Discovering and displaying Christ in here and out there

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you

So let's make the most of this beautiful day Since we're together, we might as well say

Would you be mine? Could you be mine?

Won't you be my neighbor?

My family and I purchased on I-tunes and watched the new documentary on Mr. Rogers entitled Won’t You Be My Neighbor? It is also still playing in some theaters around town. I highly and enthusiastically recommend watching and re-watching this film. There was not a dry eye in the Tittle family throughout the show. The film took me back to my childhood and the feelings of peace and love I experienced as Mr. Rogers (technically he was Rev. Rogers—a Presbyterian minister) put on his cardigan sweater and sneakers and sang about his invitation and desire to be my neighbor. Mr. Rogers was so open, so caring, so curious to learn. I have images of him being taught how to break dance by a young person in the 1980s and seeing him do the wave and attempt the moonwalk. Mr. Roger’s famous line was “if it’s mentionable, it’s manageable.” And so with courage and grace he helped our children and parents process Viet Nam, race relations, assassinations, and when the space shuttle exploded. Mr. Rogers was asked to come out of retirement and don his cardigan again to talk about 9-11 with our young people. There was something so childlike about Mr. Rogers, but he was fierce and authentic. He was passionate about children, connecting with them, and inspiring them and modeling for them to be good neighbors and to get to know their neighbors. As I watched, I was inspired to be more loving—to love God more, to love my neighbor more, to love myself more. Mr. Rogers was on a mission to love, and he did it in such a way that never felt political or contrived, because it came from his heart and his unwavering belief that every person is special because everyone is created in the image of God. My eyes are even moist as I type, thinking of Mr. Rogers singing with a child in a wheel chair or sitting with Koko the gorilla. Let’s keep looking to Jesus and learning from Mr. Rogers about good neighborology and how to mentor and invest in younger generations. And as we do that, I believe we’ll grow young too, even as we grow older. Love, John

Immanuel Presbyterian Church (USA) Tucson, AZ Volume 30 Issue 10

New Ventures in Mission As the world changes, the people of the Church need to find a new language to transmit the gospel in a way that makes it relevant. The same is true of missionaries, who often work in a different culture than their own. The Waldensian Evangelical Church or Rio de la Plata, a PCUSA ecumenical partner in Uruguay and Argentina, studied their condition and decided that they needed to rethink their pastoral presence in the cities. The church’s moderator, the Rev. Carola Tron, together with student minister Alfredo Servetti and elder Yanina Vigna, both from the Waldensian congregation in Buenos Aires, spent ten intense days of exploration and dialogue, looking at how churches in the US urban areas are responding to pastoral challenges, including immigration, youth ministry, training of lay leaders and the creation of welcoming spaces for sexual minorities. “One of the lessons of the trip,” said Yanina, “was to visit churches that had come to understand themselves as public spaces, as truly in service to the whole community.” Carola added “We are learning that our churches need to be porous. We must respond to needs of our communities and not just seek to preserve our traditions. Our churches should be places where the whole community—believers or not—feel invited to celebrate their victories and mourn their losses.” Blessings, Bob Seel

NEW LIFE CHALLENGES

News in the Missions World

CASA MARIA MINISTRY You can help make sandwiches to feed the hungry

Every four weeks we prepare 500 sack lunches for Casa Maria in South Tucson that are distributed to people in need of a meal. Each lunch should contain two meat and cheese sandwiches, a piece of fruit (such as a banana, peach, pear, or orange), and a dessert (2 cookies, 1 brownie, etc). These are very simple sandwiches using only butter or margarine on the bread (no mayo, no mustard, no lettuce, no tomato) and any type of meat or cheese may be used.

You can make as many lunches as you like and you can add extras to the lunches. Please keep in mind when shopping that many of the folks who receive these lunches have dental problems. Please bring your sack lunches to the church between 8:00am and 9:00am. The Casa Maria team leaves promptly at 9:00am.

Upcoming Schedule: Oct 20/Choir, Nov 17/Boy Scouts, Dec 15/Deacons

Rev. Carola Tron

TOTES FOR KIDS

On a Thursday afternoon, a five-year old kindergarten student at Booth-Fickett K-8 school walks into the office and asks the secretary “Is my Tote here? I’ll take it home today!” A mother of three children comes to pick up a food box and finds out she can sign up for Christmas presents for her kids. Her response is “I didn’t think we would have

Christmas this year, thank you, thank you!” The Mission Team of Immanuel decided to take a “leap of faith” and provide food on a weekly basis for children in need. All of the above have taken place this past year when Immanuel joined with 6 other churches delivering food to 17 different schools here in Tucson. We became part of the Christian Ministry of Haven Totes. Not only do we provide food for the weekend but also during school breaks. This is our second year providing Totes For Kids and we began the school year volunteering at the Haven Fair in July. We packed brand new backpacks with school supplies, gave out food boxes, provided a pancake breakfast, provided free eye exams and gave out coupons for shoes at Payless Shoe Store. Parents and kids came from all 17 schools. Totes For Kids, as approved by Session, has become part of the mission budget of Immanuel. When you support Immanuel by your generous giving, you are providing food for hungry kids at Booth-Fickett school. Immanuel has 4 teams of volunteers who faithfully pack and deliver the Totes each Thursday. (A note about that 5 year-old little boy—he saw us delivering the Totes on Thursday and knew they were sent home on Friday—he decided to get ahead of everyone else!) Volunteers also help with the Haven Fair, food boxes (especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas) and shopping for food. Some of the items that are packed each week in the Tote Bag include: applesauce, breakfast bars, cups of noodles, Easy Mac, fruit cups, juice boxes, popcorn, milk, tuna snack packs, cereal, granola bars and veggie packs. Our packing team of volunteers include Merrily Davis, Debby Johnson, Judy Malis, Mary Kay Bush, Cheryl

Wood, Kathy Parker, Barbara Ayer, Harry Ayer, Louise Poehlman, Sue Schmelz, Janice Nebesny and Barbara Webb. Other volunteers are Peggy Free, Gale Griffin, Ginny Crist and Nancy Dukart. How do we solve the issue of hunger throughout the world, in our own country and right here in Tucson? One of my favorite prayers comes from Presbyterian Hunger Program—

“O God, to those who have hunger give bread; To those who have bread, give hunger for justice. Amen”

May we at Immanuel continue to “give bread” but also continue to “work for justice of all people” when it come to hunger.

Immanuel Recognized by Presbyterian Hunger Program

Congratulations, Immanuel! On October 16 (World Food Day), we will be recognized as a “Hunger Action Congregation” in the Presbyterian Hunger Program. How did this happen and what does it mean? At the August Presbytery meeting, representatives from the Presbyterian Hunger Program invited congregations to respond to the biblical call to alleviate hunger and end its causes. You can read the details about the program here: https://tinyurl.com/y8dsw7c7. In short, they have identified six areas, listed below, in which actions can be taken to alleviate hunger. They pointed out that a congregation needs to be active in only one of the six areas to be considered “convenanting.” This is the covenant:

As disciples of a loving God who inspires us to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God, we commit to faithful action to end hunger and address its root causes.

Immanuel’s Missions Team talked about everything that we do as a church to feed the hungry, to adopt and support sustainable lifestyles, and to work toward justice, and we discovered we are already active in four of these areas. Eventually, when we are working in all six, we can become “certified” as a Hunger Action Congregation. Immanuel Elders filled out the Presbyterian Hunger Program covenanting application, and it was accepted and approved. But what did we actually DO to achieve this distinction? 1. Hunger Alleviation: providing and/or sharing food in a dignified way with an eye to long-term

structural solutions. Deliver hundreds of sack lunches to Casa Maria every 4 weeks. Hold a food drive in November for the Eastside Community Food Bank. Provide weekly food totes to 18 students at a local school through Haven Totes program. Give extra food boxes to Haven Totes families at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Assemble emergency food kits for Matthew 25 Offering in July. Participate in the Souper Bowl of Caring. Participate in Cents-Ability.

2. Development Assistance: addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty through equitable and sustainable development. Provide financial and material support to, and build relationships with, the Women's Co-Operative at DouglaPrieta Trabaja (DPT), one of Frontera de Cristo’s ministry partners in Agua Prieta. Ordering tamales this month counts as part of that support! Immanuel is represented at monthly Directors’ Meetings of Haven Totes.

A mission delegation from Immanuel enjoys lunch served by the Women’s Co-Op at DouglaPrieta Trabaja.

3. Hunger Education: learning about systemic causes of hunger, leading toward faithful action that is informed and directed by directly affected people and partners. (This is an area of poten-tial participation, and the Presbyterian Hunger Program has a suggested list of education ideas and tons of resources we can draw upon.) 4. Lifestyle Integrity: adopting sustainable personal and corporate lifestyles to restore justice and protect all of God’s creation.

Use Café Justo exclusively at all church functions. Sell Café Justo to the congregation after worship every Sunday. Host an Alternative Gift Market in December that features Café Justo, products of Iskashitaa (a refugee ministry), homemade sweets and pastries made by the Middle Eastern Presbyterian Fellowship, and handicrafts made by the Women’s Co-op of DPT. Serve tap water in pitchers and jugs during church functions instead of water bottled in single-use, throw-away containers. Use ceramic coffee cups instead of Styrofoam at church functions. Recycle kitchen trash as well as worship bulletins and other office paper. Cut our Palm Sunday palm branches from trees owned by congregation members. Recycle rain water via a set of cisterns.

5. Corporate and Public Policy Witness: advocating and campaigning for changes in policies and practices to end hunger and its causes, promote self-development, and care for creation.

Write letters in support of Bread for the World (an effort we are taking up again soon).

6. Worship: incorporating prayer, education, and preaching about ending hunger and its causes into worship. (Another area for potential participation). If you have information or ideas about how we can become more involved in any of these areas, our Missions Team would love to hear from you. Please email us at missions@immanuelpc.org.

2018 Tucson CROP Hunger Walk

When: Sunday, October 28 Where: First Methodist Church 915 E. 4th Street, Tucson

Registration at 1:30pm Two Mile Walk starts at 2:00pm

Free parking at the UA Tyndall Parking Garage

Visit www.crophungerwalk.org/tucsonaz/ or call Sherry Letson at (520) 954-4057

Immanuel’s 30th Blood Drive

Thank you Immanuel! On Saturday, September 22 we held our 30th blood drive here at Immanuel. We collected 20 units of much needed blood. We had 26 donors including 3 new donors. Special thank you to Kay Schmidt for your faithful dedication organizing these drives.

Our next blood drive will be January 19, 2019 The American Red Cross is always in critical need of blood donors. Please visit www.redcross.org or go to the ARC Donation Center at 7139 E. Broadway Blvd.

Lucy Greenleaf

The Mitchell Family Marlene Stevens

Kay Schmidt, Erminia Gomez, Dot Weaver, ARC Crew and John Tittle

Since 2009, Immanuel has donated 91 gallons of

blood — that is over 2,184 lives saved!

LAYLIST A NEW PLAYLIST Hearing Jesus in a Noisy World

Create a new playlist for your life that has you saying yes to Jesus.

This class continues through October

Witherspoon Hall, Rooms 12-13 9:45am—10:45am

Many of us go through our days with ear buds in place, listening to our favorite songs or podcasts to the exclusion of everything going on around us. What if we did the same thing when living our lives, choosing to listen to Jesus’ playlist and tuning out the anxiety, disruptions, and schedule overloads of the world? Whether we know it or not, we are living with a playlist. It’s caused by schedule overload, to do lists and multiple distractions, producing stress and anxiety. The playlist sounds like this: You have to do everything. You have to say “yes” to everything. You are supposed to be in all places at all times. Jesus gives us a different playlist. It says: You are supposed to do two things: love God and love your neighbor. Saying no is often the best yes. You can only be one place at a time. This book addresses the anxiety, distraction addiction, and schedule overload that result from listening to the world’s playlist and gives us permission to hear and live by Jesus’ words.

October 14 – Rule Followers, Rule Breakers

October 21 – The Right Words

October 28 – The Power of Connection

*Books are available for purchase for $11.00

You are invited to

Immanuel Immersion

WHAT: Immanuel Immersion - a relaxed afternoon of refreshments and getting to know the pastor, church leadership and other new folks at the church. A fun way to learn about all things Immanuel! WHEN: Sunday, October 21st from 2:00 - 4:30pm WHERE: Pastor John’s home 10917 E Roscommon Street in the Sierra Morado subdivision. Off of Houghton, go east on Drexel to the third roundabout and take a right on Arroya Pine and then a right on Roscommon Street RSVP to the church office by October 19th if you can join us!

Sunday, October 28, 2018 9:30am and 12:00pm

Join us for a Congregational Meeting after both services. Members of session will present our plan for making a new parking lot a reality in the summer of 2019.

Come and learn about how you can "Pave the Way" for a new parking lot at Immanuel!

Arts & Crafts Bazaar

Saturday, October 6 9am - 3pm

Get a head start on your Christmas shopping! Join us for a day of supporting our congregation and their friends.

Jewelry, candles, shirts, mugs, blankets, lights, baby blankets, aprons, quilts, orna-ments, books, home decor, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, purses, glass works, plants, gar-den decor and so much more!

Kettlecorn! Italian Ice! Cotton Candy! Hot Dogs! Drinks!

There will be a raffle to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20.

Sing With the Choir at Christmas! Have you thought you might like to sing in the choir but you can’t make a year-round commitment? Why not sing with us for our Christmas Music & the Word service on December 16th? Here’s how you can find out what it’s like:

Attend our Christmas Music Workshop Saturday, October 27 from 9:15am— 12:00pm in the Sanctuary Interested? Contact Billy Schurr at wwschurr@cox.net or (520) 229-1327

True Friendship By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. - John 13:35 The human soul is a lonely thing. It must have the assurance of companionship. Left entirely to itself, it cannot enjoy anything. God said in the beginning, “It is not good that man should dwell alone” (Genesis 2:18). The creation of Eve was the beginning of human companionship. God’s people are a body, not intended to function separately, not intended to be unconcerned for one another. The only true body in the world is the Church. The world may talk grandly of brotherhood, but in reality its philosophy is “each man for himself.” God’s children are guaranteed the richest and truest friendship, both here and hereafter. Only in a true friendship and a true love do we find a genuine basis for peace. Only God can break down the national and racial barriers that divide men today. Only God can supply that love that we must have for our fellow man. We will never build brotherhood of man upon earth until we are believers in Christ Jesus. The only true cohesive power in the world is Christ. He alone can bind human hearts together in genuine love. Prayer Father, teach me true brotherhood in Jesus Christ.

Excerpt taken from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Fun Things to Do this October

October 6: Arts and Craft Bazaar!

October 7: Oktoberfest at Trail Dust Town

October 8: Make a mini-ghost at the Mini Time Machine Museum

October 10: Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival. Hayrides and corn mazes.

October 11: Reid Park Zoo—Learn how animals use camouflage

October 12: Butterfly Magic at Tucson Botanical Gardens

October 12-13: Oro Valley Music Festival

October 12-14: Tucson Meet Yourself

October 15: Monster Mash 5K Run at Steam Pump Ranch

October 19: University of Arizona History Tour (free)

October 28: Trunk or Treat at IPC!

October 31: Happy Halloween

Outings to the Movies— October 8 at 1:45pm—Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Join us for our monthly movie dates, provided there is a good movie to see - usually in the early afternoon at the discount theater, Century Gateway 12 on Kolb south of Speedway. Look for announcements in the weekly Community Life announcements. Call Ann Thornes at (520) 298-8401 for any suggested movies you would like to see. Youth Group meets Sundays from 5:00—7:00pm. For grades 6-12. Every youth group gathering begins with a meal so come hungry! Contact Elizabeth Brown at elizabeth@immanuelpc.org or text her at (520) 331-9608. Lydia Circle will meet Monday, October 15th in Witherspoon Hall. Snacks and socializing at 6:30pm, devotion and lesson starts at 7:00pm. This is Lesson #1: “God’s Promise” God with Us Wherever We Are. Lesson Leader is Paris Rebl. Contact Amanda Leachet (928) 432-1347 or Kay Schmidt (520) 549-8823 for more information. Agape Circle will meet October 10th at 9:00am at the home of Shirley Scott at 81 Gold Mine Loop. The group will study Lesson 2. Please contact Shirley at (520) 298-5768 or email at scottsb@cox.net. New members are always welcome. Men’s Breakfast meets Mondays at 8:00am in Witherspoon Hall. Men, fellowship and good food! Led by Pastor John Tittle. Desert Sages — Tuesdays from 10:00am—12:30pm. Games, Friends and Food! We play bridge, Mexican Train, RummiKub, Hand & Foot, Poker and whatever you like to play. We finish the morning with dessert. A great way to meet new people and get a free meal at the same time. Come as you are and check us out. For more information contact Mary Kay Bush at (520) 885-0003 or ausmbush3@gmail.com.

Crafters Group meets Thursdays from 9am—2pm in Witherspoon Hall. Love doing crafts? Join us for fellowship and creating fun crafts— no experience required! Sunday Coffee Fellowship For the month of October - if your last name begins with E, F or G. You are invited to help us provide goodies to share for our coffee fellowship following each worship service. Just choose a Sunday during this month and drop off your snacks in the Witherspoon kitchen prior to either service. Some popular snacks are cookies, fruit, veggies and dip, cheese, crackers, finger sandwiches, baked breads such as banana bread or zucchini bread, sugar-free snacks, gluten-free snacks, Chex mix and popcorn.

Getting Together

Immanuel is registered on AmazonSmile! When you shop on Amazon, make sure to designate Immanuel on AmazonSmile. For every qualifying purchase, Immanuel will receive 0.5% - that can add up! Remember, always start your shopping at smile.amazon.com

Save those Cans! We continue to recycle aluminum cans with the proceeds going to the handbell choir. You can drop off your cans in the choir room on Sundays. We appreciate and thank all who are saving their cans for us!

Many thanks to Anna Brown for keeping our campus so clean! There is a message book in Anna’s mailbox in the church office. You can leave a cleaning request or just a note of thanks for all that she does here at Immanuel.

The Dove Newsletter

If you would prefer to get the Dove mailed to you, please contact the church office at (520) 296-2253.

9252 E 22nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85710 520-296-2253 immanuelpc.org

Dennis & Lynne Olson - October 9 Kirk & Liz Wallendorf - October 9

William Marshall & Gabriella Duncan - October 13 Dave & Jill Holtmeier - October 15

Jim & Janis Parks - October 16 Dan & Diane Thompson - October 20

Rich & Paris Rebl - October 23 Jim & Cassie Williams - October 23

Jon & Donna Albertsen - October 27 Howard & Faye Ross - October 29

Roberta Beal - October 3 Santa Chirco - October 4 Dennis Olsen - October 5 Sarah Tittle - October 7

Bellamina Calavano - October 8 Grace Ryerson - October 10

Jim Lochner - October 11 Diane Ross - October 11

Tami Keating - October 12 Lee Speranza - October 13 Frank Ayon - October 14

Kevin Thompson - October 14 Anne Marie Fujii - October 16

Curt Christy - October 17 Michael Tuohy - October 17 Renee Dungan - October 18

Ryan Green - October 18 Ann Jarvis - October 18

Joseph Rudigier - October 18 Mary Chartos - October 19 Bill Haldeman - October 19

Kelly Wood - October 19 Jessica Brittain - October 20 Lucile Irskens - October 20

Mary Beth Lochner - October 20 Esteban Huber - October 21

Michael Lorenzini - October 21 Dick Wainwright - October 21

Helen Wook-Bruning - October 22 Fred Boomer - October 23

Stephanie Mitchell - October 23 Dorothy Kuklish - October 24

Carol Merkle - October 24 Sue Paisola - October 24

Jeff Wingstrom - October 25 Wyatt Griffith - October 26

Bob Rieger - October 26 Dave Holtmeier - October 28 Sarah Keating - October 29

Catherine Horness - October 31 Pat Timberlake - October 31

Sweet October, fill with praise,

Rich and glowing as thy days,

Every poet's heartfelt lays.

~Caroline May, 1887

November Dove Deadline— Wed, October 24

Dear Immanuel Family, I feel so loved; your thoughtfulness and kindness has touched my heart. I am very grateful for all of your support with prayer, cards, notes, phone calls, visits, and meals. Thank you for all you have done to help me through this difficult time. I am truly blessed by each of you. A celebration of Byron’s life will be held later in December, will share details soon.

Sincerely and with love, Jane Eddy Numbers 6:24-26

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