11:00 p.m. Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion

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Children and Family Worship with Candelighting (A 30-40 minute service designed especially for little ones and their short attention spans!) 8:00 p.m. Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion 11:00 p.

1 THE STAR Rooted DECEMBER 2017 in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church Elmhurst, Illinois CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP SERVICES 4:00 p.m. Children and Family Worship with Candelighting (A minute service designed especially for little ones and their short attention spans!) 8:00 p.m. Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion 11:00 p.m. Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL WORSHIP TIMES Sunday, December 24 One Worship Service at 9:00 a.m. No Sunday School (Please note this will be a regular, Advent worship service, not a Christmas Eve service.) Saturday, December 30 5:30 p.m. worship Sunday, December 31 One worship service at 9:00 a.m. No Sunday School

Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 2 Poinsettia Plants 2017- Only Two Sundays to Order!

To place your order, please complete the form below and mail it to Dawn Sanders, 572 Saylor, Elmhurst, IL 60126 or put it in the Altar Guild mailbox in the church office.

2 Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 2 Poinsettia Plants Only Two Sundays to Order! You can help beautify the chancel area for Christmas by purchasing a poinsettia plant. To place your order, please complete the form below and mail it to Dawn Sanders, 572 Saylor, Elmhurst, IL or put it in the Altar Guild mailbox in the church office. Please include payment of $15.50 per plant with your order. Checks should be made payable to Epiphany Lutheran Church. You may pick up your plant after the 8:00 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve services, or you may leave it for delivery to our sick or shut-in members. Please indicate your preference on the form and be sure your order is placed by Sunday, December 10. If you have any questions, please call Dawn Sanders at (630) Thank you! CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA PLANTS ORDERS ARE DUE DECEMBER 10. Number of plants ($15.50 each please include payment making checks payable to Epiphany Lutheran Church) Name: Address: Phone: Please designate: We will pick up the plant(s) after the 8:00 or 11:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service. Please deliver the plant(s) to a sick or shut-in person.

Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 3 Men In Mission Annual Christmas Dinner and Fundraiser The Men in Mission Annual Christmas Dinner and Fundraiser will take place

Through this event we provide families in need with food, clothing, and gifts for children.

3 Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 3 Men In Mission Annual Christmas Dinner and Fundraiser The Men in Mission Annual Christmas Dinner and Fundraiser will take place Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in Epiphany Center. This is the main fundraiser for the entire year with emphasis being placed on helping needy families at Christmastime. Through this event we provide families in need with food, clothing, and gifts for children. Over 30 people received help from us last year at Christmas because of the generosity of our congregation and the Elmhurst business community. Throughout the year we also provide funds for medical, utility, and housing expenses to those in need, and to Epiphany organizations that assist the needy, to the extent we are able to do so. Tickets are $15.00 per person and will be on sale Saturdays and Sundays November 25 and 26, December 2 and 3, and December 9 and 10. This is an adult-only event. A Christmas tree will be decorated and donated to a family in need. Ornaments for the tree would be appreciated. If you are unable to attend the dinner/fundraiser but would like to make a donation, we accept cash or checks made out to Men In Mission. We honor requests for anonymity, if desired. If you have any questions please contact the co-chairmen of Men In Mission: Bill Friberg at (630) or Tom Connolly at (630) or speak to any of the Men In Mission board members: Brendan Connor, Phil Darling, Dave Norquist, Gary Sanders, Roy Schroeder, Sr., Roy Schroeder, Jr.

Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 4 Year-End Offerings Reminder As we gather for worship the last few weeks of the year, we ask that you consider your annual giving

4 Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 4 Year-End Offerings Reminder As we gather for worship the last few weeks of the year, we ask that you consider your annual giving commitment for Your contributions not only help the church meet its financial obligations, but if received or mailed by December 31, may also increase your tax deduction for charitable contributions. In addition to regular offerings at worship throughout the month of December, you may also drop off your offerings at the church office through Sunday, December 31, or if it s more convenient, via mail. Please note that mailings must be postmarked on or before December 31 to be considered part of 2017 offerings and reflected as such on your statement of giving for God s Global Barnyard Results Three goats, four pigs, five honey bee hives, two sheep, one cow, twelve groups of chicks, and one fish farm is what our Sunday school students have decided to donate to the ELCA World Hunger fund with the over $1500 that was raised during our Gods Global Barnyard campaign! Check out the menagerie in the Sunday school hallway. Thank you to everyone who collected their coins in the piggy and barnyard banks and made a donation! Counter Needed The finance committee is seeking a volunteer to assist with the offering counting process after the 9:30 a.m. service, typically once per month. If interested, please contact Jack Graham at Jack.Graham@EpiphanyElmnhurst.org or (630) or Ted Mandigo at tedmandigo@trmandigo.com. Help Wanted Help is needed in the nursery on Thursday mornings from 8:00-9:00 a.m. from January 18 - April 26, Amy Pilny, Cleo Tengroth, and Sue Wilson graciously give their time to the moms of Praying For Our Children. They watch the babies, preschoolers, and afternoon kindergartners while the moms pray on Thursday mornings. Sue's work schedule shifts after the New Year and we will need to find a volunteer to fill in for her. Sue, thank you for making the kids feel welcomed and allowing the moms to pray! You will be missed! If you are interested and available, please contact Amy Wilson at amykwil33@comcast.net or (312)

5 Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 5 An Update From David Zijan of Father s Divine Love Ministry 1. We are buying 1 day-old chicks and will brood them for 8 weeks. 2. The brooder will be heated for the necessary warmth 24/7 for 8 weeks. 3. The floor is made of timber and the joints are sealed with iron rings. The bottom deck has concrete and we will put 4 inches of saw dust or coffee husks litter and the upper deck is a wooden floor where we add 4 inches of coffee husks for the deep litter. 4. The Land case is pretty much a settled matter. By Christmas I will sent you photos. We are looking forward to using the land to grow crops. 5. We are all doing well, except for Margaret (Sarah's mum). She has been bed-ridden for 5 years this month and is at the tail end of it. She hurts a great deal but she is a joy to have for us and for the children. Our own kids i.e Rapha (13), Melody (11), Maranatha (9), and Mehitabel (7), our 2 foster daughters- Amulah (12), Anisha (9), and my nephew (20) are all doing well in school. Abbey (20) is in university now pursuing a BA in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (1st year). Rapha Completed Elementary and will be a High Schooler as of February. The others are still in elementary school. Sarah is done with her Masters of Organizational Leadership and Management save for submitting her research paper. I am 3 semesters (1.5 years) in my LLB, still 5 semesters (2.5 years) to go. I will be done in 2020 with the Bachelors, and then decide whether to go for the Bar, or LLM. So far so good and am maintaining a 3.6 CGPA so far which in Law School given my immense responsibilities is decent. It's a 2nd Class Upper so far. The Bases are going well. Rapha and Peniel Children's Havens are home to 17 tertiary and university-going young adults, and 39 Children between years old respectively. We have been able as of last week to pay up to $5,000usd in University Tuitions for 10 beneficiaries in the disciplines of Law (Idembe David not me), Orthopedics, Software Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Procurement and Service chain management (2), Bachelor of Business Administration, Hospitality and Hotel Management, Plumbing, et al. The Church is running well also. We have had it all; Baptisms, Weddings, Confirmations, Funerals among others. We continue to do work in advocating for the rights of Children through the Child Ambassadors, and Widow Household Economic Empowerment among others. We Hope that you, and your families are doing well through His Grace. Blessings, David

6 Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve 6 Making A Difference In Your Offerings Gifts of Appreciated Securities: Did you know that you can contribute appreciated securities tax-free to Epiphany? Securities that have appreciated in value may be donated to Epiphany, and you pay no capital gains tax on the securities you donate. Epiphany sells your securities and uses the proceeds for its mission and ministry. Because Epiphany has its own brokerage account, we can provide a seamless process to accept in-kind transfers of securities such as common stock, mutual funds, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's). By transferring to Epiphany, the securities are not sold until they reach Epiphany's brokerage account. The full amount is then tax free and allows you to potentially use the full amount as a charitable donation/deduction on your tax return making this a win/win situation. Please consider this as part of your year-end tax planning and for future years as well. Required Minimum IRA Distributions (RMD s): Why not save yourself the tax? Many individuals are required to withdraw funds from their retirement accounts as a required minimum distribution (RMD) in the year their age reaches 70 ½. As part of a simple tax planning tool, you can use part of your RMD to fulfill your offerings to Epiphany, whether as part of your annual giving strategy, as a one-time contribution, or anytime during the year. IRS rules allow for what is known as a qualified charitable distribution. The impact of these distributions is TAX FREE and, at the same time, could generate additional benefits on your tax return. This is especially true for those who cannot deduct their annual givings as a charitable contribution. If you have any questions, or have an interest in pursuing either of these topics, please phone or Jeff Kociak at (630) , or jkociak@ejfcpa.com. Memorials In Memory of Bob Haley given by: Greg and Arlene Taylor Mary Lou Cain Bob and udy Scheuerman Shirley Hill Anne Chilstrom Mary K Hanson Epiphany Men in Mission In Memory of Dorothy Bonthron given by: Michael Lullo

OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY 7 Check It Out! Modern American Protestants bring an earnest drive to be faithful correctly -- so correctly that it would be humorous if anyone else noticed.

.. the first thing he's going to do is send you to Africa. Immediately." If you hold back on that prayer, you get to stay here and watch movies.

7 OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY 7 Check It Out! Modern American Protestants bring an earnest drive to be faithful correctly -- so correctly that it would be humorous if anyone else noticed. Jonathan Acuff observes minor issues others are afraid to admit exist, like shunned prayers. "It's a well-known Christian fact that if you surrender your life to God... the first thing he's going to do is send you to Africa. Immediately." If you hold back on that prayer, you get to stay here and watch movies. "For Christians, it's completely okay to watch R-rated movies, but only if they got that rating because of violence.... But if there's any nudity,... We'll have to wait until they show the edited version on TBS." Stuff Christians Like examines the secret verbal dances, the worship poses, and the nervous thoughts of fellow believers trying to get it all right. "We're supposed to love God, love our neighbor, and love ourselves.... What if this year we set our sights on something reasonable, like, 'Let's send less hate mail than devil worshipers'?" This book can be dipped into in the library or checked out for FREE! --Assistant Librarian Teri Save The Date! SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Sunday, December 17, 9:30 a.m. worship service

8 OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY 8 December Birthdays 1 Brian Schleich, Lindsay Browning 2 Katie Stauch 3 Scott Bonthron, Charlie Sutton, Leon Casey-Bell, Grace Lynde, Ramiro Zepeda 4 Kim Mehring, Adam Haukland, Nilsen Hurst 5 Josie Heard 6 Debbie Persenico, Tony Hall, Gracie Durham 7 Madyson Hudson, Caroline Marshall 8 Taylor Kiddle, George Redfearn, Madden Michalski 9 Diane Wachholz, Zachary Dettloff, Caroline Dierksheide, Peter Connor 10 Fred Antlsperger 11 Noel Schroeder 12 Phyllis Field, Linda Merrinette, Melinda Husdon, Linda Davies, Anna Thiel, Rachael Gould 13 Matthew Moser, Blaire Porter, Christopher Diaz, Rebecca Hartley 14 Graham Biery, Madeline Schleich 15 Marilyn DeVries, Kris Johnson, Erin Lewis, Julia Neri, Jacob Lupa, Samuel Gutterman 16 Scott Bublitz, Kristine DeGrace, Kristina Pankow 17 Connie Earnest, Kristi Gibbs, Even Nutile, Morgan Semmelhack 18 Phil Darling, Wendy Russo 19 Fritzie Glover, Gary Gross, Timothy Zubradt, Mark Kammerdiener, Julia Zablovdic 20 Kristy Proctor, Olivia Mann, 21 Barbara Szczepaniak, Erik Berg, 22 Katie Pyne, Andrew Langer 23 Branson Nolen, Vicoria Biery 24 Mary K. Hanson, Jennifer Reichert, Travis Allen 25 Lori Lewis, Erin McGonigle 26 Melanie Bublitz 27 Alene Taylor, Sean Browning, Owen Stufflebeam, Andrew Weirman, Jack Davies 28 Sheila Durbin, Kim Kortes, David Wentzel, Alivia Schumaker 29 Kelli Marti, Alison Parker, Jessica Sutherland, Owen Hurst, Madelyn Honsey 30 Nancy Langer, Kristen Samar, Joseph Dickert 31 Bruce Lindgern, Bill Reichert, Camden Hildy December Anniversaries 8 Robert and Judith Scheuernan 12 Kie and Sally Hammerle 16 David and Joyce McGowan 17 Kristen and Chris Healy 19 Edward and Savanna Samuelian, Jr. 20 Colleen and Michael Korzen 22 Richard and Gwen Becker 28 Brad and Kristine Lundine Timothy and Monika Zubradt 30 Tracy ad Cathy Hunt Hal and Cheri Gabrielsen 12 Andrew and Joanna Todd 18 Willian and Patricia Schwarz 19 Heather and Ron Feltman 21 Jim and Jean Browning 25 Eric and Patrice Thiel 26 Dane and Dawn Swenson 28 Ken and Vicki Cripe 29 Wayne and Joan Bell

9 OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY 9 In Our Prayers Our members: Todd Becker, Wayne Bell, Nancy Bode,, Marie Buford, Karin Boullion, Jennifer Damer, Shirley Dochoff, Sienna Dudley, John Field, Bill Friberg, Babette Halen, Martha Haley, Josie Heard, Joyce Hill, Catherine Knapp, Jennifer Moser, Bob Sutherland, Marlene Tegmeyer, Maria Terracciano, Sandra Vaughn Our friends: Eli James Becker (grandson of Gwen and Richard Becker), Bill and Virginia Bonham (Bill Friberg s brother-in-law and sister-in-law), Evelyn Boutin (Lito Toreja s sister), Greg Bukowski (friend of Sandra Vaughn), Laverne Budris (Lisa Budris mother), Don Feld (Lisa Budris uncle), Gwen Gorman (daughter of Glen and Elsa Heinemann), Sylvia Graham (friend of Sandra Vaughn), Keith Groenwald (former member), Andy Hamblin (Jan Davis son), Lorna Hansen (Amy Rimington s mother), Jan Harms (Jen Mann s mother), Christa Johnson (friend of the Hedricks), John Johnson (Janet Rudhman s brother), Robert Kampf (friend of Daryl Bartelson), Kevorak Kahvedsian (friend of the Haidles), Jan Kopas (nephew of Mary Langer), Neil Kleinborg (friend of Shirley Swanson), Bob Krzyzewski (Lila Peters brother-in-law), Cindy Krzyzewski (Lila Peters niece), Lindsay Larson (Andrea Redfearn's niece), Greg Lechowski (friend of Joe Schram), Bill Lentine (father of Trisha Graham), Marlene Lundgren (Lila Peters sister-in -law), Lora Corey Marut (friend of Linda Stratton), Karen McCaa (sister of Amy Pilny), Betsy McKeever (Kristin Hall s aunt), Evan Thomas Mevis (Ruth Blair s grandson), Marie Mueller (mother of Keelie Witzel), Gail Nerison, Nancy O Leary and Family (Sue Mooshool s sister), Patti Paul (friend of Curt Clifford), Joseph Paumier (father of Ben Paumier), Betty Patch (Lori Trimble s mom), Andrew Peters (grandson of Lila Peters), Barbara Phelps (Wayne Phelps mother), Joe Pilny (David Pilny s father), Amber and James Randall (friends of Gwen Becker), John Rossi, Eva Salems (Lila Peters sister), Marge Swanson (Shirley Swanson s mother), Pat Swanson (Shirley Swanson s sister-in-law), Joan Sturino (sister of Dawn Sanders), Bill Tarnow (friend of Joe Schram), Irma Tena (friend of the Johnson family), Matt Toole (friend of Phyllis Field), John VanFleet (friend of the Tengroths), Jeff Vidt (Sue Kostecki s brother), Diane Viise (family of Annette and Bill Edwards), Eric Von Schaumburg (husband of Lindsay Rudhman), David Wells (son-in-law of Elsa and Glen Heinemann), Betty Zelent (Cindy O Malley s mother) STAFF DIRECTORY Ronald W. Feltman Pastor Ron.Feltman@EpiphanyElmhurst.org Jennifer S. Moser Pastor Jennifer.Moser@EpiphanyElmhurst.org Anna Ernst Pastor Anna.Ernst@EpiphanyElmhurst.org LYO@epiphanyelmhurst.org Jack Graham Office Administrator Jack.Graham@EpiphanyElmhurst.org Scott Miller Faith Formation Assistant Scott.Miller@EpiphanyElmhurst.org Maria Terracciano Custodian Maria.Terracciano@EpiphanyElmhurst.org Thank you to everyone who submits articles to The Star. Articles submitted are subject to review by the editor. Any significant revisions will be discussed with the author of the article. You may contributions to: info@epiphanyelmhurst.org Deadlines for submissions for the January edition are due Friday, December 15.

T H E S T A R Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve

DECEMBER 2018 T H E S T A R Rooted in Christ Growing in Faith Reaching to Invite and Serve CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP SERVICES 4:00 p.m. Children and Family Worship with Candelighting (A 30-40 minute service