November 24, 2021
Sunday Worship & Communion
November 28 at 9am ~ Luke 21:25-36
Children's Chat every Sunday in Advent
In addition to in-person worship,
Live-Streaming of our worship is also available through

If you will be participating online please prepare communion elements of your choice to share in the meal together. 
SUNDAY ADULT FORUM
Sunday Adult Forum will host Dr. Lee Barrett this Sunday, November 28 and December 5 at 10 am to discuss The Future of Christianity in America. On Sundays December 12 and 19, we will watch videos with Brene Brown, University of Houston researcher of shame and vulnerability, and author of many books, including Dare to Lead and The Gifts of Imperfection. We will watch the TED talk from 2010 that started it all on December 12, and her top ten tips for self-love on December 19, with discussion to follow. Each video is about 15 minutes.
Join us (all ages) as we welcome back our Advent Event tradition to kick-off the season. We'll be hosting an OPEN HOUSE from 10am-11:30am. Starting in the sanctuary with music we'll then move from room to room for crafts and fellowship. This open concept will allow for spacing out and tie into our Advent Theme of Close to Home, exploring all the different areas of our church home.
MITTEN TREE

The Mitten Tree is up and ready to accept Hats, Scarves, and Mittens (gloves, too)!
We will be collecting this Sunday through Dec. 12.
Bring your donations to the sanctuary entrance on Sundays and hang on the tree! Donations can also be placed at the outside office blue bin.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!!!
 
25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS VIDEOS
 
  • We are looking for short videos of IUCC members and friends performing some favorite Christmas songs. 
  • Clips can be funny or serious; vocal, instrumental, dance, poetry - just as long as it's Christmas themed, 
  • Videos should be no more than 90 seconds long, since that's about the attention span of the average attention span of the social media audience and also about the largest the file can be for easy upload. 
  • Many of these will likely be musical in nature (although we encourage other submissions), so literally ANY Christmas song will work. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer all the way to Silent Night. They can sing, dance, do karaoke -- just have a great time with it and capture it on video. 
  • Careful with copyrighted accompaniment tracks – sometimes social media rejects those videos
  • Submit the videos HERE
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To make it happen we need your help and quickly.
As you gather with friends and family over the holiday make a video or two and send them in. We definitely need submissions before December 1st to get it started.
Questions? Contact music@immanuel-ucc.org
In the final countdown to Giving Tuesday: Giving SPACE,
we turn our attention to all the ways our indoor space shapes us.
With less than a week until Giving Tuesday, don’t let time run out on the anonymous donor’s $10k match! The power of individual contributions combine to impact everyone.
LADIES IN FAITH & FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER (LIFFT)
December 8, 6:30 PM, Fellowship Hall. Everyone is welcome to join LIFFT members for a holiday cookie exchange to benefit New Journey Community Outreach. We will sort and bag cookies (some sampling may be involved!). Store bought cookies are acceptable. Cookies will be delivered to New Journeys that week. Can't attend but would like to donate? Cookies can be dropped off during the day of 12/8 in bin outside the office. Please notify Jan Buskirk (Buskirk944@gmail.com) or Kathy Joffred (kathyjoffred@gmail.com) if dropping off cookies. 

Senior Ministry Christmas Gathering
Join Senior Ministry for a Christmas gathering on Wednesday, December 15, 1:30 PM in Fellowship Hall. All seniors are welcome to attend this lunch with music from Immanuel’s own and a seasonal program of fun and fellowship. A variety of Boxed Lunch sandwiches are available for your choice at $8. RSVP by December 6 for your choice of Lunch Box sandwich. Senior Ministry members will have a table set up in the parlor on Sunday mornings for RSVPs. You may also request a copy be emailed. Barbara Springer, bbspringer@comcast.net, 610-777-3439; Sharon Ulrich, sharonlulrich@comcast.net, 610-777-2085.
Should you or someone you care for be in need of pastoral support
at any time please contact the church office at 610-777-7107 or secretary@immanuel-ucc.org 

Prayers are powerful! If you or someone you know is in need of prayers, please let us know. It is always confidential. There are prayer cards in the sanctuary or you can contact the church office.