Christmas Worship Schedule

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1 A Publication of Emanuel Lueran Church Volume XXXVII No. 11 December 2012 Empowered by e Holy Spirit, Emanuel s mission is to witness to e good news of salvation rough Christ to individuals, e community and e world rough discipleship and service. clip and save... Christmas Worship Schedule Sunday, December 23 9:00 a.m. (ONE service) Cantata Monday, December 24 7:00 p.m. Children s program (30 minutes pre-service music) Monday, December 24 11:00 p.m. Candlelight service (30 minutes pre-service music; c ommunion) Tuesday, December 25 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day (communion) Sunday, December 30 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Regular worship Monday, December 31 7:00 p.m. New Year s Eve Worship -1-

2 (Note: to help you wi is year s greeting in rhyme, it might help to sing it to e tune of Here We Come A- wassailing and may your heart sing wi e joy of is most holy Season of Christ s bir! Dear friends, Here we come "Castello-ing" wi is, our yearly rhyme. Before e rush and hurrying, we like to take e time to express to you all heartfelt anks wi is, our call. Eight years now at Emanuel we've shared in ministry; it's been eight years now we've shared in ministry. It's such a privilege for us to be "Church Fam'ly" here, to share your joys and sorrows, your laughter and your tears. It's a blessed tie at binds Christian hearts and Christian minds, as togeer we work to share e good news of God's love; we all try to live e gospel of God's love. We've earned a reputation as a church at reaches out to be e hands of Jesus to ose in need, no doubt; feeding bodies and souls wi our "Soul Food" plates and bowls, and collecting each mon e ings at charities most need-- wi our caring sharing we fulfill some needs. So, ank you once again to each and every one of you for all e love and kindness you've shown e whole year rough. Love and joy come to you and to all your loved ones, too. Now God bless you and grant you a Happy New Year! Christmas blessings and a Happy New Year! Joy to e world! Season's Greetings from e Castellos! Pastor & Carol and e "friendly beasts" Jasmine, Lakota, & Hokie -2-

3 Dear Pastor Castello, Pat Mohring, and our Emanuel Family, Since e mons at have passed since my Mom s dea...i have finally been able to settle down and move on wi my grieving - I was my Mom s live-in caretaker for almost 12 years and her passing left a void in my life at I couldn t understand in e first couple of mons after her dea... but I must say my journey actually started at day - in your office Pastor Castello. Your kind words and just listening to all myself and my broers and eir wives had to say was truly a blessing and we needed to talk about her and hear God s word - and for me at she was ok...i was e one at always knew she was ok and taken care of - and I know - even ough its God - I still wanted assured at she was ok (at s e German stubbornness in me), and you Pastor Castello gave me at...and en e wonderful sermon - I honestly do not have enough words at can describe how at was e most beautiful, awesome, wonderful funeral service my Moer could have ever wanted or hoped for... Pat - your music at day was absolutely beautiful... I wish I would have gotten to say at in person - but some how I missed you at day... I can still recall e days my parents cleaned e church and I would go into your office and just be amazed all e ings you did for our church!! Thank you again - I just wanted to let you know what you all did made a mark in my life and I am forever ankful!! May God s blessing be on you!! -Thank you, Lori Middleton Thank you to e many friends at offered condolences on e dea of my sister Joan. She put up a strong and courageous fight against MS over e last decade. As a teacher, artist, poet and songwriter, she touched e lives of many people. -Tom and Be Jenny Church Decorating Early Communion The Doctrine and Worship Board is asking for help to decorate e church on December 1. All are welcome; many hands make light work. We will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor Castello is offering instruction to 5 graders and older who would like to participate in early communion. Please talk to Pastor as soon as possible if you are interested. -3-

4 Women of e Evangelical Lueran Church in America WELCA News Mara Young, President We have enclosed wi is newsletter e envelope to be used for our LeMonds Missionary Sponsorship. You may put ese in e offering plate or turn em in at e church office by December 21, Our Bible study of Mark continues into The articles in our study guide Gaer have been interesting and informative. There are four Circles 2 daytime and 2 evening and you are welcome to attend any one of ese. The Thankoffering Service for Women of ELC will be on Thursday, November 15 and Sunday, November 18. My anks to Jamie Bostelman, Shelly Storch, Marilyn Manahan, Carol Castello, and Kelli Burkhardt for eir faiful service. You ve been a joy to work wi. We look forward to 2013; and 2 of our new officers, Jamie Bostelman and Dora Titgemeyer are already making plans for eir organizational meeting. Our Christmas program and installation of officers is on Thursday, December 6, 7:00 p.m. Please join us. (See below.) General meeting/christmas program... For e General Meeting of e women of e church on Thursday, December 6, we will make it a white Christmas as we ask you to bring a gift of socks for our Angel Tree families. These do not need to be wrapped, and e sizes needed are: GIRLS: 6-12 mo. 18 mo. 2 T girls size 9 3- girls size girls size 3-4 Women s Medium BOYS: boys boys Small boys Large 4 - Men s 9-11 (Any extras at don t fit our needed sizes will be donated to e Salvation Army.) May is giving warm your hearts as you warm some toes at Christmas! -4-

5 Statistics Thursday, October 18 attendance 32 communed 31 Sunday, October 21 attendance (175) Offerings $ 4, $ 360 Building Fund 16 World Hunger Thursday, October 25 attendance 30 Sunday, October 28 attendance (187) Offerings $ 4, $ 215 Building Fund 25 World Hunger 75 mem to Endow. Fd - Ed Oberhaus Thursday, November 1 attendance 26 Sunday, November 4 attendance (221) communed 118 Offerings $ 6, $ 1,060 Building Fund 30 World Hunger Thursday, November 8 attendance 20 Sunday, November 11 attendance (225) communed 110 Offerings $ 4, $ 165 Building Fund 5 World Hunger 310 mem to BF-Harold Delvenal 150 mem to BF-Ru Delaney Remember in your prayers our members in nursing homes and assisted living facilities Lueran Home (1036 S. Perry St., Napoleon) Alfred Petey Ruetz Paul Panning Ted Titgemeyer Alpine Village Assisted Living (1032 S. Perry St., Napoleon) Herman Campbell (#313) Glenn Park Assisted Living (2429 William Diehl Ct, Defiance, OH 43512) Burnice Agler Country View Haven (R858 Co Rd 15, Napoleon, OH 43545) Charlotte Wangrin -5-

6 Caring Corner The Caring Corner for December Project: We Care Angel Tree We have volunteered to adopt 50 kids for Christmas is year and have so far received 22 families involving 50 kids. Our Angel Tree will be located in e overflow area of e sanctuary beginning e first Sunday in Advent, December 2. Decorated wi paper angel ornaments which will be numbered to help wi e sorting of gifts, each angel will list a boy or girl wi eir age or a family wi e number of family members and a gift suggestion, taken from e family s application form. Please choose a gift at you are willing to buy, wrap, and label wi at paper angel, and return it undernea e tree no later an Monday, December 17. Each child will receive at least one new outfit (appropriate sizes are specified) and anoer gift or two. Each child in e same family will receive e same number of presents, and each family will receive a holiday meal or a Chief gift card for such. Please wrap your gift and label it by lightly attaching e angel. Any gift cards do not need to be wrapped; simply enclose in an envelope and label wi e angel. All Angel Tree gifts need to be brought to e church by Monday, December 17. Delivery to e families will take place on Tuesday, December 18, and/or Thursday, December 20, and we will, of course, invite em to worship wi us here at Emanuel at Christmas and always. If you would like to help wi e deliveries (e really FUN part!), please see Carol Castello. Bless you for sharing e joy of CHRISTmas in is way! Salvation Army Bell Ringing There are STILL openings for you to help ring in e holidays wi e Salvation Army bell-ringing at WalMart. We were originally given 4 Saturdays to fill November 24, December 8, 15, and 22. Please call Bob Joseph at to volunteer for a 2-hour shift. All of e monies raised in e red kettles at WalMart in Napoleon stay for use by e Salvation Army here in Napoleon. Alternative Gift-Giving for Christmas ELCA Good Gifts makes it easy and fun to give meaningful make a difference gifts at furer our ministry rough e world! Check is website and/or pick up a catalog, and you re bound to find a good gift at s just right for everyone on your list! Love is a gift; share it wi oers. -6-

7 Needed: Nativities!!! Emanuel will be just one church stop on e historical society s downtown church tour on Saturday, December 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. We would like to furer decorate our church at evening wi nativities sets, and ideally, we would LOVE to have a set to display from EACH family in Emanuel! Please bring your set, labeled wi your name, to e church by Saturday morning, December 14. And/or you may help e Congregational Life Board set ese all out at morning, starting at 9 a.m. You can en take your nativity set home after worship on Sunday, December 16. Let s welcome e community into our church and welcome y Holy Family into our lives! Here we come a-caroling... Date and time To Be Announced!! 5 Sunday December 30 Out wi e old, in wi e new potluck! The last 5 Sunday of 2012 will be December 30, and, just before New Year s Eve, we d like to invite you to bring in all of your holiday leftovers and/or all of ose goodies at you re planning to get rid of in e New Year wi your new diet resolutions! We ll all enjoy a potluck of old and new following e late service at morning. Gaer wi our old church family and friends and share your new dreams for 2013! -7-

8 Membership News Baptism Caleb John Graham, son of John & Dena Graham, was baptized on Sunday, November 11. Caleb s sponsors are Don & Mary Lou Tilse. New members Say hello to Emanuel s newest members: Shawn & Kim Rhodes and children, Tessa & Tate, have transferred to Emanuel from St. Paul Lueran Church in Defiance. Deas Harold Delvenal passed from is life on November 1. His funeral was held at e Walker Mortuary on e 5. Ru Delaney entered e Church Triumphant on e 4. Her funeral was held at Emanuel on November 7. A memorial service was held here on November 10 for Homer Williams, faer of Bill Williams. Homer passed away on October 19 in Columbus. Please pray for God s comfort for eir families and friends. Wedding Congratulations and God s blessings to Alex Bustamante and Jennifer Sloan who were married here by Pastor Castello on November 17. Congratulations and God s blessings to: Nick & Kelly Sonnenberg on e bir of a daughter, Jovi Rose, on October 16 in Columbus. Proud grandparents are Kevin & Kay Sonnenberg; and to Nate & Tiffany Busch on e bir of a son, Henry Steven, on November 6. Proud grandparents are Steve & Julie Busch...and great grandmoer, Margaret Busch. -8-

9 Worship participants in December Acolytes 8:00 Alie Hernandez & Caleb Hernandez 10:30 Mitchell Waler & Se Tonjes 12/24 Ryan Kohout & Carl Yaney 12/25 Mitchell Waler & Charlee Glick Lay Assistant 8:00 Carol Castello 10:30 Karl Wiechers 12/25 Eser Dennie Sound Board 8:00 Jeff Sharpe 10:30 **Needed** Altar Guild Susan Mabee & Lauren Helberg Ushers 8:00 Kelli Burkhardt, Terri Sedam, Lenny Sonnenberg, Ron Wiechers 10:30 Chris Peper, Rupert Schweinhagen, Karl Wiechers, Mark Tonjes December 2 - Larry & Diana Zachrich December 9 - Ben & Judy Michaelis in loving memory of Leon Pauley st - Kurt & Karen Rohrs 31 wedding anniversary from Krista, Kara, Kaitlin & family December 16 - Donnie Daman in loving memory of Orv - Charlee Glick s 13 birday December 23 - Carol Dille & family and Douglas Hoffman & family in loving memory of Louise & Clem Hoffman December 24 - Lois Gerken December 25 - Clausen & Kruse December 30 - Shirlee Mires-Fejes in loving memory of Phil, Lisa and Nelson (The dates of January 6 & 20 are open on e 2013 calendar.) To reserve altar flowers... Sign up on e flower chart in e narex or call e church office. Our flowers are done by Ivy League Floral & Design Studio on West Washington Street. The cost is $20. If you have special orders for your flowers (certain colors, a larger arrangement, etc.), please contact Cori Ratliff at Ivy League. If your order is beyond e $20, please pay e shop directly. *** We are recycling e used plastic containers at e altar flowers come in. They can be put in Angela s office. *** -9-

10 Notes from Angela - Angela Tonjes Adult Choir We have been busy getting special music ready for Advent and Christmas. We will have rehearsal Wednesday, December 5 and 12 from 6:30-7:30 in e sanctuary. NO rehearsal on Wednesday, December 26 OR Wednesday, January 2. All choir members and spouses/guests are invited to e annual Christmas party on Wednesday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. Tom and Be Jenny have graciously offered to host again is year. Please bring a potluck dish. The choir will be singing Little Bitty Baby and A Little Child Will Come to Lead Us for Advent. Watch for some special liturgy during communion is mon also. The choir and bell choir will be providing e music for e church tour on December 15. Look for more information elsewhere in is newsletter. Living Spirit Living Spirit continues to rehearse each Wednesday from 7:30-8:00 p.m. Our song for December 16 is Do You Hear What I Hear? (featuring our young singers) and for e cantata Face of God. After School Club A reminder, we will have After School Club on ree Wednesdays is mon: December 5, 12 and 19. The children are asked to attend e choir rehearsal on Wednesday, December 12 at 6:30 p.m. in e sanctuary. We will practice e cantata music wi e adults. The children are very excited to be singing wi e adult choir during e entire Christmas cantata is year! Remember, church is at 9:00 a.m. and e children need to meet in e basement wi e choir. They are reminded to wear a festive outfit for is. Advent The season of Advent begins on Sunday, December 2. We will begin lighting e candles of e Advent wrea. Emanuel families will be helping wi is. The Advent wrea has four blue candles, symbolizing hope, peace, joy, and love. The wrea itself is an image of everlasting life, e crown of Jesus, and a victory wrea. Lighting candles in e winter season of growing darkness reminds us to let e light of Jesus shine rough us for e whole world to see. Cantata The choir will present eir annual Christmas cantata on Sunday, December 23. There will be ONE SERVICE at day at 9:00 a.m. Entitled The Christmas Story in Poetry and Carols, is cantata will feature many of Emanuel s talented musicians. This is our Christmas worship to God and our gift to our Emanuel family, so we hope you can join us. Refreshments will be served after worship. (continued on next page) -10-

11 (Notes... continued from previous page) Christmas Services Sunday, December 23 9:00 a.m. (ONE service) Cantata Monday, December 24 7:00 p.m. Children s program (30 minutes pre-service music) Monday, December 24 11:00 p.m. Candlelight service (30 minutes pre-service music) Tuesday, December 25 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day (communion) Sunday, December 30 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Regular worship Monday, December 31 7:00 p.m. New Year s Eve Worship Historical Society Church Tour/Nativity Walk Join us for our first Christmas Candlelight Walk on Saturday, December 15, from 5-8 p.m. Included on e walk are: Dr. John Bloomfield House Emanuel Lueran Church 229 W. Clinton St. 810 Scott St. Napoleon, Ohio Napoleon, Ohio First Presbyterian Church St. Paul United Meodist Church 303 W. Washington St. Webster & Washington Napoleon, Ohio Napoleon, Ohio Enjoy e spirit of e Christmas season during a delightful visit to e historic and Victorian Dr. John Bloomfield House! The House is artfully decorated in classic Victorian style, wi touches of whimsy roughout! Wiin steps of e Bloomfield, continue your walk by visiting ree downtown churches, steeped in history and beautifully decorated for is joyous season. There are no tickets or cost to e visitors! You may start your walk at any one of e four stops, and stay as long as you like! Snacks and appetizers will be served at e Bloomfield House. The Bloomfield House will also be open on Sunday, December 16 from 1-4 p.m. Free will donations are accepted. Emanuel Lueran Church will be featuring eir choir, bell choir, and harp selections. They will also have an extensive nativity display. First Presbyterian Church will also feature seasonal music! Also sit back and enjoy e beautiful decorations displayed on eir trees and roughout e church. St. Paul United Meodist Church will be displaying nativity scenes roughout e sanctuary. Enjoy viewing e decorations to a backdrop of holiday music. At each church, be sure to get your copy of a favorite Christmas carol, and learn a little bit of e featured carol s history. All venues are handicap accessible. We hope to see you ere! -11-

12 Community Thanksgiving Dinner 2012 This year s Community Thanksgiving Dinner is being hosted by St. Paul Lueran Church on Glenwood on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. St. Paul will oversee e gaering/purchasing of all at is needed for e meal wi e exception of pies. Here is how you can contribute to e effort: Volunteers are needed to help set up, cook/food prep, serving, clean-up. Call and let em know when you can be ere on Thursday and what you would like to do. They need pies. Please drop off donated pies at St. Paul s on Wednesday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. or Thursday morning 9-11 a.m. Monetary donations can be sent to St. Paul s; make check payable to St. Paul Lueran Church (1075 Glenwood Ave., Napoleon) wi Thanksgiving Meal in e memo line. National MS Society The Norwest Chapter of e National Multiple Sclerosis Society is excited to announce e formation of a NEW self-help group for e Fulton and Henry County area. The group meets at 6:00 p.m. on e four Wednesday of e mon at St. Luke Lueran Church located at 1588 State Route 108, Wauseon OH. The group is open to people and families wi MS. For more information please contact our group Facilitator Jim Smi at Jamesjsmi@oji-sn.com or or Sharon Moore client advocate at Option 2. for Thrivent members... Handling affairs after a dea When loved one dies, it can be difficult for a grieving family to know where to start when it comes to planning a funeral, handling financial matters and settling an estate. That s why Thrivent Financial now offers online information to immediately help ose dealing wi a dea. The membership benefit book, Step by Step: Your Guide to Making Practical Decisions When Loved One Dies is now available online on Thrivent.com. The first section of is book, which includes tips for funeral planning, is available to e public. The remainder of is membership benefit is behind a member log-in. Step by Step printed books are still available. As a member, you may order one free copy per calendar year via Thrivent.com. Orders can also be placed by calling , say fraternal at e prompt. -12-