The Messenger

AUGUST 2018

August at a glance...

August 5 John 6:1-14

The Bread of Life Prayers for the Bucketts &

Carpenters

6:30am Family Promise

Clean-up

Holy Communion

Food Pantry Sunday

Place SCRIP orders

August 12

10:30am!

Blessing of the Animals Prayers for Michael Clark and

Jeanette Collins

Note! Worship time is

changed from 9:30am to

10:30am, so our Prader-Willi

friends can join us!

August 19

Jeanne Phelan preaches Prayers for the Davidsons and

Ryan Dockstader

10:45am- Council meeting.

Sat, Aug. 25, 8am-4pm-

RUMMAGE SALE!

August 26 Ephesians 6:10-20

Stand Fast Prayers for the Mary &

Nancy Edwards

Rummage Sale bag sale

10:45 AM Training for the new

Scripture Reading &

Communion Teams.

Mon., Aug. 27- Rummage

Sale Clean-up 9am

36821 SUNSET DRIVE, OCONOMOWOC, WI 53066

PO BOX 216, DOUSMAN, WI 53118

REV. NANSI HAWKINS, PASTOR (262) 965-2429

“Blessed are the Weak”

Lao Tzu, the Father of Taoism, was

a Chinese philosopher who lived

about 400 years before Jesus. He

wrote something that reminds me

a lot of what Jesus taught:

“When we are born,” Lao Tzu

wrote, “we are soft and weak; in

death we become stiff and hard.

The ten thousand creatures and

all plants and trees while they are

alive are supple and soft, but

when they are dead they

become brittle and dry. Truly,

what is stiff and hard is a

companion of death; what is soft

and weak is a companion of life.

Therefore, the weapon that is too

hard will be broken, the tree that

has the hardest wood will be cut

down. Truly, the hard and mighty

are cast down; the soft and weak

are set on high.”

Does that make you think of

Jesus’ teachings in the Beatitudes

In Matthew 5:3-11? “Blessed are

the poor… blessed are those who

mourn… blessed are the meek…

blessed are those who hunger

and thirst… blessed are the

merciful, the pure in heart,

the peacemakers, the

persecuted…”

It doesn’t make sense that the

weak are strong. And yet, that

is the wisdom of both Lao Tzu

and Jesus. That our ability to

bend in the strong winds, our

tenderness, our mercy: that

those are our strengths. And as

the roots fragile flower can

break stone, so our gentle

hearts can break the violence

and hatred of the world.

It doesn’t make sense; but it is

the way of God.

In Christ’s love,

Pastor Hawkins

Communion Preparation for August 5: Renee Obenberger

Communion Assistants: Kristen Voskuil & Stephen Turley

Church Cleaning Team: the Family Promise clean-up

crew, Sarah Erickson Bhatt & Mary Branson

Greeters

Ushers

Scripture

Readers

5 Laurie

Buckett

Linda Berlin/

Sharon Logemann

Marian

Speerless

12 None

Needed

Sue/Tom Stelling Ashley

Bonestroo

19 Sarah

Erickson

Bhatt

Donna Newland/

Carol Pfalz

Robert

Zondag

26 Kristen

Voskuil

Kris Davidson/

Charlotte Voigt

Megan

Alaimo

BIRTHDAYS

Joel Lashley 4 Emily Pakula 15

Kathy Zebrowski 4 Kerry Alaimo 16

Sawyer Bensing 5 Ken Pike 17

Frieda Goetsch 7 Ben Lui 21

Terese Leonhard 7 Renee Obenberger 24

Xavier

Hazelberg

15 Heather Brisk 28

ANNIVERSARIES

Nancie & Dick

Gryske

1 Ann & Bill Carpenter 20

Gail & Sal Tamez 8 Laurie & Buck Buckett 25

Sue & Gary Phelps 13 Jan & Jim McGraw 26

Sharon & John Perez 15

ANNIVERSARIES OF JOINING EMMANUEL UCC

Peggy & Pete Hazelberg 5 11 years

Elizabeth Scherper 22 8 years

Steve Thompson 22 8 years

Melanie & Mike Laur 28 7 years

AUGUST 12

THE BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

10:30 AM

We’ll be outdoors and

having a great time on the

west patio for worship! We

move the time to 10:30

AM, so that our Prader-Willi

friends can join us. Bring

your pets (living or toy) to

be blessed during this

delightful outdoor worship

and invite friends!

Order SCRIP August 5th

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 on

August 5th, 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.

Christian Education

LOOKING AHEAD:

CHURCH SCHOOL RESUMES

WITH RALLY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 9!

LOOKING AHEAD: ADULT STUDIES RESUME September 18, 10am- Adult Study resumes

September 20, 7pm- TED Talk discussions

resume

New voices are welcomed!

Speak to Jim Langreder if you have questions or

want more info!!

The Emmanuel UCC Rummage AND Bake Sale

is Coming SOON!

Saturday, August 25th!

The summer is flying by....that means there’s lots to do….

Donate! The Community Room is available now for rummage

donations. The Community Room is the first room on

the left in the Christian Ed wing. This temporary

storage space is for those donators that cannot store

items at their home or garage until the "official" rooms

open on August 5, 9:00 A.M. (We need these two

rooms left open for Family Promise, which will be July

29 - August 6.). Larger mouse-proof items can be put

in the garage.

Please remember that all items need to be clean

and in good condition. Items we cannot accept for

the rummage sale because they either tend not to

be good sellers and/or the charities who pick up our

left-over's will not take them:

mattresses

baby furniture

adult clothing

TV's that are not flat-screen

anything containing refrigerant (dehumidifiers,

etc.) must be in good working condition. if these

items do not sell, we have to pay to dispose of

them.

Baked goods or other homemade items can be

delivered starting Sunday, August 19th 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. BE SURE TO LABEL any

packaged items that contain nuts, peanuts or

peanut butter.

Sort! This can be done by anyone at any time after August

6th.. 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! Sunday, August 19th after church the items will need

to be brought from the donation rooms to fellowship

hall. Beginning Monday August 20th the items will

need to be organized, displayed, and priced for sale.

Sell, sell, sell! On Saturday the 25th we will need some early risers to

come at 6am to move the items from the garage

and set them up in the outdoor sales area.

Shifts beginning at 7:45 am until 4pm will be needed

for checkout.

Clean-up! On Monday, August 27th any items remaining, will

need to be packed for pickup.

If you have any questions, please contact the sale

organizers:

Kristen Voskuil at 262-244-0710 or

kristenvoskuil1@gmail.com

Ken Pike at 262-965-3226 or kpike@wi.rr.com

PLEASE SIGN-UP IN THE GATHERING AREA!

Thank you all so much!

Kristen & Ken

The Ladies Fellowship is

on hiatus for regular

Wednesday meetings

until September 12th,

but we will gather in

fellowship hall in August

for food and fun!

August 8: Annual Picnic and Bingo in Fellowship Hall,

12:00 noon. Bring a potluck dish and a white elephant

prize (wrapped) for take-away bingo.

Rummage Sale, August 25: The Ladies Fellowship

furnishes and serves the food for the luncheon counter.

Proceeds are added into the Rummage Sale tally. Stop

by and purchase a sloppy joe or hot dog, chips, a

beverage and some of ‘world-famous’ bakery!!

The group recently purchased a new mat for outside the

front entrance.

Church Cleaning...our

church building is only as clean as

you make it! Please sign up to be

on a monthly cleaning team!

Rummage Sale...this is Emmanuel’s largest fund-

raiser of the year but it’s success depends on many

helping hands! Please sign up for the many opportunities

to help- the sheets are on the easel in the Gathering

Area.

Mission & Outreach

Singing Bowl FOR AUGUST... Many students get their primary meal of

the day during school lunch, but when the

weekend comes, there’s no food at home

so they go hungry. This loose change goes to buy

weekend food for at-risk elementary students in

Oconomowoc through the Blessings In A Backpack

program.

MISSIONS OF EMMANUEL

Family Promise Thanks to those who participated in the golf outing held

at Paganica. This is one of our big fund raisers for the

year.

If anyone would like to be trained to volunteer for Family

Promise, please contact Sue Stelling or Charlotte Voigt for

information.

We will be hosting four families July 29 – August 5. During

our last rotation in April, James, Nadine and their two

children were our guests. We received a letter from him

after he graduated from the program and moved to

Louisiana to rehab a home his father owned and gave to

James and his family. What follows is part of that letter.

Dear Family Promise,

I would like to thank you for all you have done for my

family and me. When we became homeless I did not

know what I was going to do. Having a wife and two

children ages 5 and 3, I knew it was going to be hard. I

wanted to protect my family from what was going to be

a very bad experience as much as possible. Being that

my son is 5 there’s a good chance he will remember this

experience. The thought of my family being in a shelter

was unbearable. I was going to do all I could do to

make sure that did not happen. We went to a motel

which was $55 per night. Buying food daily, gas to take

Nadine to work and the kids to school and earning

enough money was challenging but I did it for about 3

weeks. Needless to say the money went fast and we

came to the realization we needed help and would have

to seek out a shelter.

I called 211 and found that all of the shelters in

Milwaukee were full but the operator suggested I try

Family Promise in Wales. After I went through intake at

Family Promise I knew it was not going to be a horrible

experience I was so fearful of. There was going to be a

place for us to go during the day and a room with some

level of privacy to sleep at during the night. What I did

not expect was what the overall experience turned out

to be. My children loved it! The set up and the way we

were treated completely removed the “shelter

experience” for my children. For that I am eternally

grateful. My wife and I were very aware of our situation

but being in the Family Promise program took the edge

off our situation and allowed us to focus on working our

way out of it. Thanks to Family Promise my children will

never know what it feels like to be homeless. As for me

and Nadine, we felt the mental stress of our situation but

not homelessness. It felt more like some very nice people

were helping us avoid homelessness.

Thank you to the churches and volunteers who help

make Family Promise possible. I hope your program

continues to grow. There are a lot of families who could

use your help. My family and I will never forget what you

did for us.

Eternally grateful,

James

Kiosk Collections The kiosk in the church foyer has drawers labeled for

different things we collect on an ongoing basis. It’s a

great way to get rid of unneeded items and help out at

the same time:

Grocery receipts from Albrecht’s Sentry store in

Delafield. We receive a rebate of the total receipts

we submit. Those rebates help our bottom line!

Empty printer ink cartridges are turned in at Office

Max to earn credit for Emmanuel purchases.

First Aid items/new toothbrushes/OTC pain meds

(unopened) are given to the Free Clinic in

Oconomowoc.

Used cell phones and chargers are sold on eBay with

proceeds benefiting our bottom line.

Used eye glasses are given to the Dousman Lions

Club: throughout the year, Lions, Leos and other

volunteers collect used eyeglasses and deliver them

to regional Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centers (LERCs).

LERC volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength

and package the glasses. Recycled glasses are

distributed to people in need in low and middle

income communities where they will have the

greatest impact.

Please place them in the kiosk drawer (in the foyer)

marked for cell phone collection. THANK YOU Bill

Welch who turns those old phones into dollars for

Emmanuel by selling them on Ebay.

Some of you also get a hard-copy newsletter.

If you wish to discontinue that version and only

get it via email,

please contact Donna

office@seeyouonsunday.org

Treasurer's Report for May 2018 PLEDGED Income received

(May 2018) $9,399.00

(May 2017) $8,580.17

Difference $818.83

NON-PLEDGES & PLATE Income Received

(May 2018) $1,497.00

(May 2017) $1,372.00

Difference $125.00

Total INCOME for (May 2018) $12,575.47

Total INCOME for (May 2017) $12,167.35

Difference $408.12

Total EXPENSE for (May 2018) $13,599.28

Total EXPENSE for (May 2017) $12,457.77

Difference $1,141.51

Checking Account Balance as of May 31, 2018 $1,942.05

Checking Account Balance as of May 31, 2017 $5,415.22

Difference -$3,473.17

*TOTAL INCOME includes funds received that are designated funds

for:

Singing Bowl $79.47

WI Conference offering income (OCWM, Christmas

Fund, etc) $931.00

SCRIP sales $390.00

Campital Campaign $125.00

RBC Investment Account Growth for May 2018 $1,482.49

Treasurer's Report for June 2018 PLEDGED Income received

(June 2018) $7,868.00

(June 2017) $8,509.17

Difference -$641.17

NON-PLEDGES & PLATE Income Received

(June 2018) $1,305.00

(June 2017) $1,204.00

Difference $101.00

Total INCOME for (June 2018) $10,415.58

Total INCOME for (June 2017) $11,583.87

Difference -$1,168.29

Total EXPENSE for (June 2018) $12,138.90

Total EXPENSE for (June 2017) $16,783.40

Difference -$4,644.50

Checking Account Balance as of June 30, 2018 $3,672.15

Checking Account Balance as of June 30, 2017 $242.47

Difference $3,429.68

*TOTAL INCOME includes funds received that are designated funds

for:

Singing Bowl $129.58

WI Conference offering income (OCWM,

Christmas Fund, etc) $593.00

SCRIP sales $420.00

Campital Campaign $0.00

RBC Investment Account Growth for June 2018 $729.45

A New Common Ground $15,000.00

Income $251.00

Expenses -$132.00

Interest $0.35

TOTAL $15,383.35

If you have questions, please speak to our Treasurer, Kathy

Zebrowski or our Asst. Treasurer, Shirlene Hazelberg.

ADVERTISE YOUR CHURCH

FOR FREE!

Have you LIKED Emmanuel’s FB page? By doing

this, information posted will appear on your

timeline. You can help our church become

better known by hitting the SHARE button when you see

Emmanuel posts. Share to your own timeline and this will

enable all of your FB friends to see our posts, thus

increasing our visibility! The more people will know about

our church....so Like and Share away!!

You can write a positive review of Emmanuel on

Facebook, Google or other search engine sites. This

improves our placement when people are doing

searches for churches in our area!

Also, each Sunday we ask everyone with a smart phone

to turn on their phone and check in on Facebook with

your location (Emmanuel). This helps increase our

exposure in the community!!

Pastor Nansi’s sermons are available on

Facebook Live!

Check it out AND tell your friends!!

A NEW COMMON GROUND FARM TO TABLE GATHERING

EACH WEDNESDAY

6:30 PM

WATCH FOR ANNOUNCMENT OF AN ALTERNATE GATHERING SITE FOR

AUGUST 1 & 22

FELLOWSHIP HALL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THESE WEDNESDAYS

Thank you’s & Prayers...

Jim & Alex Langreder for

purchasing a water cooler for the

church!!

Lorna & Jere Marheine, Ron

Blaschuk, Tom Stelling & Ken Pike for

cleaning the ceiling in the porte-cochère

to prepare it for painting....no small task

since it needed major mold removal first!!! Also

thanks for the various repairs done and to be done

on the building.

Tom Stelling, Michael Clark & Ken Pike for mowing the

lawn.

our faithful Dousman Meals drivers who delivered meals

in June and July: Lorna & Jere Marheine, Charlotte

Voigt, Kris Davidson, Kathy Zebrowski, Shirlene

Hazelberg, Auk Bearda, Sue Stelling, Francine

Langlais, Ron Blaschuk, Mary Opiela and Kathy

Thompson from the community.

Our church cleaners for June and July: Kris Davidson,

Shirlene Hazelberg, Auk Bearda, Kristen Voskuil,

Sharon Perez, Jim Langreder and Joanne Szymanski.

Everyone who helped with our July Blood Drive, posting

advertising, baking cookies, serving as hostesses,

setting up and restoring fellowship hall.

Ongoing: Marian Speerless, Judy Stanek,

Jeanette Collins, Ann & Bill Carpenter;

Gregg Jarrett; Erin Harmann; those

dealing with cancer: Marian & Stephen’s

dog, Lily; Jan Wilson, Sam Murray’s aunt,

Char; Laurie Buckett’s niece, Sharon;

Charlotte Voigt’s sister, Marguerite; Rev. Dick Hawkins’

brother-in-law, Arthur; Steve Thompson’s brother, Wayne;

Pastor Nansi’s friend Bonnie.

Recovering from illness and surgery:

Sandie Horne’s daughter, Megan who is recovering

from intestinal/colon surgery.

Mary Fran Roberts who fell and broke her shoulder on

July 14.

Fran Pike who is recovering from knee-replacement

surgery.

THANK YOU to everyone who has

helped me with various tasks that I

have not been able to do since my

fall off a ladder! (I thought the

clipart was appropriate!!) Also thank

you to everyone for the cards and

caring thoughts!

Donna Newland

Our sympathies go out to

Marian Speerless and

Stephen Turley as they

mourn the passing of their

beloved Lily.

JULY 16TH BLOOD DRIVE

THANK YOU to

everyone who

donated blood at

Emmanuel on July

16th AND those who

helped with the

Drive: Debbie

Morgan, Mary Fran

Roberts, Vera

Ortmann, Corrine

Mayer, Nancy Edwards, Sharon Logemann, Donna

Newland, Mary Edwards, Frieda Goetsch, John Lui, Ron

Blaschuk & Tom Stelling (and anyone else who helped

get fellowship hall set up).

31 donors responded and 26 units of whole blood were

collected. This is our last drive for the year. In 2018 our

drives collected a total of 50 units of whole blood

(potentially helping 150 people!!) and 2 units of double

red cells.

The Blood Center has changed their procedure and

making an appointment is more critical than ever. You

need not do it weeks in advance...if you don’t know your

schedule ahead of time, make your appointment the

day before or the day of the drive. Without an

appointment you could end up waiting for quite awhile!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

Looking forward to SEPTEMBER

Worship each Sunday at 9:30am

Sun. 2 Holy Communion/Food Pantry

Sunday/Order SCRIP

T-F 4-7 Emmanuel delivers the Dousman

Area Home Meals

Sun. 9 RALLY DAY! Start of fall Sunday

School!

PFLAG meeting, 2 PM at

Oconomowoc Mem. Hospital

Mon. 10 Blood Drive at the Dousman

Community Center, 1:30-6:30 PM

Wed. Each

12

Common Ground Farm-to-Table

gatherings, 6:30 PM

Ladies Fellowship meeting, 1-3 PM

in fellowship hall

Fri.-

Sun.

14-15 Confirmation Retreat

Tues. 18, 25 Adult Study, 10-11 AM

Sun. 16 Dedication of Confirmands 9:30

AM

Council meeting 10:45 AM

Thurs. 20 TED Talk 7 PM in the library

Sun. 23 Worship Brunch 9:30 AM

A New Common Ground Pastor Simone Nathan 262-497-0784

Adult Fellowship Corrine Mayer

Donna Newland

431-4046

965-4022

Christian Education/Church School Peggy Hazelberg 470-2181

Council Christy Lui 337-1646

Deacons Kristen Voskuil 608-698-3777

Financial Secretary (counts

offering & keeps records)

Laurie Buckett

965-2545

Family Promise Charlotte Voigt

Sue Stelling

646-2701

965-3498

Pastor/Parish Relations

Committee

Marian Speerless

Kerry Alaimo

Robert Zondag

262-593-8087

608-432-8253

414-218-3254

Prayer Requests Pastor Hawkins

Donna Newland

965-2429

965-4022

Programming ideas

(at church- check calendar)

($$ needed- check w/ Council)

Social/Fellowship Planners

GO FOR IT!

Donna Newland

Christy Lui

Robert Zondag

Kerry Alaimo

Sherri Krantz

Leanne Harmann

Mary Branson

965-4022

337-1646

414-218-3254

608-432-8253

968-5504

853-5577

567-1493

Rummage Sale Kristen Voskuil

Ken Pike

608-698-3777

965-3226

SCRIP program Laurie Buckett 965-2545

Singing Bowl- same info as Social Concerns

Social Concerns Pastor Hawkins 965-2429

Stewards Sherri Krantz 968-5504

Treasurer (issues checks) Kathy Zebrowski

Shirlene Hazelberg

646-8882

392-2818

Trustees Jere Marheine 361-2942

Ushering Team- same info as Deacons

Emmanuel’s Directory of Services If you have a service to be published, please contact Donna, 262-965-4022 or office@seeyouonsunday.org.

Service

Emmanuel Contact

Company Name

Telephone Number & Website

Automobile sales & service John Quaden Sr. & Jr. Quaden Motors 262-367-2646

262-567-4408

quadenmotors.com

CPR & First Aid Training Adam & Nikki Fritsch APHE LLC 414-791-5018

www.aphed.com

info@aphed.com

Gluten-free Bakery Mary Branson Wheat Free Treats 567-1493

Marketing Christy Lui Marketing on Demand 262-567-5662

modinternetmarketing.com

Massage Therapy Mary Branson 4 Rivers Center for Well Being 567-1493

Nursing Services (dressing

changes, BP & vital sign checks,

injections, set up of meds,

calling drs., etc.)

Francine Langlais (registered

nurse)

262-965-5509

Teaching Tools & Anti-Bullying

Products

Marian Speerless Mmm-Read, LLC 262-493-8087

mmmread.com

Tree Service Pat & Mike Doering Bark River Tree Service 262-646-3735

barkrivertree.com

Worship & Nursery Care

each Sunday at 9:30 AM

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1

NO

COMMON

GROUND

2

3

4

5

6:30 AM Family Promise Clean-up HOLY COMMUNION Food Pantry Sunday Order SCRIP

6 7 8

12 Noon Ladies Fellowship Picnic in fellowship hall

6:30 PM Common Ground

Farm-to-Table Gathering

in fellowship hall

9

10

11

12

10:30 AM Blessing of the Animals Service 2 PM PFLAG meeting at Oconomowoc Mem. Hospital

13 14 15

Deadline for September newsletter

articles 6:30 PM Common

Ground Farm-to-Table

Gathering in fellowship hall

16

17

18

19

Guest Preacher: Jeannie Phelan 10:45 AM Council meeting

20 21 22

23

24 25

8 AM – 4 PM

ANNUAL

EUCC

RUMMAGE

SALE!

26

10:45 AM Rummage Bag Sale 10:45 AM Scripture & Communion Teams Training

27

9 AM Rummage Clean-up Day...PLEASE HELP! 6 PM CHOIR BEGINS!

28 29

30 31 1

Family Promise Hosting Week

CLEAN THE CHURCH

EMMANUEL DELIVERS THE DOUSMAN AREA HOME MEALS

RUMMAGE SALE SET-UP

Pastor Nansi on vacation returning Aug. 21

CLEAN THE CHURCH