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EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
THE GABRIEL OCTOBER 2020
WORSHIP Worship at 9:30 AM in the Sanctuary
OCTOBER 2020 Dates To Remember (Everything pending)
October 4 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 AM
October 7 Wednesday Evening Prayer Service 6:30 PM
October 11 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 AM
October 12 Consistory Meeting 7:30 PM
October 14 Wednesday Evening Prayer Service 6:30 PM
October 15 New Berlin Food Pantry
October 18 Twentieth Sunday Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 AM
October 21 Wednesday Evening Prayer Service 6:30 PM
October 25 Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 AM Laity Sunday
October 28 Wednesday Evening Prayer Service 6:30 PM
New Number for Sunday Service
We will start using a new phone number for Sunday service on MAY 31. Let's hope it works as well as the current one.
The number to call: 1 877 309 2073 The access code: 591 680 557 followed by the pound sign #
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*Prayer Service with Messiah Lutheran on website and Facebook during this COVID season a continuation of our Lenten gathering . Regular Sunday Worship will continue on the website and by phone. Plans are to hold open worship” in the sanctuary starting July 5th. Please see guidelines for entering the church building, seating instructions, etc. below:
Men’s Breakfast & Ladies’ Night Out Cancelled Until Further Notice
OUR BIRTHDAYS October 6 – Marie Eberhart October 16 – Shirley Renninger October 6 – George Mull October 18 – Dennis Seltzer October 11 – David Bickel October 24 – Randy Keister October 12 – LonnaValencia October 25 – Donna Sauers October 13 – Robert Seebold
OUR ANNIVERSARIES October 26 – Chris and Hope Dauberman
Please remember in Prayer: Those in Nursing Homes/Assisted Living: RiverWoods: Georgia Linke, Elmcroft: Patricia and Robert Seebold
Family and Friends of those who have died: Jerry Green, Frances Jean Weaver, Steve Virgilio, George Mensch, Joe Moyer
Church Members with Concerns: Barb Stamm, Shirley Renninger, Lucille Cope, Joan Maurer, Charlie Dreese, Audrey Bingaman
Friends and family with concerns: Frances Stover, Eric Powell, for rain, Betty Irene Waite, Sue Iddings, Ida Mae Saxton, Diana Weikel, Heather and Tom Hettrick, Donna Mitchell, Pam Aungst, Frank Fetter, Those affected by the raging fires in the west, Wounded law enforcement and families
Around the World and Close to Home: Pray for Peace in our World All those serving in the armed forces Lester Wayne Timosan, Kalauman Development Center in Philippines
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OUTDOOR KITCHEN October 3, 2020
The Kitchen Team has been gearing up for a soup sale over the summer. Our extreme shopper has been gathering ingredients when there were sales to her likening, we’ve had some ingredients frozen that we need to use and we had our annual corn freezing workshop a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately, due to Covid, consistory voted to not allow the Fall Yard Sale participation or the Christmas Bazaar in the church building: sad, sad, sad.
However, I’ve always lived with the notion that “where there’s a will, there’s a way.” So, the Kitchen Team has decided to take our soup sales outside in what we are going to call our “Outdoor Kitchen Sale” on Saturday, October 3rd.
We will be making Chicken Corn with rivels and without and Ham and Bean Soup. We will be selling our soup by the quart as well as over the luncheon hours by the bowl with a hot dog, dessert and drink for one price. We’re thinking cookies, cakes or brownies for dessert and iced tea, lemonade, and water to drink. Of course, we will need a few donations from our excellent bakers to fulfill our menu and we will be asking that you pre-wrap two cookies in a baggie (depending on their size) as well as cut the cakes and brownies at home. We will provide storage containers for them if you need.
There will be very limited traffic in the building – only kitchen help. We will be providing a sanitization table for our customer’s use and we already are aware that the Activities Committee will be placing a portable toilet at the end of our parking lot for the public’s use.
Anyone who is willing to bake, please contact one of the Kitchen Team members and let us know. Anyone who is willing to help the day of the sale, please let us know. (You can use your new directory we included in the newsletter last month to get our phone numbers.) We are looking forward to our usual church fellowship and camaraderie.
Thank you
TRUNK OR TREAT
Deb Benfer is going to once again coordinate our annual Halloween Trunk or Treat community outreach project. She will need donations of candy and snacks to fill the goodie bags. Please place your donations on the information table in the social room by October 25th. 4
Our 2020 Emmanuel UCC Church Consistory
Mary Beckley President Members: Linda Walter - VP Jill Benfer, David Farmer, Joan Maurer, Marie Eberhart – Secretary Barbara Stamm, Penny Guzenski, Keith McCool,
Your church consistory has met using conference calling. Please be assured business has been taken care of and you are most welcome to contact anyone if you have concerns you wish to be discussed in the future.
Altar Flowers The new supplier for our weekly altar flowers is Morning Glories at a cost of $45.00. We will continue using the sign-up sheet located on the bulletin board located in the breezeway, beside the kitchen door to indicate which week we wish to sponsor the altar flowers.
KUDOS: Special thanks to all those who helped with the annual freezing of the corn for our soup.
Presidential Facial Hair
With the 2020 Presidential Election fast approaching, we thought this article may be enjoyable – especially for the gentlemen of the congregation.
Undoubtedly, the most presidential type of facial hair is none at all; of the 44 dudes who have been president, a mere 12 had any kind of scruff.
It started with number 6 – John Quincy Adams. While a beard was considered improper at our country’s founding, the first son of a former president to run for office was somewhat rebellious – and considered a bit of a “dandy,” thus prone to extravagant style – so he proudly wore his mutton chops, explains historian Louis Picone, author of The President is Dead! Our eight president, Martin Van Buren – also considered a dandy – wore even more extravagant chops for his term.
It was Lincoln (16) who started the presidential facial hair trend, but he wouldn’t grow his iconic beard until after his election. Famously, he grew it because he received a letter from an 11- 5 year-old girl named, Grace Bedell, who told him he’d look better with some whiskers, as his face was so thin.
During the Civil War, men had little access to shaving equipment so many grew beards. Following the war, Picone says the full beard became the mark of heroism, which is why Ulysses S. GranT (18), Rutherford B. Hayes (19), James Garfield (20) and Benjamin Harrison (23) all had them. In that period, too, Picone says we had another dandy president in Chester A. Arthur (21), who had the most unique facial hair of a president – mutton chops connected to a mustache. Starting with Grover Cleveland (22 and 24), simply a mustache became the cool thing for a president as was the style for upper-class men. The solo stache would also be present on Teddy Roosevelt (26) and William Howard Taft (27), who was our last president with any facial hair.
After Taft, the famously proper Woodrow Wilson wouldn’t be caught dead with a bit of scruff. With the invention of the safety razor, plus the military ban on facial hair in WW1, White House whiskers became a thing of the past. This would continue into the present day with 20th century presidents seeking to contrast themselves from both hippies and many of America’s hirsute enemies overseas (Hitler, Stalin, Bin Laden, etc.).
There are other reasons, too: Some political psychologists have found that – subconsciously – people feel a bearded man looks older and more aggressive, which isn’t helpful in politics. Some even feel that concealing one’s face with a beard means that someone has something to hide, which – of course - is silly: After all, Honest Abe had one.
Reprint from: MEL, October, 2019
Community Halloween Project: We have received a request by the Fire Company and EMS workers of New Berlin for donations of individually wrapped candy/snacks to support a Halloween project they are planning for only the New Berlin children on October 29th You may drop off your contribution at the New Berlin Post Office. Thank you.
KINDNESS GOALS October 5 - Say "Thank YOU"
October 12 - Donate old shoes to our church's shoe collection box.
October 19 - Give someone a care package
October 26 - Bring a donation of dog treats or food or toys to the church for Mostly Mutts.
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F A I T H
“Faith Always Instills Trusted Harmony “
F = Unquestioning belief in God
A = invariability
I = puts
T = firm belief in
H = agreement of peaceable or friendly relations
I’m finding out during this pandemic situation and the unrest of the world both through the environmental elements and the actions of evil people that it’s been harder to hold on to faith. Perhaps it’s because I’m scared, but that’s even more reason to rely on what I believe.
/bls
9/2020
All Hallows' Eve,[7] or All Saints' Eve,[8] is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide,[9]the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.[10][11] It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church.[12][13][14][15][16] Some believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, separate from ancient festivals like Samhain.[17][18][19][20]
God is still speaking
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Emmanuel United Church of Christ Church Address: 326 Market Street, PO Box 329, New Berlin, PA Church email: [email protected] Church website: www.newberlinucc.org Church Phone Number: 570-966-2880 Church Secretary: Shirley Wilhelm Office Hours: As noted in the bulletin Pastor: Dr. James L. Cope Pastor email: [email protected] Pastor’s Phone Number: 570-898-5748