, Rm 101

10:15am: Children's Sunday School

10:15am: FaithBridge Family Worship

• Monday, April 8:

9:00am: Dorcas Quilting, Rowe Hall

10:00am: Centering Prayer, Zoom

1:00pm: Mark Bible Study, Rm 101

1:00pm: Fellowship Committee, Office Center

• Tuesday, April 9:

10:00am: Torah Tuesday w/ Pastor Batchelor, VOTI

12:30pm: Mahjong, Rm 106

3:00pm: Deborah Circle, Rm 101

• Wednesday, April 10:

12noon: Youth & Family Committee, Youth Room

2:30pm: FaithBridge Joyful Noise

5:00pm: Youth Group

• Thursday, April 11:

10:00am: Thursdays Together, Zoom

10:30am: Jan's Exercise Class, Pinebrook Club House

1:00pm: "Write Your Own Story", Rm 101

• Friday, April 12:

10:00am: WELCA Board, Office Center

• Saturday, April 13:

9:30am: Altar Guild, Rm 103

4:00pm: Weekend Forum, Rm 101

5:00pm: Traditional Worship

More information about several of these events follows.

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5pm & 8:30am Traditional

Worship Folder

10:15am FaithBridge Family

Worship Folder

THE FORUM PREVIEW

Episode 12:

"Special Sanctuary Appeal"

Join us for the

EMMANUEL WEEKEND FORUM

Rowe Hall, Room 101

Saturday @4:00pm

Sunday @9:30am



What is the Giving Challenge?

It's an exciting online 24-hour giving event that connects numerous non-profit organizations with passionate donors. The Challenge creates a lasting, powerful impact in supporting these local and diverse causes.



How does it work?

Each organization's giving link will be live for 24 hours, from 12 PM on Tuesday, April 9th to 12 PM on Wednesday, April 10th. During this time, donors can go online to www.GivingChallenge.org to make a secure donation, helping their favorite organization receive special matching dollars and grant incentives. Each gift of up to $100 to any of the participating non-profits will be MATCHED by the Patterson Foundation during the Giving Challenge.

Some of the agencies that we at Emmanuel support that are part of this Giving Challenge are:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties
• Family Promise of South Sarasota County
• Habitat for Humanity, South Sarasota County
• Loveland Center
• Pregnancy Solutions
• South County Food Pantry
• The Twig
• Venice Area Mobile Meals
• The Warehouse of Venice
• Venice Area Beautification Inc.

During the restoration of our sanctuary, the prayer shawls will be on a counter in Fellowship Hall. Patterns are also available for you knitters out there!

Our quilters are in need clean, used sheets. Please put them in the round bin located at the back of Fellowship Hall.

Are you being lazy, or is it physically harder to sit down and stand back up or walk? In a 15-year study which tested how long it took to rise from a chair, walk 10 feet, turn around, and sit back down, (also called timed-up-and-go test (TUG) and grip strength, those who lost strength and slowed down with age were at a greater risk of dementia. So how do we slow this slowing down with age and losing strength? The usual, same old fix for almost everything. Healthy diet (sigh), and active lifestyle (groan). Doesn’t eating sweets and sitting on your butt reading or watching TV help something??

Please keep the following people in your prayers:

• Caroline Giambattista
• Trinity Hendricks (Linda Critchfield's granddaughter)
• Linda Hess
• Pam McNamee
• Pat Ross
• LaDonna Whetzel

Safe travels for our winter residents as they return to the frigid north!

See you next season.

Click the graphic above for more information about the Youth Gathering!

Saturdays after Worship

In Fellowship Hall

Sundays 9:15am-10:15am

In Fellowship Hall

Come enjoy a cup and mingle!!

Hosts are still needed. Sign-up in Fellowship Hall.

Garden Angels

@8:00am

1st & 3rd Monday of each month

Work on Outside Projects

Come and join us!

Torah Tuesdays

10:00am every Tuesday

Venetian Room, Matthew Hall

at Village on the Isle

Click the picture to view the videos.

You may view these 2 publications and other information about the ELCA and WELCA online be clicking on the names.

April 7

Second Sunday of Easter

Acts 4:32-35

Psalm 133

1 John 1:1-2:2

John 20:19-31

April 14

Third Sunday of Easter

Acts 3:12-19

Psalm 4

1 John 3:1-7

Luke 24:36b-48

Pastor William A. Kittinger, Jr: wkittinger@emmanuel-elca.org

Pastor Dave Hess, Visitation Pastor: linda.hess@gmail.com

Kris Bowker, Worship & Music Director: kbowker@emmanuel-elca.org

Aiden Capps, A/V Coordinator: avcoordinator@emmanuel-elca.org

Linda Critchfield, Bookkeeper/Finance Secretary: bookkeeper@emmanuel-elca.org

Peter Doherty, Property: pdoherty@emmanuel-elca.org

Debi Hammett, Office Coordinator: dhammett@emmanuel-elca.org

Chuck Koons, Treasurer: treasurer@emmanuel-elca.org

Becky Rothgery, Office Coordinator: info@emmanuel-elca.org

Barb Spenks, Parish Nurse: bspenks@emmanuel-elca.org

Nick Sperry, Youth Director: nsperry@emmanuel-elca.org

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