I mmanuel Lutheran Church E-News

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Crosby, February 2019
Ash Wednesday and Lent

Ash Wednesday:
Ash Wednesday worship will be held March 6th at 6:45pm. The worship service will include the imposition of ashes.

Midweek Worship:
Each Wednesday during Lent there will be a soup supper at 6:00 followed by worship at 6:45.

Faith Mentors:
The confirmation mentors will have faith mentors again this year. Please be willing to be a faith mentor if you are asked.

Ecumenical Noon Worship:
The Cuyuna Lakes Ministerial Association will again be hosting noon worship and soup lunch fellowship on Wednesdays during Lent this year.

Schedule, locations and themes:
March 13 - Cascade United Methodist Church
March 20 - Immanuel Lutheran Church
March 27 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Crosby)by the Righteous
April 3 - Heartwood Senior Living & Lifespring Church
April 10 - Salem Lutheran Church

CREW

CREW (Christ Reigns Everyone Wins), Immanuel's youth group meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. A meal is provided each time. At most meetings there is music, a video of The Gospel According to John and time for a game and social time. There will be one more meeting on February 27th before Lent. At this meeting they will finish the movie. During Lent CREW members will attend the midweek worship services. Confirmation students will have a mentor that they will meet with following the worship service.


Help is needed to prepare meals for CREW. If you are able to help, please call John Gordon at 218-866-2103.



Children's Ministry
by Beth Bourgeois

Date Night

Bible Presentation


"The Story for Children" Storybook Bible will be presented to youth age 3rd grade
or older on Sunday, March 24th during   the 10:30 service. In preparation for this faith milestone we will have 2 classes for students and  parents, March 10th & 17th  from 11:30-12:30. If you would like to sign up please contact Beth Bourgeois at  bethb@immanuelcrosby.org  or 218-839-0160.


Young Adult Summit

T he next Young Adult Summit will be on Wednesday February 20 th  5:30-7:00 for a potluck meal & planning our Midwinter Festival for March 24 th . All are welcome and there will be nursery care provided.

Date Night

Drop the kids off and enjoy a night out! For only $5 per child members of our Young Adult Summit will babysit and provide a snack for children February 22 nd  from 5:30-8:00PM at  Immanuel Lutheran Church!
*Proceeds will go to our next  Family Fun Day *



Sunday School

Sunday School meets during the 10:30 worship service. The children are dismissed following Children's Time.  All children age three through sixth grade are encouraged to attend Sunday School. They do not need to be a member of Immanuel.















Annual Meeting
 
The 2019 Annual Meeting of Immanuel Lutheran Church was held Sunday, February 3rd. Dan Wisniak, James Patrick, Deb Koop, and Karen Midthun were elected to the council. The council officers were installed at this meeting. They are Bob Neros, President, Rick Kleinschmidt, Vice President and Nancy Evans, Secretary. 

Some of the joys of Immanuel were the youth program and John Gordon, the Sunday School and Youth programs with John, Beth and the committees, Pastor Paul and his spiritual leadership, the feasibility committee and all of the volunteers of Immanuel.


Meal With A Mission


The January Meal With A Mission on January 20th benefited Days For Girls. 






The February Meal With A Mission on February 17th will benefit the Soup Kitchen.
Annual Meeting

The annual congregational meeting will held on Sunday, February 3rd following the 10:30am worship service in the sanctuary.

There will be formal presentations of the financial reports covering 2018 and the 2019 budget each worship service on Sunday, January 27th.

Women's Retreat

The annual women's retreat will be held April 5th and 6th at Clearwater Forest Camp. The theme for the retreat is Romans 12:12- Be joyful in hope, Be patient in affliction, Be constant in prayer.                             ILC version

The speakers for the retreat will be Susan Bushard on Friday evening and Tracy Kalevik Mongan on Saturday.

Please complete the registration form available here or and submit it along with $45.00 registration fee to Immanuel's ChurchOffice by: Friday, March 29, 2019. Make checks payable to ILC Women and write "Retreat" in the memo. Scholarships are available if needed. There are no refunds after March 29th.

You may print the registration form available here or the form will be available in the March issue of Immanuel's Story.
Manna For Malawi

Manna For Malawi 2019 will feature The Johnny Holm Band. This event will be held  Sunday, June 23rd at the Woodtick Inn in Cuyuna.  For more information abo ut the band click here.

Watch  the bulletins and newsletters for information on this year's event.

Look for an opportunity to sponsor a child in Malawi at this year's event. The proceeds this year will be used for a truck for the project and for education.

A meal will be provided by Maucieri's Italian Bistro and beverages will be provided by Mixed Company A Kava House.

There will be a silent auction and raffle items along with activities for children.

If you have something that you are interested in donating for the silent auction, please contact Terri Wisniak.




Sermons on the Web

The weekly sermons are available on Immanuel's website,   www.immanuelcrosby.org. Click on the link on the home page for the sermons.

Immanuel's Facebook Page

Check out Immanuel's  Facebook  page. Brenda Bongs is maintaining this page and is posting photos of happenings at Immanuel as they happen. If you have information that you would like to see publicized on Facebook, please contact Brenda at  brendab@immanuelcrosby.org .

Immanuel's E-News

This newsletter  is published the 15th of every month. If you have any photos or news  items that you would like to see in the enews or on Immanuel's website please send them to  msegersten@charter.net .
 
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