Dear Friends:

Seems like I've lived my entire life in the church; like Pastor Bill, I was born and raised in a minister's home.

Both of my weddings took place in congregations I was serving at the time (as did the precious memorial

service honoring the too-short life of Jennifer, my first spouse). And ever since a church in southern

Minnesota took a chance on me as their youth worker in 1970, until retiring in 2013, my paycheck has

come from something other than a church for maybe six months altogether. I served eleven congregations

in some capacity, and lost count of how many churches endured my occasional preaching. So I've seen

all kinds of churches, and I consider Emanuel Church one of the most satisfying of all.

Time and time again, we’ve stood with one another in times of hardship, and celebrate one another's

joys. We've welcomed new ways of thinking, worshipping, serving; we’re a wonderful stew of attitudes,

convictions, passions, and ideas. Led by an exceptional pastor and downright wonderful lay leaders, we’re

bold enough to try something new. One of our best qualities is this: unlike a lot of churches that aren't

sure of the future, we're amazingly confident.

There are people (and churches) who tell us to be cautious. They have a point; it's a difficult world out

there, and there aren't as many of us in the pews as there were twenty years ago. Play it safe, they say;

the best we can hope for is to slow the decline.

But may we never be guilty of excessive prudence. We can't stand still; God won't let us. God has blessed

us because we dared to follow our dreams, confident that God's would provide all that we need. As

people who follow One who emptied Himself until only His love was left, may we not leave this earth with

love left over, unspent.

Pastor Dale Stohre

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Dear Emanuel Church Members:

It has been said before…time sure flies when you’re having FUN…PEP ‘is’ fun! A round of applause goes to Ms. Jenele, Ms. Melinda and Ms. Kristin (PEP’s Summer Planning Committee). They planned a super summer for children over 4 years old, which included a variety of educational and fun fieldtrip destinations, on-site and in the community!

Thank you to Pastor Dale Stohre for blessing Park’s Edge Preschool’s children’s bikes, trikes, wheeled toys and buggies too. Our summer wouldn’t be the same without God’s blessings and safety too! Park’s Edge Preschool families, children and staff are looking forward to Emanuel Church’s Vacation Bible School on-site July 22-25. Thank you to Emanuel Church for inviting the PEP families to participate. What a wonderful way to unite children and families with God’s teachings. Children and staff are enjoying a happy, healthy and safe summer at Parks’ Edge Preschool and want it to continue. Why does summer have to end?

Have you noticed the many building improvements made between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July? Yes, several new additions have been added to improve the quality of the preschool classroom environment on the lower level: new flooring, new lighting, new doors, fresh paint and window blinds. PEP’s office area had a facelift too. New woodchips and sand rounded out PEP’s outdoor environment. An enriched environment, indoors and out, is the foundation for the quality of care and learning in a loving child-care setting. Park’s Edge’s program is 5-star quality rated and NAC Accredited since 2010!

Speaking of foundation…and new roof…’thank you’ to the Emanuel Church members and the many vendors that have contributed to the quality and the success of the improvements made to Emanuel Church and Park’s Edge Preschool’s classroom learning environment! Thank you to the Zacher Families for repaving and marking the driveway and parking lot in making it safe for all families to drive through.

Thank you to Ms. Jenele who helped to support our mission by serving at the UCC’s General Synod in Milwaukee. Jenele and I served on the UCC’s General Synod’s Child Care Program Planning Committee along with Reverend Deb Payden and Reverend Mary Gafner. Jenele served during the entire General Synod. I had the privilege to serve over the weekend. I made many new friends from all over the country and the world. Thank you, Milwaukee, for the wonderful opportunity for Emanuel Church and Park’s Edge Preschool to ‘SHINE’ (2019 theme) at the UCC General Synod!

Let’s August is a very special time of year when we welcome or say good-bye to our PEP families by celebrating summer with AugustFest, Sunday, August 4th. Park’s Edge Preschool is sponsoring 2 bounce houses. One is ‘Toy Story’ themed and the other is ‘Sponge Bob’ themed offering an obstacle course. We look forward to the Car Show, delicious ‘fair’ food, raffle baskets and games too! It’s an afternoon for Emanuel Church and PEP families to join the entire community in celebrating summer together. Park’s Edge Preschool celebrated a twenty-year anniversary on June 1, 2019. Purchase a can of beer and you will receive a free PEP koozie, sporting PEP’s new logo ‘serving the community since 1999’!

As promised, here’s a reflection on PEP’s twenty-year anniversary from John Zimmerman, a past PEP board member…”Congratulations to everyone at Park’s Edge Preschool for their dedication to the care and education they are providing. I was on the board when Emanuel bought Park’s Edge from the previous owner. Not only did I serve on the board, but I became very active driving the van, and doing ‘fix it’. Soon I became lovingly known as ‘Mr. John’. Park’s Edge has become a very close extension of Emanuel and I am proud to say I’ve had a part in it.”

Look for Park’s Edge Preschool at Hales Corners National Night Out on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 5-9pm. Emanuel Church’s Good News Group will be there too. It is a great way to see ‘what’s happening’ in Hales Corners and the surrounding community at Hales Corners Village Park.

With all the ‘busy’ness at P.E.P. we cannot forget our mission to care for and teach the children about God and his teachings ‘to love one another.’ We are blessed to have so many opportunities to role model ‘His’ message.

Sincerely,

Ellen M. Kvalheim,

Park’s Edge Preschool’s Director

at Park’s Edge Preschool

EMANUEL CHURCH GARDENING HELP NEEDED!

IF you are unable to help on Sunday, July 28th, following worship, with the property clean-up and

would like to participate on your own time, please see pictures of the areas that need weeding,

trimming and cleaning up. If you have nay questions about these areas, please contact either Lonny

Goecks or Karin in the Church Office. Thank you!

TRIMMING FENCE AREA

BETWEEN PARKING LOT

AND CEMETERY

AROUND PARK’S EDGE

PLAY AREA

WEEDING AROUND BUILDING

FRONT BELL TOWER

BACK PARKING LOT

WEST PARKING LOT

PLANTING AT FRONT

ENTRANCE OF

BUILDING

AT FENCE LINE ON WEST

SIDE OF BUILDING

The Welcome Desk will be staffed by designated members. This will no longer be part of the responsibility of the Elder lead for Fellowship. Please ask those who host each Sunday to sign-up

on the sheet Karin provides on the bulletin board. Thank you.

NOTE: Please encourage treats made without nuts as we have several children in our congregation with nut allergies.

Fellowship

Hour

DATE LITURGIST WELCOME

TABLE

AUGUST 4 Lori Abramowski Marie Hoven

AUGUST 11 Steffi Ehrlich Peggy Berg

AUGUST 18 Steve Breutzmann Beth Meyer

AUGUST 25 Bonnie Gleesing Cindy Mixon

AUGUST 2019

HEAD USHER Gary Kvalheim

COMMUNION Peggy Berg

AUGUST FELLOWSHIP HOUR 2019

Jayne Larson

Peggy & Reno Berg

Steffi & Guenter Ehrlich

Tricia Trexell

Matthew & Jessica Geisler 414-422-4668

Brian & Leanne Gill 414.427.8908

Bonnie & Ken Gleesing 414-550-2560

Deanna Gnas 262.895.2906

Naomi Guddie 414.217.3994

Pam Gummer 414.235-9538

Chris & Jen Herkowski 414.377.9222

Anita Hermann 414.427.3760

Lauretta Huston 262.679.3826

Mary Ann Imholte 414-427-8815

GATHERING DATES FOR 2019 - 2020

Below are the Gathering dates for 2019 & 2020.

If you are interested in signing up to help serve on

one of these Saturdays, please see the clip board

hanging on the bulletin board in the Narthex.

Coordinators for The Gathering are Marie Hoven

(414) 881-8796 and Connie Sawyer (630) 430-4471.

If you are unable to volunteer you can provide

cookies for Emanuel to take along. The group

leaves Emanuel at 9:30am if you are in need of a

ride. Please be sure to indicate needing a ride on

the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board.

2019 2020

OCTOBER 12th JANUARY 25th

NOVEMBER 16th MARCH 14th

OCTOBER 3rd

NOVEMBER 14th

GUEST HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE

The dates for Guest House 2019 are listed below.

Dinner is served at 6pm and volunteers typically

leave around 7:30pm. If you are interested in

volunteering, please see the clip board with

sign-up sheets on the bulletin board.

The coordinator for Guest House is

Guenter Ehrlich and he can be reached at

(262) 784-3494. If you are in need of a ride

he typically picks up volunteers at the church

around 5:15pm.

November 13th

December 11th

GUEST HOUSE SANDWICHES

“What is this about?” you ask.

There will not be a monthly sign up for Guest House Sandwiches this year, but

there WILL be a Sandwich Sunday four times a year, and YOU are invited to come!

We will meet in the downstairs kitchen following worship, all ages welcome and

children under ten, make sure your parents are supervised if you attend.

Of course there will continue to be “recipe” cards available on the bulletin board for those of you who

wish to make sandwiches at any other time!

SANDWICH SUNDAYS

SUMMER CHOIR

Ever thought about singing in the choir but can’t make a full time commitment? Or think the music might be too hard? Enter the summer choir! The summer choir will sing the first Sunday of June, July, August, and September and is open to whomever wants to sing that morning whether you are a current choir member or not! And best of all, the music will be easy! Just meet at the piano in front of the church at 9am for a brief rehearsal the morning we sing! All ages are welcome! Questions? Please talk to Mark.

SENIOR CHOIR

Senior Choir rehearsals resume on Wednesday evening, September 4 at 7:00pm. There will also be rehearsals on Wednesdays, September l1, 18, and 25 at 7:00pm. The choir sings on Sundays, September 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 9:30am, with rehearsals at 8:45am. We always welcome more voices and men’s voices are especially needed! Although it is helpful to read music, there are no tryouts, just come and sing! Interested? Please talk to/see/e-mail Mark with any questions or concerns you may have!

YOUTH CHOIR

Youth Choir will resume rehearsals on Sunday, September 8 at 10:45am (after worship/church school). They will also practice on Sunday, September 22 at 10:45am. The first Sunday they sing is October 13 at 9:30 am, with rehearsal at 9:00am. We could always use more voices, so join the Youth Choir and join the fun! Interested? Please talk to/see/e-mail Mark with any questions or concerns you may have!

HAND BELLS

Please see the September “Echo” for an update regarding Hand bell Choir rehearsal, performance times and dates!

Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions regarding Emanuel’s music program.

Mark J. Breutzmann, Music Director

Home: 414.272.2230

Work/Cell/Mobile: 414.336.2507

markb@emanuel-ucc.org

AUGUST 4TH 11am - 4pm

AUGUSTFEST 2019 and our

4th

ANNUAL CAR SHOW!

There will be Chicken on the Spit,

Brats, Hot Dogs, Sauerkraut,

Homemade Potato Salad,

Soft Pretzels, FREE Roasted Corn,

Wine Coolers and Soda. Come

join us in our Beer Garden and

enjoy the Car Show.

Enter the Raffle Basket Contest

and enjoy great food and music!

Come see the Tiny House provided by

Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin!

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Pre-registration is not required but recommended to secure a spot! Please fill out form and mail to address below. Checks made

payable to: Emanuel Church, Hales Corners. Any questions, please contact Lonny @ 414.427.6974. Entries need to be in by July 26,

2019.

DISCLAIMER: Sponsors, vendors and organizers will not be held responsible for any damage to any vehicle or

any personal injury.

Signature ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Emanuel Church, Hales Corner

10627 W. Forest Home Avenue

Hales Corners, WI 53130

414.425.1515 www.emanuel-ucc.org

Name Phone

Address City State

Email Year/Make/Model Zip

*CHECK IN IS AT 9AM! *PRE-REGISTRATION IS $8.00 BY

JULY 26TH $10.00 AT DOOR AFTER

DOOR PRIZES

AWARDS

AUGUST 4, 2019

11am - 4pm

EMANUEL BOOK CLUB Emanuel’s Book Club Group has met and decided its five books for the

next year. It’s so much fun when we get together to hear all the book

recommendation and then pick out the five from the bunch. The books

to be read are listed below, if you lose the list, it is also posted on the

bulletin board in the narthex. We meet at the church at 7pm.

We surely would like you to join us!

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CAN YOU HELP?

Anyone available on Sunday, July 28th,

following worship, to help clean up the

property before Augustfest? Please sign

up on the sheet posted on bulletin board.

We will provide snacks and beverages!

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TEACHERS NEEDED!

Emanuel is looking for SUNDAY

SCHOOL TEACHERS! The curriculum is

very easy to follow and we will have a

training session at the end of August

for any new teachers.

If you are interested, please contact the church office.

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AUGUSTFEST RAFFLE BASKETS

Purchase your Raffle Tickets Now! Raffle tickets are

$1.00 each or 30/$20.00. Baskets will be available in

the narthex with ticket buckets.

Please be sure to write your name on the back of each ticket you place in

the buckets. Winners do not have to be present at Augustfest.

8/2 Jeff Gresl

8/3 Brad Rosenbaum

8/3 Madeline Schmidt

8/4 Lauretta Huston

8/4 Paul Keeku

8/6 Karin McElrone

8/8 Anita Hermann

8/9 Sandra Schmitz

8/14 Jodi Szklarski

8/16 Guenter Ehrlich

8/16 Beth Meyer

8/16 Kevin Schmidt

8/16 Mark Bomberg

8/18 Erma Politoski

8/18 Rev. Bill Utke

8/18 Antonio Corchado

8/20 Brady Rossbach

8/21 John Kaye

8/22 Allison DeMuro

8/24 Althea Bartelt

8/24 Marcia Goecks

8/24 Tami Sucevic

8/25 Beth Ciche

8/25 Britney Pikus

8/27 Steve Breutzmann

8/30 Shelby Keeku

ATTENDANCE MAY 26 84 JUNE 23 56

JUNE 2 87 JUNE 30 75

JUNE 9 101 JULY 7 75

JUNE 16 70 JULY 14 63

September 2019

“The Things We Do for Love”

By Kristin Hannah

March 2020

“Total Control”

By David Baldacci

November 2019

“A Fall of Marigolds”

By Susan Meissner

May 2020

“Where the Crawdads Sing”

By Delia Owens

January 2020

“Born on a Blue Day”

By Daniel Tammet

VOLUNTEER TO TEACH

SUNDAY SCHOOL!

Thank you to John Zacher, Sean Zacher and

Reno Berg for all of their hard work removing the

trees and trimming around the church property.

This is such an improvement and easier to maintain.

Thank you to Bob & Betsy Heinzel for purchasing

new chair racks, table rack and heavy duty shelving for

Kurth Hall. This will make events and fellowship much

easier. Another BIG thank you to Betsy Heinzel and

Peggy Berg who cleaned out the closet the chairs and

tables are stored in. This created a much more

organized space that makes things easier to find.

Thank you to Park’s Edge Preschool staff, parents, and

Children for their patience during Emanuel’s extensive

construction work inside and around the building.

❖ Congratulations to Michael and

Jenny Minikowski on their June wedding

here at Emanuel Church. In June.

❖ Be sure to take a look at the new

front office for Park’s Edge Preschool as

well as the new flooring that continues

through to the church offices.

❖ Pastor Bill will be away on Sabbatical

until September 9. Please feel free to

contact the church office with any

questions or concerns.

Looking ahead – Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 19, and start saving your

pennies to buy your ticket to “Niceties” at the Milwaukee Rep – it will be a great

night out with your Social Justice Gathering Group and Special Events Group, co-

sponsors of this event. Tickets will go on sale in September for $32 per person (a

25% discount over individual tickets). More information about the show is on the Social Justice bulletin

board in the narthex. We’d love to have you and your friends join us for this thought provoking evening.

Speaking of the bulletin board, please check it often. Members of our group post information about

events sponsored by other organizations that are open to all who are committed to learning more about

the day to day discrimination encountered by many in our society and what more we can do to be the

hands and feet of Jesus in our community. There have been opportunities surrounding separation of

immigrant families and we suspect there will be more in the future – if you are aware of any you need not

be an “official” member of our group to add information to the clipboard on the bulletin board. We want

this spot to be a place to share opportunities for learning and action on all issues related to social justice.

Rev. Bill Utke rev.bill@emanuel-ucc.org

Emergency (414) 255-4224

Music Director Mark Breutzmann

markb@emanuel-ucc.org

Office Manager Karin McElrone

karin@emanuel-ucc.org

EMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

All Are Welcome | Open & Affirming

10627 W. Forest Home Avenue Hales Corners, WI 53130

414.425.1515

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 2pm

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