September 2015 Newsletter
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September 2015 Newsletter
A Publication of Emanuel Lutheran Church Volume XXXX No. 8 September 2015 Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Emanuel’s mission is to witness to the good news of salvation through Christ to individuals, the community and the world through discipleship and service. Worship Schedule for September We will return to 2 worship services at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. on September 13!! Please mark your calendars!!!!!!! Thursday night services will continue at 7 p.m. -1- Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America WELCA News # September??? WOW! With summer coming to a quick end, our WELCA will be holding their September meeting on Thursday, September 3, at 7:30 p.m. We welcome Nanette Schwab as our speaker as she tells us about her work as a labor and delivery nurse at Fulton County Health Center. Everyone is welcome to attend and hear what promises to be a most interesting program. Come and bring a friend! # Election of Officers Our nominating committee of Terri Haase, Andrea Hoffman and Michelle Slee have been busy contacting individuals for our slate of officers for 2016. If you are contacted, please consider participating with our women of the church as an officer or a member of the Altar Guild. And, of course, volunteers are always welcome. : ) Just give a committee member a call! # Missionary Fund Have you participated in the Missionary Fund Offering yet? It’s not too late! You may drop your Missionary Fund envelope which you received with your program booklet for 2015 in the offering plate or bring it to the church office. If you don’t have that envelope, any envelope will work; or you can designate WELCA Missionary Fund on your weekly offering envelope. If paying by check, please make the check payable to Emanuel Women of the Church. Thank you for your prayerful consideration. # Fall Retreat The Maumee Valley Conference Women of the ELCA Fall Retreat will be held at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Defiance, on Saturday morning, October 3rd. The theme is “Dreams Do Come True” with registration at 8:30 a.m. Registration forms are available on the bulletin board by Pat’s office. Speaker at the Retreat will be Alicia Hernandez, Advocate for the Migrants of Northwest Ohio. A love offering will be held – NO monetary gifts, please, only items from the following Wish List: blankets, sheets, pillows, gloves of any kind (work, winter, etc.), socks, rice, beans, flour, salt, pepper, powdered garlic, cumin, cooking oil, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste. We will car pool from the church for anyone wishing to attend. Let’s have a good representation from Emanuel! # You Are All Welcome... We have three Bible Study Circles – Miriam, Naomi, and Ruth. Come and attend any which may fit into your schedule. Just check the monthly church calendar for meeting dates and times. We welcome you to any and/or all of our monthly circle meetings or General WELCA meetings held five times throughout the year. -2- Filling Home Guild News This year the Festival of Tables will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Filling Home Therapy Center Activity Room. Doors will open at 11:00 to give participants the opportunity to view all of the tables. The meal will be served at noon followed by entertainment and door prizes. If you are willing to serve as a table hostess, call before or by Tuesday, September 15 to Bonnie at 419/533-5661. A hostess takes responsibility for choosing a theme, decorating the table for 8 and for selling 7 tickets, a minimum donation of $15.00 to benefit children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Tickets available by presale only...no tickets sold at the door. Filling Home Meeting The Women’s Guild of Filling Home will hold their annual meeting Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the Filling Home Chapel. We are in need of nominations for the following offices: 1st Vice President and Secretary. If anyone would be interested, contact Jamie Bostelman or Shirlee Mires Fejes, Guild Representatives. Always Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA This new campaign for the ELCA was approved in August 2013 by the voting members of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The five-year fundraising effort, the ELCA’s first comprehensive campaign, formally launched on February 1, 2014, and will end January 31, 2019. The campaign seeks to raise $198 million in support of new and expanded churchwide ministries around the world. Your gifts may be designated for any of the priorities listed below, or applied where the need is greatest. (If you are interested in giving to the campaign, clearly mark your contribution on your offering envelope.) Congregations Renewing Congregations ... $8 million ELCA New Congregations ... $4 million Disability Ministries ... $4 million Leadership ELCA Fund for Leaders ... $15 million Youth and Young Adults ... $4 million Hunger and Poverty ELCA World Hunger ... $115 million ELCA Malaria Campaign ... $15 million Global Church Global Ministries ... $7 million International Leaders - Women ... $4 million Missionaries and Young Adults in Global Mission ... $22 million Learn more at: www.ELCA.org/campaign Phone: 800-638-3522 -3- Email: [email protected] Stirrings from “Soul Food” “Summer Soul” is drawing to an end with summer’s end, but “Soul Food” falls right in line with fall activities! We have been host to more and more families, it seems, with our Wednesday evening meals, and “Soul Food” could be a place for YOUR family to enjoy supper together each week! This is NOT only a “community” meal; it is a gathering together to nourish bodies and souls. Join us! Get acquainted with someone you might not know! And you might enjoy helping with the preparation that goes into these weekly meals! Helping hands are always welcomed! We usually get together at 3 to start “prepping”; the “head cook” for the week determines the menu and usually shops accordingly, but there are many ways in which you can help. Dishpan hands are ALWAYS in need, especially when choir practices call some people away from clean-up. We serve from 5 to 6 p.m. (and may be extending that to 6:30 once the Wednesday night church activities begin!); if available, take-outs are not allowed until we have served everyone in attendance. We have eliminated hot dogs and have been concentrating on fresh fruits and vegetables instead. Desserts , if available, aren’t set out until 5 :30. There is always plenty of food, fun, and fellowship, and prayer concerns are always shared. ALL are welcome!!! Mark your calendars now for the 11th Annual Napoleon/Henry County CROP Hunger Walk – Sunday, October 4, beginning and ending here at Emanuel! We walk to be a part of “ending hunger, one step at a time”! Hospice of Henry County Volunteer Training ospice of Henry County is providing free volunteer training to individuals interested in working with Hospice patients and their families. To volunteer you only need a willingness to listen, a loving heart, and a desire to help people. All Hospice organizations are required to utilize volunteers. Hospice volunteers have many opportunities to assist. The need is great for volunteers in our rural areas to provide brief caregiver relief. Volunteers are also needed to assist with office work or with community education and fundraisers. Training classes begin on September 3 and will continue on the 10th, 17th, and 24th of September. Each session will last from 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sessions will be held at the Henry County Health Department, 1843 Oakwood Ave., Napoleon. Attendees are asked to attend all 4 sessions. If you have questions, please call Teri Fraker at the Hospice office 419/599-5612, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. H -4- Membership News Birth Congratulations and God’s blessings to Joe & Amanda Dilbone on the birth of Lennon June on June 16. Funeral We pray for God’s comfort for the family and friends of: - Rudy Eickhoff who passed away on July 30. His funeral was held on August 2. - Julie Delventhal who passed away on August 11. Her funeral was held on August 15. Weddings God’s blessings to: - Dave Zwiebel and Jen Rogers who were united in marriage on June 20 in Grove City, Ohio. Marv Mt.Castle officiated at the wedding. - Nathanael Frey and Nikki Schink who were married at Emanuel on August 8. - James Szelagowski & Megan Jenny who were married in Cleveland on August 8. God’s blessings to Kevin & Laura Gerken-Ash on the birth of a son on June 22. Proud great grandparents are Ken & Nancy Lange and Julian & Carol Gerken. God’s blessings also to Mike & Anna Evans on the birth of Caroline Elizabeth on July 23. Proud grandparents are Terry & Ruth Hershberger. Caring Corner for September Lutheran Wold Relief Kits From LWR: “Pens and pencils, a toothbrush, a quilt ... ordinary items we take for granted become treasures in the hands of their recipients. The items you send will be cherished and used by people who take nothing for granted, for whom even a simple bar of new soap is special. Your gifts of time and resources toward making LWR quilts and kits are beautiful expressions of God’s love and grace to those in greatest need. Thank you for your partnership in putting them together.” Ont the “Caring Corner” table there are instructions on the different kits – Person Care, Baby, Fabric, School. There are usually even empty School Kits Bags already made, and we have had the Sunday School kids help to “stuff” these. If you don’t sew or cannot be a part of a kit-making project, please consider donating to the Women of the church to give to LWR Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund. For every $1 you give, someone in need receives $8 worth of essential personal items. Our kits are gathered and boxed for delivery to the shipping point in New Rochester in mid-October. -5- Remember our members in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in your prayers and with cards, letters, and visits: Lutheran Home Lorna Bostelman Alice Langenhop Denelda Rohrs Alfred “Petey” Ruetz Ted Titgemeyer Glenn Park Assisted Living Burnice Agler -Rm 139 Miles Joseph -Rm 104 (1036 S. Perry St., Napoleon) (2429 W illiam Diehl Ct, Defiance, OH 43512) Van Crest Health Center (600 E Joe E Brown Ave, Holgate, OH 43527) Alfred & Rita Prigge -Rm 24 EMANUEL GOOD NEWS, a monthly publication of the Emanuel Lutheran Church 810 Scott Street, P.O. Box 501, Napoleon, OH 43545 (419-592-2616) [email protected] www.emanuelnapoleon.org Pastor - James L. Castello (419-592-0847 or cell 419-966-2601) [email protected] Congregation President - Ron Wiechers Women of the ELCA President - Joan Collier Prayer Chain Co-ordinator - Carol Castello (419-592-0847 or [email protected]) Worship & Music Coordinator/Organist - Angela Tonjes Bell Choir Director - Bill Panning Living Spirit Director - Holly Mohring, Angela Tonjes Parish Secretary - Patricia Mohring Sunday School Superintendent Altar Guild Chairman - Barbara Hoffman Custodian - Jack Robbins 2015 Church Council President - Ron Wiechers President-Elect - David Schwab Secretary - Laura Yaney Treasurer - Julie Kohout Doctrine & Worship Board - Shelly Storch & Peggy Snyder Congregational Life Board - Carol Castello & Sue Schink Board of Education - Melinda Dachenhaus & Laura Ellis-Kruse Properties Board - Ted Rohrs & Marvin Mt.Castle Finance Board - Kelli Burkhardt & Betty Mowery -6- Notes from Angela + - Angela Tonjes Choir Thanks to all the choir members who provided treats for coffee hour in August– they were delicious! I appreciate the ladies who helped get the beverages ready. We will be having a party to kick off the fall choir season! This end-of-summer blast will be held at the home of Mark and Angela on Wednesday, September 2 at 6:00 p.m. Meat will be grilled and beverages provided – choir members bring a dish to share and your spouse/friend/children. We will eat, play games and rehearse. Regular choir practices will begin on Wednesday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. This time is tentative while we work out the Wednesday schedule. The choir will sing on Sunday, September 6 at the 9:00 service, and on Sunday, September 13 at the 10:30 service. One of our selections will be with the children! Living Spirit Rehearsals begin on Wednesday, September 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. We are scheduled to sing on Sunday, September 20 at both services. After School Club Be watching the bulletin for information about After School Club. We will be meeting on Wednesdays beginning in October. Worship Sunday, September 6 will be the last summer service at 9:00 a.m. On Sunday, September 13 we will return to the regular schedule of worship at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Thursday evening services will continue at 7:00 p.m. until Thanksgiving. Rally Day Rally Day worship will be Sunday, September 13. Favorite Sunday School hymns will be sung, and the children will have some songs ready for the 10:30 a.m. service. Volunteers A lay assistant is needed for the 10:30 a.m. services in September. A sound board operator is needed for September 6 at 9:00 a.m., and the remaining Sundays in September at both services. Sign-up sheet is in the narthex. Labor Day In 1882, Labor Day was proposed as a holiday to honor all people who work. President Grover Cleveland designated the first Monday of September as a national holiday in 1894. This time of year was picked because it falls between Independence Day and Thanksgiving. For many people, this holiday is considered to be the last day of summer. During worship on September 6, look for the words “labor” and “work” in the hymns that are sung! (continued on next page) -7- (continued from previous page) Fun Organ Fact The organ has been used at baseball, basketball and hockey games in the United States and Canada. The Chicago Cubs were the first team to use the organ during play breaks in 1941. The Brooklyn Dodgers hired baseball’s first full-time organist, Gladys Gooding. She became so famous that a joke was made in her honor: “Who played every game last year for the Dodgers without making an error?” In the 1990s, organists were replaced in ballparks by recorded music. However, many fans felt it was an essential part of the baseball games experience, so some fields have been reintroducing organ music. In 2009 the Atlanta Braves brought back an organist to Turner Field. RALLY DAY!!!! It’s Rally Day “Fun Day” on Sunday, September 13! With the celebration of a new Sunday School year, we’ll have a “Fun Day” lunch after worship services that day, with a “lastblast-of-summer” hot dog feast followed by snowcones! EVERYONE is welcome to join in the fun of counting our blessings for a new year of Sunday School! RALLY DAY!!!! -8- NAMI Four County an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness C Family-to-Family Education Program Free Education and Support for Families who Have Relatives with Brain Disorders (Mental Illness) Diseases of the brain are among the most common illnesses affecting our communities – impacting men and women, young and old without regard to economic or social standing and faith or lack thereof. One of every four adults have symptoms of a diagnosable mental illness and at least one in ten children and adolescents have symptoms as well. However, only about one-third of those with symptoms ever seek the medical help that can be very effective in managing the disorders. For some, they don’t understand what’s wrong, and for others...they are ashamed to seek help for a mental illness – fearing what other may think. The Family-to-Family class not only provides comprehensive information about mental illness, but also the support and acceptance that families frequently need even more when they have a loved one with a mental illness. This program is a 12-week course beginning Monday, September 14, 6 to 8:30 p.m. at First Church of God, 507 N. Fulton Street, Conference Room, Wauseon. Classes fill up quickly so call: Roger or Sharon Weaver 419/335-1099. C The 16th Annual Candlelight Vigil for Mental Health will be held on Sunday, October 4, 6 p.m. at St. John United Church of Christ, 50 Webster Street on the Defiance College Campus. Various speakers and entertainment will focus on the year’s theme: Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives. Following the program, weather-permitting, a short candlelight walk will be held across the Defiance College campus with refreshments following in the church fellowship hall. If you or someone you love is dealing with any type of brain disorder, or if you just want to show your support, you are invited to attend this evening of events. For more information about the Candlelight Vigil or NAMI, please contact Katie Beck, 567/2395477 or Ron Hofacker, 419/399-2356. -9- Worship participants in September Altar Guild Susan Mabee & Sarah Yaney Acolytes Sept. 6 - Tyson Reynolds & Morgan Ashbaugh Sound Board Sept. 6 ** NEEDED ** Sept. 13-20-27 ** NEEDED ** Sept. 13-20-27 Lay Assistant Sept. 6 - Laura Ellis Ushers (Sept. 3, 20, 27) 8:00 Bryce Reynolds, Steve Kloos, Ruth Hershberger, Terry Hershberger 10:30 Chris Peper, Paul mowery, Terry Walther, Norm Bostelman 8:00 Jessica Yunker & Ryan Kruse 10:30 Thea Perdew & Halle Good Sept. 13-20-27 8:00 Laura Ellis 10:30 ** NEEDED ** Altar Flowers Sept. 6 - Janis Dachenhaus - Gary & Jamie Bostelman in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary on the 11th Sept. 13 - Bill & Sharon Panning in honor of their 33rd wedding anniversary - Family of Eleonora Koppenhofer in honor of her 90th birthday on the 16th Sept. 20 - Terry & Ruth Hershberger in honor of their wedding anniversary Sept. 27 - Herb Koppenhofer in honor of his 90th birthday - Rupert & Rita Schweinhagen in honor of our church family T o re s e rv e a lta r flo w e rs ... 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Please put the used plastic containers in which the altar flowers com e in Angela’s office to be recycled. -10- SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS - 2015/2016 (Please let the church office know if there are any corrections or changes to this list.) 3-Year-olds Linley Diem Lilith Castello Dunn Carson Godsey Caleb Graham Lucas Helberg William Hoffman Tessa Knepley Avin Rupp Landon Zachrich 4-Year-olds Emma Amstutz Greydon Dilbone Caraline Fickert Addilyn Good Ethan Plummer Evelyn Ruby Benson Schwab Kindergarten Grayson Castello Dunn Joshua Jenny Aubrey Osborn Carmen Rupp Alexander Vajen Zachary Zwiebel First Grade Calista Bost Carter Bowen Loella Dilbone Alivia Good Robert Hoffman Brennan Jenkins Lexus Long Jacob Plummer Second Grade Jorja Cowle Ava Good Taryn Kolodzieczyk Lincoln Lucas Kayla McCabe Leah McCabe Emma Osborn Third Grade Charles Ankney Kamden DeWit Sophia Good Jarrett Jenkins Noah Jordan Avary Miller Lilian Sedon Julia Zachrich Eighth Grade (Jennifer Canfield) Macee Glick Katelyn Heuer Ryan Kruse Danielle Olson Kelly Rohrs Chase Sherman (Haydon Speakes) Zachary Skeens Fourth Grade Cameron Burken Elinora Dunn Braden Vajen Fifth Grade Jaycob Celani Shane Cowle Jr. Rudi Dachenhaus Ethan Fields Hannah Jordan Derek Miller Caleb Perdew Colin Sedon Sixth Grade Laci Dachenhaus Adam Degler Izabella Hernandez Alyssa Kruse Tate Rhodes Emma Rowland Nikole Vold Seventh Grade Morgan Ashbaugh Jayce Brubaker Nathan Brubaker Carter Burken (John Canfield) Halle Good Thea Perdew Tyson Reynolds Zachary Vajen Elijah Wolf Jessica Yunker -11- Ninth Grade Abby Allison Bryant Dachenhaus Hannah Gustwiller Caleb Hernandez Alicyn Hopkins Tessa Rhodes Seth Tonjes Molly Weirauch Carl Yaney Tenth Grade Madison Ashbaugh Charlee Glick Jalynn Landversicht Adam Rohrs Grace Rowland Keegan Schroeder Meghan Skeens Eleventh Grade Alex Andrews Alex Bustamante Jr. Luke Cable Kenli Dachenhaus Nicholas Degler Abriana Hernandez Alison Hernandez Ryan Kohout Dalton Middleton Frederick Olson Mitchell Walther Twelfth Grade Derek Belcher Alexandria Biederstedt Brock Brubaker Austin Damman Logan Ostrander Bryce Reynolds Stephen Yunker
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