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Events This Week Monday B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Worship @ 6:30 Tuesday A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys'/C Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Girls' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 B-team cheerleading practice @ 5:30-6:30 Wednesday B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Advent Devotion Service @ 7:00 Thursday Ladies' Aid Christmas potluck/program @ 12:00 A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys'/C Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Girls' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 B-team cheerleading practice @ 5:30-6:30 School Board meeting (TIGER room) @ 7:00 Friday 3P/4K Christmas service practice @ 2:00 Home basketball games vs St. Peter Appleton - first game @ 4:15 (BG/AG/BB/AB) Saturday Church choir caroling at New London Holiday Parade @ 5:00-6:00 Worship @ 5:15 Sunday Worship @ 8:00/10:30 3P/4K Christmas service @

  From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, email Anytime 920-407-3000/mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events: November 24, 2021 - 7:00pm - Thanksgiving Worship November 25, 2021 - 9:30am - Thanksgiving Worship November 27, 2021 - 5:15pm  - Worship opportunity November 28, 2021 - 8:00am & 10:30am  November 29, 2021 - 6:30pm - Worship opportunity December 3, 2021 - 2:00-3:00pm - Christmas practice in church December 5, 2021 - 9:30am - 3P/4K Christmas Service in church Goliath the Giant was a huge problem for God's people.  He threatened them, degraded the one true God, and made their lives miserable.  All of God's soldiers were too afraid to fight him.  Then shows up in the battle camp, David.  David is a boy checking in on his big brothers and their earthly needs.  He hears the shouts of the giant and becomes indignant.  No one would speak about His God that way!  He chose to fight Goliath with just his slingshot and a

Events This Week Monday B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Worship @ 6:30 Tuesday A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys'/C Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Girls' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 B-team cheerleading practice @ 5:30-6:30 Wednesday No School Thanksgiving worship - 7:00 pm Thursday No School Thanksgiving worship - 9:30 am Thanksgiving Day Friday No School Emanuel offices closed Saturday Worship @ 5:15 Sunday Worship @ 8:00/10:30 Sunday School @ 9:15 (Gym) Bells Alive @ 5:00-7:30 (Church balcony) Upcoming Important Dates 11/24-11/26 No School - Thanksgiving Break 11/24 Thanksgiving worship - 7:00 pm 11/25 Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving worship - 9:30 am 11/26 Emanuel office closed 11/28 First Sunday in Advent 12/1 Midweek Advent service - 7:00 pm 12/2 School Board meeting - 7:00 pm (TIGER room) 12/3 Basketball games vs St. Peter Appleton - 4:15 (Home)

  All families are invited to worship with us at Emanuel this Thanksgiving, as we thank God for all of his abundant blessings. We have in-person and live-streamed services on Wednesday night, Nov. 24 (7pm) and on Thursday morning, Nov. 25 (9:30am).  We thank God for all of the wonderful families in our School and Early Childhood Center and we wish you all a most blessed and restful Thanksgiving!

  Feeling rushed and frenzied this holiday season? All women in our community are invited to attend Emanuel's annual "Advent by Candlelight" event on Saturday, Dec. 11, at 6:30pm in the Emanuel Commons. Join us as we take some quiet time to prepare our hearts and minds for the Advent season through song, word,  fellowship, and desserts! Sign up for the event by calling the Emanuel office, at 920-982-5444 or emailing at church@emanuelnl.org or go online at www.emanuelnl.org

All children ages birth-5 and their grown-ups, siblings, and friends are invited to join us for Christmas fun at CHRISTMAS JAM (Jesus and Me) on Saturday, Dec. 11, 9:00-11:00am . We'll learn the story of Jesus with games in the gym, Christmas crafts, and holiday snacks. Hope to see many families there as we celebrate the story of Jesus' birth!

  All are invited to join our 3P and 4K students in worshipping the baby Jesus! The students will use their show and tell to teach you about the birth of the Savior! Join us Sunday, December 5, from 9:30-10:10am at Emanuel Lutheran Church, New London. You will be invigorated by the children's excitement for Jesus!

  It is a scheduling week! The sign-up is now open to sign up for your care needed for the next two weeks(11/29-12/10/21). Please complete the sign-up as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday(11/25/21) at midnight to allow for the schedule to be completed in a timely manner. Don't forget Thursday is Thanksgiving, so the sooner the better! Our child care is available to the whole school, 3P-8th grade and open 7:00 am - 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday! 3P and 4k students are welcome to attend on their off day s too!  Click here to sign up for care needed! Any questions, please see Mrs. D or message her at mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org or (920)407-3000.

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  From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, email Anytime 920-407-3000/mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events: November 20, 2021 - 5:15pm  - Worship opportunity November 21, 2021 - 8:00am & 10:30am  November 22, 2021 - 6:30pm - Worship opportunity November 22 & 23, 2021 - Thanksgiving Feast (see below) December 3, 2021 - 2:00-3:00pm - Christmas practice in church December 5, 2021 - 9:30am - 3P/4K Christmas Service in church Jesus time had us singing, "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho!"  If you haven't heard it at home, check it out here and sing it with your little one!   We sing about Joshua fighting, but we learned that it really was God!  God gave Joshua the plan to march, and it was God's power that brought those walls crashing down.  We sing of Joshua because we pray that we have faith as strong as him.  He listened to the plan of the Lord even though by our worldly eyes it seemed strange.  The Lor

Chapel Offering Update Our second quarter chapel offering project is off to a great start! So far, students have brought in $383.37. The ministry on which we are focusing is Emanuel's radio ministry. Our church broadcasts the Saturday evening service every week for those who are unable to physically attend church for a variety of reasons. With the money we have currently raised, the school will be sponsoring services broadcast on December 12 and January 9. Stack Up 2021 On Thursday, grades 4-5 participated in "Stack Up 2021," a fun activity utilizing multiple types of stacking materials. Keep an eye out for pictures from that event. Call News Here is an update on the current status of Divine Calls at Emanuel: Ms. Meredith Moeller has returned our call to serve as 4th-grade teacher next year at Emanuel; another call meeting will take place on December 2. Ms. Sarah Jandron has returned the call to serve as kindergarten teacher at St. Mark, Green Bay. Mrs. Crystal Kesting is

How many of you own a piece of jewelry depicting a cross? Many Christians choose to wear such a symbol as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, or even permanent tattoos on their bodies. Have you ever thought about why? Crucifixion was a brutal method of public execution used in ancient times. Most notably used by the Roman empire, it was also prevalent in eastern empires like the Persians and Seleucids, and also in Africa with the Carthaginians. It was designed to maximize both pain and humiliation. Criminals (usually political) were severely beaten, forced to carry their own cross, fastened to the beams, and hoisted into the air publicly. Notices of their crimes were often affixed above their heads, and, to increase their psychological pain, the condemned many times had their clothes removed. There they would hang, in a very public place, with crowds gathered around, until they either died of asphyxiation or organ failure. If that took too long, their legs were broken with a club to hasten

Events This Week Monday B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Worship @ 6:30 Tuesday A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys'/C Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Girls' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 B-team cheerleading practice @ 5:30-6:30 Winter Sports Night @ 6:30-7:30 Wednesday B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Thursday Stack-Up 2021 @ 1:45-3:00 (Commons) A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys'/C Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Girls' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Friday Chapel @ 8:05 (Church) JAM @ 8:15 (Commons) Saturday Worship @ 5:15 Sunday Worship @ 8:00/10:30 Sunday School @ 9:15 (Gym) Bells Alive @ 5:00-7:30 (Church balcony) Upcoming Important Dates 11/16 Winter Sports Night @ 6:30-7:30 11/18 Stack Up 2021 @ 1:45-3:00 (Commons) 11/24-11/26 No School - Thanksgiving Break 11/24 Thanksgiving worship @ 7:00 pm 11/25

   From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, email Anytime 920-407-3000/mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events: November 13, 2021 - 5:15pm  - Worship opportunity November 14, 2021 - 8:00am & 10:30am  November 15, 2021 - 6:30pm - Worship opportunity November 22 & 23, 2021 - Thanksgiving Feast (see below) December 3, 2021 - 2:00-3:00pm - Christmas practice in church December 5, 2021 - 9:30am - 3P/4K Christmas Service in church We learned this week about the giving of the 10 commandments.  The Lord wanted to speak to His people, and they needed to get ready.  When it was time, everyone knew!  There was lightning, thunder, a trumpet sound, a thick cloud, fire, and smoke in the cloud.  The people knew that God was there.  Then Moses was called up the mountain to receive the commandments.  The Lord asked the people if they would obey.  The people enthusiastically agreed.  Then they failed, just like we do.  All of our heads hang

Emanuel would love to adopt some families this holiday season for  Thanksgiving   and Christmas.  If your family is in hardship for the upcoming Holidays, please notify Mrs. Eidenberger at  school@emanuelnl.org . We are here to help you. We will supply your  Thanksgiving  meal so you don't need to worry about this. Enjoy your time with your family. Also, for Christmas, we will help do your Christmas Shopping and wrap them too! Mrs. Eidenberger has a form for you to fill out showing your children's needs and wants for Christmas.  Are you looking to help? We are looking for donations of your traditional  Thanksgiving  fixings. Please contact Mrs. Eidenberger at  school@emanuelnl.org  or stop in the office. All food donations and/or monetary donations please drop them off by November 19th. More information to come for helping out with Christmas Adopt-A-Family. 

Be sure to check out our new classroom websites that are coming online. You can find these links on the left side of our https://emanueltigertalk.blogspot.com/ website. On your phone, you may need to press the three bars on the upper left. Not all classrooms have classroom sites yet, but teachers are working on them as time permits.

We are rolling out a new electronic newsletter to more easily share all the fantastic things going on in Emanuel’s upper grades (fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades). This electronic communication tool promotes all our upper-grade news, activities, and events with anyone and everyone. You can view Emanuel Upper58 anytime at https://emanuelupper58.blogspot.com/ .   Additionally, you are also able to get the same information that’s posted to that website sent to you by email through an automated subscription service. Subscribing is easy and free. Just enter your email on the side of the webpage to begin the process. (On your phone you may need to press the three bars on the upper right.) Enter your email address and click the Subscribe button. The system will send you an email, to which you must respond. Once you've confirmed your subscription, you will automatically receive all our news that is posted for that day.  Tell your friends and family members to subscribe. 

Pizza Fundraiser Thank you to everyone who helped out during our pizza fundraiser last Saturday. It was a hectic day filled with hard work (and more than a little chaos), but also a lot of laughter and fellowship. We have a lot of fun pictures taken by Mr. Scharf that will be displayed on the Commons TV as you are dropping off and picking up students, so be sure to take a look at those. Our final results for the fundraiser were: 2nd grade takes first place with 756 total pizzas sold Total profit from the fundraiser to be put toward playground updates - $18,509.30! We will be reviewing the results of the pizza fundraiser and beginning our planning for next time. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please either email or speak to Principal Fuerstenau. Also, if you did not pick up your pizza orders yet, you may do so at any time; they are in the walk-in cooler in the church basement. Ask for help from our office staff if you have questions. Winter Sports Begin If you have childre

      Events This Week Monday Veterans' flag ceremony for 2nd grade @ 9:15 A/B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Coordinating Council meeting @ 7:00 Tuesday A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 B-team cheerleading practice @ 5:30-6:30 Wednesday A/B Girls' basketball practice @ 3:15-4:45 A Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Thursday Veterans' Day A-team cheerleading practice @ 3:15-4:30 B Boys' basketball practice @ 4:45-6:15 Friday No Bus Chapel @ 8:05 (Church) JAM @ 8:15 (Commons) Saturday Worship @ 5:15 Sunday Worship @ 8:00/10:30 Sunday School @ 9:15 (Gym) Bells Alive @ 5:00-7:30 (Church balcony) Upcoming Important Dates 11/12 No Bus 11/16 Winter Sports Night @ 6:30 11/18 Stack Up 2021 @ 1:45 (Commons) 11/24 Thanksgiving worship @ 7:00 pm 11/25 Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving worship @ 9:30 am 11/26 Emanuel office closed 11/24-11/26 No School - Thanksgiving Break

If you Google the word "holiday," you'll get the following definition at the top of the screen: "a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done" (Oxford Languages). That probably fits most of the holidays we experience in the United States. When you think of a holiday, you probably picture Christmas, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, etc. All of those holidays are festive celebrations of something. However, we have a few holidays in our country that don't necessarily follow that same pattern. Memorial Day and Veterans' Day are two holidays that aren't necessarily festive, and while we certainly associate recreation with Memorial Day, that isn't the point of the holiday. Veterans' Day and Memorial Day, in my humble opinion, fit better with Merriam-Webster's top definition of the word holiday: "holy day," but not holy in the sense of perfection like we use in the Bible. One of the definitions of "holy" is "v

  From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, email Anytime 920-407-3000/mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events: November 6, 2021 - 5:15pm  - Worship opportunity November 7, 2021 - 8:00am & 10:30am  November 8, 2021 - 6:30pm - Worship opportunity December 3, 2021 - 2:00-3:00pm - Christmas practice in church December 5, 2021 - 9:30am - 3P/4K Christmas Service in church Jesus Time found us learning about God parting the Red Sea!  We sat in awe of God's almighty power from the plagues to the dry path that God made for His people.  The people of Israel were surely trapped in a terrible situation with no way out on their own, but the Lord gave them a miraculous path right through the Red Sea to escape from the Egyptian army.  The Lord makes a path for us too!  It may not be as miraculous or showy, but God gives us the way.  It may be providing parents to help us grow, doctors when we are ill, or teachers and pastors to help us lea

We've changed the email address you use to report absent students: Please call the attendance line 920-250-6252 or send an email to attendance@emanuelnl.org by 7:30 a.m. if your student: Will be out for the day (if ill, briefly describe symptoms) Will need to leave for an appointment Will be arriving at school late **If your child will be returning to school in time to eat school lunch, we need to know their lunch choice by 8:20 a.m.** You won't notice any difference on your end, but on our end, your message will go to our principal and multiple office people at the same time instead of just one person. This really helps us when one of our office workers is out of the office. We really appreciate your help in making this change.

Mr. Luebke in Action We were blessed with 13 Newline 75” interactive touch displays, Chromeboxes, and document cameras. The large screen 4K touch displays replace our vintage SMART boards and projectors. The onboard Chromeboxes (different version of Chromebooks) allow teachers to access all their files loaded in their Google Drives without added cables or devices. With cables, any device with an HDMI jack can be connected. The touch screen capability enables teachers or students to use their fingers to click, write, and annotate documents, forms, or anything displayed. And because these are connected to the Internet, teachers can show live video or anything online. The document cameras project any opaque objects directly to the screen. Thus far, nine of our rooms are equipped with them. Feel free to stop by one of these classrooms for a live demonstration.

Teacher Call News On Thursday, October 28, Emanuel officially called Miss Meredith Moeller to serve as our 4th-grade teacher beginning next school year. Miss Moeller currently serves at St. Matthew in Janesville, WI. Please keep her in your prayers as she deliberates whether she can best serve God by continuing her current ministry in Janesville, or by joining us here in New London.  Ms. Sarah Jandron continues to deliberate the call extended to her to teach Kindergarten at St. Mark in Green Bay, WI. Continue to keep her in your prayers, and if you have a chance, feel free to give her your thoughts on her positive impact here at Emanuel.  Grandparents' Day Grandparents' Day was a huge success; thank you to everyone who was involved. We hosted 225 visitors in our building and received many compliments on our program. If you have any suggestions for improving Grandparents' Day in the future, please feel free to contact Principal Bill Fuerstenau (wfuerstenau@emanuelnl.org). 1s

Events This Week Monday Start of the 2nd Quarter Sign-up for parent/teacher conferences closes @ 11:59pm Tuesday Report cards come home Wednesday Parent/teacher conferences School Board meeting @ 7:00 in the TIGER room (WPCP Open Forum) Thursday Parent/teacher conferences Friday Parent/teacher conferences Saturday Pizza fundraiser @ 7:45 in the Commons Sunday Grades 5-8 sing at Emanuel (8:00 and 10:30) Upcoming Important Dates 11/3-11/5 Parent/Teacher Conferences 11/6 Pizza Fundraiser (7:45) 11/7 Grades 5-8 sing in church (8:00/10:30) 11/8 Veterans' Day Presentation (Commons) 11/12 No Busing

Sometimes, work is hard. Just ask your child when he or she receives an assignment for a project or a paper. You probably don't need to do that to agree with me though; you know work can be hard. Your boss may ask you to do something unreasonable; your coworkers may slack off and leave you to shoulder the burden meant for everyone to share; you may get reprimanded (or worse) for something that was the fault of someone else. The list could go on and on, and any one of those things could cause you to resist waking up and getting ready to go on a Monday morning. If your job is to stay home with your family right now, work is often hard, and almost always thankless. Sometimes, work is fun. Just ask your child when he or she gets to play a game in class, create a colorful class presentation on a topic that interests him or her, or is prepared for the test and knocks it out of the park. Again, you probably don't need to do that though. You've had days where you really enjoyed you