Immanuel Lutheran Church & School 300 N. Sheridan Bay City, MI (989)

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1 Immanuel Lutheran Church & School 300 N. Sheridan Bay City, MI (989) July, 2018 The Confirmation Class of 2018 Immanuel Lutheran Church Front Row L to R: Greenlee Harris, Maison Kalinowski, Saige Christian, Jaqueline Brinkman, Layla Meisner Back Row L to R: Pastor Jones, Zachary Goetz, Austin Roemer, Christian Mouch, Daniel Meisner, Spencer Goetz, Karder Gollin, Parker Botwright, and Mr. Young.

2 Page 2 July Service Assistants Saturday, June 30 Sunday, July 1 Elder: Warren Abbs Elder: Greg Wischmeyer Usher: Art Davis Usher: Amber Storey Communion Asst: Don Heiden Broadcast: Becky Trinklein Broadcast: Tom Jacobs Greeters: Larry & Becky Reimann Greeters: Rich & Pam Morse Saturday, July 7 Sunday, July 8 Elder: Brandon Kern Elder: Warren Abbs Usher: Dave Howard Usher: Gordy Bushong Broadcast: Dan Kretchman Communion Asst: Dennis Datte Greeters: Art & Mary Davis Broadcast: Gary Bremer Greeters: Brian & Melissa Rachwitz Fellowship: Brian & Melissa Rachwitz Midweek Communion Service Wednesday, July 11 at 1:30pm Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15 Elder: Dennis Metevia Elder: Ian Mills Usher: Bill Musolf Usher: John Nyquist Communion Asst: Don Heiden Broadcast: Becky Trinklein Broadcast: Karen Couture Greeters: Charlie Phillips Greeters: Tim & Kathy Paeth Fellowship: Tim & Laura Buck Saturday, July 21 Sunday, July 22 Elder: Warren Abbs Elder: Layne Scharich Usher: Art Davis Usher: Amber Storey Broadcast: Tom Jacobs Communion Asst: Don Rose Greeters: Millie Braun Broadcast: Gary Bremer Greeters: Kathy & Adam Pelletier Fellowship: Dennis & Sharon Metevia Saturday, July 28 Sunday, July 29 Elder: Randy Tomke Elder: Greg Wischmeyer Usher: Dave Howard Usher: Gordy Bushong Communion Asst: Dan Kretchman Communion Asst: Don Heiden Broadcast: Dan Kretchman Broadcast: Becky Trinklein Greeters: Jan Rau Greeters: Michael, April & Cameron Munholland Fellowship: Pat Tucker

3 Page 3 July, 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 10:00am Worship Service Chris Garcia Ordination in Flint 8 Patriotic Service 10:00am Communion Service 15 10:00am Worship Service 7:00pm All Boards 2 7:00pm Special Choir Rehearsal :30pm Midweek Communion 16 7:00pm Church Council 5:15pm Blended Choir :15pm Blended Choir 4 5 1:00pm Cards 7:00pm Special Choir Rehearsal 1:00pm Fellowship Cards 1:00pm Fellowship Cards Patriotic Service 5:00pm Worship Service :00pm Communion- Service :00pm Worship Service 10:00am Communion Service :15pm Blended Choir 1:00pm Fellowship Cards :00pm Communion- Service 10:00am Communion Service

4 Page 4 The Board of Social Ministry.. would greatly appreciate your help July August 2018 for children in need with a donation of school supplies The Board of Social Ministry will be collecting Back to School items again this year. There will be a box located in the narthex of the church and you can place donated school supplies there. We will be collecting from July 14, 2018 through the weekend of church services on August 12, The supplies from this drive will be donated to our school, Wellspring, and the Do-Care Family Enrichment Center. Listed below are some suggestions for items needed by the children. Thank you for helping the children in our community off to a good start. If you have any questions, please call Nancy Greene at Backpacks ½ inch 3-Ring Binders Student Calculators Sketch Pads Ruled Loose Leaf Paper Ink Pens (medium point both blue & black) Spiral Notebooks (single and 3 subject) Rulers #2 Pencils Erasers Crayons (no more than 24 / box) Pocket Folders with Fasteners Colored Pencils Gel Pens Construction Paper Elmer s Glue / Glue Sticks Trapper Keepers Scissors w/pointed end Combination Locks Scissors w/blunt end Pencil Boxes Crayola Markers (10 count, washable) Paper Towels Kleenix Please keep this list with you and handy when you are in our local stores. Back to School sales start in July. Again, thank you for your help and generous donations! It will help us if you can make these donations by August 12, 2018.

5 Page 5 Vacation Bible School a Wonderful Success!! Please accept MY PERSONAL THANK YOU for YOUR PART in helping make this summer ministry for children a reality. What an awesome week in the Lord with so many children learning and sharing the Word! Certainly, a wonderful time of outreach and ministry was offered to children in our congregation as well as numerous children in our surrounding community. Praise God for a joy-filled week that focuses on sharing the Gospel to children. Many, many thanks are in order for the blessing of this year s volunteer staff and numerous donations. It has been 20 years of fun at VBS and I am still overwhelmed and so very thankful for the outpouring of dedication found in the army of volunteers that took the time to care that God s Word reached the children participating at Vacation Bible School. Please accept my PERSONAL Thank You for YOUR PART in this program. Whether it was through sharing your time or talents, purchasing food items, cookies or candy or Kool-Aid, offering financial donations, helping in decorating or set-up and tear down, EACH PART WAS SO IMPORTANT AND SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY MYSELF AND OUR KIDS! THANK YOU!! We once again had a volunteer staff of over 70 young people and adults, as well as financial aid from numerous individuals, needed decorating supplies and great donations of food items from so many families. This year, as in so many years prior, YOU really exemplified the true HEART OF IMMANUEL by sharing your love with little children. So many of you came to the call of the financial need we face every year and because of your generosity so many children heard the Gospel message of Jesus. Your belief in our church, its outreach ministry and the leaders of tomorrow.the children, allowed our VBS staff to offer a fantastic program with no services cut or delineated! Truly, a program as large as this summer ministry for parish and community children could not succeed without each and every one of you along with your kind donations; Thank you!! As always, VBS is a huge undertaking, but it is one that is done with much devotion and love of children. It is a blessing to have the opportunity to reach out to children and welcome them here at Immanuel as we share the Gospel with them. Thank you to all the parents who allowed us the privilege of teaching your children and for your concern and desire for them to grow stronger in their ever developing faith. It was a wonderful week!! Once again, thank you for all who helped through volunteering, donations, prayers, and through participation. God s blessings to your family for a safe and carefree summer! Shipwrecked Captain Betsy Bourassa VBS Superintendent and Parish Assistant.

6 Page 6 Attention 2019 Public School Confirmation Students Grades 7 & 8 Time to start thinking about your upcoming Confirmation Class (Please give the church office a call at and ask for Betsy to register your son or daughter for the 2019 class.) Also, please watch for continued information regarding Sunday Morning Classes. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all Wisdom. Colossians 3:16 May God direct and lead you in such as time as this when your young adult now has the privilege to attend confirmation classes. As a family in Christ redeemed, I want to encourage you to make every effort in allowing your child to begin and continue his or her spiritual growth in the study of God s Word through confirmation instruction classes. With a complete and thorough study of the Lutheran doctrine, your son or daughter will now take steps into their personal growth as a young Christian adult. As a parent, you are allowing your children the great gift of confirmation instruction and with that, the joy found in being a child of God. Beginning on September 9, Public School Confirmation Classes will meet on Sunday mornings at 8:45am at Immanuel Lutheran School 7th grade classroom. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to call me at the church office Once again, I encourage you as a parent to plant the seeds of a faith-filled walk through confirmation instruction. As the months draw closer to September, more information will be coming your way. For now, please start thinking about this rite of passage for your son or daughter as part of their Christian faith. God s blessings to your family and may you find the joy in celebrating a new season of Christian growth and development with your so or daughter. In His leading, Betsy Bourassa Betsy Bourassa Parish Assistant in Christian Education and Youth Ministries

7 Page 7 Help us welcome Pastor Garcia Pastor Garcia and his family will soon be joining us! Moving to a new home in a new community can be a daunting transition. Friendship Guild will be assisting Immanuel members in providing a warm welcome by organizing a collection of gift cards, gift certificates, and pantry items for the Garcia s. The gift cards and gift certificates could be to your favorite local store or restaurant to provide a taste of what Bay City has to offer. Suggested pantry items are frequently purchased products such as laundry products, cleaning products, paper products and non-perishable food items (please ensure items are not past their used by date). Please look for a collection station in the Church Narthex where a Friendship Guild member will be collecting items before church services during the month of July. Thank you! As you may know, our Pastor-elect Garcia is in transition -- from a seminarian graduate in May, through ordination in July and then installation in August as the Associate Pastor here at Immanuel. While we eagerly await his arrival and are fully prepared to take him under our care, there are transition costs that he and his family are incurring. As a courtesy, we would like to be able to assist Pastor-elect Garcia and his family though this period prior to his arrival. If you would be able to assist beyond your first-fruits giving, mark your gift "associate pastor transition costs" and place in the offering plate or drop off at the church office. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated... Living a Stewardship Lifestyle When we discuss stewardship, we may immediately start to think of giving our time and money. Stewardship certainly involves giving and serving, but even more, our stewardship is incorporated into a way of life. It does not consist of just isolated events. When God s word and love fill our hearts and minds, our stewardship becomes a lifestyle. As a lifestyle, it defines who we are and what we do. It is our vocation. With transformed hearts, we express our faith in the way we live our lives. Through faith, God provides motivation and power to live the Christian life in a growing awareness of redeeming grace. In defining stewardship, W.H. Greever wrote, Christian stewardship is the practice of the Christian religion. It is neither a department of life nor a sphere of activity. It is the Christian conception of life as a whole, manifested in attitudes and actions. Our faithful stewardship, as it reflects God s love, becomes our approach to life. It is more being than doing. Our deeds of stewardship such as using time wisely or helping the needy arise out of being stewards. Stewards are who we are. Stewardship is a while life response to God out of gratitude and thanksgiving for all of His love, goodness, and mercy. T.A. Kantonen wrote, The life of stewardship is nothing less than total devotion to the Christ Who is known as a real, living personal presence in the hearts of believers, a genuine loyalty that is expressed not in mere opinion or sentiment but in character and conduct. It does not take talented people to be faithful stewards, but it takes all there is of us. It takes our total commitment. Stewardship is our response to God s abundant grace in all aspects of life. This faithful stewardship is only possible when we acknowledge our sinfulness and our forgiveness through faith in Christ. God gives us faith so He can use us to carry out His plan, which is to save all people. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, we acknowledge God in all things and in all places. As faithful stewards, we know that all we have belongs to Him so we can give generously of our time, talents, and money.

8 Page 8 August Youth T.N.A.G Tuesday Night Activities and Games All youth needed to report for a really FUN night! National Night Out Against Crime Tuesday, August 7 Please meet at the grassy area North of the Dow Corning Building in Uptown Bay City Area Please meet at 4:00pm. The event is from 5:00-8:00pm We will be hosting kid s games, face painting and handing out Gospel tracts and information about Immanuel Lutheran Church & School!! Usually well over 1,000 people attend this event! There will also be massive free give-a-ways from other vendors, free food, free pop, all types of rescue units, tug of war contest, Gaga Ball Game, bounce houses, music, a cook-off competition and so much more! Let s have a blast together as we tell our community about Immanuel Lutheran Church & School Attention Immanuel Members and Friends: Please come visit our booth and join in all the fun! CANDY CANDY CANDY NEEDED TO HAND OUT AT NIGHT S OUT Can you help our Youth with this need as we represent our Church and School for this community event? Please drop it off in the church office and mark it Miss Betsy. Once again this year, Immanuel s Youth Board and Youth Members will be part of a huge community event slated for next month, August 7th. Our team will be handing out various information about our parish, services, Christian education classes and our Day School and welcoming invitations to Immanuel as part of this outreach event. With that said, there are hundreds and hundreds of children that attend this fun family community night and (as in past years) the children that visit out booth love the candy! Can you help us out? The Board of Youth is in need of your kindness once again through donations of candy (no chocolates please, they melt, yikes!) We will do the greeting and meeting and sharing of God s Word and the joy found at Immanuel Parish..hope you can help us through Your sweetness of a sweet candy donation Thank you so much for allowing us to represent our Congregation and School at this huge community event!!

9 Page 9 Youth Group Summer Beach Party For Youth Members and their Families When: Wednesday, August 15 Time: 4:00-7:00pm Who: For all active youth group members and their families!! Where: 1075 Brissette Beach Road (off of M-13 at yellow flashing light, right off of Parish Road next to beach access) Food Provided: BBQ Hot Dogs and S mores Bring: swimsuits, outside games (if you have them) dress for weather conditions Bring: A dish to pass Sponsored By: the Board of Youth Ministry Did I hear you say, Beach Party?!! You Bet! Time for members of ROCK SOLID Youth Group and their families to get together for a fun night at the beach Wednesday evening, August 15th. The Board of Youth will supply the Hot Dogs, chips and condiments, along with the fixin s for S- Mores; please bring a dish to pass for our summer picnic. Before we begin a very busy fall season, it s time to spend time together during the last days of summer! Can t wait to see all of our Youth Members and their families at The Beach for tons of Summer Fun!!

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