Emanuel’s Word March 2019

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. ~Proverb

“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he--quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr. Beaver … "Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good.” ~ C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Lamb of God, have mercy on us. ~ Liturgy

Surprised that my calendar was so near to March, I found myself reminded of the proverb often associated with the month. As I reflected, I was struck by how both animals immediately pointed my thoughts toward God. In the Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis imagined Christ as the Lion Aslan, and does a masterful job capturing the heart of Jesus. Lamb of God, in a number of beautiful melo-dies, is sung each Sunday before communion. And one of my most favorite images of faith is the lion lying down with the lamb, regularly seen during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. This im-age leans on Isaiah 11:6, which does refer to the lion and lamb both lying down… just not together. This prompted me to think about how I have experienced God in Christ in my life. I have known God as a lion… roaring, protecting; allowing me to feel safe in times of difficulty or fear. I have experienced God as a lamb… comforting, joyful… in times of sadness or celebrating new beginnings.

The season of Lent begins in March this year… how is the season itself in like a lion and out like a lamb… or maybe just the opposite? Before Lent begins we will be having a ‘roaring’ good time at the ecumenical Jazz Sunday service on March 3rd; we worship with our brothers and sisters in faith at Christ Episcopal. (Same bat time, different bat channel.) Ecumenical Shrove Tuesday pancakes will happen at Emanuel the following Tuesday, March 5th from 4:30-7p. Ash Wednesday service brings us fully into the season the following night, March 6th at 7 pm.

How have you experienced God in Christ in your life? Have there been time when you have experienced God as a lion? As a lamb? As some of both? Maybe you have experienced God in a different way altogether… know I’d love to hear what you’re thinking. Maybe over coffee? Peace,

Pastor Jennifer

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149 West William Street

Corning, NY 14830

Sunday Worship10:00 a.m.

Church Phone: (607)936-4268

E-mail: emanuelcorning@hotmail.com

Pastor: Jennifer Long

Pastor's office hours: Thursdays (unless

noted) and by appointment. Pastor

Jennifer can be reached via phone &

text at 586-727-9247 and via e-mail at

pastorjenniferlong@gmail.com

Organist: Lugene Mitchell-Hamilton

Administrative Assistant:

Michael Hamilton

Office Hours: Tuesday 10 am—noon

Facebook.com/ELCCorning

www.emanuelcorning.org

2019 Church Council

President: Carrie Smith

Vice President: Carol Witt

Exc. Secretary: Jim Passmore

Financial Secretary: Michael Hamilton

Treasurer: Phyllis Brandes

Council:

Judy Austin Theresa Welfling

Annette Gardner John Rector

Caren Listopadzki Sue Doyle

Kim Hufnagel

Council Vice President’s Report

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

We bid a fond a’dieu to February’s ice and snow

and below freezing temperatures. We so very

much welcome the first signs of spring! My daf-

fodils and tulips are up an inch – and holding. We

also look back with gratitude for some February

happenings. Our church furnace kept us warm

through a very cold month! WELCA had another

successful Winter Rummage and Soup Sale,

thanks to many dedicated hearts and hands. The

Sisters in Heart Tea was lovely! Thank you Mary

Ellen and Julie. Council members worked on both

a Child Protection Policy, and a Prevention of

Sexual Harassment Policy. Thank you for your

dedication and diligence.

We look forward to many opportunities in March!

Jazz Sunday will be at Christ Episcopal Church on

March 3. Men in Mission will provide an ecu-

menical Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner 4:30-

7:00 on March 5. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday,

March 6, with an ecumenical Service here at ELC

at 7:00 pm. Daylight Savings Time begins on

March 10. The Installation of Council members is

scheduled for Sunday, March 17. And, Emanuel

will host the Lenten dinners this year catered by

Fran’s Landing. The dinners happen on five suc-

cessive Thursdays in Lent beginning March 14,

food at 6:00, program at 6:30, ending by 8:00.

(And, I pray that my spring bulbs are brave

enough to grow another inch this month!) Thanks

be to God for the hope and joy of this early spring

season! God is Great! All the Time!

Peace,

Carol Witt

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Despite the very cold weather, our Winterfest Sale was very successful bringing in more than

$2,500 to be divided between The Corning Community Food Pantry and Emanuel’s Kitchen

Fund. IT WAS SOUP WEATHER and we made and sold over 300 quarts of soup. Many,

many thanks to all those who helped in any way – contributing items, giving time, stirring

soup, pricing, etc., etc.

At present, there is a Blanket Making Project going on. Please come and help us on the desig-

nated days. No need to sew – it’s just cutting fleece and knotting…

The Little Dresses project is continuing as is the Prayer Shawl project. Stay tuned for the date

of our next Community Sew. With all the cold weather, it seems like a good time to Sew or

Knit…

Our next meeting will be Thursday afternoon, March 7, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. – Come join us.

WELCA NEWS

BOOK CLUB……. will return.

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Save the dates!

March 10 and June 23 are the 2019 dates for

SHEPHERD’S TABLE!

18 Things Everyone Should Start Making Time For Again By Brianna Wiest

Brianna Wiest is a professional list-maker, unwarranted advice giver and admirer

of all things beautiful, natural and ...

1. Writing things by hand. Letters to friends, lists for the store, goals for the week,

notes for lovers, thank you cards and memos to coworkers. Digital communication

is easy and convenient but ask anybody: there’s a huge difference between texting

someone to say that you love them and hope they have a great day and

writing it on a note and leaving it next to their bed.

2. Savoring time to do nothing. Taking a cue from pre-industrialized society and

cultures that enjoy siestas and long, drawn-out, sit-down teas that serve no other

purpose than to spend time enjoying the time you have.

3. Thinking before responding. We’ve become too conditioned to require things

immediately. Someone asks a question, and we have to respond that second. Such

was not the case before instant messaging and comment threads. A sign of true

intelligence and confidence, I think, is someone who takes time to consider the

question at hand in a little more depth, and then offers a response.

Continued on page 9……..

Ecumenical Lenten Study,

Thu, March 14, 21, 28,

April 4, 11.

6 soup, 6:30 discussion

Emanuel Lutheran Church

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WORSHIP AND IMPOSITION OF ASHES Wednesday, March 6th at 7:00 p.m.

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Emanuel Lutheran Church

149 West William Street, Corning, NY

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Bible Study

There will be no Bible Study in March. Our next

meeting is Tuesday, April 16th. We will have a guest

speaker who will talk to us about Islam, how it start-

ed and how it’s so much like Christianity. We return

to our regular study format in May.

A Time for Quiet Meditation

When we read the bulletin each Sunday, we notice that just before the greeting there’s a time of meditation while the organist plays the Prelude. That means we should end our conversations and quietly prepare ourselves for worship. We can resume our chats after worship.

Carpet in the narthex: Some of you may have noticed the carpet

is starting to ripple in certain places. This presents a potential

trip hazard. Our insurance representative was recently in and

did a visual inspection and called this out. We now have 45 days

to respond. I have contacted Cutler’s Carpet and they will come

and stretch the carpet. We will be looking for volunteers with

strong arms and good backs to help move the pews. All of the

pews will need to be taken up and set either near the alter, in the

foyer or over in the hall while the work is being done and then of

course moved back. Hopefully our young graduates will be

available. As soon as we have a date I will ask Mike to send out

a separate email as well as put it in the bulletin. Yours in faith,

Carrie Smith (Pres.)

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February 2019 Council Report Minutes

We discussed the April 7th Sunday service and whether it would be youth lead. Pastor had somebody scheduled but it has traditionally been youth Sunday. Caren to talk with the youth about April 7th being the date for this year’s youth lead service.

We discussed setting a date to install new council members. We decided to

set a date of 3/17 for installation of officers’. We discussed the death of Betty

Spitzer and Father Troy covered the funeral in Elkland for the funeral. Reflecting on

Scout Sunday Pastor told us her experience with her husband and his involvement

with scouting.

We will be getting a revised Treasurers report from Phyllis. January is still un-

der the 2018 budget for net vs gross and updates needed to be completed for 2019.

Past snow removal for 2018 was paid in 2019. Jim moved to accept and Carol se-

conded for approval.

Jim gave an update on the thermostat for the education building. We dis-cussed having a smart thermostat that can be controlled from multiple phones. This spending amount would not require congressional approval.

We discussed the Child Protection Policy e-mail sent by John and Sue. Our in-surance policy did go up to $937 and coverage down for liability concerning child protection. We are going to work toward a child protection policy for 2019. A written policy to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the work place was dis-cussed. Jim updated the template from NY state and recommended few changes to make future versions easier to maintain. We will have further discussion next month. Pastor was going to ask Dean Laura if they have a cover sheet with signatures.

In calendar planning, we added stewardship Sunday on November 17th. Pastor added the installation of offices for 3/17/19 and the pancake supper for 3/5/19 with help to begin showing up at 3:00 PM.

Our next Council Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 20th at 6 PM

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ANNIVERSARYS

Happy Anniversary!!

BIRTHDAYS

Interested in membership here at

Emanuel Lutheran Church?

Please contact Pastor Jennifer if you would like to become a member of

Emanuel Lutheran

Annette & Todd Gardner 3/3

Frauke & Stefan Becker 3/22

Michelle & Robert 3/16

Brenda & Jim Passmore 3/25

Brenna Champlain 3/2

Dwayne Fowler 3/2

Solenne Becker 3/5

Tom McGrew 3/7

Will Blanchard 3/8

Linda Walker 3/8

Ashley Gardner 3/11

Michelle Groeger 3/12

Laura Ask 3/13

Thomas Listopadzki 3/14

Geraldine Pierson 3/14

Mary Ellen Brennan 3/15

Carter Jay Dillon 3/19

William Lutz 3/20

John Hufnagel 3/21

Kriss Groeger 3/22

Nicole Fowler 3/25

Lew Brandes 3/27

Claudia Reed 3/29

Taylor Thompson 3/29

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18 Things….Continued from page 4…….

4. Cooking a nice meal just for the sake of doing so. It really trains you to defy your need for

instant gratification and of course puts you in touch with something that’s very human and

can be lovely if done right.

5. Getting really dressed up for no other reason than just wanting to.

6. Books. Actual hard copy books that you can scribble notes in and mark off sections of and

smell ink through and hear the sound of turning pages and bending spines while you read.

7. Making phone calls to relatives for no other reason than to just say hi, and to ask how

they’re doing.

8. Disconnecting from technology frequently enough that we won’t be anxious and feeling

like we’re missing something when we try to do so for an extended period of time.

9. Celebrating things with long, multiple course dinners that we hold for people as opposed to

just drinking ourselves into an oblivion and being belligerent (that has it’s time and place, of

course, but having thoughtful, celebratory dinners is a dying art).

Check out “The Truth About Everything”

10. Cleaning because it’s satisfying and doing things like painting walls or getting fresh flow-

ers just because it’s therapeutic.

11. Spending time with kids, and doing kid things with them. They just know what’s up.

12. Answering things in a timely fashion, not putting off invitations and requests just because

we can.

13. Making sure relationships are actually based on time spent with one another. People seem

to be sustaining them through only digital means with increasing frequency and I can under-

stand how that’s important if it’s temporarily long distance but in general, physically being

with people is the only thing that will give you that sense of human connectedness.

14. Just sitting and listening to music. We’ve made music background noise in our everyday

lives, but now and again we should just sit and enjoy it like people used to.

15. Traveling by train, or if that’s not possible, at least exploring places that you pass every-

day. Especially if you live in a big city, there are always little hidden gems around that you

won’t believe you lived without seeing while they were a block away from you all along.

16. Putting personal health and well-being first, as it often falls to the wayside in importance.

This means, aside from the obvious, taking those personal days and using them to just relax.

We’ve made such a quirky commodity out of enjoying napping and relaxing, as though doing

so makes us boring and old. It doesn’t, it’s healthy.

17. Planning something, especially with someone else, as simple as dinner or as grandiose as

a long vacation next year. You always need something to look forward to.

18. Stopping to talk to people throughout the day. Connecting with them genuinely, as such

interaction is really important but is becoming increasingly less common. Turning our phones

off when out to dinner (who even turns them off anymore?) and learning to not spend all of

our time documenting whatever we’re doing for social media. It often takes away from the

experience itself.

March Stewards

If you are scheduled to serve in some capacity and find that you will be unable to attend, please call someone to substitute for you. Thank you!

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Date

Worship

Leader

Mar 3

Ecumenical

Mar 10

Pastor

Jennifer

Long

Mar 17

Pastor

Jennifer

Long

Mar 24

Pastor

Jennifer

Long

Mar 31

Pastor

Jennifer

Long

April 7

Deacon

Bill

Groeger

Worship

Assistant

Jazz Kim

Hufnagel

Mary Ellen

Brennan

Caren

Listopadzki

Sue

Doyle

Mary Ellen

Brennan

Reader

Sunday Mary Ellen

Brennan

Carol

Witt Phyllis

Brandes

Sue

Doyle Carole

Adler

Acolyte

10:00am Jacob

Hufnagel

Georg

Sauer

Richard

Sauer

Lainey

Zink

Ben

Hufnagel

Greeter

Christ The

Hufnagel

Men

Levon

Garner

Betty

Gremer

Augie

Andrukat

John

Rector

Prime

Time

With God

Episcopal Carrie

Smith Kim

Hufnagel

Jodi

Machuga

Brenda

Passmore

Caren

Listopadzki

Usher

33 East John

Rector

Lew

Brandes

Augie

Andrukat

John

Rector

Jim

Passmore

Altar

Guild

First St. Groeger/

Sands

Groeger/

Sands

Groeger/

Sands

Groeger/

Sands

Garner/

Gremer

Counters Corning

NY

Cameron/

L’Amoreaux

Rector

Team

Garner/

Hamilton

Passmore

Team

Brandes

Team

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Pastor's office hours: Thursdays (unless noted) and by appointment. Pastor Jennifer can be reached via phone & text at 586-727-9247

and via e-mail at pastorjenniferlong@gmail.com

March 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 Jazz

Sunday

4 WW 5:30

5 Shrove

Tue.

6 Ash

Wed.

7 Pastor's office

hours

WELCA

Meeting 1-3

8 9

10 10 am

Worship

11 WW 5:30

12 Office Hours

10-noon

13 14 Pastor's office

hours

Ecumenical

Lenten Study

6-8

15 16

17 10 am

Worship

18 WW 5:30

19 Office Hours

10-noon

20

Church Council

Meeting

6pm

21 Pastor's office

hours

Ecumenical

Lenten Study

6-8

22

Scrap Bookers

3-11

23

Scrap Bookers

9-9

24 10 am

Worship

25 WW 5:30

26 Office Hours

10-noon

27 28 Pastor's office

hours

Ecumenical

Lenten Study

6-8

29 30

31 10 am

Worship

All times are listed on earlier pages

Emanuel Lutheran Church 149 West William Street Corning, NY 14830 www.emanuelcorning.org

“A Christian congregation gathered by grace and sent to serve. ”

March 2019

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