Health Screenings at Immanuel Immanuel is pleased to host a preventive health event this month. Life Line Screening, the nation’s leading provider of preventive health screenings, will offer their affordable, non-invasive, painless health screenings on Monday, August 25, from 9a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries, which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms, which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs, which is a strong predictor of heart disease; arterial fibrillation or irregular heart beat, which is closely tied to stroke risk; and a bone density screening, for men and women, used to assess the risk of osteoporosis. Register for a Wellness Package with Heart Rhythm for $139.00. All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. Your Health is in Your Hands, so call 1-888-653-6441, or visit www.lifelinescreening.com, for more information or to pre-register.
StillpeakingMoney After watching my daughters pay their bills online the past few years and enjoying direct deposit of my paychecks. I finally decided to do most of my banking electronically last year. Now I wonder why I did not begin this sooner. We may soon have the same convenient option to make our offerings electronically. The United Church of Christ has partnered with an electronic funds transfer service to offer this option to its church members. Soon we will have pamphlets available at the church to describe this service. The service will be completely voluntary members can sign up to make their various donations via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or continue to use our envelope program. Your electronic donations can be set up automatically at your chosen frequency (e.g. weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly) and to the funds that you wish to support — General Fund or special funds such as Neighbors In Need, Lenten, or Organ fund, etc. Or you may use our church’s web site to make specific donations as you want, when you want, to the funds you want. You will also have the choice from which account to make the transfer, such as checking, savings, or credit card. Further, web based transactions can be done from the convenience of your home or any secure web access when you are traveling, such as vacation. Currently there are 254 UCC churches using this service. I personally contacted three churches and the national UCC office and found all very happy with the program. Generally, their members liked the convenience, it reduced the work of the church office, and it promotes more consistent giving, especially during the summer. The Immanuel Church Council will decide at its next council meeting in August whether to sign up for this service. After reading the pamphlet please contact one of us with your questions and comments. Lee M. Fadeley | 
