Dear Partners in Ministry, It is with a deep sense of thanksgiving that a grateful synod says thank you! Thank you for the gifts of mission support shared by your congregation for the mission we share in our Northern Illinois Synod and Evangelical Lutheran church in America. Because of your congregation’s gifts of mission support […]
Read moreMonthly Archives: March 2018
April Birthdays & Anniversary
If you don’t see your name on this list or there is a correction to be made, please contact the church office. We thank God for all of you and specifically honor members who are 80 years or older in the Messenger. Eugene Brinkman (90) 4/11 Virgil Rhodes 4/12 Dale Smith 4/27 Happy 70th […]
Read moreImportant Dates at A Glance
April 1 – 9:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Worship April 3 – NYG Team Fundraiser at Culver’s from 5-8 p.m. 5 – 10% of your meal will go toward the National Youth Gathering! April 5 – Life Line Screening April 8 – Holy Humor Sunday April 8 – Meeting of the Whole April 10 – Musician’s Workshop […]
Read moreCouncil Highlights – March 11, 2018
Council is currently reviewing insurance quotes from Cornerstone Insurance, American Family Insurance, Church Mutual, and Hawkins-Cassens Insurance. A decision will be made at the April 2018 Council Meeting. The congregational Meeting of the Whole is scheduled for April 8, 2018 following worship. The goal is to set the master calendar for 2018 of all events […]
Read moreGrace and peace of Christ to you!
Grace and peace of Christ to you! I am delighted to be in my eleventh month of serving alongside you at Immanuel. Thank you for your on-going partnership in the gospel! I continue to strive to share time and make contact with each of our households over the coming months and years. Please contact me […]
Read moreThe Meeting of the Whole on April 8th Following Worship!
The Meeting of the Whole on April 8th Following Worship! Please make plans to join us for the Meeting of the Whole on April 8th following worship. Each team of the Ministry Wheel and committees will share their events for the year, and the yearly calendar for our congregation will be established. YOU are an […]
Read moreHoly Humor Sunday
WE WILL CELEBRATE HOLY HUMOR SUNDAY ON APRIL 8! Many American churches are resurrecting an old Easter custom begun by the Greeks in the early centuries of Christianity—“Holy Humor Sunday!” For centuries in Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant countries, the week following Easter Sunday, was observed by the faithful as “days of joy and laughter” […]
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