Weekly Word | July 22, 2022 | Issue 50 | |
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A Blood Drive is Monday, July 25, in the Fellowship Hall. Sign up on Sunday between services or online at Vitalant.org. Drop-ins are welcome, but there likely will be a wait.
If you can come back or stay after second service this Sunday, we need help taking all the tables and chairs out of the Fellowship Hall and narthex to set up for the Blood Drive. The more help we have, the faster it goes!
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Vitalant - Donate Blood, Plasma or Platelets with Vitalant | Blood Donation at Vitalant is simple and can help save hospital patients. Book your appointment today and donate blood. | | | | | |
July Outreach: Project Aware
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ELC Mission Outreach Partner for the month of July is Project Aware. Their Mission:
- Provide an opportunity for the homeless to improve their lives and progress to self-sufficiency and independent living
- Provide temporary shelter, affordable housing and services to help the homeless achieve and maintain residential stability
- Increase public awareness and understanding of the problem of homelessness
- Advocate for the homeless, many of whom have little or no voice in the decisions that affect their lives
Click here to visit the Project Aware Facebook page
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Each July we have held a backpack drive for back to school. This year we are collecting backpacks and school supplies for the Navajo Mission. They start back to school on August 2, so bring in your donations by next Monday, July 25.
UPDATE: We have 35 backpacks so far and 3 banker’s boxes full of supplies. We especially need rulers, spiral notebooks, scissors, drawing pads, and markers. We need 60 backpacks!
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Needs for Each Grade Level | |
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Kindergarten (15 students)
Jumbo Crayons
Big Pencils
Colored Pencils
Markers
Rulers
Drawing Pads
Writing Pads (spiral notebooks)
Mask for Kids
Scissors (safety)
Pencil Sharpeners
Glue Stick
Regular Glue
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1st - 3rd Grade (45 students)
Crayons
Pencils
Colored Pencils
Markers
Rulers
Drawing Pads (spiral notebooks)
Writing Pads
Mask for Kids
Scissors (safety)
Pencil Sharpeners
Glue Stick
Regular Glue
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We know that many of you are looking forward to travelling during the summer. Don’t forget to drop off or mail in your offering or pledge before you go! Summer is often a time of decreased giving but we still need to keep the lights and the AC on!
The six-month giving statements are out, check your church mailbox! Those picked up at church save us significant postage (rates went up July 10)! Mary will mail out those not picked up on August 10.
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Bible Study and Groups Summer Schedules | |
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The Caregiver Support Group is taking the months of July and August off. They will gather again in September.
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The Grief Group meets on the second and fourth Friday of the month in the nursery at 1:00pm. Chaplains from Good Samaritan Hospice will be facilitating the group.
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The Tuesday Morning 10am Women’s Bible Study has finished reading Rachel Held Evans’ book, Faith Unraveled. The group will start up again on August 16, reading Jesus Feminist, by Sarah Bessey.
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The Bible study at the Prescott home of Karen and Bruce Lamb meets the last Tuesday of each month, except in July and August. The group will start up again at 9:30am on September 27.
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Jim Rebholz leads a Thursday evening Bible Study at the Rebholz’ home. They took the month of May off and are now back meeting at 6:30pm on Thursdays for dessert (a fabulous one by Carole) and the study starts at 7:00pm. This group will meet through Thursday, August 4, and then take the rest of August off, beginning again September 7.
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The Wednesday 10am Lectionary Study group led by Hal Vogelaar and Larry Gordon meets in the Fellowship Hall. The group is taking the rest of July and the month of August off, resuming September 7.
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We are recommending the current CDC guidelines that suggests everyone now wear masks inside during the summer spike of Covid-19. Our mask wearing criteria has been a positivity rate above 5%, and this past week the rate was 35.4%. Please continue to wear a mask if you are at high risk or are protecting a loved one who is and stay home if you are feeling unwell.
We will continue with our other pandemic protocols, like checking in at the welcome table before worship.
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Please remember to wear your nametag in worship for a while, and keep an eye out for our new members: Deborah Delmastro, Connie Gromada, Michael and Cheryl Leigh, Doris and Roger MacGregor, and Lorna Paulus. Take a moment and introduce yourself!
If you have lost your name tag and need a new one, let Mary in the church office know and she will make you another. And you can always grab a paper nametag at the check-in desk if you left yours at home.
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The next Interfaith meal is Friday, July 22 with a sit-down meal in the Fellowship Hall as well as curbside pick-up. Extra help is needed to make this possible. Set up, serving, bussing and washing dishes, and clean up help is needed on Friday morning and meal prep on Thursday. Please let Mary know if you can be available to assist. | |
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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!
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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 next Monday, August 8, at 9am. Last week they started planning the 30th Anniversary celebration of the chartering of Emmanuel Lutheran as a congregation of the ELCA. (September 23, 2022) see Nancy Smith if you have ideas! Some things in the works include:
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Celebration Sunday, September 18, a 10am worship service followed by a catered luncheon. The service and lunch will be in the sanctuary with rented round tables and tablecloths. Everyone is invited to bring their favorite dessert for a dessert potluck!
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God’s Work. Our Hands. celebrated for a month from Sunday, September 11th through October 9th, with many activities suggested such as singing at nursing homes; goodie baskets to nurse’s stations in hospitals; cleaning our Adopted Road, Civic Drive; workday of sprucing up the church including washing the windows; lunches for Habitat for Humanity builds; a project at our adopted school, Liberty Tradition, just to name a few. More details will be shared as they become available.
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!
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Here is a beautiful rendition of “The Lord’s Prayer”, sung by five women with piano, harp, cello and violin; recorded at St Mark's Church, Binfield, United Kingdom. | | | |
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The monsoon rains are much needed and make for some amazing photographs! This is by Patric Barbato from last week. | If you are traveling this week, be safe and send us pictures! | Pr. Tricia will be taking next week off as she has family and friends visiting. She is available for emergencies as necessary and will be in worship on Sunday, July 31. | |
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Happy Birthday!
Jim Roush, July 23
Mary Smith, July 29
Happy Anniversary!
July 25: Gene Fougner and Stuart Mattson, 40 years
July 25: Terri Reid and Terry, 35 years
July 26: Gary and Jean Kiser, 53 years
July 29: Phyllis and Dale Pohlman, 44 years
July 29: Randy and Linda Virden, 33 years
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Here's the link to Sunday's scheduled livestream. You will receive the Worship email on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. (so that it'll be higher up in your Inbox around 9:00 a.m.). If you've subscribed to our channel you can set a reminder! | |
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7763 E. Long Look Dr.
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
PH (928) 772-4135
FX (928) 759-3541
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Office Hours
Monday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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