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 Here is everything you need to know to assist with this year's Garage Sale:
Garage Sale Dates and Times
Dates to Bring in Clean, Saleable Items
Please follow these guidelines:
Item Pickups If you have items to be picked up and brought to the church, we will be glad to help you. However, we would prefer to schedule these pickups on Tuesday, April 29th as this is when the Tuesday morning gentlemen are at your service. Please call Shelley Dawson Smith at 315-727-0671 before April 22nd to schedule your pick up. Garage Sale Setup Volunteers Help is needed on Friday, April 25th at noon moving items that have been stored in the garage sale room to the fellowship hall. The members of Immanuel have been very busy cleaning out their closets this past year and these donations have caused the garage sale room to burst at the seams! Any help, even for an hour, would be greatly appreciated. Sign-up sheet will be in the Narthex or just show up. Garage Sale Event Volunteers Are Needed Sign-up sheets will be in the Narthex or ask Shelley Dawson Smith how you can help 315-727-0671. Our Kidz Club kids are bursting with creativity, and it shows in this amazing mural! The idea to paint a mural? 100% theirs! The colorful masterpieces? All their own creations! With just a few helpful tips from church member and artist Jeff Gribble, they turned a plain wall into a work of art— all in just a couple of hours after church one morning. Stop by and see their fantastic artwork for yourself—just head to the Kasson Road entrance!  Immanuel United Methodist Church Annual Spring Craft Show Friday April 4 4 pm - 8 pm Saturday April 5 9 am - 3 pm Come check out our wonderful crafters and support our Disaster Recovery Missions. In keeping with our chili January weather, the theme for our Second Sunday Lunch was snowmen and snowflakes, accompanied by 11 crockpots of warm chili, chowders and soups to try. The dessert table was loaded with seven kinds of pies and cake! A record crowd of 43 folks enjoyed a lunch of delicious food and warm fellowship. Prize winners were rewarded with gift cards and chocolates from the Chocolate Pizza Company. We ended 2024 by celebrating Dan Miller as he officially begins retirement! Dan was involved in church music ministry for over 40 years! We are glad that Dan, Lisa and Annie will continue to sing in the choir and be a part of our music ministry. We will begin 2025 with Colin Keating as our music director and pianist/organist. Colin will lead the adult choir and he will be the contact person for special music. If you have an interest in being a part of the music ministry, please reach out to Colin! Immanuel is so fortunate to have such a wonderful, dedicated staff!
Pastor Jack made an announcement during worship yesterday regarding a letter from United Methodists of Upper New York Bishop Hector. This letter is in regards to the California fires and ways to help. You can read the letter here.
You can make a gift through the UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)website. Clicking in the designation drop down box, you will see California Wildfires as the third option. It also gives you an option to give your church credit for the donation. On this dropdown box, you will need to enter our zip code, 13031 and then click on "Camillus Immanuel" if you want to give credit to Immanuel. Making a donation online in this way is the most expedient way for your gift to get to those in need. Please keep all those affected in your prayers. We are planning on supporting a team of skilled, semi-skilled and those wishing to become skilled to work on home rebuilding projects. This session will run 1 week of work with daily travel or overnight available all days. We welcome other Church Congregations as well as Individuals interested in joining our team.
We will not know the type of project until closer to our departure. Most likely our assignment will be in a reconstruction project or following another team in a quest of putting a home(s) back together. The team is made up of general contractors, very skilled home owners and those who have never raised a hammer before. Every person will be paired up with someone who knows about the assigned task. No one will be asked to do anything they do not want to do nor is unsafe. The work week is May 18th to the 24th, 2025. There will be a meeting at Immanuel UMC on April 14th at 7pm (for those close enough to be there). For information or questions please call or email Mike Block (Zoom info will be shared upon request). It is important to submit all required forms by the posted date. Any questions regarding this trip please contact the persons named below. Submit forms before April 14th, 2025. Donation Information Helpful requirements for a successful trip not only depend on the physical on site workers but the support team to send them there. It costs about $300 per person for the week to accomplish this type of trip; this is only an average and not a requirement. Those individuals joining our team who are not members of Immanuel UMC are asked to donate to support the trip expenses. This donation will help cover the cost of food, additional Insurance and fuel if you are riding with the group. There is a $16/night donation requested for the overnight (to support the local cost of the church you would be staying at), $74/per person donation to support the material used for the rebuild effort and $25/day to cover meals. The required insurance is roughly $11/week per person. Checks for financial support can be made out to Immanuel United Methodist Church – (label the check – May 2025 Vermont Mission Trip) and mail to (303 Kasson Rd. Camillus, NY 13031). Contact information Trip details and questions - Mike Block (315) 491-0497 or [email protected] Fundraising guidance – Betty Jane Block (315) 491-8256 or [email protected] Your efforts to support our Missions are greatly appreciated! Living Nativity On Saturday, December 14, 2024, members and friends of our congregation retold the story of Jesus' birth outside with young people portraying the people in the nativity scene, accompanied by live animals, songs, and candlelight. After the service, everyone was invited inside for hot cocoa and cookies. Despite the cold, everyone had a great time! Caroling at Brookdale Summerfield and Brookdale Bellevue On Sunday, December 15, members of Immanuel shared the joy of Christmas by singing Christmas carols and ringing bells with residents of Brookdale Summerfield and Brookdale Bellevue. So wonderful to see all the smiles on both the residents' and participants' faces.  Join us on Saturday, December 14 at 6pm for the retelling of the Christmas story. There will be songs, live animals and hot cocoa! Dress for the weather and come hear the Good News!
What a beautiful day to gather pine branches for our annual door spray fundraiser. |
