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1 Preceding Sunday, October 25, 2015 Emmanuel Lutheran Church 1036 W A Street, Moscow, ID Phone: Fax: emmanuelmoscowid@gmail.com Issue #: For those who are unfamiliar with Mission Endowment, here is an explana on of what it is. EMMANUEL MISSION ENDOWMENT: The Emmanuel Mission Endowment is a fund established to manage designated and non designated gi s intended to provide an ongoing benefit for the ministry of the church and her mission work. The Mission Endowment is a standing Commi ee of the ELC Council. The assets of the Emmanuel Mission Endowment are owned by the Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Moscow, Idaho. The Mission Endowment Commi ee is responsible for all Mission Endowment leadership and management ac vi es. Its major objec ves are to encourage, accept, acknowledge, invest, and make distribu ons from the Mission Endowment at the direc on and approval of the Council and congrega on. The Commi ee works with other standing commi ees, Council, and the congrega on to iden fy, screen, and recommend mission work and projects that may receive funding as directed by the congrega on. On All Saint s Sunday, November 1, 2015, the Emmanuel Congrega on: joins together for a Potluck Celebra on during Fellowship Hour; votes on which Mission groups will be awarded financial support, and; honors a specific person, or persons, who are outstanding in their contribu ons to Emmanuel s mission and ministries.

2 Confirma on Classes Begin Sunday, November 1 Confirma on for students grades 6 12 begin on Sunday, November 1, 2015, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, downstairs, in the 4 year olds classroom. Pastor will meet with students on each 1 st and 3 rd Sunday. The theme for this year s class is The Life of Jesus. Sunday Morning Ed Opps Join on Sunday mornings for: J.A.M. for children through age 12. Following the Children s Sermon, J.A.M. leaders will escort the kiddos down to the Fellowship Hall for cra s, games, songs, and a snack. Children will return to the Sanctuary just prior to Holy Communion. Prayer Pieces Book Study NEW BOOK! At Home in Mi ord by Jan Karon. Meets in The Gallery at 8:30 AM. (Available through Amazon. Paperback: $ Kindle: $9.99. Contact Carol Nelson with? cjnelson@lcsc.edu) Adult Chris an Educa on The Prophets, 8:30 AM, in the Fellowship Hall. Lead by Pastor Daugs. As we study the life of Jesus, we include studies of: Birth Narra ve Miracles Sermon on the Mount Jesus Death & Resurrec on The Parables Ministry to Gen les Ministry to Jews If you are a student in the 6 th 12 th grade, make sure and join us Sunday, November 1, 2015, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, downstairs, in the 4 year olds classroom. See you there! This Sunday In Adult Sunday School The Prophets with Pastor Daugs This Sunday, join in the Fellowship Hall as Pastor Daugs con nues discussion on Embracing the Prophets in Contemporary Culture a six session study by Walter Brueggemann with Tim Scorer. Walter Brueggemann, arguably America s leading Old Testament scholar and theologian, takes us on a wild ride through the poe c prophecy of the Hebrew Scripture, iden fying cultural contexts, pu ng a framework to Israel s history, and, most significantly and at mes challengingly! drawing connec ons between Israel s sociological, economic and spiritual status and that of America today. Session 1: Moses, Pharaoh, the Prophets and Us Session 2: The Prophets as Uncreden aled Purveyors of Covenant Session 3: Moral Coherence in a World of Power, Money and Violence Session 4: The Shrill Rhetoric that Breaks Denial Session 5: The Grief of Loss as Divine Judgment Session 6: The Promissory Language that Breaks Despair Join us! 8:30 AM, in the Fellowship Hall.

3 MIGHTY YOUTH! (PS Toddlers) PLAY DAY! On Thursday, October 22, 2015, from 12:30 2:30 PM. Preschool kids, toddlers, and parents are invited to Emmanuel Lutheran for some playground fun. Any ques ons, contact Lisa Allen at VISIT HOLY GROUNDZ Enjoy a la e this Sunday, October 25, every 4th Sunday during Parish Educa on or a er Worship. All proceeds go to helping ELC s Mission Endowment help others! Sure, you can get a cup to go! FRIENDS OF CORDELIA FALL MEETING will be on Thursday, Oct 29, at 7 PM, at Latah County Historical Society McConnell Mansion (2 nd and Adams, Moscow). All are welcome. Friends of Cordelia Fall 2015 newsle er is available for download at cordeliachurch.org, under the Newsle er tab. NEW TIME! RESCHEDULED! ELCW 2015 AUTUMN RETREAT! Saturday, October 31, 2015, 1:30 PM, at Dorothy Schnaible s home (766 Fairview Dr., Moscow). Bible Study Leader: Phyllis Ve rus. Refreshments will be served. Ques ons? Call Dorothy Schnaible at or Jan Mar n at CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER FLAPJACK FUNDRAISER is scheduled for October 31, 8 10 AM. Tickets are $10, and are available at ELC and CCC s Main Office. Come in your Halloween costume to add to the fun! COME CELEBRATE ALL SAINTS DAY SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1 Mission Endowment All Saints Day Potluck and Mission Endowment vo ng will be on 11/1 a er the service. Mission Endowment will provide the meat, you provide all the side dishes and dessert. During lunch we will celebrate our 2016 Mission Endowment honorees and begin to hear about all of the non profits we can provide financial support to. CONFIRMATION CLASS BEGINS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Are you in the 6 th through 12 th grade? If so, join Pastor Daugs on 11/1, from 11:30 12:30 PM, in the 4 year old classroom downstairs for Confirma on Class! This class will meet every 1 st & 3 rd Sunday. Hope we see you there! LUTH YOUTH (K 8 th ) FIELDTRIP! November 6, 1 4 PM! No school on Friday, so come to Emmanuel for a Friday Fieldtrip! (Loca on TBD.) Any ques ons, contact Lisa Allen emmanuel.luthyouth@gmail.com ALTAR GUILD IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! If you can help set up for communion and clean up a er church please see Gwen Mitchell or Deb Dumroese. We will train and pair you with an experienced Altar Guild person for your first me! Thanks for considering this important ministry at our church. Congrega onal Mee ng: November 15, 2015, 11 AM. PLEASE REMEMBER IN PRAYER: Tom High, Janet McIntosh s brother, suffering bile duct cancer. Thank you to our new Youth Director, Lisa Allen, and all who par cipated in the real fun, FUN DAY last Saturday! WOW! What an AMAZING me that was had last Sunday! Thank you to our Emmanuel Lutheran Preschool Students, Staff, and Parents! It is always such a treat when we are blessed with all our students on Preschool Sunday! Thank you to everyone who stayed and carved pumpkins and joined in fellowship and chili dogs! And a huge thanks to our own Youth & Family for hos ng this great event! Thanks so much to Leo & Jackie Greenwalt for supplying all the pumpkins for last week s Pumpkin Carving event! Note from Jan Solberg: Please accept the enclosed dona on as a thank you for your kindness in allowing us to have our Nels & Mable Solberg Family Reunion in the Fellowship Hall. Please also thank Nancy Ruth Peterson on our behalf. She is incredible!! Sincerely, MaryAnn Solberg & children, Charlo e & Jerry Jackle & Martha, John & Shirley Solberg & children, Inga & Gary Mansker & children John Marten, son of Dwaine and Maureen Marten, is in Seminary at Ge ysburg Lutheran Seminary, PA. His seminary study includes on site internship at a parish. John is Intern at The Lutheran Church of Moundsville, West Virginia. John and his supervising Pastor serve 4 churches. John expects to graduate from seminary the end of He hopes to return to the Northwest for Ordina on and First Call. John is a son of ELC. He was bap zed, confirmed, and married here at Emmanuel Lutheran. Thank you, Emmanuel Lutheran for all your dona ons this year to our LWR projects. We were able to ship 49 quilts, 99 school kits, 23 personal care kits, and 28 baby care kits. This shipment will go off on October 23. We couldn't have done this without all of your dona ons! We have two shipments each year so the grand total for 2015: 99 quilts, 119 school kits, 44 baby laye es, and 29 personal care kits. Thank you to Vern Kinnison for driving our shipment to Spokane. We couldn't do this without Vern!! GOOD WORK, PEOPLE OF EMMANUEL!!! Happy Birthday this week to: Stephen Hullin, Katy Beard, Linda Sprenger, Palmer McLuen, Caleb Lyon

4 Thank you for your service THIS Sunday October 25, 2015 Ministers: The Congrega on Presiding: Pastor Daugs Dir. Of Music: Janet McIntosh Organist: Gail Grubbs Altar Guild / Bread: JoDee Brooker Acolyte: Abby Cox Altar Flowers: SERVANT NEEDED Assis ng Minister: Ben Beard Communion Assistant: Julie Spangler Janet Williams Counter: Julie Spangler Carolyn Todd Fellowship: Mark & JoDee Brooker Tom & Kim Campbell Bob & Nel Carver Greg & Virginia Colvig Greeter: Don & Lisa Bender J.A.M. Leader: Carolyn Todd J.A.M. Assistant: Julie Spangler Reader: Janet Williams Usher: Vern Kinnison Don Bender Lisa Bender Verla Clauss Kas Dumroese Thank you! ANNUAL REPORTS DUE OCTOBER 23, 8 AM! Wednesday Oct 21 6:00 AM Weekly Publica on Deadline 5:30 PM Adult Choir 6:45 PM Emmanuel Bells Thursday Oct 22 Church Office Closed Preschool Picture Day Quilt Shipping 12:30 PM Mighty Youth! (PS toddlers) Play Day! (ELC Playground) 5:00 PM Special Church Council Mee ng (Hall) Friday Oct 23 Annual Reports DUE! 8 AM Preschool Picture Day Saturday Oct 24 Sunday Oct 25 Reforma on Sunday Holy Groundz Readings: Genesis 22:1 14, Psalm 139: 1 12 Ma hew 25: :30 AM Adult Chris an Educa on (Hall) 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 AM Fellowship (Hall) Monday Oct 26 Pastor Off 6:00 PM Emmanuel Preschool Board Mee ng (Hall) 7:00 PM ELC PS Exec. Mtg (TBD) Tuesday Oct 27 Wednesday Oct 28 6:00 AM Weekly Publica on Deadline 6:30 AM Men's Breakfast (Hall) 9:00 AM ELCW Piecemakers (Hall) 5:00 PM Teen Council (Hall) 5:30 PM Adult Choir 6:45 PM Emmanuel Bells Thursday Oct 29 Church Office Closed 9:15 AM Preschool Chapel Friday Oct 30 Church Office Closed 9:15 AM Preschool Chapel Saturday Oct 31 Halloween 1:30 PM ELCW Autumn Retreat (Dorothy Schnaible) SUNDAY MORNING ED OPPS Adult Chris an Educa on The Prophets. 8:30 AM, in the Fellowship Hall. Lead by Pastor Daugs. Prayer Pieces Book Study At Home in Mi ord by Jan Karon. Available through Amazon. Paperback: $ Kindle: $9.99. Meets Sunday mornings, 8:30, in The Gallery. All are welcome! Whether you knit or not. J.A.M. Jesus And Me! For children through age 12. Following the Children s Sermon, J.A.M. leaders will escort the kiddos down to the Fellowship Hall for cra s, games, songs, and a snack. Children will return to the Sanctuary just prior to Holy Communion. Confirma on Class For students grades Beginning on Sunday, November 1, 2015, from 11:30 AM 12:30 PM, every 1st and 3rd Sunday, with Pastor Daugs, downstairs in the 4 year olds classroom.

5 This year, our Stewardship Team is asking us to make a commitment of our giving by filling out a Confiden al Pledge Card and Anonymous Pledge Stub. You should have received this in the mail. If you did not, you can find extras in the Church Office or on the table in the Narthex. These are pledge/covenant cards are like wri ng a note to God: Lord, I am commi ng to give to you because I love you; and I am so grateful for what you have done for me. My mo ve for giving and signing this pledge card is one of gra tude to You. On Miracle Sunday, November 15, 2015, we will give thanks to our redeeming Lord by offering our Confiden al Pledge Cards and Anonymous Pledge Stubs during worship. Your sealed and Confiden al Pledge Card will be returned to you in 6 months as a most thankful reminder. Your Anonymous Pledge Stub will be used to tally all of our commitments and our combined pledge will be announced at Fellowship Hour as a Miracle of God s Grace. This le er has a few parts: a message from Pastor, a self addressed return envelope, and a Confiden al Pledge Card and perforated edge Anonymous Pledge Stub (as seen below.) What you are encouraged to do with this le er: Read the message from Pastor; Prayerfully complete the Confiden al Pledge Card, filling in the same amounts on the Card AND the Stub; Fold and tear on the perforated edge as indicated; Fold down the top por on of the Confiden al Pledge Card at the perforated edge to ensure privacy; Place the completed Confiden al Pledge Card in the enclosed, self addressed envelope, and seal the envelope; Fold the completed Anonymous Pledge Stub at the perforated edge to ensure privacy; Bring BOTH the sealed Confiden al Pledge Card AND the Anonymous Pledge Stub to worship on Miracle Sunday, November 15, 2015; When directed, place your sealed Confiden al Pledge Card in the Pledge Basket; Place your Anonymous Pledge Stub in the offering plate or the Pledge Basket; In six months, your unopened Confiden al Pledge Card will be returned to you in the mail for you to open and use as a stewardship check in

6 September 2015 Treasurer s Report: With the addi on of the roof loan, income needs to average about $28,100 per month to meet budget. Income from the general fund in September totaled $22,757 and expenses were $29,443. As a result, the opera ng loss for September totaled $7,686 and general fund deficit year to date has increased to $30,695. The balance on the roof replacement loan today is $66,619 and our monthly payment is $987. In the last month we have received a $1,000 designated gi toward paying this off. With this dona on, the congrega on con nues to answer the call and has contributed a total of $29,325 toward this much needed care of our facility. We are aware that the Stewardship Commi ee has plans for this fall that will focus a en on on the financial needs of the church. Our hope is that the final three months of the year will reduce the deficit. As your treasurers, we con nue to be op mis c about where the church is financially. Logically, were it not for the roofing project, some of the money would have gone toward regular offering and reduced the year to date deficit. Other meaningful projects have been completed coupled with some facility maintenance expense that is not in our budget. Thanks to everyone for their con nued generosity. Jon Kimberling and Gwen Mitchell, Treasurers This has been an amazing year at Emmanuel Lutheran Church! We continue to serve God in meaningful ways, and have taken significant steps in caring for our church home. Additionally, annual giving has increased about 6% each of the last two years. Your Stewardship Committee and Church Council would like you to know of an additional opportunity to further our mission through a financial gift. You can buy a square of shingles for $1,000. (or a 1/2 square for $500, a 1/4 square for $250) For information or to contribute, please contact: Jon Kimberling or Bob Ritter Currently, we have raised $29, worth of roof! To track how much roof we ve raised, see the diagrams that look like this, found in the Fellowship Hall and Narthex!

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9 The ELCW Synodical Mee ng was held at Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Spokane, WA, October 2 4, The theme: "You Are Mine" based on Isaiah 43:1b (NIV) "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name, you are mine." 'You Are Mine' Do not be afraid, I am with you I have called you each by name Come and follow me, I will bring you home I love you and you are mine Key note Speaker: Shelley Bryan Wee The workshop included: An Human Trafficking End of Life Issues Crea ng Healthy Rela onships Physical Offering Recipients for Christ Kitchen provided our meals. Our silent auc on provided money for schooling of a woman from our Synod who wants to con nue her educa on in preparing for ministry. Offerings were also given to Tumaini Girls Scholarship, our sister church in Tanzania Next years mee ng will be held in Kennewick, WA on October 7 9, Submi ed by: Dorothy Schnaible

10 Hi! CindyMarie here. I am at a disadvantage! I have served with you for over 6 years now, and many of you I s ll only know by and phone! I, for one, would sure like to get to know you be er! Please send a short bio and some pictures of yourself and family to me in the Church Office! It will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Emphasis: Weekly Edi on! emmanuelmoscowid@gmail.com 1036 W. A Street Moscow, ID Thanks! Featured in THIS issue, # , of the Emphasis: Weekly Edi on: 2015 Mission Endowment Celebra on! Now Thank We All Our God! 2015 Stewardship Drive Financial Report & Raise the Roof! The Parish Paper ELCA World Hunger & ELCW Synodical Mee ng Review Meet our Members... Plus our regular features: Ed Opps Quick List of Emmanuel Happenings Servant SCOPE