Weekly Word | September 9, 2022 | Issue 57

The Outreach Ministry Team and the special event team of Nancy Smith and Lora Lee Nye are meeting during the Outreach team regular meeting time Monday, September 12, at 9am. They are working on the plans for the 30^th Anniversary celebration of the chartering of Emmanuel Lutheran as a congregation of the ELCA (September 23). You are all invited to come help!

Celebration Sunday, September 18 There will be a 10am worship service followed by a catered luncheon. The service and lunch will be in the sanctuary with rented round tables and tablecloths. Bring your favorite dessert for a dessert potluck!

God’s Work. Our Hands. Celebrated for a month: Sunday, September 11 – October 9, with many activities suggested. Here are just a few:

• singing at nursing homes
• giving goodie baskets to nurse’s stations in hospitals
• cleaning our Adopted Road, Civic Drive
• sprucing up the church including washing the windows
• providing lunches for Habitat for Humanity builds
• working on a project at our adopted school, Liberty Traditional

Part of our GOD’S WORK, OUR HANDS project will be taking baskets of “goodies” to the nurse’s stations at our two hospitals. Your contribution of PREWRAPPED protein bars, trail mixes, nuts, cookies, crackers, chips etc. would be greatly appreciated. NO FRESH FRUITS. That will be done the day of distribution. There is a collection box in the narthex to put your donations in by September 26, 2022.  Questions: Call Cathy N. at 928-800-1168 or Sally N. at 928-772-0634

We are collecting a list of all the ways that Emmanuelites serve our neighbors. Do you volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, the Prescott Valley Food Bank, People Who Care, Meals on Wheels, at one of our hospitals or at our local library or some other volunteer opportunity?

Send an email to the church office or let Pr. Tricia know as you are leaving worship, so we can create a list of some of the ways that the members of Emmanuel are showing love for our neighbors in our community! I’ve gotten several—keep them coming!

Please consider making a $30 donation (or multiples of 30) to the Emmanuel Lutheran Endowment!

What a great way to honor the occasion of the 30^th Anniversary and to help Emmanuel grow our Endowment Fund for many years of service to our community to come!

Click here to see details from Kathy Austin

• The Grief Group meets on the second and fourth Friday of the month at 1:00pm in the nursery. Chaplains from Good Samaritan Hospice are facilitating.

• The Caregiver’s Support Group is meeting again. The group is deciding this week when the best day and time is to meet monthly. Julie Pavri is facilitating the group.

• The Tuesday 10am Women’s Bible Study is discussing Sarah Bessey’s book Jesus Feminist. Most weeks they meet via Zoom; contact Pr. Tricia for an invite.

• The last Tuesday of the month Bible study at the Prescott home of Karen and Bruce Lamb starts up again at 9:30am on September 27.

• The Wednesday 10am Lectionary Study group led by Hal Vogelaar and Larry Gordon meets in the Fellowship Hall.

• The Thursday evening Bible Study meets at the Rebholz’ home. Gathering at 6:30pm for dessert (always amazing by Carole), the study starts at 7:00pm.

The Inclusivity Team (Inc) meets the second and fourth Mondays at 11am. Currently they are meeting via Zoom, if you would like to attend the meeting this coming Monday, September 12; please contact Pr. Tricia (pastortrlowe@gmail.com) for an invitation!

Everyone is invited to take part in a letter writing campaign in support of our Prescott Valley Library as part of our God’s Work. Our Hands. activities this Sunday, September 11^th between services. There will be copies of letters to either sign or to write your own in support the library’s efforts to have inclusive books available.

This project is being promoted through our Inclusivity Team and our congregation. Please take time to write to our Town Council members and mayor in support of what they have already been doing in promoting free and uncensored libraries via Casey VanHaren and our library associations. We need to do this because ultra conservative citizens in our town are trying to censor books at the library. The council members are being given ultimatums and some threats are being made to our public servants.

Help keep our library intact. They are currently targeting all LBGTQIA+ books, especially for minors.

We are providing a sample letter that you may use or copy and paste online, whatever is easier for you. A sheet including the email addresses for our council members is also provided. Click on the 

Then please join our group planning to attend the October 6 council meeting in support of our council members and librarians. We will wear “God’s Work, Our Hands” T-shirts if possible. We will not be speaking but will be recognized as a supportive group.

Click here to download the Word document

Click here to download the Word document

Click "Read More" to view the letter from Prism Network requesting support of our local libraries to encourage inclusivity.

This program is for all children in our school district. Bags filled with food items are distributed each Friday during the school year to the children who otherwise would not have anything to eat over the weekend. Currently, they are serving 240 families weekly!

What kinds of food are included in the bags?

• bread
• peanut butter
• jelly
• fruit snack cups
• ramen noodles
• individual cereal packs
• a can of tuna
• ravioli
• spaghetti O’s
• an apple, orange or raisins

Money donations make it possible for them to buy specific items they need, but our food donations are also greatly appreciated.

Click on the logo to visit their website!

For the last three years, we have been taking classes offered by a group from Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The group is called “Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation” (JPIC). It has been a great and rewarding experience for us as we studied racism, climate change, poverty, immigration, injustices to the indigenous people and more.

It is our hope to provide social justice classes with the members at Emmanuel. Please join us to watch and discuss the Netflix series “Amend: The Fight for America”.

The series includes six videos that cover citizenship as it relates to slavery, Jim Crow laws, the civil rights movement, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights and more. The class will be on ZOOM, consist of seven sessions and be from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm on Tuesday starting October 4. Here is a preview of this series.

Contact Gary or Jean Kiser at 928-777-8961 or kisergj69@gmail.com for more information and/or to sign up.

Click here to view the Amend flyer

Are you a Thrivent member? If so, please consider using your Community Action Cards to help with the cost of these meals. Click on the picture to visit the Thrivent website!

Have you taken a few minutes to fill out the Non-Discrimination Survey put forward by local LBGTQI+ supporters?

The survey will be used to gather information to be given to the Prescott City Council in support of the adoption of a nondiscrimination ordinance. Twelve Arizona cities have already approved such an ordinance. Please help by clicking "Read More" to take the survey.

We know that many folks are busy travelling this summer and early fall. Don’t forget to drop off or mail in your offering or pledge before you go! Summer often is a time of decreased giving, but we still need to keep the lights and the AC on!

Just a little New Orleans Jazz to get your toes tapping! Here is Tuba Skinny playing "Jubilee Stomp"!