July 16 Greetings

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July 16 Greetings

Dear Ones,

It’s Friday, the end of the second week of July.

The monsoon season is truly upon us! Yesterday as I was leaving the church there was quite a deluge and the gutters of the streets in Prescott Valley were overflowing with water! It is so wonderful to finally get some rain, and the forecast is for more almost daily for the next ten days. I have seen pictures of hail the size of golf balls on Facebook, and the cloud formations have been breathtaking! Joe Giordano took this picture yesterday of the clouds from Prescott Valley.

Through the end of this month, we will have Tuesday, Friday and Saturday emails. Beginning in August there will be a Tuesday email that will include faith journey enrichment and encouragement and a Friday email that will be a weekly newsletter with a new look.

This month we are collecting backpacks and school supplies for the Humboldt Unified School District. Donations are coming in, and we are putting them around the altar on the chancel; and we are looking forward to blessing them on July 25 during worship and sending them on their way to excited school children as classes begin in August!

Speaking of July 25…we will be celebrating Christmas in July on Sunday the 25^th and will be singing Christmas carols and hearing the Christmas story during worship! If you are willing to volunteer to help bake Christmas cookies to share after worship, let me know!

Important! We need volunteers to help after contemporary worship this Sunday, July 18^th to move all the tables and chairs out of the Fellowship Hall to prepare for the Blood Drive on Monday, the 19^th. Plan to be at the church at noon, and of course, the more people who can help, the faster it will go! Click here to let Mary know in the church office if you can help.

Speaking of the blood drive, have you signed up yet?

We are thrilled that things are slowly getting back to normal…the evidence: there is a Vitalant blood drive scheduled at Emmanuel:

Monday, July 19, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.: Emmanuel Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 7763 E Long Look Dr. Prescott Valley! We won’t be posting any other donation opportunities, because we hope that you will schedule to donate at our blood drive. Drop-ins are welcome!

Blood supplies are always low in the summer and donations are especially needed. You can go to the Vitalant website www.vitalant.org and sign up.

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While there is no inherent risk of getting coronavirus when you donate blood, donors and staff are required to wear masks or reasonable cloth-based face coverings. Read our COVID-19 FAQs.

The Grand Canyon Synod Diakonia program is offering two information nights in the next month. If you are interested in leading or more fully participating in the life of the church, the Diakonia program equips lay leaders with foundational knowledge of the Bible, Lutheran doctrine, and church history. This intensive, two-year program also provides students the opportunity to learn and practice skills necessary for communicating the gospel, visitation, ethical decision making, and more. Online Zoom sessions are as follows:

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 7:03PM

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83449444418

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 7:03PM

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85103299643

Prescott Area Habitat for Humanity has an opportunity to receive up to $50,000 by participating in the A Community Thrives – Challenge Grant offered by USA Today Newspaper. It’s an online campaign; click here to donate through the MightyCause Donation Platform, and donate between July 19 and August 13 at 9:00 a.m. for the donation to count toward the grant. PAHH has to raise $10,000 in one month’s time! See the flyer for more information.

This video has had over 200 million views since 2017: a call for inclusion and kindness!

As the Phoenix Suns continue to battle it out with the Milwaukee Bucks for the NBA Championship, here is a ball handling drill (done to Offenbach’s Can Can) they might try to up their game!