Emmanuel Lutheran Church's

Comings and Goings

"The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore" 

Psalm 121

Announcements for Oct 2008 

Falling in Love for 50 Years

Please join us for the 50th Wedding Anniversary Open House Celebration for

Ray and Jane Glassford

at Cedars of Lebanon State Park's Stone Cottage on Sunday, October 26 from 1-6 p.m.

Did you hear that?  Are you being called to become a greater part of the Worship Service?  

Picture this... you, too, can be working with and getting to know the people who share your pew.

We have a number of opportunities available for the skilled and the not-so-skilled volunteer.

Opportunities such as Alter Guild, mixin' it up on the Sound Board or running the Computer during a service, providing Music or Song and even Drama.   You could Usher, Greet new visitors, assist with the Newsletter, Teach Sunday School, Help in the Nursery, lead a new Bible Study or Exercise Class, host a Youth Group event.... The list is endless.  Training is provided. Contact a Board of Director Member or Board of Elder Member if you would like more information.

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These fine, hickory-smoked, brown sugar and fruit juice basted, boneless hams will again be available for delivery both prior to Thanksgiving (Sunday, November 23) and Christmas (Sunday, December 14). 

They weigh approximately four pounds and are priced below deli prices at just $27.  They are great any way you serve them and make excellent Christmas presents.

Please see Michael Hanna right away to place your order.  You may pay for them upon delivery with cash or a check made payable to Trinity/HOPE. 

The proceeds from each ham will provide meals for 9 Haitian school children for a week!

In 2007, we were able to feed 647 children for a month from the Haiti Ham sales!

If you would like more information about Trinity/HOPE, please click  the button below.

Coaching4Transition

Are you currently unemployed needing a new job position, employed but don't like where you are or what you are doing, or do you want to re-enter the workforce? 

Coaching4Transition, taught by Walter Tieck Jr., Career Transition Coach, meets Tuesday evenings from 6:00 -8:00 at the church.  Anyone is invited to attend.  Each week we will focus on a different area of career transition, including opportunities to network, share ideas and help each other.   The course encourages families to grow, learn, and achieve new things through our life, while helping each other through touch times.

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Emmanuel Lutheran Ladies Guild Needs You

The Emmanuel Lutheran Ladies Guild has some exciting programs planned for the upcoming school year and would like to invite you to participate which will enrich your Spiritual, Social and Outreach Christian life

Just some of the programs include:

Mite Breakfast - this is held every 2nd Sunday during the 9:30 A.M. Sunday School Hour.  At this breakfast you will experience a variety of tasty, filling breakfasts items.  The donations collected will allow our congregation to send delegates to the LWML meetings and conventions.  See Jane Glassford if you would like to help serve or help provide a breakfast item.

September Mite Breakfast - October 12 during Sunday School Hour

Mount Juliet Help Center - This year we plan to help support the Mount Juliet Help Center's Food Pantry.  Each month, we will be collecting donations of different food items.  Announcements will be made as to each month's theme.  For more information, please contact Debbie Greene.

Ladies Guild Jellies - It is getting close to jelly making season.  The sale of the jellies helps fund many of the Ladies Guild projects such as providing a little extra monthly support to our members who are attending Seminary, organizing and supplementing flowers for the sanctuary, and supplementing donations for the lunches provided to a local hospital for families who have loved ones in intensive care.  You do not need to have previous jelly making experience to participate.  Please contact Jane Glassford for more information.

Jelly Making Day - October 18

Hospital Lunches - Every month, the Ladies Guild provides non-perishable lunches to Summit Hospital's Intensive Care Unit.  These lunches are designed to ease some of the stress of family members, both large and small, who had a loved one become an unexpected patient of Summit Hospital Intensive Care Unit.  These lunches allow the family to remain with their loved one during the trying times.  We receive many letters thanking us for touching individual lives just when they needed it most.  You can help by donating food items, helping assemble the lunches or by delivering them to the hospital.  If you would like more information, please contact Jane Glassford.

But all work and no play ... is just no fun!

We also have a number of social events planned, including:

Our Annual Christmas Party - Secret Pals will be revealed and new Pals will be chosen.  A Dirty Santa game may make an appearance.

Spa Day - Receive and give a facial, pedicure or make up tips.  All ages are invited.  If you can not wait for more information, contact Debbie Greene or Trish Braunschweig to get the scoop.

Lauren McComb is putting together a Spiritual Outing and would welcome any help.

If you have a passion or exciting idea, it is not too late to join and be a part.  Please contact the church office for additional information.

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Coaching4Transition

Are you currently unemployed needing a new job position, employed but don't like where you are or what you are doing, or do you want to re-enter the workforce? 

Coaching4Transition, taught by Walter Tieck Jr., Career Transition Coach, meets Tuesday evenings from 6:00 -8:00 at the church.  Anyone is invited to attend.  Each week we will focus on a different area of career transition, including opportunities to network, share ideas and help each other.   The course encourages families to grow, learn, and achieve new things through our life, while helping each other through touch times.

Coming Soon...

Let's Feed Some Kids!

CART --- Communication Access Realtime Translation --- will be coming soon to Emmanuel Lutheran Church during the second service. Our CART writer, Karyn Menck, is one of an elite group of CART writers nationwide. She will be doing "Remote Captioning", meaning that she will writing our late worship service each week from a remote location.  A replacement will be provided when she is unavailable.  Karyn will listen to Pastor Keith via his microphone, the church computer and Karyn's computer will connect  as she types what he says, which is then projected to the big screens.  Karyn uses a special machine similar to a court reporter uses, and can write close to 300 words per minute, with very few errors, which she corrects almost immediately.

We are very fortunate to have her here in Nashville,   

  We plan to market this to the hard of hearing community in Nashville, as we will be the ONLY church that offers captioning service. 

Our target audience is the hard of hearing, not the deaf from birth community.  The two groups are quite different and have different needs.  The deaf community primarily depends on American Sign Language (ASL) and attend one of two all deaf congregations --- one just a mile from Emmanuel (Church of Christ) and the other in Brentwood.  However, the hard of hearing depend on the English printed word primarily.  Some learn Contact or Conversational Sign Language (which is taught by Kate Kanies teaches at Emmanuel on Tuesday evenings at 6:00.), which uses ASL signs, but in English order.  It's much more natural and easier to learn for native English speakers.

More to come about the induction loop system we will be installing in the future. 


 

AFTER SERVICE PRAYER TEAM

For those interested in being on the team, contact Pastor Keith. For those desiring prayer, just come forward to the altar area. For privacy, the side rooms may be used also.

 ADULT BIBLE STUDIES!