The Gleaner Immanuel Lutheran Church May 2015 The Gleaner is a publication of: Immanuel Lutheran Church 320 S. Bradley St. Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: (989) 773-4204 Email: [email protected] Website: immanuelmp.com Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Summer Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Memorial Day-Labor Day) Pastor: Dana Hendershot Layout and Editing: Andrea Redmond and Taylor DesOrmeau Mission Joyfully Christian. Humbly Serving. Boldly Loving. Letter from Pastor Dana On Sunday, May 3 we will be saying goodbye to our green hymnals (Lutheran Book of Worship). On Sunday, May 10, we will bless our new cranberry hymnals (Evangelical Lutheran Worship) and process them into the sanctuary where they will bless our community with liturgy and music for years to come! It’s not every day we get to make such a physical transition like this in our weekly worship. This new book is full of our old favorites and offers new options that may someday become old favorites to future generations. In such a technological world, who knows if an opportunity for a new physical hymnal will ever enter this space again? This is a sacred moment. Our worship is sacred. Our song is sacred. Our liturgy is sacred. On May 10 we will bless this physical hymnal that you can hold in your hands and turn the pages. Join us in worship as we process a new song into our sanctuary. We give thanks to God for the 64 people/families who purchased these 210 hymnals. See you on May 10 at 9 a.m.! Pastor Dana Pastor to be Out of Town Pastor Dana will be out of town May 14 – 17. Please pray for Pastor and her family as they celebrate the life of her cousin, Heather Miller, who has joined the Church Triumphant. 1 Ministry with the Community and World The Noisy Offering Receiving The Gleaner Online: If you would like to receive The Gleaner by email, please call or email the office. It’s also available on Immanuel’s website and Facebook page. Gleaner Submissions: The deadline for submitting articles and information is the 20th of each month. The noisy offering, on May 24, will go toward Living Water Ministries. Contributions may be made in the Noisy Offering jar in the Narthex all month. Combined Service Begins May 24 We will have a combined 10 a.m. service from Memorial Day (May 24) to Labor Day (Sept. 6). New Weekday Service Will Be Offered This Summer This summer Immanuel will be offering a weekday service June 2 – Sept. 1 on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. We will be using “Prayer around the Cross,” which we used during Lent. It will include scripture, meditation, music, prayer and communion. Memorial Day Service On Sunday, May 24, we will be honoring the fallen men and women of our Armed Forces. There is a sheet in the Narthex to list the names of those you would like to honor during the service. 2 (Community and World, Continued) New Fair Trade Products to be Added Several new items have been added to the Fair Trade shelf for you to purchase. We hope that you will take time to check out these products. Without even leaving Michigan, by purchasing Fair Trade products, you will be helping small-scale farmers and their families in other parts of the world. Your purchase also benefits Lutheran World Services. These new teas are available for $3.00 per box: • Organic Chai Tea • Organic Earl Grey Tea • Organic English Breakfast Decaffeinated Tea • Organic Jasmine Green Tea • Organic Rooibos Tea These new chocolate items are available for $2.50 per bar: • Organic Milk Chocolate Carmel Crunch with Sea Salt • Organic Dark Chocolate Carmel Crunch with Sea Salt • Organic Very Dark Chocolate 71% • Organic Panama Extra Dark Chocolate 80% 3 Ministry with Each Other Buy ‘stock’ to help our youth get to Detroit’s ELCA Youth Gathering Ten youth and three adults will be headed to Detroit in July to attend the ELCA Youth Gathering with 30,000 other youth from around the country! In order to go, we are selling stock in our trip. We need your help! How does it work? Each share is $10.00 and we have 280 shares left to reach our goal. You can buy as many shares in the youth as you’d like. Shareholder benefits include: 1. A post card from one of the youth while they’re at the Gathering 2. A shareholders dinner on August 16 from 4-6 p.m. This is an investment that is guaranteed to have a high spiritual dividend! Talk with Pastor Dana or Beth Mundwiler if you have questions or would like to purchase stock. We will begin selling stock Sunday, May 3 at both services where you can also ask the youth more about our trip! Immanuel Block Party Spring Clean-Up Day Join us for a Block Party May 31, immediately following the 10 a.m. service in the pavilion for food, fellowship and games. We will be inviting the community and are in need of our Immanuel family to sign up to bring a dish to pass for the party. On Saturday, May 16, Immanuel will hold its annual Spring Clean-Up Day from 9 a.m. to noon. A sign-up sheet is in the Narthex. More details to come on the event. Theological Discussions Continue The discussions with Pastor Dana are Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Please come give us an hour or three to help get our building and grounds ready for summer! All ages are welcome; there’s enough work for everyone! To end our work session, we will have brats and beer in the pavilion. Please also bring a dish to pass. Sign-up sheets are in the Narthex. We hope to see you there! Graduation Sunday We will be celebrating our high school seniors June 7 at the 10 a.m. service. 4 (Ministry with Each Other, Continued) Interested in going to a baseball game? Are you interested in going with a group of Immanuel members to a Great Lakes Loons game this summer? Here is a link (http://doodle.com/2zm34r9uxcb53hea) to a calendar of Loons games in June, July and August. Grab your calendar and mark the dates that you’d be available on this website and we’ll try to coordinate an outing with the greatest number of possibly attendees. Tickets are $9.50 each and children under 2 can sit on a lap for free. The Sunday games are at 2 p.m. and the other games are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday games feature fireworks after the game. This is NOT a reservation, just information gathering. Once a date is decided we’ll have a sign up available. If you have questions please contact Amy Powell at 989948-3626 or email [email protected]. On Track with Jesus Vacation Bible School 2015 Mark your calendars and get ready for a wonderfully wild and wacky week of Bible stories, music, drama, crafts, and all sorts of fun! Immanuel’s Vacation Bible School, held July 6 through the 10th, will focus around a Train theme, where we will learn how to live our calling as children of God. Registration forms will be available in June for children ages 4 years through those entering 6th grade this fall. It takes a lot of people to run a successful vacation Bible school. Please consider setting aside the time to volunteer to work with VBS. Whether you would like to teach, assist with a center, serve snacks, or share your gifts in other ways, we need you. To volunteer or for further information please contact Gail Caleca at (989) 773-4204 or email [email protected]. Thank you! 5 (Ministry with Each Other, Continued) Immanuel on Campus Immanuel’s college ministry is finished meeting for the school year but will restart in the fall. May Adult Forum Topics Immanuel invites high schoolers through seniors to its adult forums. The forums meet in the Fellowship Hall between the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services. • May 3: Immigration Issues Electronic Giving Instead of writing out checks and using envelopes, members can make regular contributions to Immanuel through a checking or savings account. • May 10: No forum (Mother’s Day) • May 17: Sharing favorite poetry and readings (Final adult forum) This program contributes weekly offerings even when circumstances prevent members from attending service. For more information, click the ($) sign at immanuelmp.com. Contact the office with any questions. Community Input: Praises and Pinches To be a healthy, faithful community, Immanuel needs to be open with what we expect in all areas of life. If there is anything in our community life that brings joy or causes concern, please share any feelings and questions. Thank you for taking the time to communicate ways we are doing well in our ministry at Immanuel and the areas that need attention. Your Mutual Ministry Team needs your feedback. If you would like a personal response to your “praise” or “pinch,” please be sure to sign this form at the bottom. To discuss a concern directly with the Mutual Ministry Team or one of the Team members, please indicate below. Praises:__________________________________________________________________________ Pinches:__________________________________________________________________________ Desired Outcome:__________________________________________________________________ Is it OK to publish in Gleaner?____Yes ____No (Name must be posted if you wish for this to appear in Gleaner.) A specific question I would like answered:_______________________________________________ Name____________________________________________ (If you would like a direct response to your Praise or Pinch) Please return this form to the Praises and Pinches Box located in the Narthex. 6 (Ministry with Each Other, Continued) Synod Assembly Pastor Dana and Jennifer & Dan Digmann will be representing Immanuel at our annual Synod Assembly for the North/West Lower Michigan Synod May 17-19. Please lift the whole assembly in prayer over those few days. Do you Have Campbell’s Soup Labels? May is double points month for Campbell Soup Labels. Please bring in your labels so we can mail lots of them in before the end of May! We collect them in a basket under the bench outside the office. Help Wanted Jodie Mitchell-Beach has been working on organizing Immanuel’s Library, which is located in the Narthex. We have purchased an electronic scanner and printer for this project, so that all of our books can be checked out electronically. This project is time-intensive and Jodie needs your help! Please contact the office if you are willing to provide assistance while we get our collection organized. Youth Rummage Sale The youth will be having a rummage sale June 19-20! Old Immanuel Recipe Books Uncovered We have uncovered a treasure at church! There was a time—long, long ago—when Immanuel put their recipes together and we found a box of the recipe books. Feel free to pick one up in the Narthex. Compassionate Hearts Endowment Fund Donations for the sale can be brought starting May 1 to Classroom 2 or the shed. All proceeds will help defray the cost of our youth going to the National Gathering in Detroit this summer! We emphasize giving in February, but you can give all year—for memorials, family occasions, or just to give. Red and pink envelopes are available in the Narthex. To contribute, put your envelope in the office mailbox. Contact Carole Heydenburg with questions at (989) 772-4783 or e-mail her at 7 (Ministry with Each Other, Continued) Camp Immanuel Weekend Retreat Save the Date! Aug. 28-30 at Coldwater Lake Family Park, Weidman, MI we are hosting Camp Immanuel. May Birthdays nd 2 rd Everyone is welcome and registration forms can be turned in to the office. Registration is due June 1. The cost is $50 per family for the entire weekend stay! People may stay in tents, small campers, and pop-up campers. Every site includes a fire pit, grill, and water and electric hook-up. There is no sewage hook-up, but there is a dump station at the park. We have also reserved five rustic cabins (electricity, two bunk beds, no running water/restrooms). Space is limited, so please contact us as soon as possible to reserve a cabin or an RV pull through spot. The campground includes a handicap accessible bathhouse, pavilions, sandy swimming beach, grills, a playground, volleyball and basketball courts, horseshoes, a boat launch and more! What is Camp Immanuel? The weekend will include Bible studies, group campfires, and Saturday night and Sunday morning worship! More details will be on the registration form in the office. Any questions can be referred to Amy Henderson, at [email protected]. We are so excited to have this opportunity and encourage everyone to come out! Food Truck volunteers needed Immanuel is hosting a CCN Food Truck May 30 from 8 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen and parking lot. Sign up in the Narthex if you can help. Contact Peggy Burke with questions. Follow Immanuel on Facebook 3 th 4 th 7 th 8 th 9 th 10 th 11 th 12 th 13 th 14 th 16 th 19 th 20 nd 22 rd 23 th 24 th 25 th 27 th 29 th 30 st 31 Beth Mundwiler Rob Faleer Sam Riley John Zolynsky Jan Kruska Jennifer Gallaher Asher Weber Tom Freeland Kathy Marshall Tony Powell Ryan Wood Leah Wicander Bert Krueger Caleb Ross Matt Strandskov Julia Hoffman Gabe Goodrich Haylee Geisthardt Dan Weber Emily Zolynsky Trudy Staples Carson Mitchell Laila Kauffman Justin Oswald Peggy Schuette Mike Deaton Peggy Burke Joe Ross Ashley Shellenbarger George Dunn Katie Caleca Joe Caleca Keep up with Immanuel by liking us on Facebook. Find us at facebook.com/immanuelmp for updates, pictures and more. 8 Worship Ministry Hymnal Update Nursery Help Needed Thank you to everyone who contributed to purchasing the new hymnals. We were able to purchase 210 hymnals and we raised $910 for Walk for Water! God is good! Volunteers are needed in the nursery during our Sunday worship services. Please contact Lisa Wegener at (989) 3090730 if you are able to help out. On Sunday, May 10, at the 9 a.m. service we will begin worship in the Narthex with a blessing of the hymnals. Then everyone will be invited to process them into our worship space. Please claim your dishes! Have you brought a dish to pass at a potluck, a picnic, a party, a funeral, the homeless shelter or Thanksgiving Dinner? We have several unclaimed dishes, a roaster and a crockpot in the kitchenette that have not been claimed! Any items that are not claimed by May 17 will go for the Youth Rummage Sale. Be sure to stop and pick yours up if you haven’t already done so. Thanks! Attention Thrivent Members You may have a balance of Choice Dollars that needs to be directed . There is no cost to you. Don’t lose this money. 1. Visit www.thrivent.com, log in and select Direct Choice Dollars. You will see your balance on the right. You can see your preferred past choices. Select: Direct Choice Dollars. You can direct your fund balance to Immanuel Lutheran or chose another charity. You need to spell out Mount. Some members may have received an e-mail link to speed up the process. 2. Scroll down and fill out the form. Enter Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, Isabella County. Organization type is Congregation. Organization focus is Religious. Then scroll down and select Search. Scroll down. Select: Direct Now then select Direct All if you want the whole amount to go to your church or make your selection. Then select Submit. If you prefer to do this on the telephone, please call 800-847-4836. You need to say Choice Dollars. You will be asked for the last four digits of your Social Security number. If you don’t answer the voice will prompt you twice and if you don’t answer you will get a person. You recently received a plastic membership card with your number on it. It would be good to have that available when you speak to the representative. If you don’t know where that card is, they can ask you some questions to verify who you are. Call congregational Thrivent advocate Carolyn Hoffman at (989) 506-3763 for more. 9 (Worship Ministry, continued) May Worship Helpers Cantors 3 Kathy Gallaher (9:00) 10 Gail Caleca (9:00) 17 Sarah Gallaher (9:00) 24 Dennis Marshall (10:00) 31 Bill Gallaher (10:00) Counters (applies to both services) 3 John Emmons & John Warriner 10 Chuck McCollom & Sue French 17 Jacque Jackson & John Lorand 24 Jodie Mitchell-Beach & Harry Plouff 31 John Emmons & John Warriner Altar Guild (applies to both services) 3 Denise Little & Deb Reimer 10 Chris Schuster & Ann Ferguson 17 Jan Kruska & Sue French 24 Judy Emmons & Sandy Warriner 31 Paula Krueger & Denise Little Projector (9:00 only) 3 Amy Powell 10 Gabe Goodrich 17 Dan Digmann Ushers List not available at time of printing Greeters 3 (9:00) Volunteers needed (11:00) Dan & Jennifer Digmann 10 (9:00) Volunteers needed (11:00) Mike & Katrina Piatek-Jimenez 17 (9:00) Volunteers needed (11:00) Allen & Susan Shock, Donald Poynter 24 (10:00) Harry & Billie Plouff 31 (10:00) The Powell family Nursery Attendants (9:00) List not available at time of printing Nursery Attendants (11:00) List not available at time of printing Assisting Ministers 3 (9:00) Tony Powell (11:00) Chuck Clise 10 (9:00) Mark Strandskov (11:00) Sandy Warriner 17 (9:00) Linda Wicander (11:00) Sandy Warriner 24 (10:00) Dan Digmann 31 (10:00) Meaghan McCollow Special Music for the Summer Do you have a musical talent you’d like to offer during worship this summer? Would 3you like (9:00) Volunteers needed (11:00) to sing a song? Play and instrument? Dan & Jennifer Digmann will have needed a sign-up! Think about it, pray about it and hopefully you’ll be 10 Mid-May (9:00)we Volunteers (11:00) led to share some of your musical gifts with us this summer. Mike & Katrina Piatek-Jimenez 17 (9:00) Volunteers needed (11:00) Allen & Susan Shock, Donald Poynter 24 (10:00) Harry & Billie Plouff 31 (10:00) The Powell family 10
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