The Lantern. Greetings from the Pastor marks the 25th anniversary of the Evangelical. in America. The Church has taken as it theme,

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1 Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church 20 Monterey Circle, Lakewood NJ ~ visit us at: 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 SEPTEMBER 2013 Greetings from the Pastor..... Inside this issue: Music & Worship Who s Who? - LCW Thank You Sept. Servants Celebrations for Sept. Upcoming Events Order Mums Form New Bishop New Sign marks the 25th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Church has taken as it theme, Always being made new. The theme comes from 2 Corinthians 5:17 herein Paul writes, so if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see everything has become new! Here at Immanuel not everything is new as we begin a new school year. On Rally Day September 8th, we will bless the backpacks, install Sunday school teachers, and celebrate with a congregational picnic. All of which we have done in previous years, yet each year, each Rally Day we celebrate a new beginning. Each new beginning is an opportunity to experience life anew, and to explore new ways to approach life both as individuals and as a community. Always being made new does not mean forgetting what has gone before, but rather building upon it. Be with us to celebrate on Rally Day September 8th, plan to stay for the picnic, meet and make new friends, in fact why not bring a friend, as we once again experience this opportunity to make a new beginning. Pastor McKinley Pastoral Acts Honoring A. Paerg A Ton of Food Food Pantry News 6 5 RALLY DAY! SEPTEMBER 8TH WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! We are so excited to start the new school year with all of you. We will be having our annual Church Picnic following the service on Sept. 8th There is a sign up sheet in the narthex so we can get a head count and a place to sign up for food items to bring. We hope to see you ALL! Call Cherylann for any questions & if you can t make it to sign up for a food item, she can sign up for you. BUNCO NIGHT IS BACK! The first night is September 20th starting at 6:30 PM. We will have Bunco Night every third Friday of the month there after. Come one, come all!

2 Page 2 Here is what will be happening in September: - September 8: Rally Day - The Sunday School will ring handbells; we will have a Blessing of the Backpacks and Installation of Teachers. Join us as we kick-off the new school year! Annual Picnic to follow. - September 15: Holy Cross Day (obsv.)- All of our hymns are themed around the cross. We will Who s Who to Contact! Music & Worship ~ Jeff Vander Wende Food Pantry, Outreach & Evangelism ~ Janice Henry Youth Group ~ Clifford & Candy Bellomy Sunday School ~ Cherylann Gerhard Ushering ~ Janet Price Acolytes ~ Heather Bulin also use the old cross (that used to sit on the steeple of the old church) as part of the procession. In addition, as we did last year, we will hand out Cross in My Pocket as a reminder of what the cross means. - September 22: Honoring Anita Paerg - This is something that is long overdue. On this day, we will have a special recognition for Anita for her many years of service as organist and music director. Anita will provide us with special music during communion, and there will be an elaborated coffee hour with cake. - September 29: Festival of St. Michael and All Angels - What are angels? Why are they there? What is their purpose? Come today and find out! We are looking for new members! The committee usually meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30. LCW News LCW will have their first meeting on Sept. 18th at 7PM. We will be planning events for the coming year. We need your ideas and help. All women are WELCOME! Pastor ~ Rev. James McKinley Phone: (home) (cell) Pastor s jem.mckinley@gmail.com Church Secretary ~ Roxanne Rossano Phone: or secretary@ilutheran.net School Supply Drive ~ A BIG Thank You!!!!! ~ by Jenna Browne I don t like homework, but I like to get good grades and you can t get good grades if you don t do your homework. There are kids in our town that need help because their parents can t afford to buy food and school supplies. If they don t have school supplies, they can t do their homework and they won t get good grades at school. And they do need to eat good food so they can be healthy and strong. Thank you to all the people at my church who want to help these kids. For the past 4 years we have collected pencils, erasers, markers, pens, and other school supplies in the summer. Some people give money because they want to make sure the kits are all the same. We put the school supplies in bags and give them to the kids who come to our church s food pantry. I help my Mom and Miss Janice by Putting together the kits and we also make sure that the kits have the same number of supplies. It wouldn t be a good thing if one kit didn t have pencils and another kit didn t have crayons. Each kit gets a notebook, a folder, pencils, pens, highlighters, crayons, or markers, erasers, and fun things. The fun things are dictionaries, thesauruses, scissors, pencil boxes it s always a surprise because we don t know what we will find in the donation box! This Year we will give the kits to families when they get their food from the church s food pantry in August. When I do this, I feel lucky to have all the things that I do. I have food, a place to live, clothes, and a family. I am happy that I can help other people who don t have as much. Picture of bags on pg. 6

3 Page 3 LAY ASSISTANTS 9/1 Terry Stahlhut 9/8 Kris Calabro 9/15 Judd Stanberry 9/22 Todd Engle 9/29 Karin Holldorf ACOLYTES 9/1 Lexi McLain 9/8 William Palzer 9/15 Erin Stilton (CB) Alyssa Gerhard 9/22 Kileigh Murphy 9/29 Ashley Proveaux LECTORS 9/1 Kris Calabro 9/8 Roberta McGilvery 9/15 Judd Stanberry 9/22 Todd Engle 9/29 Heather Bulin USHERS 9/1 The Browns & The Prices 9/8 Eva Labrozzi & Carole Hepp 9/15 Millie Martin & Roberta McGilvery 9/22 The Stahlhuts 9/29 The Malleys ALTAR GUILD 9/1 Donna Palzer & 9/8 Donna Palzer & 9/15 Donna Palzer & Millie Martin 9/22 Donna Palzer & 9/29 Donna Palzer & CELEBRATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2013! Birthdays: 5~Magnus McCaleb 5~Walter Rieger 8~Emily Handel 9~Brian Camp 9~ Kelly Camp 9~Kari Novatin 12~David Coppola 14~Tyler Bulin 14~Corrine DiClemente 16~Doris Estelle 17~Heather Bulin 17~Carrie Horn 21~ Charles Turansky 24~Suzanne O Donnell 25~Margaret Coppola 26~Dana Kaminski 26~Kailie Suanno 28~Donna Scalzo 28~Sven Mossberg Anniversaries: 11 ~ Walter & Dianne Rieger 12 ~ Dominic & Jill Manion 18 ~ Rick & Cheryl Gerhard 22 ~ Carole & Philip Hepp 30 ~ Warren & Kathy Adelung Directories are available on the table in the Narthex. UPCOMING EVENTS! ~ MARK YOUR CALENDARS! SEPTEMBER: 8 ~ Rally Day & Church Picnic 11 ~ Council Mtg. 15 ~ Holy Cross Sunday 18 ~ LCW Mtg. 7PM 19 ~ M & W Mtg. 20 ~ BUNCO Night 6:30 PM 22 ~ Recognition for Anita Paerg 29 ~ St. Michael & All Angels OCTOBER: 6 ~ Blessing of the Animals at Immanuel Lutheran Church 9 ~ Council Mtg. 16 ~ LCW Mtg. 7PM 17 ~ M & W Mtg. 18~ BUNCO Night 6:30 PM 20 ~ CROP Walk 27 ~ Reformation Sunday & Oktoberfest Dinner Celebrate God s Gift of Creation with us! Blessing of the Animals in commemoration of St. Francis of Assisi All Pets are Welcome! (All animals must be on a leash & small animals contained. Please bring cans or bags of dog & cat food as an offering in thanksgiving for the companionship of your pet. These will be donated to the local pet shelter.

4 Page 4 ORDER FORM: MUMS for REFORMATION! This year we will be ordering mums for Reformation Sunday ~ October 27th. We are offering 8 plants at $4.00 each. Additional order forms will be in the Narthex and will appear again in the October newsletter as well. You can also find it on the church website, Deadline is Sunday, Oct. 13th! Your Name: Number of plants: In memory of: In memory of: In memory of: In honor of: In honor of : Payment requested with form. Thank you. Meet Our Bishop-Elect! The Rev. Tracie L. Bartholomew Pastor Bartholomew is a native of New Jersey, having been born and raised in Somers Point. She was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran, Somers Point. Pastor Bartholomew graduated from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) with a B.S. in political science and received her M. Div. from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, SC). Pastor Bartholomew was ordained in September 1989 and has served in three congregations - St. Mark, Roanoke and Good Shepherd, Lexington (both in Virginia) and Abiding Presence, Ewing, NJ. In 1998 she was called to serve as an Assistant to the Bishop in the NJ Synod and has been serving in that call until now. Pastor Bartholomew will begin serving as Bishop of the NJ Synod on September 1, Pastor Bartholomew is married to The Rev. B. Daniel Whitener, Jr., pastor of Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, Ewing, NJ. They have two college aged children - Olivia and Ethan. NEW SIGN ~ DID YOU SEE IT? Old sign! The sign is almost complete! Just waiting for final touches. We collected just enough to cover the cost. The remaining money will go to buying plants around the sign. A big thank you to the McLains for helping us come up with the best way to save, but make the sign look like new. A big thank you to Jim Wolfer for getting the electrician to fix the lightning in the sign who fixed it at no cost. Most of all, thank you to each of you for your generous donations. Ta-da! Our New Sign!

5 Page 5 Pastoral Acts July 7 Skylar Zambardino July 20 Vincent Hatt & Amy Gretkowski July 27 Eva Susanna Clark July 31 Frieda Strahl Bear one another s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Honoring Anita Paerg YOU ARE INVITED TO A SERVICE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 DURING THE 10:00 HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE HONORING ANITA PAERG IMMANUEL S ORGANIST FOR 55 YEARS! JOIN US FOR COFFEE AND CAKE AFTER THE SERVICE. F O O D P A N T R Y GOD PROVIDED MANY HANDS AND THIS WAS ALL PUT A WAY IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES!!! THANK YOU EXTRA HANDS! THIS IS WHAT A TON OF FOOD LOOKS LIKE!

6 IMMANUEL EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH 20 MONTEREY CIRCLE LAKEWOOD NJ PHONE First class postage Where tradition and the future meet to serve Christ Food Pantry School supply bags and food ready to go! School supply bags ready to go to the children from the food pantry! Help wanted: Food pantry is looking for people who could give one hour of their time on Thursday mornings from nine to ten to pick up bakery items from the ShopRite in Jackson. Even one Thursday a month will help! Any questions or would like to help please see Janice Henry. Needed food items: We are no longer receiving free food and are looking for donations. The envelopes are in the narthex and will buy items at food bank for $0.18 a pound. There are some items that are hard to get at food bank; peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix, syrup, cereal and canned ravioli. Thank you: This summer went buy fast. We want to thank those who gave up a part of their summer to help at our food bank. Thank you to the Riegers and grandchildren, Trevor and Holden, Heather Bulin and children, Kaylie, Hunter and Tyler, Todd Engel and children, Rachel, Ava, Mitchell, Clayton, Cherylann and children, Erin, Alyssa, and Addison, Hilde Spellman and daughter Carrie Ann, and grandchildren Antonio and CJ, Monica Werosta and her children, Hannah and Shane. Thanks to Jane McKinley and Annette Newman for adding their helping hands and to the Malleys for the delivering the food to our pantry. Janice Henry