Weekly News Broadcast

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

April 2023 Newsletter Info:

Consistory Minutes: March

Treasurer's Report: February

Elders Minutes: February

April Printable Calendar

O praise Him all His mighty works

There is no language where you can't be heard

Your song goes out to all the earth

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

O hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!

~ Chris Rice “Hallelujahs”

Dear Friends,

As Christian song writer Chris Rice so beautifully conveys, God’s glory through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus simply cannot be contained...

Rich & Rose Little

Interviewed by: Art Holden

As Rose Little likes to tell the story, she knew at age 14 that she would marry Rich Little one day.

It was love at first sight, but it really didn’t come to fruition until four years later after a chance meeting outside a bank.

“He said that he had just got paid, so I told him ‘Then you’re going to take me out to eat.’ He showed up at 6 o’clock, and we’ve been together ever since.”

You might say that a similar karma led the pair to Emanuel, but first a little background is necessary...

Palm Sunday worship: April 2. The children will parade in with palms as we begin our Holy Week events. An Easter Egg Hunt will follow worship.

Palm Cross Video Instructions

Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service will be April 6 at 7PM. Our Elders will be participating in the service with special music provided by Connie Stinnett (cello).

Easter Sunrise Service (April 9) is led by Ernie Lyons at 9am with a breakfast to follow. Please sign-up for the breakfast in the narthex by April 2.

Traditional Easter Worship will be at 10:30am with Emanuel Bells ringing. There will be no Kids' Sunday School during worship. We will have activity envelopes available. We will be having a special UCC collection, One Great Hour of Sharing. Join in our celebration!

All are welcome to join our Holy Week and Easter events. Please consider inviting a family member, friend, or neighbor to be a part of our special services and activities.

The Lunch & Learn video series, The History & Archaeology of the Bible, will continue at noon on Thursday, March 30 with The Passion Events in Jerusalem. We will not have Lunch & Learn on April 6.

April 11

Easter Egg Hunt will be after Palm Sunday worship on Sunday, April 2 in the cemetery for all children. All ages will be outdoors. Please bring a basket and dress for the weather.

One Great Hour of Sharing - April 9

This Easter Offering supports the disaster, refugee, and development ministries of the United Church of Christ within Wider Church Ministries. They provide clean water, food, medicines, shelter, education, and health care. Please give this offering prayerful consideration.

Visit OGHS Website

Celebrate Earth Day at Emanuel!

“Plastic Earth” documentary viewing

Saturday, April 22 at 3PM in the sanctuary

"Plastic Earth" is the first documentary feature film of its kind to cover the solutions and technologies being worked on in the world today to combat and eventually solve the plastic crisis that our world is facing.

Worldwide plastic production coming from fossil-based sources continues to rise and it contributes to climate change, pollution, and threatens the planet's species.

"Plastic Earth" follows the story of a concerned mother, Janice Overbeck. Janice goes on a journey to learn the full story of this problem and to uncover what is happening in the background to solve it. Through dozens of interviews with scientists, engineers, researchers, and innovators, Janice gets first-hand insights on how we can get this problem under control. This documentary film features many of the heroes of the world working to solve the world's plastic and environmental issues.

Earth Day Casual Sunday (April 23)

Potluck sign up is in the narthex to attend and/or bring food to share. Lunch will be followed by our annual landscaping clean-up. Bring garden tools and gloves if you have them. Jean & Art Holden will lead the children on a nature hike at Silver Creek Metro Park.

Recycling projects & Earth Day resources:

Hazel Harvey and CIS are collecting clean plastic caps & lids (without paper or metal inside) for a 6ft. park bench for the 50th anniversary of Parfitt’s Paradise. This is an outdoor science lab and place to learn about nature for the Chippewa Schools on 3 acres that was started by now retired CHS teacher Dave Parfitt in 1973. The collection will take place through the end of the school year. Please contact Karen Foster for details.

Caps Letter from HH & CIS

Caps Request List

Fort Island Primary School is collecting plastic film as part of the NexTrex recycling project. Plastic film packaging is used for countless products, including food storage bags, bubble wrap, newspaper sleeves and shipping envelopes. When this packaging is recycled properly through NexTrex, it can be processed and repurposed into durable outdoor living products. After more than a decade, this recycling challenge continues to educate and inspire young people and makes it possible for them to take an active role in helping the environment. There will be a container at the church for your donations and will continue through the next school year.

NexTrex project details

We are now collecting disposable plastic grocery bags. Please flatten them before placing them in the box in the narthex.

Plastic Pollution Primer & Action Toolkit

Blessing Box Replenish Schedule Update

Sundays will remain the same

Monday: Helen Tritt

Tuesday: Bible study group/Holly Poetter

Wednesday: Fran Royer/Sandy Bee Lynn

Thursday: Lunch and Learn group/Karen Foster

Friday: Jean Holden/Nancy and Ernie Lyons

If you are unable to fill the box or have any problems or issues, please feel free to call or text Jean 330-658-2421.

A Big Thank You to our wonderful Church Family for your prayers, cards, and concerns during our illnesses. It really helped to brighten our days.

Ruth and Jerry Hazeltine

Thanks to everyone who has sent cards to Anita in the nursing home. I read all of them to her and then display them for her. I appreciate it.

Bud Warren

So proud of Aliyah! She recently a Good Citizenship award from the Doylestown Police officers. She was nominated by her teacher for showing great work in the classroom with her academics, study habits, attendance, and exhibiting excellent cooperation with teachers and her peers. All recipients received a good citizenship t-shirt, a certificate, letter home to parents, and lunch with Officer Nate! Great job, Aliyah!

Amanda Cotton will be having 11 poems published in a book for Stewart’s Caring Place. Alexa Foster: Driver’s License. Andrew Karhoff: Driver’s License. Micah Sutton was accepted into the Criminal Justice program at Barberton.

Our PayPal Giving Fund website: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/2403983

There are also links on our website and broadcast email and a QR code in your bulletin. For your convenience, you can also “Set as a favorite charity” to have our link show up on your PayPal homepage.

We have chosen to funnel our online donations through the PayPal Giving Fund, a 501(c)(3) charity. Using this fund, PayPal covers all transaction fees. PayPal Giving Fund will send you a tax receipt after each donation since they are receiving the donation and then sending the money to Emanuel. Emanuel will also keep track of your giving and send a year-end statement. Please make sure to select “Share my name and email with this charity.” above the donate button. This is the only way Emanuel can record your giving otherwise it will register as an anonymous donation.

Other ways to tithe if you are able:

Create a “Bill Pay” to the church through your online banking. Select “Add a Payee” (or similar wording based on your bank) and type in Emanuel United Church of Christ. Follow prompts to enter the church address: 16 Eastern Rd. Doylestown, OH 44230. You may have the option to add a memo if you choose. Once the church is created as a “Payee”, you can “pay” the church as you would any other bill pay. We receive a check from your bank.
Sunday offering is collected during worship.
Mail your donation to the church address or drop it off during office hours. For security reasons, please put your offering envelope inside another envelope if you leave it in the mailbox.

April Schedule

Liturgists

2: Sandy Bee Lynn

9: Greg Foster

16: Art Holden

23: Ernie Lyons

30: Julie Huckriede

Acolytes

2: James Ulmer

9: Callie Weyand

16: Aliyah Fischer

23: Tatum Sutton

30: Elliot Danko

Door Monitors

2: Vaughn Daniels

6: Nancy Lyons (Maundy Thursday)

9: Forrest Swain

16: Jill Frase

23: Bob Richmond

30: Jaime Sammons

Card Ministers

1-15: Betsy Rawlins

16-30: Rich & Rose Little

Church Directory: A new church directory was recently emailed to the congregation. This file can be saved to your computer or phone to be accessed in the future. Please inform the office if you didn’t receive the pdf directory. There will be paper copies in the narthex as well.

Corrinne, Anthony, Amari, & Breece Walker

7808 Aramis St NW

Massillon, OH 44646

Emanuel News

Consistory will be Zoom meeting April 11 at 7PM.

May Newsletter Deadline: April 23

Elders will be Zoom meeting Wednesday, April 26 at 7PM.

Healing Service: following worship April 30

Graduate Recognition: Please contact the office by May 14 if your child is graduating from high school or college this school year. We will be honoring graduates on June 25.

Latest church news:

Marge

Chris

Laurel

Christy

Family of Glen Hoerger

Family of Dick Paulson

Sue

Scott

David

Barbara

Elaine (healing)

Roger Henry

Ren

Angelo

Natalie

Bill and Kay

Family of Paul Little

Pat and John

Dora

Emily

Hope for people affected by storms and wars

BIRTHDAYS

March 31 Micah Sutton (2007)

April 3 Kevin Wagner

April 5 Fran Royer

Emanuel Blessing Box

Please bring donations for the Blessing Box when the church is open (Sunday morning & during office hours), so items can be kept out of the elements. The need for our pantry items has increased. Please consider bringing one item each Sunday to donate. Thank you for continuing to bless our community.

Blessing Box Donation Items