Immanuel Lutheran Church

W61 N498 Washington Avenue

Cedarburg, WI 53012

august

2020

CHURCH ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

Tuesdays — Tailgate Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. A social time to just get together and

reconnect with your friends at Immanuel.

Thursdays — Outdoor Worship starting at 6:30 p.m. Bring your own lawn chairs and

communion elements (bread and wine/juice).

Sundays (Starting on August 16th) — Outdoor Worship starting at 9 a.m. Again bring

your lawn chairs and communion elements.

All events to take place in the parking lot behind the church. And all will take place

WEATHER PERMITTING. If it is raining 1/2 hour before the start of an event, it will

not be held.

Dear Friends, I came across this beautiful reading from Pastor Mark at Messiah in Madison, WI. As we head into August, I hope it empowers your reflection, as it has mine. With love and blessings, Pastor Vicki (Available on the Immanuel Facebook Group — Daily Pause & Pray) The focus for this morning is the Blackpoll Warbler. These little birds are simply amazing. They are a com-mon migrant through much of North America. Come fall, they fly South to the Greater Antilles and the Northeastern coasts of South America in a non-stop long-distance migration over open water, averaging 2500 km, one of the longest distance non-stop overwater flights ever recorded for a migratory song-bird. They fly 80 straight hours in a non-stop migration losing half their weight in the process. This little bird is the focus of a poem by Julie Cadwallader Staub:

Longing * By Julie Cadwallader Staub

Consider the blackpoll warbler.

She tips the scales at one ounce before she migrates, taking off from the seacoast to our east flying higher and higher

ascending two or three miles during her eighty hours of flight until she lands, in Tobago, north of Venezuela three days older, and weighing half as much.

She flies over open ocean almost the whole way.

Oh she is not so different from us. The arc of our lives is a mystery too.

We do not understand, we cannot see what guides us on our way: that longing that pulls us toward light.

Not knowing, we fly onward hearing the dull roar of the waves below.

I am working alongside my mom as she leads a study called Sacred Rhythms in her community. The first sa-cred rhythm is desire. Have you ever pondered your deepest desire? What would it take to risk my life for a

non-stop journey toward a destination? Love? New life? Someone who would never leave you?

Stanza for meditation: Oh she is not so different from us.

The arc of our lives is a mystery too. We do not understand,

we cannot see what guides us on our way:

that longing that pulls us toward light.

Prayer: Beloved, thank you for the longing deep inside that guides us on The Way. Hone our senses so that all we do with one another is done in the name of love. Amen. I ponder, non-stop flights…with you for a new day. You’re loved.

OUTREACH FOR HOPE BIKE RIDE

As with any number of things this year, the Outreach for Hope Bike Ride

is going virtual. Please check out their website

https://outreachforhope.org/bike-ride-2/ for complete details on how

you can join this year’s ride — being held anytime between June 18th and September

30th.

Immanuel has been involved with Outreach for Hope for a number of years and with the

virtual ride and extended dates, we’re hoping more people will sign up to help raise funds

for this very worthwhile program.

MISSION QUILTERS UPDATE We are happy to report that the Mission Quilters were cleared to resume our quilting activities in late June. Several members met for some quilting fun on July 21 and 22, to make up for some of the quilting time lost in March, April, May and June. We were able to finish 20 quilts in the two days, plus when 11 baby quilts sewn by two of our members dur-ing quarantine were added to our count the total came to 31 quilts.

Plans are to possibly get together several more times in August, but no specific dates have been set at this time. We will take things week by week to see how the virus acts in August and plan accordingly. If we decide to meet to quilt, members will be contacted by phone to notify them of the date and time we will get together.

We are following social distancing guidelines when we meet, and each quilter works at a sepa-rate table. Wearing a mask has been optional, but is recommended. Instead of sharing lunch together, each quilter has been eating at their own table. Quilters bring their own sandwich and beverage for our lunch break and individual packages of chips and dessert are provided.

Please know that we are extremely happy with all the sheets and fabric left for us during the shutdown. It has been very difficult for us to purchase supplies at rummage sales or thrift stores over the past few months and the congregation's support has been very much appreciat-ed . We are pleased with any and all donations and try to make good use of everything we re-ceive. If you have any supplies you'd like to donate, just leave them in the downstairs entry way to the church and mark "For Mission Quilters".

Anyone wishing to join us to quilt is encouraged to call Gerry Juedes at 262-375-1665 for more information regarding dates and times we plan to meet.

FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT

June 2020

Expenses: $ 15,044.00

Contributions: $ 10,386.00 June 2020

No memorials received in June.

Our giving in June 2020 was as follows:

___2018 (4) ___2019 (5) 2020 (4)__

CURRENT $ 8,320.00 $ 11,966.75 $ 10,386.00

BENEVOLENCE 1,296.00 896.00 1,298.00

$ 9,616.00 $ 12,862.75 $ 11,684.00

NOTE: Numbers in brackets behind year indicates the number of Sundays or deposits in that month.

These figures include only contributions to the General & Benevolence Funds.

Remainder of the Year

On Thursdays

Aug 6th 9:00 pm vs UCC North

Aug 13th 6:15 pm vs Crossroads

Aug 20th 7:00 pm vs Crossway

Aug 27th 7:00 pm vs Grace 242

Sept 3rd 8:00 pm vs 1st Imm Srs

Playoffs or make-up games scheduled on

Sept. 10th & 17th.

ON-LINE GIVING

Everyone is reminded about the various on-line giving options available to members. Giving

through Vanco or Paypal can be found under “On-Line Giving” on our web site (along the

scroll bar at the top of the page), or our newest Vanco Give+ Mobile App that was discussed in

last month's Reminder.

Trips are taken twice a month to

drop off food for Incarnation’s

Food Pantry. Thanx to a num-

ber of people who have been

contributing money so we can shop regularly

to keep our food pantry bins in the south hall-

way full enough to go twice a month. All

contributions are greatly appreciated and are

still very much in need.

To members who are celebrating in august

Shirley Burmeister Alice Dickman Laura Gary Judy Tom Anderson Nancy Tucholka Surya Abbey Kaitlyn Wally Grube Randy Kannenberg Vernon Wayne Brent Carol Kletzien Margaret Radke Norm Mark Dave Tucholka Viola Sievers Richard Charlene And special prayers for all people who are still on the “front line” of the coronavirus.

Please remember these brothers and sisters in Christ in your

prayers, along with others that you name in our heart. And all

those being affected one way or another by COVID-19.

8/02 Jane Miller 8/03 Ben Aspenson

8/03 Judy Hohner 8/04 Joyce Lueder

8/04 Edgar Juedes 8/05 Frank Hauck

8/06 Madeline Wendorf 8/07 Mary Aspenson

8/07 Debbie Wolff 8/08 Alice Dietrich

8/10 Spencer Tredo 8/10 Dakota Raube

8/10 Memphis Raube 8/11 Marie Harper

8/11 Betty Zahn 8/12 Roger Lueder

8/13 Miriam Rusch 8/16 Adam Haefner 8/15 Jeff Zahn

8/17 Evan Geiser 8/17 Brittany Kjell

8/17 Anne Palmer 8/18 Monika Egle

8/18 Irene Brabender 8/18 Ronald Brandt

8/19 Bryan Balde 8/19 Jane Larson

8/20 Andrew Bonk 8/20 Jenna Lopez 8/21 Tom Anderson 8/21 Sarah Gundert

8/22 Lenore Cira 8/23 Luke Grohmann 8/25 Jon Quick 8/25 Ray Brandt

8/25 Matt Gilbertson 8/25 Lisa Quick

8/26 Nancy Schoessow 8/27 Sylvia Fischer 8/29 Chris Schulz 8/29 Kim Apel

8/29 David Paulmann 8/31 Lorraine Schmitz

Paul & Donna Cooke August 1, 1987

Dave & Nancy Tucholka August 2, 1958

Bud & Kay Beverung August 6, 1966

Eric & Mary Aspenson August 8, 1992

Nick & Kim Gall August 9, 2019

Greg & Julie Thorn August 11, 1984

Jeff & Bev & Trice August 14, 1982

Rudy & Kim Elias August 18, 2007

Mike & Nancy Apel August 20, 1983

Andy & Kaley Gall August 21, 2015

Christopher & Alison Mantel August 22, 2009

Lyle & Linda Hoffmann August 27, 1983

Spencer & Katie Tredo August 27, 2011

Ross & Lisa Grenfell August 27, 2016

Roger & Jane Miller August 28, 1971

Steps to Take (The Easy Stuff)

1. Get out of your bubble 2. Pay attention to your habits 3. Become aware of biased behavior 4. Replace your automatic judgements of others 5. Develop a strong desire and motivation to seek change 6. Create a strategy to build your own personal understanding of others 7. Study alternative sources written by people from other groups that you are not familiar with

STEPS FOR BEGINNING TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS

(from Reggie Jackson’s talk on May 31, 2018 “How Did We Get Here?”)

Steps to Take (The Hard Stuff)

1. Make a concerted effort to build real, genuine friendships with people from other groups 2. See for yourself, listen for yourself, and think for yourself 3. Call out your friends, family members, co-workers, etc., for prejudices and discriminatory behaviors 4. Stop trying to prove that you’re colorblind 5. Recognize that our personal biases come from our life experiences 6. Turn off the TV and talk radio and pick up a book about American history

STARTING DISCUSSIONS ON ANTI-RACISM

Bridge the Divide is a newly-formed group in Ozaukee County. This “is a forum for discussion and action around racial reconciliation. The group seeks to identify instances of inequality, foster empa-thy, and educate others to recognize their part in the problems and solutions in Ozaukee County...and be-yond. “

This is a good place to start to see what they are offering Ozaukee County in an attempt to try to help change people’s thinking about racial violence and injustice. To learn more about this group go to https://www.bridgethedivide.life/.

Over the next couple of months — until we are able to meet as groups again — we will try to offer different insights into ways to deepen and expand anti-racism thinking. The Greater Milwaukee Synod has various resources available on their website that can also act as a starting point https://milwaukee synod.org/anti-racism/.

KID’S PAGE

5) The pinkie finger is the

smallest. Pray for yourself

and your own needs.

snore bath lunch dinner breakfast pj’s dream nap bicycle sleep play chores

school dress homework snack

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