Schedule
and Special Programs/ Events
(Scroll down to see a
listing of current announcements, information and events)
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Emmanuel (Baust) United Church of Christ
Is located at 2930-2950 Old Taneytown Road
Westminster, Maryland
(On Route 832, between Mayberry Rd. and Tyrone
Rd.)
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You
are invited to join us for any of our regular Sunday events:
Sunday School Classes and Regular Worship Schedule
Sunday School Classes, 9 a.m.
Worship in our Sanctuary, 10:30 a.m.
(Child Care for pre-school children available during
worship)
November 28, First Sunday of Advent/ Sacrament of Holy
Communion
December 5, Second Sunday of Advent/ Annual
Congregational Meeting follows worship
December 12, Third Sunday/ Choral Cantata featured in
worship
December 18, Christmas Cookie Sale,
gift baskets, etc.
December 19, Fourth Sunday of Advent/ Family Oriented
Worship Service and
Program featuring children and youth of the Sunday
School
December 24:
Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Service, 7:30 p.m.
Community friends are welcome and encouraged to attend
any of our worship events!
Christian Education sessions are provided for our
Sunday School program year, September 6, 2010 through the end of May, 2011. Sunday
School Classes meet each Sunday morning beginning at 9 a.m. The classes for
pre-school and elementary children meet each week in the Parish Hall. Opening
with music is at 9 a.m. Classes begin at 9:15 a.m. Middle School and High
School youth classes meet in the church house (former parsonage building). An
adult Bible Study class meets each week in the Good Shepherd Room adjacent to
the Sanctuary in the main church building.
Worship each Sunday morning in the Sanctuary, September –
May, begins at 10:30 a.m. Worship June – August is at 9 a.m. in the Parish
Hall where we have the benefit of air conditioning.
Accessibility: There is a stairs-free entry from the
sidewalk at the rear of the church. Our parking area has been paved and several
spaces are designated for those who require accessible entry to the church.
There has been a rest room added which is accessible from the main floor of the
church building. There is an accessible entrance at each level of the Parish
Hall.
We take seriously our role in supporting children, youth,
and families. Worship time child care is provided for children age six and
under, affording a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment and peace of
mind for parents as they worship. Children of any age, of course, are welcome
in the full worship service, depending on the needs of children and preference
of parents.
Our worship is probably best described as “blended”. That
means that we have a traditional worship pattern and structure. We use
traditional hymns from our New Century Hymnal and supplement that with more
contemporary songs and choruses. Lay leaders help with much of our worship
service. Our children’s choir and adult choir regularly provide special musical
selections in worship. Children are highly encouraged to be present and are
welcomed and included through a “Time with Children” each week in worship.
We share in a variety of fellowship activities in and
through the church. All of our activities are open to community participation.
Some seasonal programs of outreach where we extend a special welcome to the
community include our summer Vacation Bible School. Dates and times for those
events will be posted here as appropriate.
Join friends in the ecumenical community for a
Community Worship Service
of Thanksgiving and Praise
Sponsored by participating churches of Caring and Sharing
Ministries of NW Carroll County
Sunday, November
21, 2010 at 7 p.m.
St. Joseph
Catholic Church
Frederick Street, Taneytown,
MD
Special Thanksgiving Offerings will be received for:
The Community Need Fund of Caring and Sharing Ministries,
Inc. (monetary donations)
and
Carroll County Food Sunday/ Taneytown Branch Food Bank
(canned and dry goods, household products,
etc)
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Our Outreach to
the Community and Wider Church
Every day in some way we can see the evidence of how
volunteering can make a difference in peoples’ lives—the life of the volunteer
as well as those served. If you have the blessing of some energy, time, and
personal abilities to share with others, there are any number of good and
worthy projects in which you can become involved. You are encouraged to at
least support these worthwhile projects financially as you are able:
A special local mission project we have begun this year is
to Support our Community’s Children in neighboring public school. Some
children’s families are hard pressed economically to provide for all of their
children’s needs including things like shoes, coats, school supplies, and money
to participate in activities like field trips. Our congregation is providing
some “SOCK” funds to be used at the discretion of local school
administrators to give anonymous assistance to children in need.
We are members of the Faith In Action Coalition /“Caring
Carroll”. Volunteers are oriented and matched up with a person in need who
is among the isolated elderly or otherwise disabled folks in Carroll County who
live at home, but need some additional support and help to be able to manage
better. It may be a simple as periodic supportive phone calls to “keep in
touch”. It may be companionship visits, helping with shopping, or doing minor
household chores difficult for the individual to accomplish. You can find some
information about the “Caring Carroll” Faith In Action network at www.healthycarroll.org/ and click on
“The Faith In Action Coalition.
A number of the Faith In Action clients are also
participants in the Seniors Keep in Touch daily telephone reassurance
program. Folks who live alone get a cheery dialing phone contact at a
pre-arranged time to make sure that they are OK and to see if they may have any
special needs or problems with which they may need some help. Pastor Jerry is a
member of the Advisory Boards of each of these community services (Faith In
Action and SKIT) and can tell you more about the program and how you can be of
support if you are interested in learning more about them. Both of these
programs (Faith In Action and SKIT have been grant-funded programs that are now
seeking volunteer and financial support for continuation of services from
individuals and groups. For those who do not have the time to give, you may
support their work through contributions.
Access Carroll, Inc. is a community non-profit
service offering primary health care services to low income uninsured or
underinsured people in Carroll County. Located on Locust Lane, Access Carroll
utilizes volunteer nurses, doctors, office support, and all kinds of committee
work to help fund and keeping this important service going. It is growing
significantly in the number of residents served and in the number of people
getting involved. Tammy Black is the Executive Director of Access Carroll which
may be reached by calling 410 781-1478. Pastor Fuss can give you more
information about this program also if interested. You can find information at http://www.accesscarroll.org/
A Mission of Mercy is a faith-based ministry serving
the health needs of people in our region. This mobile medical van provides free
medical services for those in need. The mobile van makes regular stops at St.
Joseph Catholic Church in Taneytown and at the Human Services Program in
Westminster. See their website for interest details of this excellent ministry
of love. http://www.amissionofmercy.org/
The Shepherd’s Staff in Westminster seeks to provide
support and help for people who are unable to get the help they need through
Social Services agencies or who need supplemental support they are unable to
obtain otherwise. You may get more information about this ecumenical outreach
and ministry of compassion at http://www.shepstaff.org/
Carroll County Food Sunday, can use all kinds of
volunteers to help with the sorting, pick-up, packaging of food items given
through food banks in Carroll County. The central food bank is located at the
Distillery building on Railroad Avenue, Westminster. Our congregation provides
most direct support with donations of food and other household and personal
hygiene items to the food bank in Taneytown, which is located at St. Joseph
Catholic Church on Frederick St. That community service is open in Taneytown
each Thursday morning. Information is available at http://ccfoodsunday.org/
Hoffman Homes for Youth, located near Gettysburg, PA.
is a regional UCC-related ministry which our congregation is pleased to be able
to support. Hoffman Homes is a residential treatment program for children and
adolescents with emotional/ mental health issues requiring intense treatment in
a residential setting. Children and youth living on the HHY campus have a full
range of services including residential group living, psychiatric evaluation
and supportive individual and group therapies, medical services, on-campus
education, recreation, and spiritual care. You may get more information about
this ministry of supportive care and healing at http://www.hoffmanhomes.com/
Earl’s Place is a transitional housing and support
program in Baltimore for formerly homeless men. Those who live at Earl’s Place
for up to two years have case management and counseling services provided and
coordinated with other programs that the residents need to participate in for
purposes of treatment of issues of substance abuse (for example) as well as
vocational training and job skill development. Residents in this program
sponsored by United Ministries are helped with putting together
everything they need to take the next step toward independence,
self-sufficiency in permanent housing. Our youth have visited Earl’s Place each
summer for several years, and enjoy serving breakfast to the residents, after
which we have an opportunity to hear their stories and learn more about issues
impacting their lives and things that contribute to homelessness. For more
information about this great program please see
http://www.unitedministries-earlsplace.org/
Human Services Programs of
Carroll County, Inc., describes their
mission:
“Our mission is to improve the quality of life and
self-sufficiency of at-risk and low-income Carroll County residents by
providing assistance with basic needs, advocacy, linkages to resources and
opportunities to enhance life skills.” Incorporated in 1987 as a 501(c) (3)
private, non-profit organization, HSP operates numerous programs within a $3.5
million budget from over 30 funding sources. HSP provides case management for
persons in need of assistance. They do a lot of work with helping people find
and maintain housing and with getting support for their energy costs. HSP
operates a variety of shelter programs in Carroll County seeking to respond to
the needs of those who are homeless as well as a family shelter and one for
victims of domestic violence. You may find more information about this public
supportive service at http://www.hspinc.org/
Our congregation has adopted restoration projects in the
Gulf Coast region in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as a special
mission project. Three people from our congregation were part of a group of 24
adults who went in March for one week to help with housing rehabilitation
projects in Biloxi, Mississippi. Our church sponsored a return trip of seven
volunteers in September, 2007. We sponsored a group of 18 persons to
participate in a work project in Biloxi October 5-11, 2008. The projects
are supervised and coordinated by UCC-related Back Bay Mission, which has
worked in that region as a faith-based community outreach service for the lower
income, working poor in that region. We were pleased to be able to help at
least a few families in the long and arduous process of being able to get back
into their own homes, damaged in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. The region is
slowly “coming back”, but life will never be the same for many. Some 50,000
have left the Gulf Coast region altogether because of the devastation of homes
and the loss of jobs and other needed support systems. You can learn a lot more
about Back Bay Mission and the recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast region at www.backbaymission.com/
Disaster response through the United Church of Christ:
Currently many people are impacted in the Midwest by severe weather events
and flooding. Check out the UCC Disaster network response, volunteer
opportunities, and how to donate to this and similar emergency relief efforts
through One Great Hour of Sharing. You will find information at http://www.ucc.org/disaster/
Our congregation supports a number of mission/ service projects
in the community, region, and beyond:
SERRV International is a non-profit organization that
reduces poverty around the world by offering high-quality and unique products
through a nationally distributed catalog and website and which operate the
International Gift Shop at the Brethren Center in New Windsor. You may learn
about volunteer opportunities with SERRV International by calling 1 888 821
1114 or 410 635-8769 locally.
There is a ministry to build homes in Honduras that
was begun by Glade UCC in Walkersville. They coordinate trips to Central
American each year and can use volunteers from UCC churches in Catoctin
Association. There are mission trips planned usually for twice each year.
These are only a few of the worthwhile organizations serving
others in our area. And if you would like to reach out to a more distant point
of service, there are Volunteer Service Opportunities and assignments available
through our United Church of Christ national and international missions. There
is no shortage of needs, and there is surely no shortage to opportunities for
significant voluntary service to others. Remember that Christ came “not to be
served, but to serve”. So get involved in whatever ways you are able. “Let your
light shine…”
Volunteer Opportunities:
Community
Soup Kitchens
During the month of October, the Stewardship
& Mission Committee will focus on the Human Services Program Cold Weather
Shelter. We realize there are many needs in our community during these troubled
economic times. Many churches in the Westminster area have soup kitchens –
there is a meal provided somewhere seven days a week. Several churches serve
over 100 people some days, the need having increased dramatically over the past
month. In addition to helping serve at the soup kitchens, donations of food,
paper products, and items to distribute to people to take home are needed as
well. The list below provides information on the various soup kitchens --- as
the opportunity arises, your help at any of these kitchens would be
appreciated!
Monday:
Westminster United Methodist Church, Loaves and
Fishes Program
12 noon – 1:00 serving lunch
Tuesday:
Grace Lutheran Church Table of Grace Program
10 a.m. – noon serving coffee, 12 noon – 1:00 serving lunch
Wednesday:
Ascension Episcopal Church (St. John’s Catholic
Church, Loaves and Fishes Program)
12 noon – 12:45 serving lunch
Thursday:
St. Paul’s UCC A Meal and More Program
10:00
– noon serving coffee; 12 noon – 1:00 serving lunch
Grace Lutheran Church
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 serving dinner
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church (Taneytown)
Carpenter’s Table
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 serving lunch
Friday:
Westminster United Methodist Church (Shepherd’s
Staff together with 8 other churches)
10:30 – noon serving coffee; 12 noon – 1:00 serving lunch
Saturday:
Westminster Church of the Brethren (9 churches
total sponsoring meal)
10:30 – noon serving coffee; 12 noon – 1:00 serving lunch
Sunday:
Ascension Episcopal Church
12:30 – 1:30 serving lunch
Human
Services Program Cold Weather Shelter
Every November through March Human Services
Programs of Carroll County, Inc. opens the doors of our Cold Weather Shelter to
the homeless of Carroll County to provide a warm and safe environment to those
who would otherwise be facing freezing temperatures on the street. Our cold
weather season officially begins November 15th and runs until April 1st pending
current weather conditions. We will open our doors earlier or extend the
closing date if the overnight temperature drops below freezing. Volunteers are
critically needed to help with the daily operation of our Cold Weather Shelter
in separate shifts between the hours of 6:45pm and 8:30am each evening through
the following morning, seven days a week.
Volunteers may:
- Assist
new clients with Intake Form completion.
- Dispense
laundry soap, bleach, personal hygiene items, and linens.
- Assist clients
with proper use of laundry equipment.
- Help
maintain order and security in the shelter facility and on shelter
grounds.
- Help
maintain a daily shift report.
- Help
ensure that Kitchen Detail has been completed.
There is no experience required and training will be provided.
Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age and provide their own
transportation. All volunteers must be willing to submit to a criminal
background check (the cost will be covered by the agency)and be tested for TB
(Tuberculosis), which will also be provided by the agency.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Jennifer Grodzicki
410-386-6660