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1306 Michigan Street
Oshkosh, WI 54902
920.235.8340
emmanueloshkosh.org
Hearing Loop Installed in Sanctuary. Switch Hearing Aid to Telecoil.
We continue to have our Worship Services available on our website emmanueloshkosh.org
Although we aren’t ready yet to join together in worship, we are looking into a plan for worshiping together which is relatively safe for everyone. Please check
out our Facebook page and website for any future updates.
If you have any questions or concerns, please know that the church office is still open weekday mornings between 8:00am and noon. We would be happy to help!
Stay safe and wash your hands!
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From the desk of Pastor Andi
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Many of you have been lamenting, “How long, O Lord, how long? How long will we have to watch Pastor Andi on TV? How long before we can gather together at church? How long—I miss my church.” Many of you have also been on a longer than normal excursion with kids and have heard a version of that lament from them, “How much longer? Are we there yet?” I tie these two laments together because right now I feel like I’m driving this bus and I don’t have the answer you all want to hear. I’m not sure how much longer. I don’t know when we will be there—I have an idea, but its still a bit abstract. I am reading much about how the virus is spread and how we can slow that spread. I am talking to healthcare people and county health department officials. All in all, I’m trying to figure out when it will be the right time with the right circumstances. I’m looking for the right season. Your church council and I are working to put in place a plan to resume in-person worship. We understand your impatience because we feel it too! We are not dragging our feet but proceeding with caution. In the coming weeks you can look forward to having a plan in place for when we will resume in-person worship, what guidelines are in place, and what to expect should you choose to gather with us. Until then, please remember that worship can be found on our website and Facebook page. In the coming weeks we will also be making DVD’s available. Keep the faith, friends. This season of COVID will not last forever. No matter how long our worship life is modified, we will remain Emmanuel, God-with-us. And as the people of Emmanuel UCC we know that not only is God with us, but we are with one another.
Pastor Andi Cell Phone: 920-216-3622
Email: [email protected]
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
The flowers have started blooming and we are slowly beginning to return to some of our activities. While these past months have been difficult for many, it has allowed us time to reflect on our many blessings including our ability to continue staying connected through our online worship and facebook live events. We continued to defer $4,624.53 of previous expenses to future months and ended May with a positive cashflow. We are looking to pay those postponed expenses over the upcoming months which will require our income to be able to cover our regular expenses along with the deferred amount. As we are entering the middle of our typically slower summer giving months, I want to thank you for both your financial and other contributions that help us to meet the needs of our church and community. As a reminder, here are various ways financial support can be given: Send a check in the mail Drop off a check in the church’s mailbox Utilize bill pay services through your financial institution Purchase scrip cards. Purchases can be done via a check sent or dropped off at church or easily done online with a link to your checking account. There are now various re-loadable cards which I have found to be easy to use and to easy to re-load with additional funds. May Results on next page
Treasurer’s Nook
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A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
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Food Pantry
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Coming up…
Sunday School
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May Results
If we would have paid the the expenses we have been able to postpone, our cashflow would have been:
Kim Winter Treasurer
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THE NUMBERS
The Numbers Monthly Budget Monthly Actual YTD Budget YTD Actual
Direct Giving 16,749 13,721 88,650 78,057
Other Income 2,800 1,972 12,296 8,267
Total Income 19,549 15,693 100,946 86,324
Total Expenses 19,765 14,652 102,530 86,069
Cashflow/(Deficit) (216) 1,041 (1,5840) 256
The Numbers Monthly Budget Monthly Actual YTD Budget YTD Actual
Cashflow(Deficit) (216) (3,583.89) (1,584) (4,368.79)
A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
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Food Pantry
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SCRIP ORDERS ARE DUE BY SUNDAY, JULY 5TH PLEASE SEND IN OR DROP OFF YOUR ORDER WITH PAYMENT ANY WEEKDAY MORNING PRIOR TO THE 5TH Orders can also be placed online through the ShopWithScrip website. If you would like to learn how to reload your current SCRIP cards, Please contact Lisa Smith by phone at 920-379-7732 or by email at [email protected]. SCRIP cards make great graduation gifts! With everyone safer at home, a lot of home improvements are getting done. You can get a SCRIP card for all of your home and garden projects. We also have a limited supply of certain SCRIP cards available in the church office on a daily basis. We invite you to call ahead and see what we have available and we will then make arrangements for curbside pick up or just stop in the church office at a socially safe distance and we will be happy to get you the cards you need. Thank you to Lisa Smith for having the SCRIP cards available to us.
Scrip Orders are Due
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Food Pantry Update
Our food pantry continues to provide food to those in need with curbside pick up. During the month of May we helped 51 families. 105 adults and 37 children were served. 5 new families came to our pantry. Approximately 2550 pounds of food was distributed. We are still unable to accept any used grocery bags or non perishable food donations at this time. Thank you to Mark & Susie’s Piggly Wiggly and Jay Koepke and Festival Foods for their food donations. We appreciate their continued support. Thank you very much to the following volunteers for their continued help throughout the week. Thank you to MARGARET YODER, RAY HITZ, SANDY FOLSKE, CHERLY PEPPLER, DEBRA KRAEMER, MARY DINKINS, HENRY CARON, PETER SMITH, JIM SCHAICK, DAN MONROE, LEANNE MONROE & RON GORCHELS. Are you in need of a little extra help with food? If you need some assistance, please don’t hesitate to call the church office at 920-235-8340 and we will be happy to help. We have an over abundance of meat available as well as canned goods. If you would like to come in and shop in the pantry, we can make arrangements for you to do so. Please don’t hesitate to give us a call. If you are unable to come to church for help, arrangements can be made to have food delivered to your home. This is a difficult time for everyone and we know for some money is tight we would like to be there to help you in any way we can. This is a ministry of Emmanuel, supported by Emmanuel so we want to make sure that you know we are here to help.
A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
Treasurer’s Nook
Scrip Orders
Food Pantry
Thank you!
Coming up…
Sunday School
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Miscellaneous
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Thank you •Thank you to CORY SCHULTZ for videotaping and posting our worship services for online viewing. You can view our worship services at www.emmanueloshkosh.org.
•Thank you to LISA SMITH & CORY SCHULTZ for keeping our website up to date.
•Thank you to JIM SCHAICK for mowing the lawn.
•Thank you Ray!!
A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
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Food Pantry
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Miscellaneous Please help us out…
If you are scheduled for an upcoming procedure or surgery, please call the church office and let us know.
Pastor Andi doesn’t always remember details when approached on Sunday morning. So please, take a
minute and call the church office (235-8340) or drop us an email at [email protected]. with
the details. We want to be there for you! Thank you!
Please remember…
if you have a prayer request you can enter it on our website at www.emmanueloshkosh.org.
June Lamplighter Update….
It has been brought to our attention that some of you never received your June Lamplighter. We
apologize for that! The June Lamplighter was mailed on May 28th. I have contacted the post
office to see what happened. I was told they would look into the problem. I have yet to hear
back from them. I hope that this Lamplighter reaches you! If this should happen again, please
know that the Lamplighter can also be viewed online on our website at
www.emmanueloshkosh.org. There are also extra copies available in the entryway. If you have
any questions, please give me a call any weekday morning at 920-235-8340.
Lori
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Miscellaneous STRENGTHEN THE CHURCH OFFERING envelopes were available in your
June Lamplighter. If you didn’t receive that Lamplighter but would like to
contribute to Strengthen the Church, please write Strengthen the Church on a
plain envelope or on your check and we will make sure that your donation goes
to the Strengthen the Church campaign. Strengthen the Church offering is
faithfully used to invest in God’s vision for the Church. Your support will help
the UCC fulfill its commitment to creating a just world for all.
Six Month Giving Statements…
To save on the cost of postage, we will not be sending out individual six- month giving
statements in July. If you would like to know where you are at as far as your giving is
concerned, please contact the church office at 235-8340 or via email
[email protected] and let Lori know you would like a statement and she
will make sure one is either emailed or mailed to you.
The Lamplighter | July 2020
A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
Treasurer’s Nook
Scrip Orders
Food Pantry
Thank you!
Coming up…
Sunday School
Memorials & Honorarium
Church Council
Miscellaneous
Calendar
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Miscellaneous Grocery Store Service Available….
Are you finding it hard to go to the grocery store? Are you finding ordering
online and doing store pick up difficult? Henry Caron would like to help you get
the groceries you need. Henry will go to the grocery store to shop for you and
bring the groceries to you! All you have to do is call Henry at 920-277-7812 and
you can make arrangements with him for your grocery store needs.
Thank you Henry for offering this service!
COMMUNITY BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR
The Back to School Fair Committee is preparing for the 22nd annual fair which will be held on August 13, 2020. The needs of lower income
families with children in our school system continue to grow. The BTSF Committee is determined to assist 1000 students in the 2020/2021 school
year.
Contributions to the Back to School Fair are going to be a little different this year. Due to the pandemic,
monetary donations are requested instead of purchasing clothing. It is the committee’s hope to supply
each student with school & hygiene supplies and a $25 gift card for clothing to help them begin the year
with confidence.
You can make a donation in one of two ways:
Issue a check to Emmanuel UCC in whatever amount you choose and we will purchase gift cards through
our SCRIP program. (please make a notation on your check for BTSF)
Write a check to Community Back to School Fair in any amount you choose and mail it to: Boys & Girls
Club (Attention Back to School Fair) 501 E. Parkway Avenue, Oshkosh WI 54901
If you are issuing a check to Emmanuel UCC for us to purchase gift cards, please have your donation to us no later than July 31st. We
will have a SCRIP order going in on August 2nd. Thank you!
Please remember, if you have prayer request you can enter it on our website at www.emmanueloshkosh.org. You can also call the
church office at 920-235-8340 any weekday morning.
The Lamplighter | July 2020
A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
Treasurer’s Nook
Scrip Orders
Food Pantry
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Miscellaneous ZACH WOLF
CLASS OF 2020
Oshkosh West High School
YOU ARE INVITED
SUNDAY, JULY 19 at 2:00
Sleepy Hollow Farm
1679 W Waukau Ave, Oshkosh
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A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
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Scrip Orders
Food Pantry
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Coming up…
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Committee Members If you have any questions or concerns please contact the members below.
Church Council:
Jeff Stark Earl Dorst
Kim Winter Peter Smith
Leanne Monroe Dan Rogers
Karen Chapin Stuart Klauer
Craig Geiger Rene Rogers
Lee Yoder Robin Wilson
Memorial & Endowment Committee:
Mike Winter Gerry Keuler
Peter Smith Jeff Pommerening
Kathleen Hable Henry Caron
Pastoral Relations Committee:
Sandra Golliher Kay Lund
Julie Barthels Lori Potratz
Faith Lueck Jeff Pommerening
Technology Committee:
Cory Schultz Kim Winter
Gerry Keuler Jeff Pommerening
Lisa Smith Leanne Monroe
Tom Stark
Please prayerfully consider sharing your time and talents with Emmanuel, Call 920.235.8340 if you are interested.
The Lamplighter | July 2020
A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
Treasurer’s Nook
Scrip Orders
Food Pantry
Thank you!
Coming up…
Sunday School
Memorials & Honorarium
Church Council
Miscellaneous
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A Note From Pastor
Ushers, Greeters, Acolytes
Treasurer’s Nook
Scrip Orders
Food Pantry
Thank you!
Coming up…
Sunday School
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