• Now-December 4: Giving Tree for Family Promise
• November 27: Worship @ 8:30am &10:00am in Fellowship Hall
• November 27: Sunday School - not meeting this week
• November 27: Youth Group - not meeting this week
• November 28: WELCA Dorcas Quilters @9:00am
• November 29: Torah Tuesdays @10:00am at VOTI
• December 3: Who Are We For Heaven's Sake? @ 11:30am, Fellowship Hall
• December 3: Worship @ 5:00pm



Please Help Out The Office Staff!!!

Signing in for worship can be done either through the link above or by signing the form as you enter worship or the FlockNote text. This replaces the red books that were previously in the pews. By doing this, you help in accurate reporting at the end of the year. You can even sign-in through the text message on your way to church or while waiting for worship to begin.

PLEASE NOTE:

Until further notice, Worship Services will be held in the Fellowship Hall. Please enter from the TWO BACK DOORS (closest to the kitchen).

By visiting our website, you can view this weekend's worship folder

for our 10am worship, which is available on our Facebook page.

Click below to see pictures of current activities happening in and around our church!

Outreach Committee is sponsoring the 2022 Christmas Giving Tree for families in the Family Promise program.

The giving tree is in Fellowship Hall this weekend. Gift tags will be available

for children and adults.

Please return the wrapped gifts with the gift tag by December 4th.

Looking for an enjoyable, easy way to involve your adult community or social group in theater? Then Emmanuel member, Jean Mosby, has the book for you! She has written a book with everyday life skits as well as a few familiar rib-tickling surprises.

Jean will be in the breezeway on Monday, December 5th if you'd like to purchase a copy or you may order from Amazon.

Volunteers & Actors Needed!!

On 12/9 & 12/10

Contact Kimberly Duke at 630.453.1386

Gift cards to Lowe's to offset expenses appreciated

ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE 2022

Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7:00pm

Venice Memorial Gardens

1950 Center Road, Venice, FL

A special evening to honor and remember our loved ones lost since December 2021. Please join us

on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 7:00 PM for our annual Candlelight

Remembrance Service.

Against a backdrop of more than 4,000 luminaries that light the cemetery, we will remember loved ones we've lost with live music, timely messages of hope and help from Tidewell Hospice and The Salvation Army and scripture. The names of those who have been entrusted to the perpetual care of Venice Memorial Gardens since December 2021 will be read aloud during our service and the names of those who have been served by Farley Funeral Homes and Crematory during the same period will be displayed on a continuously scrolling screen. The Salvation Army will benefit from a Free Will offering collected on their behalf.

Seating is provided and refreshments will be available before and after our service.

Venice Memorial Gardens will open for drive through viewing of the enchanting luminary display beginning at 6:00PM.

If you would like to volunteer your time to help us prepare for this moving tribute, please e-mail [email protected] 

or call our office at 941-493-4246.

FUN FACTS:

1. The inner ear is the main organ for balance. Not your feet or legs!
2. Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s calories and oxygen. Obviously, I need to think more often and harder to burn LOTS more calories!!
3. Your largest internal organ? The small intestine at 21 feet long. WOW!
4. 40% of ALL indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans. What is that REALLY telling us?
5. Motorists who talk on a cell phone are more impaired than a drunk driver with a blood alcohol level exceeding .08! That is one scary fact.
6. In a year, on average, a person sleeps for 122 days out of 365. Is that counting naps?  

Meet Our New Kitchen Coordinator, Nancy Scott

As we welcome back our Winter members and prepare to greet a new year, we also welcome our new Kitchen Coordinator, Nancy Scott. Nancy brings a solid background of kitchen experience as she owns her own business, Nancy’s Concierge Service. As the name implies, she has a multitude of talents and expertise in many areas including a significant amount of catering in the Venice area.

Her main responsibilities at Emmanuel include creating and maintaining an organized, clean and safe kitchen. She is the point of contact for ordering all kitchen supplies and she has developed a set of procedures to be followed when using our kitchen. 

Going forward, any Ministry Committee or Staff Member desiring to use our kitchen must:

• Contact Becky or Debi to check on availability and to schedule the event
• Contact Peter to arrange set-up and clean up
• Contact Nancy to assure that volunteers are familiar with the procedures for the use of the kitchen

Nancy may be contacted to arrange refreshments and to work with you on decorations, etc. or you may utilize your own sources for your event. No matter how you proceed with your plans, Nancy will offer support to ensure that your event is successful.

Contract numbers are as follows:

Becky/Debi for availability and scheduling and Peter for set-up - 941-488-4942

Nancy - 941-445-0319

Sunday School

Every Sunday at 9:45am in Room 101 & 103

Ages 5 thru HS

Not meeting this week

Youth Group

Every Sunday, 5-7pm in the Youth Room

Jr High thru HS

Dinner Provided!!

Not meeting this week

November 27

First Sunday in Advent

Isaiah 2:1-5

Psalm 122

Romans 13:11-14

Matthew 24:36-44

December 4

Second Sunday in Advent

Isaiah 11:1-10

Psalm 72:1-7,18-19

Romans 15:4-13

Matthew 3:1-12

Pastor John Mocko: jmocko@emmanuel-elca.org

Cell Phone for Emergencies: 336.596.4517

Visitation Pastor: Pastor Dave Hess

Cell Phone for Emergencies (December - mid-May): 610.216.3394

Donna Batchelor: [email protected]

Kris Bowker: [email protected]

Linda Critchfield: [email protected]

Peter Doherty: [email protected]

Debi Hammett: [email protected]

Becky Rothgery: [email protected]

Barb Spenks: [email protected]

Nick Sperry: [email protected]

Gayle Strain: [email protected]