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Emanuel United Church of Christ December 2018 Sunday Worship Service & Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. Office phone: 734.428.8359 Email: [email protected] Facebook: Emanuel UCC Manchester, MI Website: www.emanuelucc.org Upcoming Events - Fri. Nov. 30 Christmas in the Village Parade - Sat. Dec. 1 Christmas in the Village o Vendors at Emanuel 9 a.m. 3 p.m. o Lunch will be available o Tables available for $25/each call the office - Sun. Dec. 9 Christmas Cantata here at Emanuel with the choir from Sharon UMC - Thur. Dec. 20 & Fri. Dec. 21 Live Nativity Scene from 7:00 9:00 p.m. - Mon. Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service 5 p.m. & 11 p.m. - Sun. Jan 13 Musical Program “For You There Is No Song” - Sun. Jan. 20 Annual Meeting

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Emanuel United Church of Christ

December 2018

Sunday Worship Service & Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. Office phone: 734.428.8359 Email: [email protected] Facebook: Emanuel UCC – Manchester, MI Website: www.emanuelucc.org

Upcoming Events

- Fri. Nov. 30 – Christmas in the Village Parade

- Sat. Dec. 1 – Christmas in the Village

o Vendors at Emanuel 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. o Lunch will be available o Tables available for $25/each – call the office

- Sun. Dec. 9 – Christmas Cantata here at Emanuel with the choir from Sharon UMC

- Thur. Dec. 20 & Fri. Dec. 21 – Live Nativity Scene from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

- Mon. Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Service 5 p.m. & 11 p.m.

- Sun. Jan 13 – Musical Program “For You There Is No Song”

- Sun. Jan. 20 – Annual Meeting

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UPDATING OUR DATABASE: With a new minister coming and things moving into the technology world we need your help! We are going to be updating our records. We need updated phone numbers (both land line and cell phone), emails, and

addresses. If you do not want your information published to the congregation, you may put in that request. We are working on making sure we keep communication with our members and friends. Making it easier for you to get updates as well as your newsletter. We are going to reduce our waste and start emailing and publishing our newsletter online only starting in 2019. We will still mail to those who do not have internet. We will have some paper copies available at the church as well. Please make sure your information is up to date so you don’t miss anything important!

You can update your information by emailing the church at [email protected] or call the church 734-428-8359 or go to the church website and put your information in the “contact us”

The Pastor Search Committee: The search committee continues to receive and review Ministerial Profiles that we are receiving from both the Michigan Conference Office and individual submissions. To date we have reviewed 36 profiles. We have used the same process for each candidate which includes a phone interview, 1st video interview and 2nd video interview; after each interview the committee votes to determine if the candidate will move on the next step in our process. We have yet to determine the next step (after the 2nd video interview) in the process, but will be discussing options at our first meeting in October. We thank the Council for securing an interim minister that will guide us over the next few months while we continue our work as a search committee. It

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is with understanding and much appreciation for the hours of work put into the process that we accepted Laura Sutton's decision to step away from the search committee. We thank her for her time and guidance. I ask that you please keep the members of the search committee in your prayers as we work to bring Emanuel our next called pastor. If you have questions please contact a member of the search committee - Krista Scharpenberg, Katlin (Blaine) Fusilier, Siobhan Gorman, Monty Okey, Pete Johnson, and Bryan Houttekier. Thank you, Kelly Blaine

Live Nativity – We will be setting up the outside display on December 1st. Our live nativity will be Thursday, December 20 and Friday, December 21 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Call Kelly Blaine at 428-0741 or Martha Wenk at 428-8666 when you decide what day you would like to be an angel, Wiseman, Mary, Joseph, or a very special shepherd. They will be glad to find a place for everyone! We will need cookies too, for everyone that helps.

We are having a blast in Sunday school! The children sang a wonderful Thanksgiving song for us on Sunday, Nov. 18. We also said Thank you to recognize our past teachers who have done so much for us: Deb Boham, Erik Patterson, and Cindy Hanewald. All children, K-6 grade, are more than welcome to join

us any Sunday. Sunday school is now happening during the church service. Children will leave after children's time for Sunday school and be picked up at the end of church in the gym. Thank you to all those who have volunteered to help out this year. Please look for a sign-up sheet to be compiled soon.

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Merry Christmas to you and yours!

From the Emanuel Church Staff

Pastor Bob Macfarlane Chrissy Whitesall Carol Andonian Susie Goodson Kris Kensler

Boards & Committees: We are always

looking for new members for our Boards

& Committees. We appreciate all who

volunteer their time to help our church

grow and continue to be strong. Would

you love to serve on a Board or

Committee and bring your ideas and

suggestions to life? We would love to

have you! Contact Gerry Mann at 734-

428-8090 to sign up today!

Church Council Open (2022) x3 Open (2021) Open (2020) Christian Ed Open (2022) x3 Open (2021) Open (2020) Property Open (2022) x2

Deacons Open (2021) x3 Open (2020) x2 Missions Open (2022) x3 Stewardship Open (2022) x2 Open (2021) Open (2020) x3

Endowment Open (2022) Open (2020) Gifts & Memorials Open (2022) Nominating Open (2022) Open (2021) Open (2020)

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Christmas

Cantata

2018

Emanuel’s choir will be joining Sharon UMC choir again this year for the special music of the Christmas Cantata. The Cantata will sing here at Emanuel UCC first on December 9th during service. The Cantata will sing at Sharon UMC on December 16th during service. We can’t wait to share our voices with you this year.

A NOTE FROM MISSIONS

With help from the Deacons and Manchester UMC we were able to pack 432 boxes for Operation Christmas Child! Thank you everyone for helping with this project. It is so great to see what we can do as a church and community. Thank you for the continuous donations of returnable bottles and cans! This money goes towards Manchester Family Services and we are so blessed to be able to help out our community.

WAYS TO GIVE -We have enabled a way to give electronically now through Tithe.ly. There is a link at the bottom of our website. You can also download the app for free and start giving right away.

-You can also support your church through Amazon Smile! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/38-1507042

Year-end giving -Gifts for 2018 need to be to the office or postmarked by no later than December 31st per the IRS. -Giving statements will be available soon after the first of the year. **Watch for your 2019 giving envelopes to be out in the back of the Sanctuary by December 9th.

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October

GENERAL FUND INCOME EXPENSES

Pew Collections $10,157.24 Benevolences/Missions $0.00 Neighbors in Need

$20.00 Property/Maintenance $1,296.37

Bulletin Sponsorship

$50.00 Administrative $978.41

Building Use $489.00 Christian Ed $0.00 Coffee Hour $170.10 Worship Care $122.88 Refunded Bank Charges

$33.38 Stewardship Expense $0.00

Food Trailer $193.06 Salaries/Benefits $9,263.45 Other Income $65.60 Total Operating

Expenses $11,661.11

Total Income $11,178.38 Income to Expenses -$482.73 Overall Church

General Funds $5,308.23

Serving in December Deacons to Serve in December: Martha Wenk and Patsy Kemner Usher Team: Ray Kemner, Cathy Eisenhauer, Rachel Bross, and Kim Clore Communion Preparation: Kathy Buss, Laura Sutton, and Carol Andonian

Officers of Church Council 2018 President: Kathy Buss

Vice President: Siobhan Gorman Secretary: Vicki Eisele, Treasurer: Kathy Roberts

Financial Secretary: Jan Steinhauer

Board & Committee Liaison List: Nominating – Gerry Mann Missions – Siobhan Gorman CE – Music – Cathy Eisenhauer Property – Gary Stautz Historical – Vicki Eisele Deacons – Erik Patterson Endowment – Jan Steinhauer Stewardship–Kathy Roberts Memorials– Kris Kensler

Staff Relations – Kathy Buss & Erik Patterson

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Emanuel United Church of Christ Church Council Meeting Minutes

Monday, November 12, 2018 Council Present: Kathy Buss, Siobhan Gorman, Vicki Eisele, Gary Stautz, Jan Steinhauer, Gerry Mann, Cathy Eisenhauer Council Absent: Erik Patterson, Kris Kensler, Kathy Roberts Ex Officio: Robert MacFarlane, Pastor and Christina Whitesall, Administrative Assistant Call to Order: 6:35 p.m. Devotions: Kathy Buss said a prayer. Approval of Agenda: Gerry moved and Jan seconded the motion to approve the agenda. The motion passed Guests: None Search Committee Report: Siobhan updated us that the committee continues to move forward and is sticking with their plan and pace. They have one candidate that has been through the process and two more that are moving through the interviews. The committee will be having conversations with the congregation at the coffee hour on Nov. 18 to gather input on our open and affirmed direction. Questions from some candidates have come up during the interview process. Approval of Prior Minutes: The October minutes omitted the resignation of Bruce Hunt from the council as he is moving. Jan moved and Gerry seconded a motion to approve the October minutes as amended. The motion passed. Financial Reports: Cathy Eisenhauer moved to accept the October Financial report. The motion was seconded by Gerry and the motion was carried. Pastor’s Report: See attached. President’s Report: Kathy Buss reported that Glenn Buss will be leading the Christmas in the Village lunch team. Chrissy is working on set-up and clean-up for the event. There are still openings for vendors. Kathy also reminded us that she will not be taking the Council president office next year. New Business:

a) Washer and Dryer: Gary moved to purchase a washer and dryer for the parsonage from Heydlauff’s. Siobhan seconded the motion. It passed. Siobhan moved to use funds from the Karen Jenter Estate for this. Gary seconded and the motion passed.

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b) Karen Jenter Estate: Kathy Buss has the final paperwork for the Karen Jenter Estate. The final distribution in $89,000. Kathy will sign and return to the attorney.

c) Benevolences: Jan moved and Cathy Eisenhauer seconded that we pay the benevolences as planned in the budget except for the Operation Christmas Child line item. The motion passed.

Old Business:

a) Interim Minister: The interim search committee will begin looking for a pastor starting in January when Pastor Macfarlane leaves.

Board Reports: Deacons: They are discussing “Call to Care” teams. The Live Nativity will be Dec. 21 and 22 from 6pm to 8pm with approval from the group who is chairing the event. Help will be needed in setting up and for the two nights of the nativity. Christian Education: The children will be singing in church on Sunday. Stewardship: No report. Giving envelopes for next year are here. We are asking the stewardship committee to consider requesting pledges from the congregation as we plan for our full time pastor. Missions: School kits went out. 432 boxes were packed for OCC. Investigating a Christmas family.

Committee Reports:

Endowment: Requests for this year’s grants are due on 12/2. The committee will meet on 12/6 to determine this year’s distributions. Staff Relations: Meetings have been held with Chrissy, Susie, and Carol. Property: They are looking into a leak in the boiler room. Historical: Work continues on sorting and inventorying contents of historical room. Music: Sharon UMC has asked to borrow our hand chimes. There should be a document and pictures to indicate what has been loaned and establish a time limit. There will be combined cantata with Sharon UMC. They will sing at Emanuel on Dec. 9 and at Sharon on Dec. 16. Gifts & Memorials: Approved money for the parsonage washer and dryer.

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Nominating: Gerry is working on recruiting members for the number of openings on council, boards, and committees. Everyone needs to help him with this.

NEXT MEETING – Monday, December 17, 2018 – 6:30 PM. Minutes submitted by: Vicki Eisele, Secretary

Dec 1: Janet Goodell

Heather Wahl

Michelle Walter

Dec 2: Aaron LaRock

Alexandra Zoltowski

Dec 3: Denise Looker

Gregory McLennan

Donald Zoltowski Jr.

Dec 4: Carder McLennan

Dec 5: Vincent Carroll

Devin Render

Natalie Suggs

Kevin Walter

Dec 7: Larry Schaffer

Dec 9: Lisa Garrison

Raegan Luckhardt

Rebecca Reibel

Dec 10: Olga Walz

Dec 11: Janice Little

Carl Provey Jr.

Michael Stockwell

Alora Wahl

Dec 12: Cindy Hanewald

Mary Korican

Sara Proctor

Dec 13: Marion Ahrens

Joan Day

Morgan Evans

Kayla Reibel

Dec 14: Randy Baier

Hunter Feldkamp

Siobhan Gorman

Lauren Huber

Anna Jacob

Dec 15: Josephine Blackwell

Dec 17: Riley Blackwell

Erika Frey

James Samonek

Dec 18: Lindsey Arend

Ruth Blumenauer

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Elizabeth Okey

Andrew Tindall

Dec 19: Scott Clark

Dec 20: Donna Braun

Robert Luckhardt

Dennis Steele

Dec 21: Joe Ford

Dec 22: James Whitt

Dec 23: Ian Callaway

Ryan Hammond

Cheryl Smith

Dec 25: Christina Gaul

Trudy Kensler

Brent Woods

Dec 26: Kristy Martin

Ryan Stautz

Dec 27: Justin Hanewald

Jack Lockridge

Julie Murray

Dec 28: Sam Curby

Dawn Steele

Dec 29: Edward Braun

Dec 31: Pauline Bruestle

Craig Heilmann

Robert Huber

Shelley Jones

If your birthday does not appear on this list for December or is incorrect, please call the church office so that we may update your membership record.

William & Cindy Kemner December 2, 2013

Jason & Angela Fuller

December 4, 2004

Garry & Barbara Eversole December 5, 1981

David & Brooke Luckhardt December 6, 1997

Herbert & Christine Honer

December 22, 1962

Robert & Sandy Feldkamp December 27, 1980

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Pastor’s Ponderings . . . A Note from Pastor Bob Hello everyone -

If you were in Worship this past St. Andrew’s Sunday, you

would have been stirred mightily by the sound of the bagpipes of

Tom Kennedy playing “Highland Cathedral,” accompanied by the

organ music of Susie Goodson. We learned that Andrew was the

very first disciple to recognize the face of Jesus as the Messiah, and

brought his brother Simon Peter to introduce him to Jesus. We also

sang Happy 60th Anniversary to Dick & Arlene Paul, who planned

a surprise appearance of my first Confirmation Class (1979), it’s

40th Anniversary. Coming forward were Gary & Bruce Paul, Bob

Bunney, Bruce Rhees, Gary Bross, and Rob Hartmann. Jennifer

England’s dad, Jim was in attendance, and Tom Lockridge sent a

note. What a morning!

Diana and I were so overwhelmed with the visit of our sons, Duncan

and Andrew and their families for the long Thanksgiving

weekend. Many of you were able to visit with them at the Coffee

Hour.

Advent Sunday is upon us this coming Sunday, December 2. We

light the first Advent Candle, and admire the brand new Christmas

Tree, which has been set up and decorated by many willing hands.

The Christmas Cantata, “Jesus – the Advent of the

Messiah,” will be performed during Worship on Sunday, Dec. 9

here in the Sanctuary, with the combined Choirs of Emanuel and

Sharon United Methodist. This is a super morning to invite a friend

who might enjoy this special Christmas music.

Mark your calendars for the Live Nativity (Thurs & Fri, Dec. 20-

21, 7-9 pm), and Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Worship

(Mon, Dec. 24, 5 pm & 11 pm).

See you in Church! Pastor Bob

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CONGRATULATIONS

to Krista & Allen Scharpenberg on the birth of their son, Waylon Robert Scharpenberg. Waylon was born on November 27th at 2:43 a.m. weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz. Congratulations on your healthy baby boy!

Thank you ALL for helping with the shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child! With all of your wonderful help and donations we were able to pack 432 boxes! Thank you to the community for helping us spread love to those around the world. Thank you to those who participated in this year’s CROP Walk. Emanuel UCC raised $200.00. Overall in the Manchester Community we raised $3,053.00. Thank you for your words of sympathy, your voice of concern, your gesture of caring and the love you offer. ~The Family of Sherman Crossno

KITCHEN SUPPLIES: Please let the office know if we are running low on any supplies in the kitchen. It is better to order or buy before we are completely out then to not have them at all. Thank you. BULLETIN SPONSORSHIP: You are able to sponsor the bulletin any Sunday for a small price of $10.00. It’s simple and painless. Let the office know what you would like to say in your spot and choose the cover color you would like.