ILS EAGLE NEWLETTER December 18, 2020 www.immanuel-ed.org

Little children never fail to amaze me. Their brains work in unique and sometimes strange ways. I’m truly enjoying watching my grandchildren grow and learn. My little girls (7 and 6) are full of sparkles, unicorns, polish and hugs. My boys, aged 4, 3, and 2 are not so predictable. They are a trio who can come up with more challenges than the girls ever did. They ride their dump trucks off the couch, put their chairs on the treadmill and turn it on. They laugh when they’re thrown off in a jumble and go back for more. Sometimes, I just can’t figure out how their brains operate - or how they survive. I’m glad there are three of them. One of my favorite moments with the boys are the times when they show their love. One insists on only giving kisses on a forehead. I didn’t understand it until his mom asked him about it. His sim-ple but poignant response was this. “I like to kiss you on the forehead so my love sinks into you.” I love that boy! The other part of that story is that he likes to deliver those kisses right after eating pancakes or waffles. His lips are sticky with syrup - every time. Despite our best efforts to wipe his mouth before he delivers his kiss, there’s always a sticky mess on my head afterward. His mom asked him about that too. (Grandma’s don’t need to ask about that stuff. We just soak up the love!) His answer there was also simple. “It’s so my kiss sticks to you forever.” Oh, to think like a child! Simple, exact, sure and true. There’s joy in that logic. That’s my prayer for you and your family this Christmas. I pray that God’s love manifested in the Holy Child lying in Bethlehem’s manger sinks into you, and that it sticks with you forever! A Most Blessed Christmas! Sue Domeier

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Additional Christmas Eve Worship on Wednesday, December 23 at 7:00 pm

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Church Member Envelopes

If you are an Immanuel Lutheran Church member and haven’t yet received your box of 2021 contribution envelopes, they were sent home with your gr. K-8 ILS student yesterday (Thursday 12/17). Please check with your child, and direct any questions about envelopes to the church office. Thank you for your continued support of Immanuel Lutheran Church and its ministry!

Thank you to those of you who have so generously donated to Feed My Lambs for the month of December. We are still in need of a few items to finish out the month. You can click this link to see our list of needs as well as opportu-nities to earn service hours. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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Church Office Hours: Christmas Eve & Christmas Day - CLOSED

Wednesday, December 30th - CLOSED

New Year's Eve & New Year's Day – CLOSED

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General Music Class News

Immanuel students making music to share: Recently, Immanuel’s school chorus and grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 recorded some songs in church that are for sharing with you and others. A piece by the school chorus played before last week-end’s worship services (https://immanuel-ed.org/streaming 12/13/20).

Watch Immanuel’s social media for songs by grades K, 1, 2, 3 and 4. You can also find videos of these songs now on your student’s Google Music Classroom under CLASSWORK: K-“Away in a Man-ger”, Gr. 1-“Stand on the Rock”, Gr. 2-“Thank You, Lord”, Gr. 3- “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Friday Song”, and Gr. 4 – “Away in a Manger” and “Friday Song”. A song by our Gr. 7-8 Chancel Ringers was played for preservice at the 12/9 Wednesday Advent service. Thanks for your music, students!

Need some music fun or activities over Christmas Break? Remember to check out your student’s Google Music Classroom for some fun games, virtual instruments, op-portunities to compose and create, and more!

Looking for some “Christmas student favorites” for your home? Try a few of these:

Seeds of Christmas - https://www.seedsfamilyworship.com/product/seeds-of-christmas-ep/ (Here at school grades 1-4 have been learning “To Us a Child Is Born” found on the Seeds of Christmas album. Scroll down to play great songs with lyrics based straight on Luke 2 verses and find ways to stream “Seeds of Christmas” songs.)

Little Drummer Boy – by “For King and Country” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzEX3QMuVPM

Hip Hop Reindeer (Christmas ’19) - Click on the picture of the speaker next to the title to play the audio recording. https://www.jwpepper.com/Hip-Hop-Reindeer/10089211.item#/submit

“He Made a Way in a Manger”/”Away in a Manger” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWO2jGAeisY

It’s Christmas lyric video-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd9Oo6zqlyA (from 2018 Christmas Service)

Joy (Luke 2)— Lyric video with hand motions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAj_ats0Hzo

Joy (Luke 2) –lyric video only https://www.worshiphousekids.com/kids-worship-

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A lot of important birthdays happen in December. Do you know whose

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Manna News:

What is Manna? Manna is a fundraising program that offers individual gift certificates to many businesses. Immanuel families have the opportunity to pre-order gift cards online or by submitting a paper form to the school or church. Each gift card will earn a percentage of profit, as shown on the order sheet. Please visit the Manna website at www.shopwithscrip.com for the current gift cards available. Online ordering and payment is also available, please contact us for your sign on information and follow the online instructions. You can choose how you want to have your profit spent. Please make sure to clearly state whether you are contributing to Church, Tuition/PTL, ALL PTL, Youth, or Scholarship.

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January 2021 manna order dates will be Sunday the 3rd, 17th, and 31st. You may order online or through paper order NO LATER THAN NOON on the day of the order. Orders are available for pickup the Wednesday following an order date at your chosen location (church or school office). Please see information on our website and check out shopwithscrip.com for all available physical gift cards as well as eGift cards. If you need to set up an account, please email or call for our unique online code. If you have any questions, please contact Amanda via email at ademarsh@immanuel-ed.org or call Erin at 847-772-4792.

Handbook Addition—Video Surveillance Policy Video surveillance is conducted in all public areas of the church and school 24 hours a day. Recordings of the surveillance are stored for a limited period of time except in the case of specific reported incidents. These recordings are property of Immanuel Lutheran Church and School and may be viewed only by authorized church, school, or law enforcement personnel. Because this footage may show multiple children/people, and to protect the privacy of all people on Immanuel’s campus, recordings will not be shared with parents or other parties except in special circumstances as approved by Immanuel leadership (Pastors, Princi-pal) or specifically requested by law enforcement or other legal proceedings.

Approved 12.15.20

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WELCOME BACK TO EXTENDED CARE

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