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September 2015

Volume 10, Issue 9

Join Us As We Kickoff the Fall Season with a Great Lineup of Events

When football season starts, we love to talk about the excitement of the opening kickoff. We talk about kicking off the season with a great series of events. The same is true at Immanuel! We are excited about the season opening kickoff for Sunday School and Church. We have a great lineup for the season openers:

Rally Sunday SEP 13 at 10:45 am with a special combined outdoor worship featuring the Praise Band followed by a picnic. Ellsworth Christmas, along with some great help, will be grilling chicken and burg-ers and hotdogs. Please bring a dish and a dessert to share! (Youth are invited to come and enjoy spe-cial activities with their Sunday School teachers and class starting at 9:45 am.) We will also have a rock-et launch and an all-church softball game.

Purduettes Concert, SEP 27 at 10:45 am - We have a special combined worship service for the Pur-duettes Concert. Come and invite a friend!

We will also be starting Confirmation Class soon with special activities for our youth in 7 th-12th grade. There is a information meeting for confirmands and parents Sunday, SEP 20 at 12:15 pm.

We are looking forward to a great fall with lots of great activities and special events and we hope you will join us!

It’s fall kickoff time –join in the excitement!

Join us and invite a friend!

Blessings --Pastor TJ

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To kick off the new Sunday School Year

September 13, Sunday School

Crafts at 9:45 & Outside Services at 10:45

Picnic at Noon

If you would like to bring a dish to

share:

A-M are asked to bring Side Dish-

es and or salads.

N-Z are asked to bring desserts.

Casual Dress - Come meet the teachers - See classrooms &

September 27

the Purduettes

will be performing at

a single-service

at 10:45 am.

Everyone is welcome!

Come, and bring a friend!

Victory Homework Club: 17 students from Immanuel and neighborhood. Thanks to Amy Russell, Bob & Mary Alice Bauman, Marcy Ritchie

Grant House, Pastor TJ, Savanah Jenney, Claire Ferrell and all volunteers.

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In The Lives of our Youth...

Victory Lane Homework Club has started and will continue each Monday and Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm.

My senior youth friends… Indiana State Dunes Trip On September 19, we

would leave the church at 9 am. When we arrive, we will enjoy a picnic lunch,

play whiffle ball on the beach, hike the dunes, and get in some swimming pending

warm weather. We will plan on returning to the church no later than 7pm.

Watch the Spire, E Spire, and bulletins for more information about Senior Youth

and Junior Youth events.

There will be a confirmation meeting on September 20 at 12:15 in the Library. If

you are in the 7 -12 grades and want to be part of this, you and your parents are

invited to attend.

Canoe Trip at Turkey Run Park is planned for October 4, leave after last service.

Thank you to all that continue to make such wonderful investments in the lives of

our youth!

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is

amyarussell@yahoo.com. You also may always contact me via my cell 765-413-9188.

In His work, Amy Russell (Director of Christian Education and Youth Minis-tries)

DORCAS NUTS & CANDY ORDER Orders due by October 5 (for Thanksgiving & Christmas delivery) Please order

your pecans now. Call or send your order to Nancy Christmas at 765-567-2883 or drop off your order form at the church office. Number of Packages:

Dorcas Circle will begin taking orders for our annual nut sale starting August 30th. Please be sure to fill out your order form and return it to the church office if you are interested in buying nuts this year. When we place our order for the nuts, we won't be ordering many extras so be sure to get your order in with us for what you plan to buy. If you have any questions about the order, just see or email Sandy Formica (sformica@purdue.edu), Nancy Christmas (echristmas@comcast.net) or Rachel Richardson (rachel7796@aol.com).

Type of Nuts or

Candy Pecan Pieces Pecan Halves Cashews Chocolate Pecans Pecan Carmel

Clusters

Quantity

Name:_______________________________________________________________________________

Phone Number:_______________________________________________________________________

September Special Offerings

Crisis Center: September 6 - The Lafayette Crisis Center is a non-profit human service organization that pro-vides round-the-clock crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and information & referral in Tippecanoe, White & Benton Counties. Services are confidential, free, and available by phone or in person 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. www.lafayettecrisiscenter.org

Neighbors in Need: September 20 - Neighbors in Need is a special mission offering of the UCC that supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United State. One-third of NIN funds support the Council for American Indian Ministries. Two - thirds of the offering is used by the UCC Justice and Witness Ministries to support a variety of justice initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct service projects as proposed by local church-es, like ours.

Ongoing Mission: Food Resource Bank, a Christian response to world hunger. Be part of this worthy cause by sponsoring a part of a 10 acre plot being put aside for this cause, by Gary and Cathie Gangwer. 1 Acre = $200; 1/2 Acre = $100; 1/4 Acre = $50; 1/8 Acre = $25. Thank you for your help in this year’s Soybean Growing Project. Forms and information can be found in the Gathering Space.

Facing Adversity and Difficulty 3.8-22

Living Passionately 4.1

Becoming an Overcomer 5.6-11

New Series on the Parables of Jesus: coming soon!

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Join us for our continuing series: Peter, Apostle of Hope

Health Ministry News 2015-2016 Influenza Season

Facts: Influenza is a respiratory illness. Symptoms include high fever, body aches, headache, and cough.

Influenza epidemics occur every year. Outbreaks occur early October and run through May. Flu season peaks December through February. Influenza Vaccine: CDC (Center for Disease Control advises getting the vaccine by October) The influenza viruses chosen for the vaccines by ex perts this year are:

Trivalent vaccine (three viruses) includes two type A and one type B virus.

Quadrivalent vaccine (four viruses) includes two type A and two type B viruses.

High dose vaccine is usually given to older adults and persons with low immunity.

Drug companies have prepared 171-179 million dos es for this flu season.

High risk persons should be vaccinated unless aller gic to something in the vaccine.

High risk persons/groups are those 6 months-8 years old, older adults 65 and up, and persons with chronic illnesses.

Children younger than 6 months are too young to re ceive the vaccine.

Children 6 months to 8 years are given two doses of the vaccine.

Vaccine Immunity: Antibodies (against the virus) develop over two-four weeks and then decline over time.

Antibodies drop more quickly in older adults. Persons who have been vaccinated may still get the flu but symptoms are less severe.

Vaccine is more likely to protect younger adults and older children.

If you think you have the flu: Contact your doctor or health care professional imme diately.

Antiviral drugs are available and are more effective if started immediately.

Get plenty of rest, keep hydrated, and take the medi cation as directed.

Persons living with someone with the flu should avoid close contact, and should wash their hands often.

Most insurance policies cover some or all the cost of the flu vaccine. If you do not have insurance and can-not afford the vaccine call the local health department to get help with the cost. COMING SOON: WATCH FOR THE DATE. THE HEALTH MIN-

ISTRY AND JEFF SLOAN FROM CVS PHARMACY WILL OF-

FER FLU SHOTS IN THE CHURCH PARLOR!

Volunteers needed: Immanuel is scheduled to serve in Food Pantry by providing 3 volunteers for the following dates and times:

September 3 3:45-6:15 pm.

4 11:45-2:45 pm.

October 8 3:45-6:15 pm.

9 11:45-2:45 pm.

November 12 3:45-2:45 pm.

13 11:45-2:45 pm.

Please contact Kristyl Sloan at 412-9971 or jrs47909@yahoo.com

Dorcas Circle will meet on September 8 at 1:30 pm at Rowena Dickerson's home. Each person present will be making a craft to keep themselves or per-haps sell at the Bazaar. Rowena will provide the supplies we need for the craft. There will also be devotions and refreshments. All ladies in the church are welcome to join us.

The Dorcas Circle are still collecting empty, clean, clear peanut butter jars of any and all sizes with screw-on lids for the Response Ministry Team for the Indiana Kentucky Conference. They are also collecting plastic lids, for Merom Conf. Center, the ABC "A Bench for Caps" allows nonprofit organi-zations to trade in plastic caps to redeem a recycled park bench. Plastic caps and lids from medicine, milk, soda, water, butter, cottage cheese, ice cream are some of the types to collect. Thank you for your help with these important ministries.

Church Women United invites ladies to their Dis-trict Meeting Friday, Sept. 11 at noon, at Wesley Manor, Frankfort IN, Keynote speaker will be Coleen Connor Director of CASA. Lunch will be served. Contact Carolyn Kuespert for more info.

Health Ministry Committee meeting September 4 at 4 pm

Health Ministry Notes Open office hours will be available on select Sundays and Wednesdays and will be published weekly in the e-updates and Sun-day bulletins. Please call the office or Marilyn, 765-474-6487, for appointments at other times. Home visits are also available upon request.

Needlework Group September 15 Bring along any project you are working on. Anyone interested in needlework of any type are welcome to come to Im-manuel’s Rowena’s home, 1405 S. 18th St. 1:00 - 3:00. Many projects get completed while visiting with our friends. We would love to have some new people join us.

Extension Homemakers Tuesday, September 1 at noon.

Neighborhood Fall Cookouts every Wednesday at 6 pm. Come fellowship with Immanuel friends and neighbors. Bible Study at 7 pm.

Baby Blanket Quilters meet every first and third Monday of each month in the Hobo room. 9:30 am - 2:30 pm.

Stamps for a Living is a stamp reprocessing busi-ness that provides the mental health patients with an opportunity to earn a small salary through “meaningful work”. Send any canceled postage stamps to: Stamps for a Living, 1920G Street NW, Washington, DC. 20006. (from the IK Conference Women’s Newsletter - Fall 2013).

Christian Ed Meeting, Monday September 7, at 7 pm

Quilters meet every Wednesday. The ladies take quilt tops and create beautiful hand quilted quilts.

The Book Group The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser

September 11, at 6 pm in Parlor:

Ladies Fellowship will be at Nancy Christmas’ home, September 28 at 6:30 pm. To carpool meet at the church at 6 pm.

Adult Christian Education: Sundays @ 9:45 am. Downstairs, South Wing. The Seekers, an adult

class, formatted book study, Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. For more info see Don or Janice Partlow. The Hobo Class is made up of a wide range of adults. Led by Gary Gangwer, this class discusses the Sunday sermon and Scripture les-sons for that Sunday. Livin’ Life 21-41 Class is where you can RECHARGE your spiritual batteries for the week ahead. Clay & Sue Huenemann, Advi-sors. Upstairs in the Library.

2015 Fall Bazaar November 14, 2015

New Hours: 8 - 2 New Menu: To be determined

Breakfast 8 - 10 Lunch 10 - 2 Stay tuned for

more information!!

Thank you: Dear Immanuel Family, thank you sin-

cerely for the kind support surrounding us before,

during, and following the service of our Mother, Betty

Thompson. We appreciate your caring. With grati-

tude, Mickey Dickinson & Family & Pat Thompson

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From the 1964 Women’s Guild Recipe Book

Doughnuts

Combine:

3 cups flour

3 tsp BP

1 cup sugar

Add:

1/2 stick butter

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

Add more flour as needed.

Roll out and fry in deep fat until

brown.

Roll in powdered sugar.

Holly Baker 9/1

Cynthia Black 9/1

Bruce Ratliff 9/1

Jerry Stephenson 9/1

Paul Ferrell 9/2

Jordyn Garrett 9/2

Ryer Gruetzmacher 9/2

Jill Huenemann 9/2

Judy Stephenson 9/2

Pat Wendt 9/2

Christopher Blount 9/3

Olivia Bangert 9/3

Erik Seef 9/3

Bryce Chase 9/4

Patrick Young 9/4

Hunter Blair 9/6

Betty Peabody 9/6

Ryan Kellerman 9/7

J.D. DeFreese 9/9

Trenton Hall 9/9

Karen Carney 9/10

Claire Ferrell 9/10

Susan Linn 9/10

Jerry Daniel 9/11

Marcy Ritchie 9/11

Ralph Wendt 9/12

Stewart Kellerman 9/14

Brandon Wilson 9/14

Jeff Sloan 9/15

William Klemm 9/17

Missy Smith 9/17

Tyler Wallace 9/18

Iris Firkins 9/19

David Black 9/21

Marla DeFreese 9/21

Joan Lowery 9/21

Sally Simmons 9/21

Daniel Timmons 9/21

Carole Huber 9/22

Kurt Strueh 9/22

Charles Adams 9/23

Ola Bergdall 9/23

Zane Grote 9/24

Kourtnee Koehler 9/24

Emily Phillips 9/27

Beverly Van Hook 9/27

Samantha Stephenson 9/28

Robert Foresman II 9/30

Mike/Lezlie Peabody 9/2

Brian/Marla DeFreese 9/3

Charles/Ruth Ann Stephany 9/6

Seockmo Ku & Hyunyi Jung 9/6

Scott/Karen Gilmore 9/7

Brad/Teresa Anliker 9/11

Gabriel/Brandy Isabell 9/14

Bob/Betty Peabody 9/13

Bob/Mary Alice Bauman 9/15

Kerry/Julie Gillespie 9/16

Bruce/Lynne Blair 9/19

Dustin/Molly Howe 9/19

Edgar/Sally Simmons 9/22

Jerry/Joan Lowery 9/24

Tom/Carolyn Kuespert 9/30

Jerry/Debra Stephenson 9/30

Elder of the Month: Annie Buckles Deacon of the Month: Jim Hazlewood If you have any questions or need dates/times changed, please contact Cheryl at the office 474-6496. For up to date calendar: follow the link in the E-Spire or go to: www.ucc-immanuel.org

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Every Sunday: Contemporary Service 8:30 am

Sunday School 9:45 am Traditional Service 10:45 am

Wednesday Nights: Neighborhood Cookout at 6 pm and Adult Bible Study at 7 pm