Saturday, April 23, 2016

Prairie Sanctuaries Photos

As I was scrolling through facebook tonight I came across a familiar image. It was of our beautiful church inside and out as photographed by Prairie Sanctuaries. If you want to see the actual link you can go to Prairie Sanctuaries on facebook, but in case you do not have access to facebook you can see them below.




Pastor Knudsen Accepted Our Call

Immanuel's quarterly meeting will be held after the 9:30 service, on May 8th.

Pastor Josh Knudsen has accepted our call!

Here are a few details:
May 5th – Baby Knudsen is scheduled to arrive
May 15th – Josh graduates from seminary
 May 26th – Josh will be ordained at South Canyon Lutheran Church in Rapid City (his home church) at 6:30 pm.
May 31st – They would like this to be the day they move to SD.

June 3-4 – Josh will be attending the SD Synod Assembly in Watertown (official start date)June 5-12 – transition
June 13-14 – vacation days
June 15th – start full pastoral duties
June 19th – First Sunday service with Josh as our pastor

Pastor Knudsen has asked that we keep him and his family in our prayers during this process.  They have a busy couple of months ahead of them.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

April & May Newsletter & Reminder of Voting Tomorrow

REMINDER:  There will be voting on whether or not to call Josh Knudsen as our pastor after services tomorrow, April 17th.

John Anderson will be conducting services on May 15, 22, and 29.  There will be no communion on these Sundays.

Click here for the April & May 2016 Parish Newsletter

Immanuel VBS will be held from 6-9 pm on Friday, June 3rd & 10-2 on Saturday, June 4th with program on Sunday. More details will follow but be sure to mark your calendars!!! If your kids/grandkids/friends are able to join us let Jodi Burma know by Sunday, May 22, but the sooner the better so we can make plans for a couple fun filled days at Immanuel!

Duties for April:
Usher - Doug Zeeck and Cleaning - Kirby Page

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Parish Announcements for Sunday, April 3

Thank you to everyone who made Josh Knudsen and his family feel so welcome during their visit. We are in the final phases of working to have everything in place to officially extend a call to Josh. Each congregation will be holding a special meeting immediately following services on Sunday, April 17th. The purpose of this meeting will be to vote on calling Josh to serve our parish. There is a possibility that Josh will be leadin services on the 17th as well. Thank you to everyone for your continued patience and understanding during this time of not having a full-time pastor.

The Medary Women of ELCA Spring Gathering will be held on Saturday, April 16th at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church at Bryant. It will begin at 9:00 am with a cost of $12 for the entire day. There will also be a silent auction with the proceeds going to the Joy Ranch Campership Fund. Attend for a great day of inspiration and fellowship. Janet Peskey is planning to attend so if you would like to ride with her please get in contact with her as soon as possible. 

Immanuel VBS will be held from 6-9 pm on Friday, June 3rd & 10-2 on Saturday, June 4th with program on Sunday. More details will follow but be sure to mark your calendars!!! If your kids/grandkids/friends are able to join us let Jodi Burma know by Sunday, May 22, but the sooner the better so we can make plans for a couple fun filled days at Immanuel!

Duties for April:
Usher - Doug Zeeck and Cleaning - Kirby Page