Photos from Christmas Eve

All of the Sunday School youth and teachers would like to thank everyone who was able to join us on Christmas Eve for our Sunday School program! We all had a great time together celebrating the birth of Jesus...the real reason for the season. We also would like to thank everyone for their generous contributions for the offering that evening. Because of all of you we will be able to send a large amount of items to the 153rd engineer battalion who are deployed.

If you weren't able to join us on Christmas Eve here is a little sample of what you missed.

 Back Row: Kelby Dickson, Katie Dubro & Lexi Burma

Middle Row: Wyatt Rigge, Kenna Dickson, Kera Dubro, Madi Burma & Kali Burma

Front Row: Ty Rigge, Hali Knudsen & Haylah Bell

 

Ackley Bell our "Little Lamb" 

 "It's Christmas Day"

"Do You Hear What I Hear"

Reminder: Next church service will be held Sunday, January 1st at 11:00 am

January  Duties:
Usher is Donna Koziolek & Cleaning is Lyle & Joyce Burma

Parish Announcements for December 18th

Click here to view this week's parish announcements.

Immanuel's 2017 Usher & Cleaning List is updated here as well as on the blog.

Note: Starting January 1, we will start our winter month service times. 9:30 services will now be held at 9:00 am to allow more travel time for Pastor Josh and his family. 

Saturday Night Service Cancelled

Due to the extreme weather conditions forecasted for tomorrow there will be no Saturday night church service or Sunday School tomorrow night (December 17th). Also, there will be no Christmas Eve program dress rehearsal on Sunday morning. Everyone please stay safe and warm during this lovely South Dakota weather that always keeps us on our toes!

Reminder of Christmas carol/sing at 6:30 on Wednesday night in Carthage. Be ready with your requests for your favorite carols and please bring cookies/treats to share. If you play an instrument you are welcome to share your musical talent as well.

Immanuel Christmas Eve program will be at 6:30 on Christmas Eve.
No church services on Christmas Day.

Angel Tree Gifts and Caroling

Had a great morning/afternoon with this great group of kids! Snow wasn't going to stop our fun!! Thanks to our amazing church members at Immanuel Lutheran and Thrivent we were able to buy 17 angel tree gifts for kids and then 4 angel tree gifts for senior citizens. All the shopping made us hungry so we ate at Godfathers and then went Christmas caroling at Stoneybrook & then Armand & Lenora Peskey's. We planned to make a couple other stops caroling, but with the weather we decided we better all head home. Thanks again for supporting our youth and helping them with this great cause!

Sunday School Angel Tree Gifts

The Sunday School kids want to adopt angels from the Angel Tree again this year! If you would like to donate money to help purchase gifts you can give it to Jodi. We are hoping that each kid will be able to adopt two angels! We will be taking all the kids shopping on Saturday, December 10th to purchase the gifts and they will show everyone at church that following Sunday what they picked out for their angel before delivering the gifts. We also applied for Thrivent Action Team dollars so will be receiving $250.00 to help purchase gifts. We hope that we will be able to buy twice as many gifts this year! After shopping we will be going to Godfather's for dinenr and then Christmas Caroling. We will be meeting at 9:30 am inside the Huron Walmart Pharmacy doors to shop, will eat at Godfather's at 11:00 (room is reserved) and then Christmas carol at Stoneybrook Suites at noon followed by caroling at Armand & Lenora's and Velda's. Everyone is welcome to join us on this fun adventure for just a part or all of it...you won't regret joining us!! Feel free to contact Jodi if you have any questions!

Confirmation will be held at 6:30 pm on Wednesday at Immanuel.

Ruth Circle will meet at 7:30 pm on Wednesday at Immanuel.

Christmas Eve dress rehearsal will be held on Sunday, December 18th at 10:00 am...if you can't make it Christmas Eve feel free to join us for dress rehearsal.

"Twas the Night Before" Sunday School Christmas Eve program will be held on Christmas Eve night at 6:30 pm. 

90th Surprise Birthday Party for Lenora Peskey

 Lenora Peskey's family is hosting a surprise 90th birthday party for Lenora on Saturday, November 12th at the Elks in Huron from 2:00-4:00 pm. No gifts please! (She will know about the party before that day, but for now keep it a secret!)

Armand & Lenora Peskey will also be celebrating their 72nd anniversary on November 8th.

Betty Puterbaugh is hosting Ruth circle on Thursday, November 17th at 7:30 pm at the church.

Doug and Mona Zeeck are celebrating 40 years of wedded bliss this year!! Please join them at St. Pat's Hall in Cavour, on Saturday, November 5 from 5:00-7:00 pm to celebrate!

Immanuel is collecting kitchen supplies for our fall mission project for the Jan Manolis Safe House. They do not have to be new, but in good shape. There will be a box in the back of the church for donations.

Please keep the confirmation students in your prayers as they study God's word. Katie, Kelby & Lexi are the confirmands from Immanuel.

The first Saturday night service for this winter will be held on Saturday, November 26th. Sunday School will be held at 5:00 pm with church following at 6:00 pm. This will be in place of the 8:00 am Sunday morning service.

Doug & Mona's 40th Anniversary Celebration

Doug and Mona Zeeck are celebrating 40 years of wedded bliss this year!! Please join them at St. Patrick's Hall in Cavour, on Saturday, November 5 from 5:00-7:00 pm to celebrate!

Immanuel is collecting kitchen supplies for our fall mission project for the Jan Manolis Safe House. They do not have to be new, but in good shape. There will be a box in the back of the church for donations.

Confirmation will be held this week at the Artesian Community Center at 6:30 pm. Please keep the confirmation students in your prayers as they study God's word. Katie, Kelby & Lexi are the confirmands from Immanuel.

The first Saturday night service for this winter will be held on Saturday, November 26th. Sunday School will be held at 5:00 pm with church following at 6:00 pm. This will be in place of the 8:00 am Sunday morning service.

Also, a great big THANK YOU to Marti for sharing your musical talent with us every Sunday!

Scavenger Hunt Food Drive - THANK YOU!!!

Kelby, Lexi, Kali, Kera, Kenna, Katie & Wyatt

  What an amazing night...so many generous friends! We started around 4:30 north of the church and 80+ miles later we finished in Huron around 7:00. We had a yummy supper at Godfather's and then delivered the food at 8:00...they were expecting us! We received donations from over 30 families and everyone was so generous! They told us that we collected more food than most of the in town food drives collect...so they were super excited and made the kids super excited too! After unloading the items they gave us a tour of the Salvation Army and we got to see all of the food in the food pantry & freezers. They also explained how they distribute the food that they receive.

                                  

They were as follows: 15 soups, 2 cans of fruit, 68 cans of vegetables, 35 cans of meat/beef stew, 5 cans tuna, 3 spaghetti sauces, 2 boxes of tissues, shampoo and soap, 6 honey, 4 peanut butter, 2 jelly, 7 pancake mixes, 1 syrup, 10 oatmeal, 2 cereals, 2 Jell-o, 1 shredded cheese, 34 boxes stuffing, 12 bags of dry rice/pasta/beans, 2 dried soup mix, 13 instant potatoes, 3 boxes Rice-a-Roni, 13 macaroni & cheese, 2 Hamburger Helper, 6 canned milks, 9 cake mixes, 7 flour/sugar/brown sugar, 9 ketchup/mustard/mayo/dressing/bbq, 2 coffees, 1 fruit juice, 8 kool-aid mixes, 1 taco shell, 1 popcorn, 1 candy, 1 fruit, 2 gravy mixes and $25.00. They collected 264 items (102 more than last year) to earn a total of 12,975 scavenger hunt points, 2,940 more points than last year!! We also applied to be a Thrivent Action Team and were approved so we will be receiving $250 debit card to purchase more food items for the food pantry as soon as we receive it!!! 

 

Kera & Wyatt telling Lexi what they collected so could be added to our tally sheet

Kera, Kenna, Katie & Kelby with some goodies

Jodi & a great group of youth!!

Food pantry volunteer showing youth what they do when food is donated

THANK YOU for all your donations!!!

In the food pantry...looking at what each family of 2 gets

Singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Armand when we stopped

 

Ackley Bell's Baptism

Immanuel celebrated Ackley's baptism this morning

Proud mom & dad watching their son be baptized

Grandma Gayle singing a beautiful song to Ackley

Pastor Josh and Ackley

Ackley's sponsor Tessah read her favorite verse to him - Jeremiah 29:11

Reminders:
The 4th-7th grade Sunday School students will be doing their annual scavenger hunt food drive on Friday, October 28th. We will start at Wintle's around 4:30 pm and will work our way south around the country and end up in Huron by 7:00 pm. The collected items will be donated to the Salvation Army Food Pantry. If you will not be home please let Jodi know so we do not go to your house.

You are invited to wear red next Sunday for Reformation Sunday.

Immanuel will be collecting kitchen supplies for our fall mission project for the Jan Manolis Safe House. They do not have to be new, but in good shape. There will be a box in the back of the church for donations.

Kitchen Supplies Collection & Updated Work Group List

When Jean Wormstadt delivered 25 fleece blankets to the Jan Manolis safe house last week, she asked what else they could use. They said they could always use kitchen supplies. Therefore, Immanuel will be collecting kitchen supplies for our fall mission project. They do not have to be new, but in good shape. There will be a box in the back of the church for donations.

The WELCA work group list has been updated. The work groups are as follows:
Group 1: Judy, Joyce, Carol, Gayle, June & Donna K.
Group 2: Jean, Millie, Susan, Betty, Jan & Fran
Group 3: Mona, Donna D. LaVaye, Linda, Susan, Marlene, Deanna & Janet
Group 4: Jodi, Angel, Kerry, Melissa, Michelle, Krista & April

Scavenger Hunt Food Drive

The 4th-7th grade Sunday School students will be doing a scavenger hunt food drive again on Friday, October 28th. We will start at Wintle's around 4:30 pm and will work our way south around the country and end up in Huron by 7:00 pm. 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 10,035 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. Also, if you know you will not be home please let Jodi know so we do not stop at your house.
Thank you in advance for helping us "Can Hunger!"

Excited to Announce the Birth of Layten Scot

Layten Scot Larson

Born: Friday, September 30th

7 lbs. 2 ozs.

Proud Parents: Shad & Lacey Larson

Proud Big Sisters: Taelyn

Proud Grandparents: Mark & Gayle Larson

Sunday School at Lake Thompson Last Weekend

Pictures from last weekend at Lake Thompson for Sunday School last weekend!!

Congratulations Pastor Josh

Rite of Installation ~ Pastor Josh & Bishop Zellmer

Bishop Zellmer

Prairie Praise Band ~ Stan, Chad & Tom

Prairie Praise Band ~ Gayle, Donna, Deanna & Kirby

Congratulations Pastor Josh on your installation today and THANK YOU for choosing Prairie Lutheran Parish...we are so glad you and your family are part of our church family! Thank you Marti and the Prairie Praise Band for sharing your musical talents today. It was so great to see Immanuel's pews all full this morning! Also, a great big thank you to everyone who helped make the dinner a huge success! Everything was delicious...you never leave an Immanuel get together hungry!

Reminder: Immanuel Sunday School starts this coming Sunday at 10:00 am prior to our 11:00 am service. We will be studying the Lord's Prayer this fall. Everyone is welcome to join us...young or young at heart!

Unity Service on September 11th

There will be dinner and fellowship following the unity service on September 11th. Each lady at Immanuel is asked to bring a large salad to share. The church will provide pork loin, cake and ice cream.
Each of the ladies groups are in charge of the following:
  Group 1: Clean Up
  Group 2: Prepare Coffee & Drinks
  Group 3: Serving
  Group 4: Set Up & Decorate

Immanuel Announcements for August 21st

Please pray for Angel's mom, Barb Erickson, who was recently diagnosed with aggressive aplastic large cell lymphoma. She started chemo last week. Thank you for all your prayers!

Today everyone is invited to Josh & Marti's for an open house of the parsonage from 1-3 pm. Please bring a sweet treat to share they will provide the beverages. 
 
The work day planned to be held on Tuesday, August 23rd has been cancelled. A huge THANK YOU to those who already completed the ramp project!!

Immanuel's fall church clean up will be held Saturday, August 27th from 9:00 am to ???. Please bring a sack lunch.

Leona Peskey will celebrate her 95th birthday on August 31.  Please help her celebrate with a card shower Leona Peskey,  c/o Stoneybrook Suites,  420 21st St. SW Apt 4,  Huron, SD  57350

Unity Service: Prairie Lutheran Parish will celebrate their ministry together with a Unity Service on September 11th at Immanuel. The service will be held at 10 am with Bishop David Zellmer preaching and presiding. Pastor Josh will be installed as the parish pastor at this service.

Card Shower for Leona Peskey

Leona will celebrate her 95th birthday on August 31.  Please help her celebrate by                            sending cards to Leona Peskey

                            c/o Stoneybrook Suites

                            420 21st St. SW Apt 4

                            Huron, SD  57350

Fall Cleanup & Parsonage Open House

Blessings of the Backpacks last Sunday! Those blessed were Kali, Katie, Lexi, Kenna, Kelby, Kera, Madi, Keistan, Ryker, Jodi & Angel. Iroquois students start school tomorrow, August 17th and the Huron students start on Tuesday, September 6th...please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Pastor Josh & Marti invite everyone to the parsonage from 1:00 to 3:00 on Sunday. Please bring a sweet treat to share!

Immanuel's fall church clean up will be held Saturday, August 27th from 9:00 am to ???. Please bring a sack lunch.

Parish Announcements from July 31st

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July Parish Newsletter & Announcements

Immanuel is hosting an open house baby shower for Brynja Knudsen, daughter of Pastor Josh and Marti, on Sunday.  Come join us for food (please bring a dish to pass), fellowship and fun following our 11:00 am service. The baby shower will be held 1:30 until about 3:00.  Hope to see you all here.

On Saturday, July 23, we will have a work day at the church. We need to raise/adjust the Handicap ramp so we'll need a few jacks along with a few strong men to show up about 8:30 AM.

A short Quarterly meeting will be held on Sunday, July 31st after the service.

The Unity Service is scheduled at Immanuel on September 11th @ 10 AM.

Click here to view the July 2016 Parish Newsletter

Open House Baby Shower for Brynja Knudsen

Immanuel Lutheran Church is hosting an open house baby shower for Brynja Knudsen, daughter of Pastor Josh and Marti, on Sunday, July 17th.  Come join us for food (please bring a dish to pass), fellowship and fun following our 11:00 am service.

 

The baby shower will be held 1:30 until about 3:00.  Hope to see you all here.

Immanuel Has a Facebook Page

Immanuel, Trinity & First all have Facebook pages now!!! Please click on the links below and "like" them on Facebook. You can get announcements about church and community events. Will be a great way to share our joys and special events with one another!!

Immanuel Lutheran Facebook Page

Trinity Lutheran Facebook Page

First Lutheran Facebook Page

Soldier Care Packages

This is the last Sunday to drop office items for the care packages for Jason TeBeest, Lowell & LaVaye Dubro's grandson, who is serving overseas.  The care packages will be shipped next week!!

Pastor Josh's First Sunday

Sunday, will be Pastor Josh's first Sunday at Immanuel. Service starts at 9:30 am, let's fill the church and show Pastor Josh our support.

Reminder: Immanuel is collecting items for a care package to be sent to Jason TeBeest, Lowell & LaVaye Dubro's grandson, who is serving overseas.  There will be boxes in the back of the church you may place items in. (We would like to send the boxes in the next week or so) Some ideas for items are packets of crystal light/kool aid/tea that you add to water, pop tarts, gum, jerky, crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles, microwave popcorn, snack foods, etc. Please be sure it is nothing that will melt or is perishable. Thanks in advance for your donation. Jason will also share with his fellow soldiers.

Summer Celebration of Song in Iroquois

Everyone is welcome to join the Trinity United Methodist Women in Iroquois for their Annual Summer Celebration of Song event on June 15th at 7:00 pm. The event is their annual fundraiser for the Abbott House. Karen Decker will be playing piano. Virginia Lambert will also be there representing the Abbott House. Fellowship and refreshments will follow.

Reminder: Immanuel service will be back to the regular schedule at 8:00 am this Sunday.

Thanks for Attending VBS Program

We would like to give a great big THANK YOU to all who came to the VBS program yesterday! We are so proud of how awesome the kids did with their songs, actions and speaking parts....our little country church has much to be PROUD of!! Also, a great big thanks to all the moms and grandmas that came and helped out and for all those who gave donations to help our VBS be a big success!

Click here for all the pictures from VBS

If you missed the program...here are a few videos of the kids singing.

Super proud of these four girls...they are amazing young ladies!!

To cute not to share!!!

More cuteness!!!

Just one more!!!

"LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE in all you do today!!!!" 

Vacation Bible School Pictures

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Don't miss the VBS program tomorrow morning at 9:00 am with fellowship following downstairs!

Click here to view June 5th Parish Announcements

The Waldner Family will be leading the service on Sunday, June 26th at 11:00 am at the Bancroft Presbyterian Church. Everyone is welcome to attend!

June Parish Newsletter

Click here to view the June 2016 Parish Newsletter

Pastor Josh, Marti and girls arrived last evening.  Pastor Josh will be at synod assembly Friday and Saturday.  Pastor's mother, Lisa, will be coming this evening to help unpack. Marti mentioned they probably won't need help unpacking but they would absolutely welcome people stopping by to say hello.

Reminder: Immanuel VBS program will be held during the church service on June 5th at 9:00 am. ** Note the change in time of the service **  Fellowship will follow the program with coffee, juice, donuts, rolls, etc. Make plans to attend...the kids work so hard to learn the songs and have so much fun showing everyone what they learned at VBS!!!

VBS Program - June 5th at 9:00 am

Immanuel VBS program will be held during the church service on June 5th at 9:00 am. ** Note the change in time of the service **  Fellowship will follow the program with coffee, juice, donuts, rolls, etc. Make plans to attend...the kids work so hard to learn the songs and have so much fun showing everyone what they do at VBS!!!

May 22nd Parish Announcements

Immanuel is collecting items for a care package to be sent to Jason TeBeest, Lowell & LaVaye Dubro's grandson, who is serving overseas. There will be boxes in the back of the church you may place items in. Some ideas for items are packets of crystal light/kool aid/tea that you add to water, pop tarts, gum, jerky, crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles, microwave popcorn, snack foods, etc. Please be sure it is nothing that will melt or is perishable. Thanks in advance for your donation. Jason will also share with his fellow soldiers.

John Anderson will be conducting services next Sunday, May 29th. There will be no communion. 

If anyone would like to clean at the parsonage and/or paint walls in the basement, anytime after Tuesday, May 17th would be great.  Please let Dawn know when and how many people and lunch will be provided. She can be reached at (605) 270-0087 or dawnhamilton93@gmail.com.  Thanks.

 Reminder: 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 TODAY so we can make plans for a couple fun filled days at Immanuel!

Trinity VBS is June 6-8 from 9-2.

Please continue to keep Pastor Knudsen and his family in your prayers during this process. They have a busy couple of months ahead of them.

Parsonage & VBS

If anyone would like to clean at the parsonage and/or paint walls in the basement, anytime after Tuesday, May 17th would be great.  Please let Dawn know when and how many people and lunch will be provided. She can be reached at (605) 270-0087 or dawnhamilton93@gmail.com.  Thanks.

 Reminder: 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!

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 5^th – Baby Knudsen is scheduled to arrive
May 15^th – Josh graduates from seminary
 May 26^th – Josh will be ordained at South Canyon Lutheran Church in Rapid City (his home church) at 6:30 pm.
May 31^st – 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 15^th – start full pastoral duties
June 19^th – 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.

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

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

Last Night's Saturday Night Service

Sunday School Youth practicing with the Prairie Praise Band before last night's service

"Ho-Ho-Ho-Hosanna, Ha-Ha-Ha-Halleluia"

Carrying the Palm Branches

Singing "Blessed Be Your Name" during worship

Last night was a wonderful night to be a member of the Immaunuel Lutheran family. The youth made our annual Resurrection Rolls during Sunday School (marshmallow-Jesus, melted butter-oils, cinnamon & sugar-spices, crescent rolls-white cloth and the oven-tomb....when we opened the tomb after they were baked the marshmallow was gone-Jesus had risen). The Prairie Praise band led the worship and the youth waved the palm branches at the beginning of the service and they helped end the service with joining the band in singing "Blessed Be Your Name!" We all got a chance to meet a pastoral candidate, Josh Knudsen and his family as well as end the evening with a yummy potluck and fellowship!

Maundy Thursday - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at First

Good Friday Service - 7:00 pm at Immanuel

Immanuel Easter SonRise Service - 6:30 am with Easter breakfast to follow.

Easter Lillies

If you are interested in helping us decorate the sanctuary beautifully for Easter SonRise service you are welcome to bring easter lillies or flowers in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special event. Please let Gayle Larson know at 354-2671 or via email at gaylebob1@hotmail.com so they can be listed in the bulletin.

Pastoral Candidate and Easter Breakfast

The Prairie Parish council met Sunday night to discuss the process of interviewing and visiting with new graduate, Josh Knudsen, who showed an interest in our churches.  After talking to him over the phone, we have scheduled a visit from him and his wife on this Saturday and Sunday. Since they are going to have a second child in early May, they are in a time crunch to get this going since traveling might be a problem for her.  They will tour the Carthage and Artesian churches and the parsonage

on Saturday afternoon and come to our church for our 6:00 pm service with our wonderful band playing for us!  Since Josh and his wife love music they should enjoy that. We are also going to “WOW” them with one of our delicious potluck suppers after the service.  So everyone be sure to come and meet Josh and his wife and bring along something delicious to share!

 

 Immanuel's Easter SonRise Service will be at 6:30 Easter morning with breakfast and fellowship to follow. Please bring eggs to boil or egg bake and rolls to share! The Easter breakfast work groups are as follows!

Work group #1----Decorate

Work group # 2----Clean up

Work group #3---Boil eggs, make coffee & juice

Work group #4---Serve 

 

March Duties:

Usher is Wenton Wormstadt & Cleaning is Garry Olmstead

 

 

Congratulations Keistan on your Confirmation!!

Congratulations Keistan....your church family is very proud of you!

Just a reminder that WELCA is collecting dues for 2016. Please give your $20 dues to Judy Dubro.

Please keep Jason TeBeest (Lowell & LaVaye Dubro's grandson) in your prayer as he will be deployed this week to the Middle East.

Sunday School children with their Valentine bible scavenger hunt cards they completed on Valentine's Day!

Excited to Announce the Birth of Ackley Douglas Donald

 

Ackley Douglas Donald

Born: February 18th at 11:18 pm

  6 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19 inches

Proud Parents: Jason and Shalace Bell

Proud Big Sisters: Haylah

Proud Grandparents: Mark & Gayle Larson

  

Reminder: There will be a reception tomorrow, starting at 10:00 am (prior to 11:00 am service) to celebrate Keistan Dubro's confirmation with cake and coffee. Everyone is welcome!! There will be a card in the back of the church for Keistan from our congregation that everyone is welcome to sign!

February & March 2016 Parish Newsletter

Click here to view the February & March newsletter.

February usher is Clint Wormstadt and Tom Moeding is cleaner for February

Church service is tonight (Saturday night) at 6:00 pm with Sunday School at 5:00 pm
February 10th - Ash Wednesday - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at First

There will be a reception on Sunday, February 21st, before the 11:00 am service, to celebrate Keistan Dubro's confirmation with cake and coffee. Everyone is welcome!!

Reminder that you are able to check the Immanuel E-News website at any time to check service times, newsletter, usher & cleaning lists and all of the updates that have been emailed out. The website address is as follows www.immanuelenews.blogspot.com

If you know of anyone that does not receive the E-News emails and they would like to please email immanuelenews@gmail.com or contact Jodi and she will get you added.

Also, if you have an announcement that you would like put in the bulletin please email immanuelenews@gmail.com or contact Jodi and she will put it on the website as well as send out the email so Michele Bornitz receives it and will add it to the bulletin.

Immanuel E-News Website

Reminder that you are able to check the Immanuel E-News website at any time to check service times, newsletter, usher & cleaning lists and all of the updates that have been emailed out. The website address is as follows www.immanuelenews.blogspot.com

If you know of anyone that does not receive the E-News emails and they would like to please email immanuelenews@gmail.com or contact Jodi and she will get you added.

Also, if you have an announcement that you would like put in the bulletin please email immanuelenews@gmail.com or contact Jodi and she will put it on the website as well as send out the email so Michele Bornitz receives it and will add it to the bulletin.

Announcements for January 24

Immanuel annual meeting will be held January 31st following our 11:00 am service. There will be a potluck following the meeting.

Affirmation of Baptism/Confirmation will take place for Keistan Dubro at 11:00 am on Sunday, February 21st.

Lent Schedule:
February 10th - Ash Wednesday - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at First
February 17th - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at Immanuel
February 24th - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at First
March 2 - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at Immanuel
March 9 - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at First
March 16 - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at Immanuel
March 24 - Maundy Thursday - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at First
March 25 - Good Friday - 5:30 pm at Trinity and 7:00 pm at Immanuel
March 27 - Easter SonRise Service - 6:30 am

February Duties:
Usher - Clint Wormstadt
Cleaning - Tom Moeding

Reminder: All Sunday services normally scheduled to start at 9:30 am will now start at 9:00 am. This will allow Pastor additional travel time during the winter months.

Excited to Announce the Birth of Tate Allen

Tate Allen Bogh

Born: Friday, January 15th

8 lbs. 14 ozs. and 21 inches

Proud Parents: Chad & Cashayne Bogh

Proud Big Sisters: Tessah & Ashtyn

Proud Grandparents: Mark & Gayle Larson

Lowell Received Ambassador Peace Medal

Lowell Dubro was one of the 200 Veterans who received an Ambassador Peace Medal from South Korea at a ceremony held Tuesday at the Capitol in Pierre. The medal is a way of expressing the South Korea Governments gratitude and respect for those who served during the Korean War. Lowell was in the Air Force and was a Jet Engine Mechanic during the war and was in the Korean War Zone. His wife LaVaye had the privilege of pinning his medal on him. Congratulations Lowell...we are very proud to have you in our church family!

Reminders: Immanuel WELCA is hosting a time for fellowship following our 6:00 service tomorrow night that will be led by the Prairie Praise Band. Soup and sandwiches will be provided, but the congregation is asked to furnish cookies or bars.

The annual meeting will be held January 31st following our 11:00 am service. There will be a potluck following the meeting.

January:
Usher - Bruce Wintle
Cleaning - Carl Matter 

February:
Usher - Clint Wormstadt
Cleaning - Tom Moeding

2016 Cleaning and Usher List

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Prayers for Vern Matter's Family

Please keep Vern Matter's family in your prayers as he passed away this afternoon. Vern is Carl Matter's brother.

Fellowship following Services

WELCA is hosting a time for fellowship following the service on January 16th that will be led by the Prairie Praise Band. Soup and sandwiches will be provided, but the congregation is asked to furnish cookies or bars.

Reminder: The annual meeting will be held January 31st following our 11:00 am service. There will be a potluck following the meeting.