Council Highlights – October 10, 2016  1. Immanuel will ;be celebrating its 140th year in 2017.  Bishop Jeff Clements has confirmed his attendance on September 24, 2017.  A Committee to plan anniversary year activities will be formed. 2. Name tags will soon be made available to members to assist to identify members to guests and visiting pastors. […]

FIRST, WE GIVE OF OURSELVES GIVING IN GENEROSITY “God’s Generosity and Our Own” Our Bible Studies this month focus on 1 John 4:7-12 (November 6), 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 (November 13), John 12:1-8 (November 20).  These scriptures prompt the following questions about our giving and sharing gifts.  How do we give in generosity?  Why do we […]

Dear Partners in Ministry, Thanks be to God for all that is taking place in our congregation and the delight of God’s generosity that we experience in so many different ways.  Generosity is the focus of this final year of our three-year series on stewardship.  First, We Give of Ourselves.  Our stewardship and discipleship journey […]

Call Committee Update The call committee interviewed its first candidate on Monday, September 12th.  Dave DeVries began with a tour of the Rock Falls/Sterling community.  We enjoyed pizza and pie together followed by a three hour formal interview.    After call committee discussion, a decision was made to release the candidate.   With the retirement of synod […]

Representatives from multiple churches within the Central Conference met once and discussed the following possibilities to observe the 500 anniversary of Martin Luther.  The theme is:  “The Legacy of the Lutheran Reformation and Its Influence in Shaping Current Ecumenical Dialog and Relationships”   Note:  This is an Observance vs. a celebration. Possible Events for  this […]

Tri-Church Corner  The most recent Tri-Church meeting was held Thursday, 9/15/16 at Self Help Enterprises.  Pastor Gary Erickson led our discussion with members from all three churches attending.  Pr. Gary led our bible study with Luke 15 – “the dishonest manager”.  God is not petty, and does not hold it against us when we do […]

Ellen (Boots) Spencer and family wish to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, memorial gifts, phone calls, visits and sharing your love and hugs for the passing of Russell Spencer on June 23.   A special thank you to Pastor Vicki for her visits and prayers.  Also, thank you to Sam Hyland and Gerald Foskitt […]

Thank you for all of the items you provided to the police department, they went a long way to the making of many happy cops!  And, thank you to your commitment and all the services you provide to the community.                                                                                   Chief Tim Morgan    

Thank you so much for recognizing us on September 11th.  Your generosity is very much appreciated.  The crews were very thankful for the gift baskets.                                                                              Chief Gary Cook                                                                              and the members of the Sterling Fire Dept.  

Thank you to everyone who donated time, talent, food, or in any other way to show our appreciation to these various depts.  Gods Work Our Hands was a great success.  It was a lovely service with beautiful music, fellowship, and great food. 12 large baskets were filled with goodies and distributed to police and fire depts.  Children from […]