The Lantern. Changing Ordinary time into extraordinary time! Greetings from the Pastor...

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1 IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 20 Monterey Circle, Lakewood NJ ~ visit us at: & ind us on Facebook The Lantern I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of the life. John 8:12 Volume Pastor ~ Rev. James McKinley Phone: (home) (cell) Pastor s jem.mckinley@gmail.com Church Secretary ~ Roxanne Rossano Phone: or secretary@ilutheran.net Greetings from the Pastor..... Changing Ordinary time into extraordinary time! Every Summer I could not wait - as soon as school was over I went to live on our boat at the yacht club in City Island. My summers were a time of almost complete freedom. My parents came each week end, but even then they were busy with their friends as I was with mine. How often when we look back at our childhood summers we remember them as extraordinary times in our life. Servers, & Celebrations... p. 2 90th Anniversary date.. p. 2 Memorial s... p. 3 Altar Flowers..... p. 3 BUNCO Night p. 4 Summer Tips p. 4 Pentecost & Confirmation pics p. 5 Synod Youth Min... p. 6 June Calendar.. p. 7 Food Pantry... p. 8 The Roman Church calls this time on the Church calendar "ordinary time "yet we all know it can be an extraordinary time. It is all a matter of what we fill our days with: joy and happiness as it was in childhood or sadness and concern as we so often fret over our future. As a child your days were without care; you did not think of what tomorrow might bring, you simply hoped for sunshine and adventure. That is how God intended it to be. We were created not to live ordinary lives, but extraordinary lives without fear. To trust that God, who makes the sun to rise, provides for our needs each and every day of our lives. Childhood is but a short span of years; as we grown older a life time seems only a little longer. Enjoy the days God has given you, they can truly be extraordinary if we trust in God's provision for everything that we need in them. Rev. James McKinley NEW OFFICE HOURS Tuesday ~ Thursday 8:00AM to 12 Noon CLOSED: Mondays & Fridays

2 Volume J U N E S E R V I N G S C H E D U L E Page 2 DATE LAY ASSISTANTS ACOLYTES LECTOR USHERS ALTAR GUILD June 5 Roberta McGilvery Jenna Browne Roberta McGilvery Lana Hyer & Eva LaBrozzi June 12 Kris Calabro Raeanne Patterson Kris Calabro Carole Hepp & Sharon Rollier June 19 Todd Engle Hannah Werosta Todd Engle Roberta McGilvery & Millie Martin Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp June 26 Terry Stahlhut William Palzer Millie Martin Scott & Kim Brown Donna Palzer & Cindy Camp BIRTHDAYS 3rd ~ Brittany Calabro Turner 4th ~ Jim Mechtel 5th ~ Lois Voorhees 8th ~ Lisa McLain 8th ~ Marissa Simonetti 9th ~ Jay Berg 9th ~ Su Browne 9th ~ Rob Werosta 10th ~ Korie Grogan 13th ~ Joseph LaBrozzi 14th ~ Annmarie Engle 16th ~ Zachary Bradford 17th ~ Jennifer Olejarz 21st ~ Rachel & Mitchell Engle 23rd ~ Hannah Werosta 28th ~ Jackie Novatin 28th ~ Donna Reigle (Santoli) ANNIVERSARIES 4th ~ Johannes & Anita Paerg 6th ~ Fred & Kathi Dyroff THEN & Upcoming Event: NOW! On October 16, 2016 we will be celebrating our 90th Anniversary! Bishop Tracie Bartholomew will be presiding over the service. More details will follow!

3 Volume 6 Page 3 Memorial for Joseph Laessig June 4, 2016 at 11:00AM Grandfather of Tara DeLorme Memorial for Alva Hall July 23, 2016 at 2:00PM A reception with refreshments will be served after the service in the education building. Everyone is welcome to attend. ALTAR & COLUMBARIUM FLOWERS If you would like to donate flowers for the Altar or Columbarium in memory or honor of someone this is the ideal way. There is a sign-up board in the Narthex where you can select a date for the flowers to be placed. All you need to do is fill out a form with your name on the Donor line and complete the rest of the form and place it in the secretaries mail box with the appropriate payment. The forms are in an envelope on the same board as the flower chart. Please give at least 2 weeks notice so the secretary can have the flowers ordered in time. Below is a sample of what the form looks like.

4 Volume 6 Page 4 A Time for Everything Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV Vs. 1 ~ There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Vs. 2~ a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, Vs. 3 ~ a time to kill and time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, Vs.4 ~ a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, Vs. 5 ~ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, Vs. 6~ a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and time to throw away, Vs. 7 ~ a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, Vs. 8 ~ a time to love and time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Bunco Night is Back! Cindy Camp is starting Bunco night back up on June 24th starting at 7:30 PM It will be on the 4th Friday of the month, providing there are enough people attending. Don t let not knowing how to play STOP you, they will be more than happy to teach you! Please let Cindy know if you are attending: Cell # Summer tips: Donation Please do not forget your donations during the summer months. An easy way to do that, if you bank on line, is register the church as a bill and use your envelope number as an account number. Indicate when you would like it mailed, whether weekly or monthly include 20 Monterey Circle Lakewood NJ as the address and the bank will mail the donations accordingly. You never have to worry about envelopes and writing out checks again. If you do not bank on line make the donations for the month that you will be away and send it to the church. Remember the church goes on and needs your donations whether you are here or not. We need every "church family" member. to allow Immanuel to continue. This year we will be celebrating our 90th anniversary. With the Good Lord's help and our membership we hope to spread the "good news" for 90 more. Attendance: You attendance in church is important not only to the church but to you and the family. Summer is especially hard for some, the kids are out of school, nobody wants to get up early, and Sunday may be the perfect beach Day. If Sunday is hard in the summer, try our Saturday Evening at 5:30p.m It is only 30minutes and you can share the service experience with the kids.

5 Volume 6 Page 5 PENTECOST & CONFIRMATION 2016 Left to right: Erin Gerhard, Rachel & Mitchell Engle, Jaden & Skyler Hudson, and Jenna Browne Being silly with their roses! The confirmands with all of their flowers an Rev. James McKinley.

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7 Volume 6 Page 7 JUNE 2016 Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY AM ~ 12 Noon Food Pantry 3 4 Memorial for Joseph Laessig 11 AM 5:30PM ~ Immanuel 5 10:00AM~Immanuel :30 PM Council Meeting 9 10AM ~ 12 Noon Food Pantry :30PM ~ Immanuel 12 10:00AM~Immanuel AM ~ 12 Noon Food Pantry :30PM ~ Immanuel 19 10:00AM~Immanuel AM ~ 12 noon Food Pantry :30PM ~ Immanuel With Communion 26 10:00AM~ Immanuel FOOD PANTRY CLOSED

8 Food Pantry UPDATE: PROJECT HOMEWORK: Even though the school year is winding down, PROJECT HOMEWORK is gearing up! We will begin collecting school supplies from June 1st through August 15th. These supplies will be distributed to the children of families who belong to our food pantry throughout August. We will gladly accept any school supplies, or if you prefer, we can do the shopping for you. Thank you for your support of PROJECT HOMEWORK! Su and Jenna Browne THINKING AHEAD: Christmas in July! Start looking for great or clearance deals for toys and games for our Christmas Gi give away for the food pantry clients! Janice Henry IMMANUEL EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH 20 Monterey Circle Lakewood, NJ Phone: FIRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID CITY, ST PERMIT NO. 000