The Messenger

Emmanuel United Church of Christ

36821 Sunset Drive Oconomowoc, WI 53066
PO Box 216 Dousman, WI 53118

Worship Schedule
August 2016

Rev. Nansi Hawkins, Pastor

(262) 965-2429 pastor@seeyouonsunday.org
www.seeyouonsunday.org

Aug. 7 10:30 AM
BLESSINGS OF THE ANIMALS!
Prayers for Charlotte Voigt, Kristen
Voskuil & Adam Brandes
and Betsy & Bill Welch

Prader-Willi Sunday

Food Pantry Sunday

Place SCRIP orders

Aug. 14
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A Grateful Heart
George Herbert was an Anglican priest back in the 1600s. He was also a
Welsh poet, who wrote rich and radiant verse. He wrote one prayer that has
always stuck with me:
Thou that hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more, a grateful heart.
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days;
But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy praise.
If we stop and really think about it, the greatest gift God could give us is
grateful hearts: a living consciousness of all the blessings which every day,
every moment fill our lives. If we have everything we could ever ask for, but
dont recognize it, dont appreciate it, its like we have nothing at all. Even in
the midst of plenty, we will be discontented if we dont have the realization
that it is all a blessing.
The summer is upon us- ripe corn, watermelon off the vine, luxuriant long days
and pleasant evenings. And if we will notice them, they will become real for
us. With a grateful heart, the summer becomes magical! Jeanne Phelans
favorite prayer is, Open my eyes that I may see. Open eyes, a grateful heart:
thats life at its fullest.
May our eyes be open and our hearts grateful in these wonderful days of
summer!
In Christs love,
Pastor Hawkins

Questions of Faith series:

(Nancie Gryske)
Find It Hard To Believe That Jesus
Died For Me
Prayers for Jan Wilson, Joanne
Winchell & Dave Fracaro
and Kathy Zebrowski
Holy Communion
11:00am- Coffee Hour;
Stewards & Trustees meetings
Thursday, 6-8pm: Emmanuel
Potluck!

Aug. 21

Questions of Faith series:

(Marian Speerless)
Why Do Innocent Creatures
Suffer?
Prayers for the Alaimo family,
Auk & Douwe Bearda
and the Bensing/Stenson family

11am- Council

M-F: Rummage Sale Set-up

Saturday, 8am-4pm: RUMMAGE

SALE!
Aug. 28 Questions of Faith series:
(Julia Starbuck)
Where Does God Live?
Prayers for Francine Langlais & Ron
Blaschuk, the Bonestroo family
and Don Boychuk & Robert Zondag

Rummage Bag Sale.

Monday, 9am- Rummage

Clean-up

August Committees
Communion Preparation for August 14: Julia Starbuck
Communion Assistants: Megan Alaimo & Sawyer Bensing
Coffee Hour Committee for August 14: Chris/Brian Teerlinck, Mary
Branson, Nancie Gryske, Mike Hinrichs, Carey Jensen, Sharon
Perez
Cleaning the church: Shirlene Hazelberg, Melanie/Mike Laur,
Chris Teerlinck

21

Greeters
Sharon
Logemann
Mary Fran
Roberts
Evelyn Faircloth

28

Nancy Edwards

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14

Ushers
Carol Pfalz/
Ken Pike
Laurie Buckett/
Connie Motelet
Shirlene Hazelberg/
Sharon Logemann
Kris Davidson/
Gail Tamez

Scripture
Readers
Megan
Alaimo
Dick
Hawkins
Ashley
Bonestroo
Alex
Teerlinck

other agencies have stopped accepting tube style

screens and TVs.
Please no adult clothing other than coats, shoes,
purses or hats.

Sort!

This can be done by anyone at anytime. Just go to

the Sunday School rooms anytime and place any
unsorted items by the sign for their categories. If a
category for the item has not been created yet, grab
a piece of paper for a sign and start one.
Price and Display!

Starting on Sunday, August 21st through Friday,

August 26th masses of wonderful things will need to
be brought from the donation rooms and garage to
fellowship hall. They will then be organized, displayed,
and priced for sale.
Sell, sell, sell!

On Saturday the 27th we will need some early risers to

come at 6am and set up.

Shifts beginning at 8am until 4pm will need to be

staffed to sell the items.

BIRTHDAYS
Joel Lashley
Kathy Zebrowski
Sawyer Bensing
Frieda Goetsch
Terese Leonhard
Ferd Stanek
Xavier Hazelberg

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5
7
7
8
15

Emily Pakula
Kerry Alaimo
Ken Pike
Ben Lui
Pennie Everett
Renee Obenberger
Heather Brisk

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21
24
24
28

ANNIVERSARIES
Evelyn & Wayne Faircloth
Nancie & Dick Gryske
Gail & Sal Tamez
Sue & Gary Phelps
Sharon & John Perez
Ann & Bill Carpenter
Laurie & Buck Buckett
Jan & Jim McGraw

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Clean-up!

On Monday, August 29th any items remaining (after

our blowout name your price free-for-all on Sunday
the 28th after church), will need to be packed up for
the Charity truck.
If you have any questions, please contact the sale
organizer
Kristen
Voskuil
at
608-698-0377
or
kristenvoskuil1@gmail.com. Also if you have particularly
valuable or precious items that you would want a reserve
price to be met before selling or that need special care,
contact Kristen to make arrangements.
Thank you all so much! Kristen

Watch for the sign up sheet to volunteer for

working the day of the sale, before and after!

The Emmanuel UCC Rummage AND Bake

Sale is Coming
Saturday, August 27th!
Until then, there is lots to do.
Donate!

Smaller items can be brought to the last two rooms

on the left hand side in the Sunday School wing.
Larger items can be put in the garage.

Baked goods or other homemade items can be

delivered starting Sunday, August 21st up through the
day of the sale. Use your best judgment on how long
they can sit. Please, no items that need refrigeration
and pre-package all items in a sellable wrapping or
container.

We can only accept flat-screened monitors or

televisions for donation. This is because Goodwill and

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS HAS CHANGED

ITS DAY AND TIME THIS YEAR!
Well be out on the patio with all our pets on Sun, Aug. 7
at 10:30am.
BRING YOUR DOGS, YOU FISH, YOUR RABBITS, YOUR
PONIES, YOUR STUFFED ANIMALS! The more the merrier! It
will also be a Prader-Willi Sunday (thats why its at 10:30
instead of 9:30am), so be ready to welcome our guests!

Order SCRIP August 7th

The summer months tend to be a bit of a
financial challenge for Emmanuel with
more people away on vacations or just
taking a break from their normal routines.
By ordering SCRIP cards you will boost the Emmanuel
coffers without it costing you any extra dollars. Purchase
cards for gas, grocery stores, big box stores, restaurants,
etc.
SCRIP cards will be delivered the Sunday after they are
ordered.

RUMMAGE SALE...please sign up to

help with our Annual Rummage
Sale...pricing, setting up, working
the sale and cleaning up...LOTS of
help will be needed.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS...September and the fall
Sunday School season are right around the corner...Sue
Phelps and Peggy Hazelberg would LOVE to hear from
you if you are interested in being a part of the teaching
staff!

Adult Fellowship ANNUAL POTLUCK PICNIC!!

And the summer theme of eating continues...Tuesday,
August 9th is our potluck picnic followed by a rousing
afternoon of bingo....bring a white elephant item for a
bingo prize...something thats laying around the house
(do not buy something special). Well meet in fellowship
hall at noon...see you then!
In June Adult Fellowship voted to donate $700 to
Emmanuels projection project (purchase/installation of
screens & projectors for the sanctuary).

AUGUST
Emmanuel Potluck Night!
6-8 pm
(main entree will be supplied- please sign up
to bring a side dish or dessert)

Thursday, August 18
Baked & Mashed Potato Bar
with all the fixings

Singing Bowl FOR AUGUST

The August Singing Bowl donations will
continue to go to our summer project,
Blessings in a Backpack.
Right now, 4,600 Waukesha County kids go hungry every
weekend because their families are struggling. In one
sense, it doesnt matter what the reason is: parents who
are unemployed, on drugs, have an illness: the bottom
line is that these kids go hungry. I was listening to one
teacher who was recounting how she was having lunch
with some students last year. What was being served was
a pork sandwich that resembled a hockey puck. None of
the kids would touch it- except for one little girl who was
gobbling it down. This is delicious! she said. Its the first
thing Ive eaten since Friday!
Blessings in a Backpack is part of a national organization
whose mission is to provide food on the weekends for
elementary school children who might otherwise go
hungry. The Waukesha County chapter started in 2012,
serving 25 students at Hadfield Elementary School. Last
year, they served over 900 children at four Waukesha
elementary schools. Every Friday, volunteers fill
backpacks (so the kids look like theyre just bringing
homework home) with basic food that the child would be
able to fix for themselves in case their parents arent
functioning. Mac and cheese, raisins, protein bars: just
basic nutrition to keep them from going hungry.
It takes $100 to feed a child for a school year. Our Singing
Bowl loose change offering will continue to go to help
buy food in bulk for the program. The Oconomowoc
ministerium is looking into perhaps starting a program like
this in our area and maybe exploring how we can help
school-lunch-dependent kids during the summer. Maybe
we can help make the weekends something a kid can
look forward to.
For more information, Google
www.blessingsinabackpack.org

MISSIONS OF EMMANUEL
Family Promise
Thank you to everyone who helped with Family Promise.
You are a WONDERFUL group of volunteers. The meals as
usual were excellent and the families enjoyed all your
hospitality. "It takes a village to raise a child", but our
church has raised the hopes of many families.
Tonya and her two girls were able to leave for Las Vegas
where she was joining her mother.

Hosting Coast-to-Coast Cyclists

Saturday, August 6th

Cyclists from Vermont will be staying overnight at

Emmanuel on their cross-country trek from the Pacific to
the Atlantic. THANK YOU to everyone who has signed up
to make their stay comfortable:

Steve has finished the program, and we can be sure that

we will have full house from now on.
SAVE THE DATE: ALL VOLUNTEERS.
Family Promise is sponsoring a Volunteer Appreciation
Hoe-Down on Saturday, Sept. 24th. at 1:00 PM at Lion's
Park in Okauchee. Anyone who has helped in any way is
welcome.

Treasurers Reports
May 2016

SUNDAY SCHOOL
RALLY DAY is September 11. We will have a bouncy house
and treats to kick off this coming year! We are dividing
the kids into 2 groups, the younger "Single Digits" class (4
years old through 4th grade) and the older "Double
Digits" class (5th grade and up). We will still have our
"service" just like in the big church and then we will break
off into our groups for our lessons. We are looking forward
to a great year!
See you on September 11!
Sue and Peggy

Total Pledges received for May 2016

Total Pledges received in May last year
Total Income for May 2016
Total Expense for May 2016
Checking account balance as of 5-31-16

11,538.00
10,734.00
*15,091.91
12,914.77
3,960.38

*Total income of $15,091.91 includes designated funds

for:
Singing Bowl
146.06
WI Conference Offerings
953.00
SCRIP sales
1,015.00
Campital Campaign
175.00
June 2016

Do you have summertime-trip-itis

(love taking trips). It doesnt take
a church consultant to tell you
that most churches experience a
decrease in regular giving during
the summer months. It is not that
people do not care about their church; people simply
choose not to attend church as often for various reasons.
Well-meaning church members turn their attention
toward beaches, mountaintop cabins, trips to the lake,
and anything else that might pop up during the summer
months. That does not mean they are not a faithful
church member for taking a vacation. However, an
inconsistent attendance pattern can create a cash flow
crisis. Simply put: Ministry happens whether every member
is present or not. That means the church is still spending
money to do ministry, even if people arent attending as
they normally do. If you have you ever considered
automatic giving now is the time to do it. Talk to our
Financial Secretary, Laurie Buckett, about how to get set
up on automatic withdrawal of your monthly or yearly
pledge. Even if you are not at Church each Sunday,
staying connected is the key to building a community of
faith. Stay connected and give all year round.
Thank you from your Board of Stewards

Invite a friend to come to the August

18th Potluck Night with you...its going
to be a POTATO BAR!! This is a great
informal, non-threatening way to
introduce
people
to
Emmanuel....and/or bring friends to
the August 27th Rummage Sale!

Total Pledges received for June

Total Pledges received in June last year
Total Income for June 2016
Total Expense for June 2016
Checking account balance as of 6-30-16

12,871.00
6,826.00
$15,884.16
17,555.70
1,690.00

*Total income of $15,884.16 includes designated funds

for:
Singing Bowl
142.16
WI Conference Offerings
625.00
SCRIP sales
1,150.00
Campital Campaign
50.00
Please direct questions or comments to Jeanne Phelan
(414-940-4464) or Kathy Zebrowski (262-646-8882).

Looking forward to SEPTEMBER

Worship each Sunday at 9:30am
Sunday

Holy Communion
Food Pantry Sunday
Order SCRIP

Monday
T-F

5
69

Labor Day- church offices closed

Emmanuel delivers the Dousman Area
Home Meals (no deliveries on Labor Day)

Sunday

11

Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday

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19

Sunday

25

Rally Day! (start of the 2016/17 Sunday

School year
11 AM Stewards & Trustees meetings
Wedding rehearsal
Douglas/Murray wedding, 2:30 PM
11 AM Council meeting
Blood Drive at the Dousman Community
Center 1:30-6:30pm
11 AM Immigration Lecture in fellowship
hall: Experiences of the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals Program.

Keeping in touch

Also my Adult Fellowship group of ladies couldnt have

been more thoughtful, sending beautiful flowers to the
hospital. I love you all for your prayers and thoughtfulness.

THANK YOU

to everyone who volunteered

during our July 3-10 Family Promise host
week.

Our volunteers who delivered the

Dousman Home Meals in June & July: Kris Davidson,
Auk Bearda, Charlotte Voigt, Shirlene Hazelberg,
Kathy Zebrowski, Sue Stelling, Lorna & Jere Marheine,
Francine Langlais & Ron Blaschuk and Sharon
Logemann.
Everyone who helped with our July 11th blood drive
AND all who donated or attempted to donate blood.
Tom Stelling, Ken Pike, John & Ben Lui for mowing the
lawn and all who are helping maintain our flower
beds.
Everyone who has put in so many hours on the library
project, removing the wallpaper and preparing the
walls for paint...its been a HUGE project- THANK YOU!
Special thanks to Sharon Logemann, Ken Pike AND
Ron Blaschuk and Tom Stelling!

Ongoing Prayers: Terry Skiba, Jeanette Collins, Elizabeth

Scherper, Judy & Ferd Stanek, Katie Siegel, Ann & Bill
Carpenter; Gregg Jarrett; Erin Harmann; those dealing
with cancer: Charlotte Voigt, Jan Wilson, John Sokop,
Laurie Bucketts niece, Sharon; Jeannie Phelans brotherin-law, Connie; Charlotte Voigts sister, Marguerite; Rev.
Dick Hawkins brother-in-law, Arthur; Steve Thompsons
brother, Wayne; Pastor Nansis friend Bonnie; Simone
Nathans friend and Doe Macarus.
Those in need of healing: Mary Ann Edwards who
continues to regain strength after her May medical
procedure; Judy Stanek who is recovering from a heart
valve repair on June 20th and Bill Carpenter, recovering
from hernia surgery on June 30th. Terry Skiba has a torn
rotator cuff and will have surgery in September.
Our Caregivers: Jeannie Phelan, Elizabeth Scherper, Ann
Carpenter and Judy Stanek.
Those who are grieving the loss of a loved one: Kathy
Zebrowski, whose brother-in-law, Lou passed away on
June 28th and former member, Aaron Abraham whose
father passed away on July 6th.
To my church family from Mary Ann
Edwards,
Thank you all for the prayers, cards and
phone calls, the food and my rides to
appointments when I wasnt able to
drive. I had stents put in my stomach to open up some
clogged arteries. Then I cam down with pneumonia so
that was a long week in the hospital.
Little by little Im getting my strength back. I get tired so
easily. Thank you to Pastor Nansi for the many hours she
spent holding my hand. I hope everyone realizes how
lucky we are to have such a loving, caring minister.

WELCOME Colton Glenn Schultz, born

to Sue Pakula and Steve Schultz on
June 20th! Colton is pictured here with
big
sisters
Emily
and
Natalie
Pakula....very HAPPY and PROUD
sisters...

Ongoing things we collect and

who they help out...
Place in the proper drawer
in the kiosk located in the entryway
Items
Grocery reciepts from
Albrechts Sentry in Delafield
Campbells Soup labels, etc.
Printer Cartridges
First Aid Supplies
Used cellphones/chargers
Used eyeglasses

Who benefits??
Emmanuel- we are
rebated a percent of
your purchases
Dousman Elementary
School
Dousman Elementary
School or Emmanuel if we
take them to Office Max
Lake Area Free Clinic in
Oconomowoc
Emmanuel if were able
to sell them on Ebay
Lions Clubs eyeglass
program

Precious Metals: aluminum (cans and

other), brass, copper
Place your donations (in
plastic bags) in front of the
garage. Ron Blaschuk and
Tom Stelling are kind
enough to take them in for
recycling, which benefits
Emmanuel.

Tasty Tidbits from the Wisconsin Conference

Annual Meeting (6-11-2016)
(notes provided by attendees Pastor Nansi, Sue & Gary
Phelps and Kristen Voskuil)

Thursday Pastors workshop: Leading Adaptive Change

in the Congregation

The most life-giving attitude for todays churches is

Holy Curiosity- open, inquisitive, engaged, agile.
Why? Because our society is changing so quickly
that we cant make 5-Year Plans anymore.
Our job is to keep our eyes open for the next good
step. The organizations that thrive will be those who
learn to adapt quickly to changing circumstances
and opportunities.

People dont resist change, per se, but loss. We

grieve what we have lost, not just what has
changed.
We need to be drawn into a
compelling vision to overcome our sense of loss:
that what is before us is better than what is behind
us. If you want to build a ship, dont summon
people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs
and organize the work; rather, teach people the
yearning for the wide, boundless ocean. Antoine
de Saint Exupery

Churches who thrive change from being

Consumer Churches (I go to church) into being
Missional Churches (I AM the church.)

Review evaluation criteria: Not did we succeed,

but how often did we risk, experiment, step outside
the box?

Keep experimenting. Formula 409 is named

Formula 409 because it took 409 tries to get the
recipe right.

What gets air time in Council and the

Congregation? What we reflect on is what we
think is important. Reporting on God-sightingssigns of Gods presence- is a good place to start.
Where do we see signs of Gods presence in our
daily lives around us?

Every 500 years, its like God holds a rummage sale

in the church, getting rid of the old stuff, holding on
to some of the treasures, but basically cleaning
house. Our last major church cleaning was the
Protestant Reformation 499 years ago. And were
due for another
Friday Keynote Speaker: Cameron Trimble #1

The UCC is a denominations of firsts: first church

to ordain women, first church to ordain gays.
What is our next first? To bear light in the
community, we must be the relentless advocate
of those in our community who are suffering.
Immigrants? Environment? Why does Emmanuel
exist?

Societal trends- how can we reflect them in our

churches?
o Crowd-sourcing (getting the buy-in of lots of
small sources for doing good on large
scale)
o Going local (buying local, sourcing local,
eating local)
o Do it yourself (inventors, entrepreneurs)
o Sharing Economy (borrowing, not owning)

Start Up Nation (trying a lot with the

expectation of failure before success)

Saturday Keynote Speaker: Cameron Trimble #2

The UCC (all US churches except Pentecostals,

actually) face steep challenges, but we dont have
to be intimidated. We need to start again from the
bottom up to recreate ourselves for todays
community.

The only deadly sin in worship is being boring! How

can we add life/ enthusiasm to our time together?
o Address different kinds of learning styles: visual
audio, kinesthetic. How do people grab onto the
ideas and images that are there on a Sunday
morning? How do are they transformed?
Worship cant be crafted for just one kind of
person.
o Craft worship like we have Attention Deficit
Disorder. Millenials are used to multiple images,
where the screen changes every second.
Adapting worship to reach out to those who
arent (yet) in the building.
o Worship in growing churches is designed for
people who are not there. Sunday morning
worship is not about us!
o We can have any style of worship, but it has to
be authentic and energetic, touching both mind
and heart. It cant just be copying other people.
If we dont do it well, dont do it.
God
deserves our best, and so do our guests.
o Is the bulletin a checklist of things to do next, or
does the worship have a sense of energy and
purpose?

89% of visitors come to church by personal invitation.

How are we making them comfortable when they
first walk in?
o Foyer: This is our first impression. Is it alive?
Welcoming? Do they experience it as a mud
room?
o Gathering Area: When they first walk in, people
need orientation. Where are the bathrooms?
Church school? Sanctuary? When they first walk
in, can they see where to go for these? What
kind of papers are laying around? Are the
bulletin boards current, attractive and interesting
for a visitor?
o Church School: Is it tidy, or does it have stacks of
old lessons and crafts hanging around?
Are the students current projects on display?
Does it seem like a colorful and alive space?
Is it a space that curious children get excited
about?
o Sanctuary: Its the heart of the church. Does it
feel alive and well-loved?
If you werent at Emmanuel this week, what would
you miss?
***Idea: put a 30 second video of the best part of last
Sundays worship on our Facebook/ Youtube every
Monday, so people can see what they missed!
Suggested books: Five Practices of Fruitful
Congregations, Robert Schnase Leadership and the
New Science, Margaret Wheatley

Saturday Workshops:

Adult Education (Nansi). Sunday worship is where

most people learn their Bible: do more storytelling;
give context of reading before the scripture
reading; tell the larger story.
Try Adult Retreats: Sat 8:30am-3:30pm at another
UCC church Fri pm-Sun noon at Pilgrim Center
Guest speakers
Christian Ed resources for adults & kids: wcucc.org &
ucc.org for StillSpeaking resources.

Childrens Church School (Sue Phelps). The main

idea for changing Sunday School was to make it
more about "experiences" and less Bible lessons.
Still use the lessons, but have kids do more of the
telling of their experiences or what to do if...
Have the kids go out into the community to do
things such as make a snowman in front of a
nursing home, take cookies to a community
service place, sing carols at a nursing home.
Use more technology (Youtube, music,
smartboard) during SS, use rooms that are fun to
be in for SS (decorated walls for SS), think "global".
5th Sunday -- go out and do community stuff
instead of being in church/Sunday school
Have Sunday School be on a different night of
the week
Do several stations during Sunday school -- kind
of like the Messy Church model
Attend Community events to advertise self
Curriculum ideas and books (specifically about
getting and keeping volunteers)
Mentoring/partnering youths to keep them
engaged after confirmation.
They have to know that there are needed and
that their opinions matter.

Organization. (Kristin Voskuil). I learned about

McFarland UCCs organizational model, which is
profoundly decentralized and team-centered. It
seems to work really well for them; Ill get a copy of
their constitution and bylaws for Council to review.

Governance (Gary Phelps). Most churches

have the same problem: too many
board/committees for too few volunteers.
McFarland UCC is governed by a 6-person council;
everything else is run ad hoc by volunteers. All
elected positions have term limits to keep people
and ideas fresh.
How is it leadership if it takes dozens of people?
Are monthly meetings necessary, or only when
there is something to discuss?
Try living out different governing options before
we rewrite the Constitution to make sure it works.
Churches have set aside constitutions while
trying new things. It is important to note that if we
vote to suspend the constitution, this leads to
other legal considerations. We no longer belong to
the UCC association if we set aside our
constitution.
Books: Governance and Ministry: Rethinking Board
Leadership, Dan Hotchkiss

Stewardship (Gary Phelps).

Never let our church hit a financial crisis: we can
plan out cash flow.
ASK people to give, and keep asking. People are
increasingly Spenders, not Givers.
Electronic giving (Tithe.ly is one app to use for
automatic electronic giving): direct deduction;
one church had an ipad with a card reader for those
who live to use credit or debit cards.
A website link is for people that cant make it to
church, or just want to give outside of Sundays. QR
codes in the bulletins, so people can just scan with
their phones to give.
Keep it personal, stay on top of birthdays,
anniversaries, life events, so people will feel this is their
community.
Collective impact: partnering with other non-profits
to network and play to each others strengths.
Havey & Associates: Church fund raising
consultants. havey.com

Immigration (Nansi). Immigration aid can take

different forms, all of which need
1) an Interpreter who speaks the language
2) Volunteer Organizer with the patience to work with
different cultures and the difficult and complex lives
of immigrants.
Teaching ESL to undocumented workers & their
families, (Shirley Barnes grassroots@merr.com 608623-2109)
helping them get connected with basic social
services like the free clinic, schools.
To find them, go to the schools, Mexican grocer,
RC church, dairy farmers. Literacy Council can help
train ESL tutors.
Resettling Refugees from a refugee camp (Lys Buck
lys.buck@earthlink.net 414-362-0538). Includes
mentoring them for a minimum of 6 months (can be
longer, according to the needs of the family). Initially
help them with food, clothing; finding an apartment
& job. Taking them to the doctor & dentist.
Registering for school. Teach them what a refrigerator
is and how to flush the toilet. How to ride a bus;
finding foods they will like and will be able to cook
here. Basic orientation to our culture and helping
them succeed. Found through Lutheran Social
Services or Catholic Charities.
Sponsoring Asylum Seekers. (Barb de Souza
barbgus@hotmail.com 336-880-3196; David
Ostendorf dave@firstchurchrf.org 714-4416559).Typically from Latin America, those showing
up at our borders and legally asking for asylum
because of fear for their lives. River Falls UCC
couldnt do it alone, so they formed a consortium
of 8 churches and divvied out responsibilities to
help with: driving, doctors, school, jobs, furniture,
legal aid, housing, babysitting, fundraising, learning
English, social worker. Can last a year; can last 5
years, depending on the needs of the family and
how quickly they adapt.
Find them through an immigration lawyer like Ben
Shryock, not Lutheran Social Services or Catholic
Charities.

Adult Fellowship

Corrine Mayer
Donna Newland
Sue Phelps
Peggy Hazelberg
Sherri Krantz
Kristen Voskuil
Laurie Buckett

431-4046
965-4022
646-3920
470-2181
968-5504
608-698-3777
965-2545

Charlotte Voigt
Sue Stelling
Pastor/Parish Relations
Kerry Alaimo
Committee
Joel Lashley
Marian Speerless
Prayer Requests
Pastor Hawkins
Donna Newland
Rummage Sale
Kristen Voskuil
SCRIP program
Laurie Buckett
Singing Bowl- same info as Social Concerns
Social Concerns Board
Pastor Hawkins
Stewards Board
Leanne Harmann
Treasurer (issues checks)
Jeannie Phelan
Kathy Zebrowski
Trustees Board
Gary Phelps
Ushering Team- same info as Deacons

646-2701
965-3498
608-432-8253
262-370-9141
262-593-8087
965-2429
965-4022
608-698-3777
965-2545

Christian Education Board/

Church School
Council
Deacons Board
Financial Secretary (counts
offering & keeps records)
Family Promise

965-2429
853-5577
414-940-4464
646-8882
646-3920

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Worship & Nursery Care 9:30 AM each Sunday

Sunday School resumes with RALLY DAY
September 11th

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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Hosting of crosscountry cyclists
overnight
arriving 2-4 PM
Dinner @ 5:30 PM

CLEAN THE CHURCH

7
10:30 AM

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27

12 noon Adult
Fellowship Picnic in
fellowship hall

Blessing of the
Animals/PraderWilli Worship
Food Pantry Sunday
Place SCRIP orders

14

Emmanuel delivers the Dousman Area Home Meals

15

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6-8 PM Potato
Bar Potluck
Game Night

HOLY COMMUNION
11 AM Stewards &
Trustees meeting
2 PM PFLAG meeting
at Ocono. Mem.
Hospital

CLEAN THE CHURCH

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25

8 AM4 PM
Rummage
Sale

11 AM Council
meeting

RUMMAGE SALE SET-UP

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29

Rummage Bag
Sale

9 AM Rummage
Clean Up

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