I mmanuel Lutheran Church E-News

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Crosby, May 2019
Graduate Recognition

Immanuel honored the graduating high school seniors on Sunday, May 5th. The parents blessed their graduates and the graduates blessed their parents. Each graduate was presented with a tied fleece blanket in their school colors by their parents. 

Pictured are Front: Shyanne Lubovich; Tyler Peterson. Back: Sommer Popkes; John Gordon, Youth Ministry Coordinator; Gabe Gibson; Abby Arneson. Not pictured: Autumn Anderson, Ella Dwyer, Mallory Holmvig.


























Resurrection Sunday and Holy Week



The resurrection of Jesus Christ was celebrated at Immanuel on April 21st. The sanctuary was beautifully decorated with Easter Lilies. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the fund for these flowers.




















Brenda Bongs and Diedra Boller affirmed their baptism with confirmation at the worship services.


Seder Supper:  The annual Seder Supper was held Wednesday,  April 17th at 5:00pm. The First Communion students were special guests at  this event. Photos by Terri Wisniak.










Maundy Thursday:  First Communion for eight young people was celebrated at the Maundy Thursday worship service.  Congratulations on this faith milestone to Front: Elsie Souhrada, Isabelle Thompson, 
Lydia Nelson. Back:  Elijah VanderArk, Isaiah Aulie, Brody Kovatovich, Carson Freese, Tucker Pederson.











Good Friday:  Good Friday  worship was an informal service of scripture and song. Brian Marquart provided special music for this worship service.



Children's Ministry
by Beth Bourgeois

Sunday School

The last Sunday for Sunday School for the school year will be May 19th. The children will  gather for games, goodies & a great time together! 

Happy Summer everyone!













Children's Time will continue during the 
worship services in the summer.





Vacation Bible School

August 5th-8th  will be our Holy Land Adventure, and we need  YOU  to make it happen! Volunteers make VBS a success for our children & families! Props, decorations, planning, food - wherever you shine, now is the time to sign up to share your talents! Anyone interested in helping with this memorable event can sign up with Beth at  bethb@immanuelcrosby.org. There will be a meeting for volunteers at 6:00pm on June 5th at the church.

Thank you to all for your dedication to nurturing the faith in our Immanuel family!
CREW

CREW (Christ Reigns Everyone Wins),   Immanuel's youth group meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month during the school year. 

From John Gordon: CREW will have their last meeting for the school year May 22nd. Parents and friends are invited to attend  starting at 6:30 pm . Each person will pay $3.00 for bowling, shoes and pizza! We will have a short devotional and prayer time as we spend our time together in Jesus name!

CREW met at church on Wednesday, April 8th where they spent time in song, learning and fellowship.








Rummage Sale
by Judy Running
 
The annual Rummage/Bake sale was held May 2nd and 3rd. The sale was very successful. The total for the rummage sale was $2,275 and the bake sale raised $478.

Thank you to everyone that helped make our annual rummage/bake sale a success.

Handbell Ministry
by Judy Kirchoff

The Chapel Chimers will have their last spring performance on Sunday, May 19. They have been awesome and are a delight to work with.  Ava Johnson and Lydia Nelson are the Scripture readers this Sunday. 
 
It was great to have a full group of Hallelujah Bell Choir members on Sunday. In addition to chimes and mallets, our music required that we ring all of the bells except for a couple, so our tables were full.  
 
In the week of June 23, I would like to have an introductory class to handbells. We would select an evening that would work the best and meet at 6:30 for approximately an hour.  This would be a "hands on" session and we would go over bell techniques and answer any questions that you may have.  This is the perfect opportunity to ring the bells and to see if this ministry is something that you would like to try. 
 
We will have several positions available for either full time or as a substitute. Please call Judy Kirchoff at 218-820-2802 or email:  hjkirchoff@gmail.com   Our practice schedul e is on Tuesday evenings from 5:45-7:15 and we perform the second Sunday of the month in April through June and again in September through December






Meal With A Mission


The April Meal With A Mission on April 14th benefited Relay for Life. 






The May Meal With A Mission on May 19th will benefit CARE (Community Action Relief Effort).

New Members


New Members will be welcomed into the Immanuel family on Sunday, June 2nd at both services. The new member sessions will be May 16th, 23rd, and 30th at 6:00pm. Watch the newsletters and bulletins for more information on this. If you or someone you know is interested in joining  or have questions, please contact Elaine Karel at 218-546-6010 or elainek@immanuelcrosby.org.
Congregational Meeting


There will be a congregational meeting on June 2nd at 11:30am. At this meeting we will hear from the Feasibility Team and talk about future options for space for our growing children/youth ministries.
Manna For Malawi

Manna For Malawi 2019 will feature The Johnny Holm Band. This event will be held  Sunday, Ju ne 23rd at the Woodtick Inn in Cuyuna from 4:00 to 8:00pm.  For more information abo ut the band click here.

Watch  the bulletins and newsletters for information on 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  buttser14@yahoo.com .

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 .
 
If you are having difficulty viewing the images in the newsletters, go to the  E-Newsletter page on   Immanuel's website.