It's not too late to complete your virtual copies of the 2021 Time & Talent Sheet and/or Pledge Card. Just click on the buttons provided below. If you prefer a paper copy of these forms, they are available at the table in the Narthex or at the office during office hours. Any completed paper copies may be returned by mail or placed in the offering plate as you enter or leave worship.

Beginning this Sunday, November 8, the 11:00am worship service will resume at Emmanuel! This will allow us to safely seat additional worshipers as members and guests return to paradise for the winter. Note that this worship service will follow the same safety measures as the other in-person worship services, including pre-registration and the other guidelines outlined below. 

Reminder: Please wear your Name Badges when attending worship so we know who you are while wearing your face masks!!!

If you need to contact the office about FlockNote or have any questions about registration, please email us at info@emmanuel-elca.org. Please do not email us through FlockNote. Thanks so much!

The Dorcas Circle has begun meeting with limited numbers on Mondays at 9am. If you plan to attend or have questions, contact Jackie Miller at bobjackie2@yahoo.com or 941.488.7176.

A big "Thank You" to everyone who donated sheets for the backing of our quilts. The response has been awesome!!!

Ladies from Emmanuel together with ladies from VOTI have been making layettes during the pandemic. They have developed quite a team. At the end of October they will send thirty-one gowns, sixteen shirts, and six receiving blankets. In addition, thirty-one gowns, twenty-six shirts, and five quilted receiving blankets were sent in July AND there are nearly thirty items in various stages of completion for the next shipment in December. Deborah Circle will use these gowns, shirts, and blankets to construct fifty layette kits in January, to which they will add purchased items such as socks, sweaters, soap, towels, knit caps, diapers and diaper pins.

Emmanuel's annual Giving Tree tradition continues with a COVID twist! Envelopes will be available for pick up in the Narthex on November 14/15 and 21/22. Labeled envelopes; Adult Female, Toddler, Infant, Parent, Adult Male, etc. will contain gift ideas. Gift lists for SPARCC will be generic gifts and those for Lutheran Social Services (LSS) will be specific to the individual (as they have been in the past). You do not necessarily have to get everything on the list! All gifts should be brought to the tables that will be outside worship on November 21/22 or 28/29 or brought to the office between November 23-25 . If you are not attending worship in person, a copy of the SPARCC list is available by clicking the button below. For further information, please contact Don Berg.

Sun, November 15  

THE THANKOFFERING IS WELCA’s 

ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME 

The other half of our offering goes toward the National WELCA organization ministries churchwide.   

There are a few openings in November and December for Altar Flowers, at a cost of $30, and for the Eternal Candle, at a cost of $10. If you are interested, click one of the links below to sign-up. Then e-mail your dedication to info@emmanuel-elca.org with the subject "Altar Flowers" or "Eternal Candle" . Your payment may be mailed or placed in the offering plate. Please include a note with each for Altar Flowers or Eternal Candle and the date. Payments are due as soon as possible.