Founder: Hazel M. Imig



Picture taken "1969" when the WAR first touched her life and began her quest on behalf of the Soldiers.



HAT'S OFF TO THE SOLDIERS
A Church Controlled Organization



Emanuel Full Gospel Church Ministries



Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"



Emanuel Full Gospel Church Ministries
McMurray, PA 15317

From the Pastor’s Desk  |  Rev Hazel’s Memories  |  Good Old Days
Some things lovely, some things true  |  From your Guardian Angel  |  Announcements


We are a Full Gospel Church Ministry who by sharing God's truth in love. We seek to provide a new beginning by meeting the needs of others less fortunate!

Our vision is to share and educate others about the free gift of Eternal Life through Jesus Christ Our Lord!

Your tax deductable monetary contribution will be greatly appreciated and used to provide food, clothing, shelter, and warmth to many children and adults that are in need!

In Him

President: Reverend Hazel Imig

PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WAY HOME BULLETIN NEXT MONTH



Thy word is a lamp
to my feet and a
light to my path.
Psalm 119:105



“NAMES”

THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN DECEMBER, WE OR MOST EVERYONE BECOME MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. IN THE WORD OF GOD KNOWN AS THE BIBLE WE MAY READ THE ACTUAL EVENT OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, AS WE READ WE BECOME AWARE OF THE ACTUAL SURROUNDINGS OF HIS BIRTH, NOT ONLY WAS HIS MOTHER MARY AND STEP FATHER JOSEPH AT HIS SIDE, BUT THERE WAS ALSO THE PRECIOUS DONKEY THAT WALKED THEM TO HIS BIRTH PLACE, AND BECAUSE HE WAS BORN IN A MANGER ,THEIR WERE OTHER ANIMALS AS WELL !!!!! AND QUITE POSSIBLY,AS IMPORTANT AS HIS MOM BEING THERE, WE ARE TOLD THAT HE HAD HEAVENLY VISITORS AS WELL, CALLED, ANGELS !!!! AS EVERY ONE WAS IN AWE OF THIS NEW BORN BABY, WE READ IN ---- ISIAH 9:6 THAT THE ANGELS SPOOK OUT AND EXCLAIMED IN WORDS WHO THIS CHILD BORN TO MARY REALLY WAS !!! HIS MOTHER WOULD CALL HIM JESUS, THE ANGELS CRIED OUT HE SHALL BE CALLED, WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE !!! THESE WORDS WERE OF HOLY GROUND FOR JESUS, WAS THE SON OF GOD, THE GOD, AND HE HAD A MISSION, HE CAME TO SHOW UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO ALL PEOPLE , HE ALSO WAS TO BE THE LAMB OF GOD , WHO WOULD TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THIS WORLD , WHO WOULD SAVE MAN FROM HIMSELF, BUT AS JESUS BECAME OLDER AND WALKED AMONG US HIS MESSAGE OF LOVE AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS WAS CHALLENGED , THOSE THAT WERE IN A POSITION ( HIARCHY) TO QUESTION HIS AUTHENTICITY BEGAN TO ACCUSE JESUS OF BEING EVERYTHING OTHER THEN WHAT HE WAS , THE RUMORS GREW, THE NAME CALLING WAS AN ATROCITY THAT GAINED MOMENTUM , AND BEFORE THEY KNEW IT THEY SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH, LITTLE DID THEY KNOW, EXCEPT IN THE VERY END, THAT IN FACT HE WAS AS THE ANGELS HAD CALLED HIM SO MANY YEARS AGO , JESUS DESCENDED INTO HELL , THAT'S WHERE HE TOOK OUR SINS, BUT HE ROSE UP FROM THE DEAD , SO THAT WE MAY HAVE PEACE , FOR AS HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING AND ALWAYS WILL BE, ------- REDEEMER , WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, ALMIGHTY GOD , SAVIOR , THE PRINCE OF PEACE !!!! --------------------- PERHAPS WE ARE KNOWN TO OTHERS AS THEY CALL US , BUT AS THE ANGELS KNEW IN THE BEGINNING WHO JESUS, THIS LITTLE NEW BORN BABY REALLY WAS, SO IT IS WITH GOD FOR HE CALLS US BY NAME WE ARE KNOWN WHO WE REALLY ARE BEFORE HIM !!!! Hallelujah !!!

REV. HAZEL M IMIG


RECENTLY MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED SOME FRIENDS WHO RESIDE ON A FARM IN THE COUNTRY. AS WE WENT TO CLOSE OUR CAR DOOR AND PLACE A LEASH ON OUR PET DOG, WE HAPPENED TO NOTICE A DONKEY THAT WAS SPEEDILY APPROACHING US BEHIND A FENCE. THE DONKEY CAME RIGHT UP TO US AS CLOSE AS IT COULD AND IT BEGAN TO HEE-HAW AT OUR DOG SEVERAL TIMES AS LOUD AS ITS VOICE COULD CARRY. WE WERE IN AWE AND THEN THE DONKEY TURNED AROUND AND BEGAN TO WALK BACK TOWARDS A GROUP OF SHEEP THAT WAS ENCLOSED IN THE FENCE. IT WALKED RIGHT UP TO A LARGE SHEEP THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOCK. IT BENT ITS HEAD DOWN TO THE SHEEP'S LEG AND POINTED OUT THAT THE KNEE OF THE THIS LAMB WAS ACTUALLY INJURED. WE KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHY THE DONKEY CAME OVER TO US AND OUR DOG. IT WAS TO PROTECT THE LAMB FROM HAVING TO RUN. THE DONKEY KNEW IF OUR DOG WAS TO RUN AFTER IT, THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY!!!!! I WAS TOTALLY AMAZED AT THE SENSITIVITY OF THE DONKEY TOWARDS THE LAMB AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT OF ITS OWN SPECIES. LATER I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT WHAT WE WITNESSED WAS PURE EVIDENCE THAT ALL OF LIFE'S LESSONS ARE NOT TAUGHT IN BOOKS. GOD SHOWS US IN OTHER WAYS, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT WAY!!!! HOW OUR U.S. MEN AND SOME WOMEN RETURN TO US DIFFERENT THEN WHEN THEY LEFT, DIFFERENT THEN WHEN THEY WERE BORN… MISSING LIMBS , BURNS, BRAIN INJURIES, LOSS OF SITE AND THE LIST GOES ON !!!!! REMEMBER THE DONKEY I MENTIONED EARLIER AND HOW I WAS AMAZED THAT THE SHEEP WAS NOT RELATED TO THE DONKEY AT ALL OTHER THEN, IT TOO IS AN “ANIMAL”, BUT DISPLAYED LOVE AND CONCERN. IF WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAVE LOST SENSITIVITY TOWARDS OUR FELLOW MAN, RELATED OR NOT, SAME COLOR OR NOT, SAME RELIGION OR NOT, SAME AGE OR NOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE HURT SUCH AS THESE SOLDIERS RETURNING HERE AT STATE SIDE, AND I KNOW THE SLANG WORD FOR DONKEY, BUT WHAT HAS THAT DONKEY MADE OF ALL OF US?????? IT MAKES US REALIZE WHAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR !!!!!!!!!!


A TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER, MR RONALD J OCHS, SR:

RECENTLY MY PRECIOUS DAD PASSED AWAY AND IT IS AMAZING HOW FAR BACK I REMEMBER EVERYTHING HE EVER SAID TO ME. WORDS OF LOVE AND GUIDENCE THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN OVER THE YEARS AS THEY WENT BY. IT REALLY BROUGHT HOME THE REALIZATION HOW MUCH THOUGHT WENT IN TO DAD’S LOVING ADVICE AND WHAT A WONDERFUL FRIEND HE WAS TO ME. BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, I WAS TO BUSY GROWING UP I GUESS, THE WORDS THAT DAD SPOKE TO ME ACTUALLY HELPED ME TO CONTINUE ON IN MY LIFE NOW AND GAVE ME A WONDERFUL SENCE OF SECURITY. IN THE WORD OF GOD WE READ THAT THE WORD WAS GOD AND GOD IS THE WORD [WOW] THAT MEANS WHEN WE READ GODS WORD WE ARE ACTUALY CONSUMING GOD, AND THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND HE BECOMES JUST LIKE OUR EARTHLY FATHERS, [OUR FATHER]. HE GUIDES US, HE CONSOLES US, HE COUNSELS US, AND HE LOVES US, AND NOT ONLY THAT HE LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY. I CRY FOR DAD AND MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE I DIDN'T EMBRACE HIM ENOUGH WHEN HE WAS WITH ME HERE ON EARTH. THROUGH HIS DEATH I HAVE LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT TAKE OUR LOVED ONES FOR GRANTED AND NOT TO TAKE GOD’S WORD FOR GRANTED. THANK YOU DAD FOR LOVING ME ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH ME YOUR WORDS OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING AND I PRAY YOU ARE BLESSED WITH GODS PRESENCE ON YOUR JOURNEY HOME. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND CHERISH THE MEMORY OF YOU!!

THE FOLLOWING IS A GOOD BYE NOTE TO MY DAD FROM HIS SON IN LAW, MY HUSBAND 1rst LT REV PAUL A IMIG -------- DAD, REVELATION 14:13 and I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING UNTO ME WRITE BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD FROM HENCE FORTH: YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM. I'LL SEE YOU LATER DAD. YOU FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT AND ARE A MAN TO LOOK UP TO. I DO,! THANKS FOR BEING MY DAD, LOVE, PAUL.---------
MY HUSBANDS NOTE TO MY DAD REMINDS US THAT WE ARE NOT OUR OWN [ AS IT STATES IN 1rst CORINTHIEN'S 6:20 WE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE] AND WE MUST PLEASE GOD WITH EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO. IT REALLY HELPS WHEN WE READ GOD’S WORD. IT TELLS US WHAT HE EXPECT OF US!!!


From the Pastor’s Desk

THE FALL SEASON BRINGS US SUCH BEAUTY!! THE TREES SHOW FORTH A MAGNIFICENT ARRAY OF FALL COLORS, AND AGAINST THE BLUE SKY ON A SUN SHINY DAY IT COULD TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT ALWAYS AMAZED ME HOW THE LEAVES ON THE TREES CHANGE COLOR AND DIE BUT THE TREE DOESN'T!!! IT IS TO ME PRETTY MUCH LIKE WHEN WE LEAVE THIS WORLD AND PASS INTO THE NEXT ONE, OUR BODY DIES BUT OUR SOUL GOES ON!! I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF LIVING IN THE PAST BY FORMALIZING HATS OFF TO THE SOLDIERS ORGANIZATION, AN ORGANIZATION ON BEHALF OF THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE LIVED AND DIED OVER THE YEARS IN VARIOUS WARS SERVING THEIR COUNTRY!!! I AM IMMORTALIZING NOT ONLY THEIR LIFE THAT ONCE WAS, BUT THEIR ENDEARING ULTIMATE SACRIFICE!!! AND JUST LIKE THE TREES, THEY HAVE ROOTS, SO IT IS WITH OUR LIVES, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE CAN LIVE AND GROW AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN IN A SAVE ENVIRONMENT, TO ACCUSE ME OF NOT LETTING GO, OR HOLDING ON TO THE PAST, PRETTY MUCH WIPES OUT ALL THE HISTORY BOOKS DON'T YOU THINK!! OUR HISTORY IS A PART OF ALL OF US HERE IN AMERICA, AND I WONDER WHAT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCUSING ME, REALLY THINK OF AMERICA? THE LAND OF FREEDOM THEY LIVE AND DIE IN!!! IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE SPOILED IN THIS COUNTRY, EVERYBODY WANTS ATTENTION, BUT IF WE STOPPED AND GAVE ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE US THE RIGHT TO DO SO, SHOWS NOT ONLY GRATEFULNESS BUT INTEGRITY AS WELL!!! MY PRAYER IS THAT WE NEVER FORGET THE SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO KEEP AMERICA,"AMERICA" THE HOME OF THE BRAVE AND THE FREE!!! GOD BLESS THEM, THEIR MEMORY, THEIR SACRIFICE, AND THIS BEAUTIFUL FALL SEASON!!

REV HAZEL M IMIG

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Rev Hazel’s Memories

WHEN YOU LOOK UP THE WORD MEMORIES IN THE DICTIONARY, THE MOST INFORMATIVE BOOK IN THE WORLD, IT'S MEANING IS DESCRIBED AS A MENTAL CAPACITY OR FACULTY OF RETAINING OR RECALLING FACTS, EVENTS, IMPRESSIONS, OR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES!! SO THIS AMAZING WORD IN ESSENCE MEANS SOMETHING WE REMEMBER! IN ACTUALITY, A MEMORY IS A GIFT FROM GOD! A GIFT? BUT WHAT IF SOMETIMES THE THING OR EXPERIENCES WE REMEMBER WOULD SEEM LIKE, OR NOT BE CONSIDERED A GIFT!!! IN ROMANS CHAPTER-8-VERSE-28, IT STATES- THAT WE KNOW ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD TO THEM THAT ARE CALLED TO HIS PURPOSE!! SO THEN IF WE RECALL AN UNHAPPY EXPERIENCE THROUGH OUR MEMORY!! IT IS GOOD? ---- THE ANSWER, THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF MAY NOT BE GOOD BUT GOOD CAN COME OUT OF IT!! IF WE LEARN WHAT GOD WANTS US TO LEARN AND USE IT FOR OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE FOR THEN IT IS GOOD!!! JUST RECENTLY WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO DELIVER A BOX OF HOME COOKED FOOD TO A GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, THAT WE KNEW AND SERVICED FOR OVER 5 MONTHS, HE WAS INTERCEPTED BY THE SECURITY OFFICE!!! AFTER SPEAKING TO THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, I WAS SHOCKED TO BE INFORMED THAT SUPPOSEDLY WE PREVIOUSLY WERE TOLD BY THE STUDENTS NOT TO BRING ANY BOXES AGAIN WHICH WAS A COMPLETE FABRICATION, ONE THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED US SERIOUS TROUBLE!! THIS YOUNG MANS LIE AGAINST ME WAS AN ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK AT ME, A WEEK EARLIER WHEN WE DELIVERED FOOD, HE INFORMED ME THAT A FRATERNAL BROTHER WHICH IS A 2ND LT. AIR FORCE OFFICER CHOSE A BEER PARTY , INSTEAD OF STANDING IN PARADE REST WITH OTHER OFFICERS REPRESENTING THEIR BRANCH OF THE SERVICE, AT AN EVENT SPONSORED TO HELP INJURED CURRENT WAR VETERANS. AFTER TELLING ME HE WOULD BE OUT OF TOWN SEVERAL STATES AWAY, WAS NOT NICE !! AND THAT IS THE LEAST I COULD SAY AFTER REPEATING THIS FABRICATION TO A LARGE GROUP THAT WAS THERE ON BEHALF OF OUR CAUSE,NOT KNOWING THAT WHAT I REPEATED WAS IN REALITY A LIE!! I WAS DISAPPOINTED AND HUMILIATED AND VERY HURT ON BEHALF OF THE SOLDIERS!! IT LEFT ME WITH A STATE OF DISBELIEF AND DISAPPOINTMENT!! FOR NOT WANTING THE FOOD TO BE WASTED I LEFT THE BOX WITH THE ALPHA TAU OMEGA'S THAT WERE COMING TOWARDS ME ON THE SIDE WALK. ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE HELPED US IN THE PAST AND RESIDE NEXT TO THE FRATERNITY IN QUESTION, THESE YOUNG MEN ARE TRUE LEADERS!!! AND FORGIVE ME BUT I'M 100% SURE THAT THE COLLEGE THESE YOUNG MEN ATTEND PRIDE THEMSELVES ON!! THE MEAN AND DELIBERATE ACT OF VENGEANCE STEMMED FROM THIS YOUNG MAN OR MEN'S PRIDE AND IMAGINATION AGAINST ME, IS IN MY OPINION, NOT LEADERSHIP BUT DESTRUCTIVE, AND I'M SURE AT LEAST GOD WOULD BE ON MY SIDE WHEN I SAY!!! IT IS DEVILSHIP!!! I WANT HE OR THEM TO KNOW I FORGIVE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ILLICIT ACT AGAINST US BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ME THAT I SHOULD KNOW AND ALSO JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU MAY BE? I SEEM TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU NOW!!! JESUS IS MY REFUGE AND STRENGTH IN HIM DO I BUT MY TRUST!! I WILL NO LONGER BELIEVE IN OTHERS AS MUCH AS I HAVE BELIEVED IN, AND DONE FOR, THESE YOUNG MEN, WHO TURNED ON US AND BROKE OUR HEART MORE THEN ONCE!!! I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOUR DEAN, ADVISER AND COLLEGE, HAS THE INTEGRITY TO CATCH UP WITH YOU AND TEACH YOU TRUE LEADERSHIP IN THIS WORLD!! ---------
MEMORIES!! ARE ALWAYS GOOD BECAUSE OF THE GOOD THAT COMES OUT OF THEM!! THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORY!!!

REV HAZEL
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Good Old Days

THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN RIGHT WAS RIGHT AND WRONG WAS WRONG, WHEN PEOPLE HAD A CONSCIENCE AND FAMILY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL! OH, HOW I MISS THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!

REV HAZEL
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Some things lovely, some things true

'TREASURES' IN THE DICTIONARY IS DESCRIBED AS THE FOLLOWING--TO REGARD OR TREAT AS PRECIOUS!!! MOST PEOPLE WHEN THE WORD TREASURES COMES TO MIND THEY MAY THINK OF MONEY OR GOLD OR JEWELS, BUT FOR MYSELF, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ATTACHED TO MONEY OR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD!! MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M NOT CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL IN THIS WORLD. I ALWAYS FELT OUR GREATEST TREASURES LIE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS! OR CERTAIN PEOPLE WE MET ALONG LIFE'S HIGHWAY!! FAMILY IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR #1 TREASURE AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE, IF WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE BLESSED WITH A CLOSE ONE!! FRIENDS CAN BE CONSIDERED TREASURES AS WELL, THEY BOTH CREATE THE MOST WONDERFUL MEMORIES FOR US TO FALL BACK ON AND HAVE A HAND IN MOLDING US IN MANY WAYS!!! BUT THE PEOPLE WE MEET ALONG THE WAY, WHAT DO THEY DO TO US!! HOW WILL WE THINK OF THEM SOMEDAY? WERE THEY HELPFUL ? DID THEY ADMINISTER PATIENCE? WERE THEY UNDERSTANDING, GIVING, TRUTHFUL, AND CARING!! WERE THEY IN OTHER WORDS LOVELY TO YOU!! HAVE YOU REALIZED GOD AS YOUR SAVIOR? AND FATHER!! HAVE YOU REALIZED THAT SALVATION IS OUR [GREATEST] GIFT FROM GOD!! IF YOU CAN ANSWER YES!! THEN YOU ARE THE PROUD OWNER OF TREASURES!!! FOR THIS IS TRUE.

REV HAZEL
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From your Guardian Angel

I WILL KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS LEAST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT UPON A STONE

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Announcements

Birthdays:

MR ED ALEXANDER = OCTOBER -6TH
MS TIFFANI GLASS = OCTOBER 22ND
KENNETH BURNHAM=OCTOBER--24TH
NATHEN ALEXANDER=OCTOBER 27TH--
NOVEMBER 12TH = RONNIE OCHS
NOVEMBER 21RST= DIANA VAMWINKLE
NOVEMBER 22COND=DAWN PETTIT
NOVEMBER 30TH= THE LATE RONALD OCHS SR --
DECEMBER 17TH= DOROTHY MAE OCHS {I MISS AND LOVE YOU MOM I ALWAYS HAVE,I ALWAYS WILL}!
DECEMBER 17TH = MR GREG BELLE{GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY}
CHELSY CHASE= DECEMBER 21RST
HAZEL MAE IMIG= DECEMBER 21RST
MARY LYNN BROTHERS =DECEMBER 23RD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS DECEMBER 25

THE REV 1RST LT PAUL A IMIG AND MY SELF AND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS AND VOLUNTEERS HERE AT OUR CHURCH AND HATS OFF TO THE SOLDIERS WISH YOU A HAPPY,HEALTHY AND WONDERFUL AND BLESSED HOLIDAYS !!!!

*Our church is accepting donations for our “2011”. Campaign for the soldiers here at state side who have been injured overseas! Please make out your monetary donation (checks) to (Hats off to the soldiers) and forward to the following address:

HATS OFF TO THE SOLDIERS
C/O HAZEL IMIG
P.O. BOX # 1517
MCMURRAY , PA 15317

We have over 150 stockings to fill this year and we will be campaigning until Nov. 24-2011
Thank you for your support

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