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Rev. Kevin Jones Senior Pastor

There is a lot of pomp and circumstance that goes into the ordination and installation of a newly minted pastor. There are a lot of high hopes for con-gregations as they call a new pastor into their midst. I myself am excited and eager for the task set before me as your new pastor. I appreciate all of you who have graciously encouraged and wel-comed me and my family to Immanuel. The welcom-ing celebration here at Immanuel was truly a blessing and encouraging. As I begin to type up my first “From the Pastor’s Desk” for our newsletter I have been racking my brain for encouraging words to share with you. I got it! “We are all beggars, this is true.” How’s that for encourage-ment!? These words are purportedly the final words of Martin Luther, written down on a scrap of paper in his hand and found in his pocket at the time of his death. This, at first blush, seem like horrible last words. These words would seem that way if you don’t understand what it means to be a beggar before Jesus.

Beggars at the feet of Je-sus are blessed over and over again in the Gospels. Beggars receive sight, are given the ability to walk, hear, and speak for the first time in their lives! Most importantly beggars receive the forgiveness of sins and the promise of eternal life. While it is great to cele-brate and anticipate God’s blessings, it is wise for us to remember that even if we find it hard to have a reason to celebrate, God is still for us. We might be broken down by life but if that leads us to be beg-gars before the Lord then we are still in a pretty good place. All of life, the ups and downs, are a gift from God that lead us to trust the One who comes to beggars like us and does miraculous things. I anticipate many great things for us here at Im-manuel as I serve in your midst. Not because of me, but because we are all beggars before the One who provides blessings beyond what we can think of or even imagine. To God be the glory,

Pastor Garcia

From The Pastor’s Desk . . .

October, 2018

Immanuel Lutheran Church & School 300 N. Sheridan

Bay City, MI 48708 (989) 893-4088

www.immanuelbaycity.com

Rev. Chris Garcia Associate Pastor

Thank You! As we have been working to thank everyone who gave us gifts while coming to Immanuel, Liz and I realized that many of you gave to help our transition costs or dropped off little welcome presents anonymously. To all of you who have welcomed us so generously, with notes, gifts, prayers, and words of encourage-ment we thank you! It is a bless-ing to be a part of Immanuel. We are excited to serve alongside you for years to come and are humbled by your generosity towards us. In thanksgiving to God for you all, Pastor and Liz Garcia

October Service Assistants † Saturday, October 6 Sunday, October 7 Elder: Dennis Metevia Elder: Ian Mills Usher: Robert Samyn Usher: John Nyquist / Kylin Ardahl Communion Asst: Dennis Datte Acolyte: Hannah VanOoteghem Broadcast: Karen Couture Broadcast: Becky Trinklein Greeters: Jim & Patti Witucki Greeters: Tom & Lois Larson Fellowship: Marilyn Reedy Special Music: 7/8 Alleluia Handbells

† Midweek Communion Service

Wednesday, October 10 at 1:30pm

Saturday, October 13 † Sunday, October 14 Elder: Warren Abbs Elder: Brandon Kern Usher: Art Davis Usher: Amber Storey / Rachel Webb Broadcast: Tom Jacobs Communion Asst: Dan Kretchman Greeters: Dennis & Sylvia McNeal Acolyte: Amelia Gohs Broadcast: Gary Bremer Greeters: Irene Laatsch Fellowship: Sandy Prevost Special Music: Kingdom Kids Sunday School

† Saturday, October 20 Sunday, October 21 Elder: Greg Wischmeyer Elder: Layne Scharich Usher: Dave Howard Usher: Gordy Bushong / Alliyah Morse Communion Asst: Randy Tomke Acolyte: Gabrielle Czuba Broadcast: Dan Kretchman Broadcast: Becky Trinklein Greeters: Jim & Julia Diehl Greeters: Sally Englehardt Special Music: 6-8 Cantate Choir Fellowship: Friendship Guild Bazaar

Saturday, October 27 † Sunday, October 28 Elder: Dennis Metevia Elder: Ian Mills Usher: Robert Samyn Usher: John Nyquist / Sidonie Mulholland Broadcast: Karen Couture Communion Asst: Don Rose Greeters: Tom & Sue McCann Acolyte: Emma Haynes Broadcast: Gary Bremer Greeters: Jim & Leslie Fox Fellowship: Nancy Greene Special Music: 7-8 Grade Band

October Altar Guild Schedule October 6: Pat Felske, Pat Fulkersin, Diana Hadaway October 13: Bernice Howard, Sue Howard October 20: Karen Andrzejewski, Kathy Billmeier, Lois Larson October 27: Edna Meyer, Marilyn Reedy

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 7pm All Boards

2 9am Bible Study

6pm Adult Inquirers

3 5:15pm Blended Choir 6pm Bible Study

4 1pm Fellowsh Cards 3:15pm Staff Bible St. 6:30pm Adult Choir

5 LWML 6

Weekend 8am Handbells 5pm Communion

LWML 7

8:45am Christian Educ. 10am Worship Service

8 7pm Friendship Guild

9 9am Bible Study

6pm—No Adult Inquirers

10 1:30pm Midweek Serv. 5:15pm Blended Choir 6pm Bible Study

11 Noon Ladies Aid 6:30pm Adult Choir

12 13 8am Handbells 5pm Worship

14 8:45am Christian Educ.

10am Communion Serv.

2pm Fall Bible St.

15 7pm Church Council

16 9am Bible Study

6pm Adult Inquirers


18 1pm Fellowsh Cards 6:30pm Adult Choir

19 20 8am Handbells 5pm Communion

21 8:45am Christian Educ. 10am Worship Service 2pm Pumpkin Farm

22 23 9am Bible Study

6pm Adult Inquirers


25 1pm Fellowsh Cards 6:30pm Adult Choir

26 27 8am Handbells 5pm Worship

28 8:45am Christian Educ. 10am Communion Service

29 30 9am Bible Study

6pm Adult Inquirers


October 2018

Our parish supply closet is in need of

supplies.

Can you help out?

Now that we are in full swing of Parish Ministry events, it’s time to help fill in the need of our sup-plies for the upcoming seasons. If you can help with any of the items listed below, Immanuel’s team ministries would be ever grateful!! Thank you!

Coffee—Regular & Decaf

Small Styrofoam Des-sert Plates—Gordon’s

Small & Large Styrofoam Bowls—Gordon’s

Plastic Forks—Spoons—Knives—Gordon’s

Creamers—Sugar and Equal Packets

Address

Phone Number and alternate phone num-ber

Names for the Caring Tree need to be turned into the office by Novem-ber 2nd. The Caring Tree will be set up in the back of the church by Novem-ber 9. Please remember to write your name and phone number by the tag

The Caring Tree is a way for Immanuel parish members to make the holidays brighter for chil-dren and families in our church and community. If you know of someone in need this Christmas, please send the following information to the church office:

Name

Approximate age

number line on the Caring Tree gift register located on the table next to the tree. All gifts MUST be returned in a gift bag by Sunday, December 2. A suggested amount is $30.00. Gift pick up will be Saturday, December 8. Thank you for your support and if you have any questions, please call Nancy Greene at 893-3172.

Immanuel Parish Supply Closet in Need.

Caring Tree—2018

A Word of Thanks is Sent out!!

with Him, we too can shine brightly into our world with His love and Joy! Thanks students!

And always, to offer a heartfelt thank you to our Savior who was and is our Light in this darkened world; that through Him we find forgiveness and purpose to shine each and every day. May we as a parish continue to

come together here at Immanuel to lift High the name of Jesus each and every weekend and throughout the days in between “shining His Gospel Light”. Thank you again to each of you for your commitment to serve here at Immanuel.

Miss Betsy

I would like to personally thank the many—many individuals and families who helped make Rally Day a success. Because of your generosity sharing your time with our parish, everyone had a great day, thank you! To the many children who help lead worship through skit and song, thank you for lead-ing us to remember that Jesus is our Light and

Immanuel Lutheran Church is helping our community by providing food to men, women, and children who, without our help, would go to bed hungry. We have dedi-cated parish members who work together with the Bay County Emergen-cy Food Pantry Network, but we need more help. Do you have a few hours that you could spare to help with this worthy cause? You probably

have lots of questions and we’d love to talk to you about this. Please call Nancy Greene at 893-3172, or if you’d rather email me, my email ad-dress is [email protected].

Thank you for your con-sideration.

Parent Teacher Confer-ences for first quarter for Immanuel School will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, November 7-8. Plan to visit with your child’s teacher during one of those days. Friday, November 9th will be a half day of school.

Upcoming Volleyball Games:

Immanuel Lutheran School will have no school on Thursday and Friday, October 18-19, 2018. The teachers will be attending a conference in Grand Rapids. Classes will resume on Monday, October 22nd.

First quarter of our school ends on Friday the 26th. Expect your child’s report card on Thursday, Nov. 1.

Monday, October 1 4:30 & 5:30 Home vs Holy Cross

Wednesday, October 3 4:30 & 5:30 Away vs Bethlehem, Saginaw

Friday, October 5 4:30 & 5:30 Home vs St. Peter, Hemlock

Monday, October 8 4:30 & 5:30 Away vs St. Paul, Saginaw

Food Pantry

News From Our School

October Collection Drive for Project Angel

one wishing to donate any of the following items for the 2018 collection:

Shampoo

Bar Soap

Paper Towel

Toilet Paper

Laundry Soap

Dish Soap

Multi Purpose Cleaner

Deodorant

Toothpaste

The collection bo will be up from October 1st through October 28th. We extend our sincere thanks to all parish mem-bers who wish to support this program.

The Board of Social Min-istry is encouraging parish members to support a drive to collect household and personal items for the Salvation Army’s Project Angel program. The Sal-vation Army helps the needy people in our com-munity with these much needed items. There will be a box at the back of the church during the month of October for any-

Living for Jesus

Martin Luther said, “If someone would knock on my heart and ask, ‘Who lives here?’ I would say, ‘Martin Luther once lived here, but he has moved out and Jesus has moved in.’” Martin Luther lived for Jesus. In Galatians 2:20 the apostle Paul wrote that he, too lived for Jesus. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by the faith in the Son of God.”

Who or what do you live for? If we live for ourselves and the things of the world, we will focus our attention and energy on amassing more and more things. It is easy for money and possessions to become overly important because our society tells us that more is better and that happiness and success can only be achieved by having the newest and best things. To find happiness and success, we work long and hard.

King Solomon, who was wealthy and wise, tried almost everything and found no satisfaction with things of the world. In Ecclesiastes, he tells us that he tried wine and women; he built houses, gardens, and parks; he bought slaves, herds and flocks, and amassed silver and gold. “I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure...Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 2:10-11). Regarding money, Solomon wrote, “Whoever loves mon-ey never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied is never satisfied with his income. This too is mean-ingless” (vs. 5:10).

In closing the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon wrote, “’Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judge-ment…” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). The only thing that finally gave Solomon’s life purpose was living for God. Likewise, we as Christians understand that Jesus is the only person who can give us lasting peace, comfort, security. He alone meets our needs. Jesus’ tremendous sacrifice showed us His love for us and His love compels us to love Him and live for Him. Filled with Jesus’ presence in our lives, we are empowered to overcome the pull of the world.

Coming Soon: “Disciples Living as Grace-filled Stewards”

How do you answer the question, “Who are you?” Most often we identify ourselves by our relationships—I’m a father or mother, son or daughter, husband or wife—or our profession—I’m a carpenter or teacher or businessperson or work in an-other of the myriad of professions now available to all. As believers our identity is in Jesus. The Holy Spirit has called us by the Gospel, and we believe. Through God’s gracious gift of Baptism, the Holy Spirit works faith in our hearts so that we believe that Jesus is the Son of God Who came to earth to save us from sin, death, and the devil.

Our stewardship emphasis this fall, “Disciples Living as Grace-filled Stewards” focuses on our identity as disciples and stewards and will lead us into 2019. It is humbling to realize that God has created us and redeemed us through His Son, Jesus, and sustains us, calls us and gives us the privilege of being His disciples and stewards. The definitions of disciple and steward are different, but the ultimate purpose of both is to serve God by helping all people come to faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Through Word and Sacraments, the Holy Spirit changes and molds us to be disciples and stewards. It is not by our own power or intellect that we fill these two different roles. By grace, God enables us to grow in faith and service to Him. Submitting our will to His, we are led and guided in our service.

Disciple: A disciple is identified as a “follower” and a “learner.” Just as Jesus called His 12 disciples to follow Him, He calls and chooses us to follow (John 15:16). A disciple is someone who continually strives to know more about Jesus. We learn about Jesus as we daily read His Word, attend Bible studies, attend worship services, participate in the Lord’s Table, and spend time in prayer. Disciples try to make more disciples by helping others grow in Christ. A disciple says, “Here am I! Send me” (Isaiah 6:8)

Steward: A steward is a manager of someone else’s property according to the desire and wishes of the owner. Because God has created and owns all things, we are God’s stewards. God uses us as His stewards by enabling and equipping us to use our time, talents, and money in ways that help others hear the Gospel. By His grace, God entrusts us with time to manage wisely so we are available to be used in His service. In the same way, we are given talents that can be developed so we can be effective in places where we can serve. God gives us the ability to work and make an income, and we are to manage the money we’ve earned faithfully and responsibility so we can give generously to support ministries that share the Good News and to help those in need.

We pray that God will bless our stewardship emphasis and that He will continually empower us to be used as His tools to help extend His kingdom.

There will be Devotional booklets and bible study lessons available for you to use during this emphasis. Watch for this and more information on the narthex ledge or in the hall by the multipurpose room.

Blessings on your Stewardship Journey!

Adult Bible Studies Fall Curriculum

Luke To All Nations “God’s Word for Today Series” Sunday Mornings thru November 25 8:45-9:45am School Library Kathy Paeth, Class Facilitator Tuesday Morning Ladies Bible Study Couples of the Old Testament Tuesday Mornings thru November 6 9:00-10:00am Conference Room B Bonnie Young, Class Facilitator Wednesday Evening Bible Study Thru November 7 THE REASON I BELIEVE “The Basics of Christian Apologetics” Understanding your beliefs—Learning how to explain your faith 6:00-7:00pm Multi Purpose Room Rec. David Hakes, Class Facilitator Kingdom Kids Sunday School and Children’s Church “Growing in Christ Series & CROSS Exploration Children’s Church” Sunday Mornings 8:45-9:45am Satellite Classrooms for Grades: Preschool students “early childhood development” Kindergarten students “early childhood advancement” 1 & 2 Grade “lower grade” 3 & 4 Grade “middle grade” 5 & 6 Grade “pre-youth program” Youth Sunday Morning Bible Study Who Am I….. …..To God …..To Judge …..When Nobody Is Looking “Christian Character Development Series” 8:45-9:45am Youth Room Betsy Bourassa, Class Leader

Fall FBS (Fall Bible School)

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown—Fall FBS

“It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!”

Sunday, October 14 from 2:00-4:00pm

Open to all children in Grades Preschool—Grade 5

Grades 6-12 serve as Crew Leaders

(Please report to school by 1:45pm)

Sponsored by: Youth Board and Kingdom Kids Sunday School Staff

Please register your son, daughter and their friends by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th

To attend Fall FBS—It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Sunday Afternoon—October 14 2:00-4:00pm

Open to ALL Children in Grades Preschool—Grade 5

REGISTRATION FORM

Featuring: Charlie Brown Movie

Decorating Pumpkin Cookie Pops Pumpkin Bag Crafts and Candy Walk Pumpkin Prayer Lessons and Carving

Cupcakes and Milk Fall Stories and Lessons

Games

NAME: ____________________________ GRADE: _____________________ PARENTS SIGNATURE TO ATTEND: _________________________________ PHONE: _________________________ EMERGENCY PHONE: _____________________________ ALLERGIES: ______________________________________

Kingdom Kids “Little Bits” of News

What an exciting time for our children as they have returned to Kingdom Kids Sunday

School to …..learn, create, discover, explore, make new friends and step into a new sea-

son of growing in a faith-filled walk with their Savior, Jesus! As a staff, we have missed

them and are equally excited to see all of our new faces this year. With it now official-

ly the end of September and the days deciding if they want to hold onto summer or

discover the beauty of fall, we want to update you on our events that will be part of

your son or daughter’s Kingdom Kids schedule. Take a look at our “Little Bits” of News

for our students:

**NOTE: As we follow a three year curriculum plan, the 2018-2019 year brings us into

the study of the life of Jesus and New Testament Lessons.

Looking forward to October: (starting practice on “I sing the Mighty Power of God”)

October 7—Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

October 14—The Transfiguration / Students part of Children’s Message with Miss Betsy

and sing “Come to the

Water” during the 10:00am worship service.

October 14—”It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” afternoon Fall Bible School

From 2:00-4:00pm. (Registration Form included in this Newsletter)

October 28—The Good Samaritan and Craft Day

Yes, the seasons change so quickly, but the grace of our Heavenly Father, His love, mer-

cy and forgiveness never changes. Thank you for allowing us to help your children

grow in the ever present and assured knowledge of these wonderful promises. May God

bless your family and continue to grace your lives with His loving presence.

Immanuel Kingdom Kids Staff All children in grades Preschool through Grade 6 are invited, encouraged and welcome to attend this creative and child friendly approach to studying the Word of God. As students begin in Children’s Church with songs, object lessons, and bible point lessons, then travel to their age appropriate class setting to learn and grow in the knowledge of Scripture “in a way that provides understanding in a fun way”. Your son or daughter and their friends may join in on any Sunday regardless if they have not attended on a prior Sunday. Your children are important to us and we can’t wait to share the love of Jesus with each and every one of them!!!

WOW! What a great turn out for last month’s Wel-come Back to Youth Group!

It’s so exciting to see eve-ryone ready to jump into another year of fun—friends—fellowship and fantastic fall festivities!

Here’s the scoop for Oc-tober: Monthly Devo’s: Mark 10:42-45 “Have a Servant Heart” Pay It Forward: “How Can I Help You?” - Help Others.

RAOK: Help out a fel-low student.

Fall FBS (Fall Bible Study)

Sunday, October 14, 2-4pm

**Youth Group Members, remember to sign up to be Crew Leaders for this event, forms available in Miss Betsy’s Office. Re-port for shifts and work details on Sunday, Octo-ber 14th at 1:15pm. You will be working until

school is cleaned up after the event!

This lunch event is a fund raiser for Mackinac State

Youth Gathering

Lunch includes:

Homemade Sloppy Joes, Chips, Corn, Pickles, Jello, Desserts and Beverages.

Because this event is the first Sunday in November, we wanted to share this in-formation with you so you can plan it on your family calendars…..which means, we do the cookin’ you simply

Upcoming Event in Early November:

Sunday, November 4

Immediately following wor-ship service.

Multi Purpose Room

Youth to serve as your wait staff

Free Will Donations Accept-ed and Appreciated

sit back and enjoy!

Hope to see you all there!

Rock Solid Youth Group Scoop For October

Youth Sponsored Sloppy Joe Lunch

October SNAG

Apple Cider supplied by Youth Board.

It’s Youth Group Family Day at Johnson’s Pump-kin Farm. All Youth Mem-bers, along with their fam-ilies are invited to “Get their Fall On” and have fun at the farm. We will meet by the Big Pumpkin Patch for our monthly de-votions and prayers then off to either the corn

maze, the trebuchet, the animals, the craft building and so much more! We will meet at 2:30pm for donuts and cider by the large food building and then off to more fall fun with your friends and fam-ily. Hope to see every-body for this fun afternoon youth event!!

Let’s Go to the Pumpkin Farm!

Family Day!

Where: Johnson ’s Pumpkin Farm, 4715 N. Portsmouth Rd., Saginaw

When: Sunday, Oct. 21

Time: Meet in Parking lot by Pumpkin Patch at 2:00pm

Pumpkin Donuts and

Rock Solid Youth Group Asset Training

Each Month Students will Concentrate on Specific Assets

Based on:

What Kids Need to Succeed / Healthy Communities—Healthy Youth

September Assets Focused on: Family Support and Positive Family Communication. October Asset Focus: Other Adult Relationships and Caring Neighborhoods. The 2018-2019 Youth Group Calendar for ROCK SOLID MEMBERS will continue to offer Pay It Forward Challenges as well as ROAK (Random Acts of Kindness) challenges each month during the SNAG events. This season, our young adults will venture into another character building program: AS-SET TRAINING as part of their youth group membership. During each monthly SNAG event, Miss Betsy will be discussing and training our young adults on developmental asset building characteristics which will help sup, suport our young adults in: positive self-esteem, family support, character building affirmation, broad world perspectives and re-sistance skills. Immanuel’s Youth Group Membership…..growing in faith, building character, serving oth-ers, sharing the Gospel with others, having fun and fellowship, meeting the needs of our congregation, discovering personal strengths, getting a little crazy as only teens can, and so much more! Any and all students in Grades 6-12 are invited, encouraged and certainly welcome to at-tend ALL ROCK SOLID events. For more info regarding youth programming, please call Betsy at 893-4088 or email at [email protected].

THE PIPE ORGAN The façade pictured above hides the numerous pipes used to make the music. These pipes range in

size from small to large! The pipe chamber includes 1,883 pipes that were moved from the previous

building to our current building in 1958. Additional pipes were added in a 1983. The number of pipes

is now around 2000. These pipes are an assortment of metal and wood, round and square. Each pipe

requires a leather pouch that provides the air to make the sound. These leather pouches were last

replaced in 1960. The leather is now 58 years

old and is in poor condition. New leather will

be imperative very soon. The replacement of

the leather is an intricate project. The rank of

pipes will need to be removed to allow access.

And as the picture to the right shows, these

pipes are close together. (The picture is not of

Immanuel, but does show the general configu-

ration.)

It's BAZAAR time! Come get your once-a-year treats of German Potato Salad and Baked Beans, no tricks included! Get into the fall mood with some homemade baked goods and chai tea, too.

The Bazaar will be Saturday, October 20th from 4-7pm, and Sunday, October 21st from 9am-12pm. Vendors may sell their wares for a tithe to

the general fund. Please let Bonnie Young <[email protected]> know by Monday, Oc-tober 8th if you are inter-ested in using a table.

Friendship Guild ladies will meet on Monday, Oc-tober 8th at 8pm, to pre-pare the Chai Tea Mix and other craft items for the Bazaar. Hostesses for the meeting are Bon-nie Young and Sue

Wade. All ladies are wel-come to attend and enjoy the smells (and I'm sure the tastes) of fall!

life of the world to come. This event will feature hymns from hymn writers such as Martin Luther, Paul Gerhardt, Johann Walter, Katie Scheur-mann, Martin Schalling, and Stephen Starke. The Commentators for the hymn festival will be Rev. David Fleming of Our Savior, Grand Rapids and Rev. Aaron Schian of Grace, Auburn. It will

From Time to Eternity: Waiting for the Resur-rection—On Sunday, October 14th, 2018 at 4:00pm Grace Lutheran Church, Auburn, MI will be hosting “From Time to Eternity: Waiting for the Resurrection,” a hymn festival that focuses on God’s precious promises in the midst of our present pain while we wait for the perpetual paradise of the

feature a mass choir made up of members of area churches. Anyone who wishes to participate in the mass choir should contact Kantor Nathan Beethe at [email protected] or they can call or text him at (989) 460-8014. Please mark your calen-dars for this exciting event!

It’s Friendship Guild Bazaar Time!

Hymn Festival Scheduled at Grace, Auburn

Ladies Aid October Schedule

able before and after both services. You know the Ladies are soooooo good at that stuff!! Look for the LWML Mite box if you’d like to make a donation!! On October 11th Ladies Aid members will be treated to a movie provided by Presi-dent Melissa Rachwitz. It features Rosa Young, a woman that started

A school for young black children during the Civil War era. Hostess’s for the October meeting are Karen Couture and Flo Ricker. All members of our church family are invited to join us. Contact Melissa or any of the board, a few days in advance, if you’re planning on having lunch with us, we’ll set an extra place at the table!

Well, here we are thinking about October already, time sure has flown. Ladies Aid will be wrapped up in LWML ac-tivities during the month of October.

LWML will be the theme for the service on October 6th & 7th. Ladies Aid will be present as Greeters and Readers. In addition, there will be a Bake Sale, goodies will be avail-

Friendship Guild Bazaar

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Wondering how to be a witness of Jesus Christ in your everyday life? Immanuel is hosting a day long workshop, Saturday December 15, on wit-

nessing. The Every One His Witness workshop considers the real world con-

text in which Lutherans find themselves as witnesses of Jesus Christ. It puts

sound doctrine into practical action for sharing the faith with the people

whom God has placed alongside His witnesses in their everyday lives. The

workshop will be a blend of video based-teaching and group practice and re-

flection. This workshop is free for Immanuel Church and School members. Please reg-

ister by December 1st, so that we can make sure we have enough workbooks

and food for everyone. Guests from sister congregations are welcome, a $12

donation to cover the cost of materials is suggested.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Child care can be arranged per re-

quest. For more information contact Pastor Garcia at the church office or by

e-mail [email protected]

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