Reminder: Church at 6:00 pm tonight

Just a reminder ~ Church is at 6:00 pm tonight with worship being led by the Prairie Praise Band. Hope you all can join us! There will be no Sunday School tonight.

Christmas Eve Program

Please join us for the Christmas Eve Program
"Miracle in the Manger"
6:30 pm on Christmas Eve Night
Offering will go towards Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota
 Please have your children there by 6:15 pm to get their costumes on.

Dress rehearsal went awesome today...thanks kids for doing such a great job!!
Reminder: No Sunday School on December 23rd or 29th!

No Caroling this Afternoon

Christmas caroling at the nursing homes have been cancelled for this afternoon due to the road conditions. If you have any questions feel free to contact Jodi.

Welcome to Our Church Family

 

Bridger Rilen Eden

December 4th at 10:11 PM

8 pounds 2 ounces

 21 inches

Proud Siblings: Brylee, Bryson, Benton, Breah

Proud Parents: Bryan and Mindy

 

Christmas Eve Program Dress Rehearsal

Dress rehearsal will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 22nd for the Christmas Eve program. The children will put on their costumes right away, will practice one or two times and then have a break for dinner. After dinner, we will practice again and then those who can stay can help put the peanut bags together. As in the past, please bring enough pizza to feed your family (we will cook them there) and bring anything else you would like to share such as chips, cookies, pop, juice, etc. If you have any questions feel free to contact Cashayne or Jodi.

Reminder: Please join us for Christmas caroling on Sunday, December 16th starting at 4:30 at the Violet Tschetter Memorial Home and we will wind up the evening with supper at Godfather's at approximately 6:30 pm. (Call ahead and order your pizza so it will be ready when you get there). If you have any questions contact Cashayne or Jodi.

Church is Cancelled this Evening

Due to inclement weather church is cancelled this evening and there will be no Sunday School. Please have your children practice their parts and songs for the Christmas Eve program.

December Parish Newsletter

The December Parish newsletter is complete. Click on the following link to view it - December Parish Newsletter

It will open as a pdf file so if you are having trouble viewing it you will need to download a free version of Adobe Reader at the following link  http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Christmas Caroling

On Sunday, Dec. 16, the Immanuel Sunday School would like to invite the congregation to go caroling with us starting at the Violet Tschetter memorial home at 4:30. We will then go to Stoneybrook around 5:00, Sunquest village around 5:15 and ending at Huron Nursing home around 5:30. Feel free to join us at any time.  After this you are welcome to join us at Godfather's Pizza for food and fun!  It would be best to order your pizza ahead of time and have it ready at 6:30.  If you have any questions contact Cashayne or Jodi. Hope you can join us!!

Ruth Circle to Meet

Betty Puterbaugh will be hosting Ruth Circle at her home on November 27th at 7:30 p.m.

Immanuel Announcements - November 18

Council meets Tuesday night at 7:00 pm at the church.

Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at UCC Church in Carthage at 7:00 on Wednesday, November 21st! Everyone is welcome to attend.

All confirmation students are asked to attend a Thanksgiving Service, rather than confirmation class this week. If you do not attend the service in Carthage, please bring a bulletin from the service you attended.

Tom and Deanna Moeding were happy to announce this morning in church that David's last PET scan showed no spots. He will continue to do chemo once a month for awhile and will then reduce it to every couple of months. Such a great reason to celebrate!!!

There will be NO SUNDAY SCHOOL next Sunday, Nov. 25 at Immanuel

Mark your calendars: On December 16th, the Immanuel Sunday School would like to invite the congregation to go caroling with them in Huron at the nursing homes and assisted living. More details will be announced soon!

Please keep the family of Deanna & Marion Dean in your prayers as they mourn the loss of his sister, Deanna Snyder.

If you are able, please donate to the victims of Hurricane Sandy, through ELCA Disaster Response. You may include this with your regular offering, but please mark it.

Looking to multiply your Christmas giving this year? Give your loved ones a gift from the ELCA GOOD GIFTS catalog. Gifts range from farm animal to health care to clean water, There is a catalog in the back of church or you can go online at www.elca.org/goodgifts or call 1-800-638-3522

No Confirmation Tonight

There will be no Confirmation tonight (Nov. 14) - LeShea is sick

Immanuel Council

Immanuel Council is Tuesday, November 20 at 7:00 pm

Thank You for Donating!!

We had a very successful night. We started around 4:00 east of the church and 61 miles later we finished in Huron a little after 7:00. We received donations from over 30 families and everyone was so generous! The food pantry was very excited to receive all of our donations. We were told that atleast 10 food baskets are passed out each day at the food pantry. After we unloaded all the food the Captain gave us a tour of the Salvation Army. He showed us where all of the donations are sorted before being put in the thrift store, the thrift store, the tigers den, cafeteria and the chapel. He also told us all of the different programs that the Salvation Army offers such as the Christmas basket (Angel Tree).

                                           

They were as follows: 14 soups, 9 cans of fruit, 91 vegetables, 22 canned meat, 7 tuna, 16 bottles of honey, 1 peanut butter, 1 jelly, 2 pancake mixes, 2 syrups, 3 oatmeals, 5 cereals, 12 rice & pastas, 4 macaroni & cheese, 2 hamburger helper, 4 juices, 4 baby foods, 4 jellos, 5 stuffing mixes, 2 taco shells, 1 salad dressing, 1 stir fry sauce, 1 salsa, 2 spaghetti sauce, 1 boxed potatoes, 2 olives, 1 popcorn, 1 evaporated milk, 2 pie fillings, 1 box of Saltines, 1 can of pumpkin, 4 brownie mixes, 1 condensed milk, 1 broth and monetary donations. They collected 215 items to earn a total of 10600 scavenger hunt points (1925 more than last year) and are challenging themselves to beat it again next year!

Thank you,

Keistan, Lauren, Gavin, Kyle, Jodi, Stephanie & Michelle

Potluck dinner following church

There will be a potluck dinner following our 11:00 service on Sunday in honor of the Veterans. Work group 1 is to set up and serve.

Happy Anniversary Armand & Lenora

Armand and Lenora Peskey will be celebrating their 68th anniversary tomorrow! Anniversary wishes may be sent to their home at 21804 413 Ave ~ Iroquois, SD 57353
Happy Anniversary!!

Don't forget to turn your clocks back!

Don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight. Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!

Shared from LeShea's facebook page

Christmas Eve Program

Yup, we said it...Christmas Eve Program. Christmas time is fast approaching so we are ready to assign parts for the Christmas Eve program and begin practicing. Therefore we need to know if your children will be able to attend the program so we make sure to give them a part. Please let Cashayne or Jodi know by this coming Sunday. You may also send a message to immanuelenews@gmail.com and Jodi will receive the message.
Thanks ~ Cashayne & Jodi 

Baby Shower for Haylah

A baby shower will be held in honor of Shalace and her daughter Haylah Lori Ann Bell at 2:00 pm on Saturday, November 3 at the home of Mark & Gayle Larson's.

Scavenger Hunt Food Drive

Immanuel's 5th-7th grade Sunday School class will be doing a scavenger hunt food drive on Friday, November 9th. We will start east of the church around 4:30 pm and will work our way towards Huron. The collected items will be donated to the Salvation Army Food Pantry. The youth will have a list of items to earn them scavenger hunt points, but any non-perishable items that you donate will be more than appreciated. Last year, they collected 8675 scavenger hunt points so they hope to get even more this year. If you will not be home, but would like to donate you may leave items at the church or talk to Jodi to make other arrangements. Thank you in advance for helping us "Can Hunger!"

 Click on the following link to see our scavenger hunt tally sheet

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByD9lE9MTa6XbU5TTEpIN05abjQ/edit

Announcements

LeShea will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow!!

Armand Peskey will be celebrating his 95th birthday on Tuesday, the 23rd. He is still in the hospital, but please send birthday cards to his home for a card shower.   Armand Peskey ~ 21804 413 Ave ~ Iroquois, SD 57353

Immanuel Quarterly meeting will be held following the 9:30 service on November 4th.

LYO will be held October 28th from 2-4 pm at Immanuel. All youth from 7th-12th grades are welcome. Those in confirmation can receive points for participation in youth group.

Sunday School kids wanted to share the "Pumpkin Prayer" that they learned this morning! After learning about the prayer they made rice krispy treat pumpkins with a snicker hidden inside and a tootsie roll stem. Below are pictures of a few of the kids with their pumpkin treats!!

"Pumpkin Prayer"

 

Dear God,
As I carve my pumpkin help me say this prayer:

Open my mind so I can learn about You; Psalm 100:3

 (Cut the top of the pumpkin)

Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do. 1 John 1:9

(Clean out the inside)

Open my eyes so Your love I will see; Psalm 119:18

(Cut the eyes out in heart shapes)

I'm so sorry for turning up my nose to all you've given me. Psalm 86:5

(Cut a nose in the shape of a cross)

Open my ears so your word I will hear. Proverbs 18:15

(Cut the ears shaped like the Bible)

Open my mouth so I can tell others You're near. Psalm 118:17

(cut the mouth in the shape of a fish)

Let Your light shine in all I say and do! Amen. Matthew 5:16

(Place a candle inside and light it)

Parish Announcements

Immanuel is looking for volunteers to play the hymns by Ipod on Sunday mornings. It would be nice to have several people (youth or adult) trained to do this. Contact Chad Dubro or LeShea  Avery at Immanuel  for training.

Sanborn County Thrivent election meeting at Forestburg Lutheran Church on November 18, 2012 at 5pm with dinner to start the evening.

If anyone at Immanuel is in need of offering envelopes, you may contact Fran or put a note in the collection plate. She will leave you a new box at the church.

LYO  will be held October 28th from 2pm-4pm at Immanuel. All youth from 7th -12th grades are welcome. Those in confirmation can receive points for participation in youth group.

 

RUTH CIRCLE

Ruth Circle will meet this Wednesday Oct, 17th at 7:00pm at the home of Millie Zell's.

"You are in our prayers"

Please keep Armand Peskey in your prayers as he is in the hospital with pneumonia.

No Confirmation

No Confirmation tonight Pastor LeShea will be out of town.
October 17th Confirmation will be at Trinity at 7:00pm.

Welcome to our Church Family!

Haylah Lori Ann Bell

September 29, 2012

7 pounds 9 ounces

20 inches

Proud Parents: Jason & Shalace Bell

Proud Grandparents: Mark & Gayle Larson

WELCA Election of Officers

The quarterly Immanuel WELCA meeting was held today following our church service. The election of officers was tabled until the next meeting which will be held in two weeks following the 9:30 service on October 14th. The nominating committee was able to get ladies to volunteer for all of the offices except for the president position. Therefore, they are asking for someone to volunteer to be president. The position can take up as much or as little time as you want. You are only required to have three or four meetings a year. You may contact Janet Peskey if you have any questions about the position. If you are interested in being president you may contact Joyce Burma. 

LeShea will attend the Fall Theological Conference

LeShea Avery will be attending the Fall Theological Conference in Pierre beginning Sunday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. If you have a Pastoral Care need, please contact your congregation president so they can contact LeShea.

Michelle Wormstadt has resigned as parish secretary to spend more time with her family. Thank you for your service, Michelle! If anyone is interested in taking on this job, please let LeShea Avery know.

Please have all newsletter items to LeShea Avery  by Wednesday, September 26th for the October newsletter.

You can contact LeShea Avery  at 605-772-4146 (you may leave a message) or trinity@alliancecom.net

Address for Ben Machtemes

Cards or letters may be sent to Ben Machtemes at the following address:


       Ben Machtemes
       Pvt. Machtemes
       B Co 73rd Ord. Btl.
       605 31st St.
       Fort Gordon, GA 30905

Ruth Circle

Ruth Circle will meet this Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM at the home of Judy Dubro. Last lesson of the book will be studied.

Confirmation Schedule

The confirmation schedule for the next couple months have been added to the side of the blog.

LYO to Meet on Sunday

LYO will be meeting on this Sunday the 23rd at the parsonage at 2:00 p.m. All youth 7th-12th grade are welcome to attend.

Quarterly WELCA Meeting - September 30

Immanuel ladies will have their quarterly WELCA meeting on Sunday, September 30, following the 11:00 service.  We will have election of officers so please plan to attend.  There will be coffee and rolls in the dining room for the men and children. 

Offering Envelopes

If anyone is in need of offering envelopes you may contact Fran or put a note in the collection plate and she will leave you a new box at the church.

Our Thoughts and Prayers are with the Family of Zona Zeeck

Click the link below to see the funeral and visitation times.
http://www.welterfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/Welter1/obit.cgi?user=696839Zeeck

No LYO Today (Sunday, August 26)

There will be no LYO today! Pastor LeShea has pastoral care commitments that arose. 

Medary Fall Women of the ELCA Conference

The Medary Fall Women of the ELCA Conference will be at 9:00 am in Badger on Tuesday, September 18th. If you are interested in attending and would like to ride with Janet Peskey give her a call at 599-2281. First Lutheran women will be putting on the skit.

Unity Service

First Lutheran will be hosting the unity service this year on September 16th at 10:00 am at First Lutheran Church in Artesian with dinner to follow. Therefore, there will be no service or Sunday School at Immanuel, but will reconvene on the 23rd at 9:30 with Sunday School following at approximately 10:30.

It's Sunday School Time!

The first day of Sunday School will be at 10:00 am on September 9th. The children will also be singing in church that day at the 11:00 service! Be sure to have your children practice "You, You, You" (song #2 on the VBS cd). Contact Cashayne or Jodi with any questions!