Immanuel Presbyterian Church • 9252 E. 22nd Street • Tucson, AZ 85710 • 520-296-2253
IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Discovering and Displaying Christ In Here and Out There
This Sunday!
8:30 am – Alternative Worship Service
9:45 am – Sunday School
11:00 am – Traditional Worship
Fellowship Hour will follow after each service in Witherspoon Hall.
We look forward to sharing worship with you!
World Communion Day is October 1st. This special day celebrates our oneness in Christ with all our brothers and sisters around the world. The worship team would like to utilize globes in the decor for this special Sunday and we are asking for your help to make this happen. If you have a globe you would be willing to loan us for display, please bring it to church on Sundays or drop it off at the office during the week, no later than Wednesday, September 27th. We look forward to being together with you!
Trunk or Treat is Coming! We need your help to make this one EPIC event!
Trunk or Treat is our largest outreach to our neighbors and community. Last year we had over 350 people attend! We need donations of individually wrapped candy and little cakes, milk jugs to make spooky ghosts, volunteers to help with food and games and decorated car trunks! Please email Kris Goorsky to sign up at kris@immanuelpc.org
Join us at 4:00pm before Trunk or Treat when Clay Whittington will get us all in the spooky mood with a special showing of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
Arts and Crafts Bazaar
Coming! Saturday, November 11, 2023, 9am-3pm
– Over 50 vendors and 5 Food Trucks!
– 4 vendor spaces are still available.
For more information, email Sue Samoy at smsamoy@aol.com.
Men’s Bible Study!
We meet Mondays at 10:00am in Witherspoon Hall. Come hang out with the guys, have coffee, dig deeper into scripture with us, and connect with friends.
Led by Pastor Tittle. Come join us!
Agape Circle
Agape Circle Women’s Bible Study. We meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month in Members’ homes for brunch and Bible study. We start with refreshments and then dive into our Bible study. All are welcome! Contact Jean Nelson at nlsnhmstd@msn.com or Mary Kay Bush at ausmbush3@gmail.com for details.
Presbyterian Women Bible Study
2023–2024 PW/Horizons Bible Study
“Sacred Encounters: The Power and Presence of Jesus Christ in Luke-Acts”
An Intoduction Video
Lydia Circle
Lydia Circle Women’s Bible Study meets the 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30pm in Witherspoon Hall. We start with refreshments then dive into our Bible study. All are welcome! Email Kay Schmidt for details at hkschmidt10@aol.com.
Desert Sages
10:00am-12:30pm – Tuesdays!
“Sages” is a fellowship group of people who have Tuesday mornings off and want to make new friends and have a great time. We play a variety of card and board games while eating popcorn and drinks, then finish the morning with more refreshments (dessert!). We play Bridge, Hand & Foot, Poker (no money), Mexican train, Rummikub, Pinochle, and anything else you like. Masks are optional. Questions? Contact Mary Kay Bush, Sages Coordinator at 520-661-6737 at ausmbush3@gmail.com.
Dear Immanuel Family and Friends,
This week we reach the climax of the Joseph story—everything has been leading up to this moment. This band of brothers find themselves in one room together, and it is not “Twelve Angry Men,” but rather twelve changed men. Judah rises as the leader of the brothers by courageously taking personal responsibility for his youngest brother Benjamin and his father Jacob. Joseph no longer tests his brothers’ loyalty because they have passed with flying colors—they have learned to put family first above their self-interest. Joseph can now reveal himself to his dumbfounded brothers. And then Joseph says these beautiful words, “come closer to me.” He speaks words of life, forgiveness, and a future over his brothers. The past is over. Today is a new day, a new start. It’s only when the brothers embrace and kiss each other that they really begin to talk with one another for the first time. Since the beginning, their relationship has been riddled with jealousies and competition. But no more. Forgiveness is the last word. Jacob will be reunited in Egypt with Joseph after twenty-years. The family will have food and survive five more years of famine. Jacob’s son Joseph is alive, he is not dead. And so in this Joseph story we experience a wonderful foreshadowing of Jesus, the Son of God’s miraculous resurrection from the dead. Like Joseph’s brothers, like the disciples encountering the newly risen Christ, we too are dumbfounded at God’s unseen hand that has been guiding and providing in mysterious and majestic ways, all along. All we can do is bow the knee before our Lord Jesus Christ in reverence, gratitude, and tears of joy.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor John
September 24, 2023
8:30 am – ALTERNATIVE WORSHIP SERVICE
(Livestreamed)
Rev. John C. Tittle, Pastor
SERMON
“A Dream Comes True”
Series – Joseph: “When Dreams Come True”
Scripture: Genesis 45:1-28 (NRSVue)
PRAYER OF PREPARATION:
O God, you pour out the Spirit of grace and love. Deliver us from cold hearts and wandering thoughts, that with steady minds and rekindled hearts we may worship you in spirit and truth. Amen.
Discovering and displaying Christ
in here and out there!
September 24, 2023
11:00 am – TRADITIONAL WORSHIP SERVICE
(Livestreamed)
Rev. John C. Tittle, Pastor
SERMON
“A Dream Comes True”
Series – Joseph: “When Dreams Come True”
Scripture: Genesis 45:1-28 (NRSVue)
PRAYER OF PREPARATION:
O God, you pour out the Spirit of grace and love. Deliver us from cold hearts and wandering thoughts, that with steady minds and rekindled hearts we may worship you in spirit and truth. Amen.
Welcome Guests!
First time visitor?
Ask one of our ushers for a Welcome Bag! Then join us after the service in Witherspoon Hall for coffee and refreshments. We would love to get to know you.
Memorials and Sympathy
A memorial service for Jim Kelley, father of Joy Shifflette, will be on Saturday, September 30th at 11:00am.
A memorial service for Carole Smith will be on Saturday, October 14th at 2:00pm.
NURSERY – Open from 8:15am–12:15pm Sundays (infants to age 3)
Our Comfort Room is available in the Sanctuary for parents of young children who need care and comforting. We also have children’s activity bags and the playground is open.
CHILDREN’S TIME TOGETHER
Each Sunday during the second half of the worship service, children ages 3-5 years old are invited to participate in Time Together activities led by an adult teacher and helper. They meet in Towner Hall, Room 3 where parents can pick them up after the service. Activities include bible stories, coloring, singing, crafts, and dancing.
Kris Goorsky
Director of Christian Formation
kris@immanuelpc.org
SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
9:45-10:45 am weekly
Towner Hall
Ages 3 to 12th grade
Activities encourage active learning through lessons purposely planned to highlight the theme’s Bible verse and story by way of art, games, science, stories, and music.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sept. 24th, and Oct. 1st
9:45-10:45am
Witherspoon Hall, Rm 12/13
“The New Testament and The Power of Scripture”
This 4-week study is based on Pastor John Cheek’s “New Testament” Study. The class includes a clear overview of the New Testament, short videos, key scriptures, and great discussions. Scripture is a gift to us! Come join us!
YOUTH GROUP ON SUNDAY NIGHTS!
Join us from 5:00–7:00pm for Dinner, Games and Bible fellowship for youth in Grades 6-12. Lots of fellowship, lots of fun! Email Kris Goorsky for info: kris@immanuelpc.org
Sunday Nights: 5:00–7:00 pm
Sep. 24 – Community Service Project
Oct. 1 – Games!
**Want to feed hungry teenagers?
Join the meal train!
Contact Kris Goorsky at kris@immanuelpc.org.
“JUST COFFEE”
Café Justo coffee is available at Church again! Look for the Café Justo display after one of our Sunday morning services. We encourage you to stock up whenever you join us for worship.
Coffee is $11 per pound!
You can also order online thru the Café Justo “Coffee and Compassion” program. You will receive delicious 100% organic coffee cultivated, roasted, and shipped by the Café Justo cooperative, and you will be helping those families affected by COVID-19.
Café Justo, Coffee and Compassion. Click HERE to order.
Frontera de Cristo and Café Justo developed the “Coffee and Compassion” program in 2020 in response to the economic downturn due to COVID and the concurrent drop in sales for Café Justo. The program has been an amazing success and we thank everyone who has participated!
Cafe Justo It’s All About Pure Coffee
Café Justo Introduction!
Crafters
Thursdays 9:30am – 12:00pm
Witherspoon Hall, Rm 12/13
Everyone is welcome to come to Crafter’s Group! Learn a new skill and have a great time of fellowship, too! We make quilts, blankets and projects for local missions. We also work on our own projects for fun — so grab your gear and join us!
Immanuel Crafters
We Put Love in Every Stitch!
ABOUT IMMANUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
We at Immanuel proclaim and strive to live by the teachings of Jesus, the Scriptures, and the church that instructs us to love our neighbor who is created in God’s image, whether they be friend or foe, similar or distinct, or a different skin tone. God has given us and entrusted us with the ministry of reconciliation to transcend today’s heightened polarization in church and society. Brothers and sisters, let us continue to love one another with Christ’s love!
Grace and Peace,
Rev. Dr. John C. Tittle
Discovering and displaying Christ
in here and out there.
All are welcome!
OUR VISION
The path of worship – honoring God.
The path of discipleship – learning and apprenticing the faith.
The path of hospitality – building relationships and bridges.
The path of mercy – caring for the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of the faith community and community at large.
The path of mission – sharing the good news locally and globally in word and deed.
ABOUT OUR CHURCH FAMILY
People come to church for lots of different reasons. Some come for the preaching, some come for the music. Some seek quiet time for personal reflection, and others appreciate a community of friends who have become family. Many are fed by book and Bible studies, and some long to reach out and help others.
We invite you to come visit us on a Sunday morning soon. Get in touch with your spiritual side — worship with us and attend a Christian Education class or a study group. We think Immanuel has what you and your family are looking for, and we would love to welcome you!