Week of November 7th eNews -- Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Emmanuel Lutheran Church eNews

All Saints Weekend

Week of November 7, 2021

This week at Emmanuel...

Remember to set your clocks back one hour Saturday night

11am worship update

Reminder! 11am worship service will be reinstated at

Epiphany, beginning the

weekend of

January 8-9, 2022

Stewardship Campaign and New Children's Clothing Collection continues

November 6: Funeral for Bill Roesler @10am
November 6: Worship, All Saints @5pm
November 7: Worship, All Saints @ 8:30am and 10am (aBRIDGEd)
November 7: Sunday School, 9:45am
November 7: Youth Group, 5-8pm
November 9: Torah Tuesday, 10am
November 10: Joyful Ringers, 10am
November 10: Confirmation Class, Zoom @ 7pm
November 11: Thursdays Together, Pastor Hall @10am
November 13: Funeral for Jack Eagon @11am
November 13: Worship, Consecration and Thankoffering @ 5pm

Click here to SIGN-IN for worship

November 6/7

We have resumed in-service communion.

Please use the link above to SIGN-IN for worship - this is how we are keeping accurate records.

Thank you.

Emmanuel welcomed 32 new members into our church family on October 24th and 31st. We are so blessed to have them choose us to work side by side to continue God's work in Venice and beyond. May we all grow as we continue our journey in our Christian lives.

Click here to learn more about our new members and extend a warm "Welcome to Emmanuel".

Emmanuel Needs YOU in 2022

2022 Stewardship Campaign

Click here to complete your Time & Talent Sheet for 2022. We need your talents to continue "God's Work with Our Hands".

Click here to complete your Pledge Card for 2022. Your monetary donations are important to the work at Emmmanuel.

Please complete these forms by Consecration Sunday, November 14.

For more information about our ministries, go to our the

Ministry & Outreach page of our website.

Your Stewardship Committee

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

John 3:16

Can't do it online?

Printed forms will be available in the pews this weekend

WELCA Thankoffering

GIVE THANKS FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS

WELCA’s annual Thankoffering will be held during services on November 13 and 14 as we celebrate the ministries of Emmanuel’s women. The daily practice of giving thanks to God for blessings received is at the heart of our lives of faith. Lutherans have a time-honored way to practice giving thanks - WELCA’s Thankoffering.

Thankoffering is a long standing tradition among Lutherans. Thankofferings show gratitude for God’s gifts and give us a loving way to express that gratitude. WELCA’s mission statement calls us to act boldly. Your generous Thankoffering provides Women of the ELCA with the resources to changes lives every day through our many ministries, and to inspire, support, and mobilize women to act boldly.

Making a Thankoffering is gratitude in action. The Women of the ELCA are grateful to you for taking that action. Join us as we make a difference in our church, community, and the world. Please feel free to use the WELCA envelopes provided in your bulletin on November 13 -14, or you may write WELCA on the memo line on your check. If you give electronically you can contact the office to place a financial gift to WELCA. Thank you.

Dear Father, you have given us gifts of grace and abundance, entrusting to us the ministries of Women of the ELCA. Help us to grow in faith, affirm our gifts, support one another, and engage in ministry and action. Amen

God bless,

Dr. Marlyce Holbach, WELCA President

Worship Studies...

Thursdays Together

with Pastor Hall

10am via Zoom

Click the picture

to join!!

Everyone is invited to join one of the discussions offered for the book "The World Is About To Turn: Mending a Nation's Broken Faith". There will be four Zoom sessions on Fridays ( Nov 12,19, Dec 3 &10) from 10 -11:15 am. In person discussion will be offered in January 2022 with days and times to be announced later. Book cost is $14 for paperback and $13 if you download on Kindle. Kathy will have a few copies of the book for purchase. January sign-up will be in December. Please contact Kathy Anderson for more information: ktanders55@yahoo.com

Click the picture above to join the discussion beginning November 12th.

Torah Tuesdays with Donna Batchelor

10am in the Sanctuary

Visit our website to see all of the

Torah Tuesday videos.

They are posted under Ministry & Outreach/Christian Education

Copies of the

Daily Discipleship

are available in the wall holders in the

Sanctuary and Narthex.

This is a self-study that focuses on the Gospel for the following week.

Be "In the Know"...

Emmanuel will again host our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Venice Food Pantry. The Outreach committee will be handing out grocery bags at all services this coming weekend. Fill the bag with your contributions and place them on the long tables in the Fellowship Hall the weekends of November 13-14 and 20-21. Thank You for making a difference for others.

Items requested:

Peanut Butter
Cereal
Dry Pasta
Pasta Sauce
Canned Vegetables
Non perishables

The library is cleaned and reopening soon! Watch for

more information!

Free for the taking!!!

Books and other items in the Narthex

Take, read, learn, be inspired then pass on to others.

Joyful Ringers will begin rehearsing on Wednesday, November 10^th at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

What joy and fun to come together again to praise and worship our Lord!!!

For more information,

please contact

Kris Bowker at

kbowker@emmanuel-elca.org

Come on – Let’s have FUN!!!!!

How about some day-trip'n?

We are hopefully moving more out of the covid world and back to "normal". The Fellowship Committee is considering several day trips in the December timeframe and would like to gauge the interest of our members. The two places being considered are Edison and Ford Winter Estates and Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium in Fort Myers. Please contact Jadynne Berg if you are interested in either one of the trips so they can get to planning.

CHILDRENS' CLOTHES CLOSET

Collecting NEW children's clothing ONLY!!

Now through December 5th

Bins for donations are located in the library and at the church office.

The clothing will be delivered to a local charity in time for Christmas!!

We are looking for donations of new clothing, pj's, socks, and undies for children 5 years through 12 years.

Every Sunday between Services

Coffee and Donuts

at both exits of the sanctuary

Stay after or come early between

9:15-10:00am to catch

up with fellow members!!

Support Our Youth

Anyone interested in sponsoring the

Youth Group meal on a Sunday evening, please contact Nick Sperry.

December 1 - 5--New Children's clothing collection

December 1 - 12--Giving Tree Donations

December 4--Horns Concert

December 5--Advent by Candlelight

December 11--Cookie Exchange

December 17-18--Living Nativity

More details for each event will be in future eNews editions.

Look What's Been Happening at Emmanuel!!

Blessing Bags

Pet Blessing

GWOH

Library Cleaning

Reformation Weekend

Oktoberfest

Click here to see more images of these and other events on our website!!

Readings for the Coming Weeks:

November 7

All Saints Sunday

Isaiah 25:6-9

Psalm 24

Revelations 21:1-6a

John 11:32-44

November 14

Daniel 12:1-3

Psalm 16

Hebrews 10:11-14 [15-18]19-25

Mark 13:1-8

Barb Authier, Hugh Holmes and Bill Igel

The friends and families of Gerri Amundsen as they mourn her death on October 25th.

Also for the friends and families of Muriel Talley as they mourn her death on October 29th.

Stewardship and Outreach Monthly Emphasis

Barb's Medical Minute...

As the pandemic has evolved, we go through feeling joyful about returning to “normal” and being unsure and unsettled about it. Reentry into in-person interactions can cause anxiety which doesn’t just—poof!—go away when everything opens again.

Here’s a few tips:

Acknowledge your fears, whether it’s about germs, or social interaction. Even though it will be more comfortable to stay home and not resume regular activities….don’t. It’s important to reconnect, especially with people who were most supportive and helpful. So, share your fears with these people and you might be surprised how much they want to help you through your anxiety.
Ease back into your fitness routine. If you have put on the Covid 15, 20, or 30 lbs., you are not alone….Trust me! If you feel self-conscious about your body opt for a machine not in front of a mirror or in the back of the gym. Remember, the key is focusing on how you feel and what you want to do with your body rather than how the world experiences it. Your body is an instrument, not an ornament!

Keep some of the pandemic perks!!

Make more time to spend with the family
instead of an expensive dinner out with friends, how about a cookout and game night
Just say no on occasion to just do nothing and relax at home.

We will all get to fully enjoying life again, but it will take time for us to get back on track!

We'd like to welcome Gayle Strain as our new Finance Secretary. As many of you know, Kelley Hurlburt has taken on full time employment and it only allows her to volunteer in the Finance Department - which we are happy she is doing!

Gayle is a newer member at Emmanuel. She likes crafts, playing the clarinet and the Venice Arts scene. She and her husband moved here from Savage, MN. She is available in the office most Tuesday mornings if you have questions about your giving. Please welcome her to the office!

For your convenience, the current weekend announcement slides viewed on the screens in the sanctuary are also available on our website, the Events page. You can also view the current issue of eNews by going to our MyUCD app (which you use to view the directory) and click the Announcements button. The eNews can also be viewed on our website.