Spirit of Christmas Bazaar
The annual Spirit of Christmas Bazaar was very successful again this year. As of Sunday, November 10th the total is almost $12,000. There are items are still available and are now half price. Some items will be available November 24th.
Lefse was made at church on Monday, October 28th, wreaths were made at Ade & Jean Olson's the Sunday before the bazaar and
confections were made and pa
ckaged at the church during the
week of the bazaar.
Thank you to eve
ryone who worked on the bazaar in any way. Thank you to Karen DeBoer and Nancy Evans who served as cochairs of this year's bazaar. If you can help in any way with the 2020 bazaar, please contact Nancy Nyvold or Karen DeBoer.
  
The proceeds from the bazaar combined with proceeds from last spring's rummage sale will benefit many local causes and global
missions. If you wish to see how the funds from 2018 were distributed, please
click here.
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Karen DeBoer and Nancy Nyvold, CoChairs
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Children's Room
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Bazaar Raffle Winners
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| Cherry Desk-Made by Randy Evans and Won by Nicki Bjornstad. |
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Winners of raffle items at the bazaar were: Wool Shawl made by Ginny Larson-Addie Finck; Cherry Desk made by Randy Evans-Nicki Bjornstad; Seasonal Stitcheries hand stitched by Nancy Evans-Deb Morseth; Wool Nativity made by Kim Gibson-Jenna Swancutt; Batik Quilt sewn by Immanuel's Quilters-Char Berg; Cedar and Pine Adirondack Chair constructed by Gary DeBoer-Faye Ysseldyke.
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Faye Ysseldyke-Adirondack Chair |
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Addie Finck-Wool Shawl |
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Confirmation
by Judy Kirchoff, Handbell Director
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| Ben Gujer, Easton Maucieri, Pastor Paul, Hayden McGowan, Miranda Sicora |
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Ben Gujer |
Four young people made public affirmation of their baptism in confirm
ation on Sunday, November 3rd.
Each confirmand shared his or her faith statement.
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Handbell 10th Anniversary
by Judy Kirchoff, Handbell Director
Praise The
 Lord! Immanuel celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Handbell Ministry on November 10. It was a joyous occasion filled with bell and chime music and a special prayer
of blessing was said by Pastor Paul.
Since the Ministry's beginning, 123 children and adults have performed. A tot al of 27 ringers participated at this service. The Chapel Chimers performed "How Great Thou Art" for the prelude. A combination of 23 handbell and handchimes ringers performed "God Be With You Till We Meet Again". The Hallelujah Handbell Choir performed "Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace" d
uring the offertory.
Thank you Ava Johnson and Gracesen Klein for reading the Scripture lessons, to Marian Segersten for her photography, to the Tech people and to all of the ringers who participated in making this an awesome celebration. God has so blessed this Ministry. Thank you people of Immanuel for your continued prayers and support.
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Children's Ministry
Sunday School
Sunday School meets at 10:40am on Sundays. The children are dismissed following the children's sermon during the 10:30 worship service.
The annual Christmas program will be held Sunday, December 15th at the 10:30 worship service. Practices have begun during Sunday School.
Bible Presentation
The Bible presentation
for third grade students or older has been postponed. Please watch newsletters and bulletins for information on the new date.
Sunday School teachers will meet on Sunday, November 17th at 11:30am.
There will be no Sunday School Sunday, December 1st.
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CREW
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Photo by Jill Mattson
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CREW, Immanuel's youth group for students in grades 7-12 meets the second and fourthWednesdays of the month at 6:30pm in the fellowship hall. All students are welcome. They do not need to be a member of Immanuel to
attend.
Each CREW evening begins with a meal and then there is a time of singing in the sanctuary with Pastor Paul on his guitar. Sometimes Jill will do some yoga with the students. There is a lesson provided by Tammy Freeburg, Youth Ministry Coordinator each time and usually time for a game or activity of some kind.
Confirmation for students in grades 7-9 meets the first and third Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. There is not a meal provided on these evenings.
CREW met Wednesday, November 13th. After the meal the students played a game with water bottles before moving to the sanctuary for singing. Jill Mattson led the students in a short session of yoga before everyone worked on activity of
determining each other's strengths.
CREW members will be ushering, greeting and lectoring the fourth Sunday of the month.
A need for adult drivers is present throughout the year for events and possibly rides on Sundays. Let Tammy know if you are able to help.
She is also looking for adults who would be interested in being
mentors for youth. If you are interested in this, please contact Tammy at
tammyf@immanuelcrosby.org
or 218-546-6010.
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Shadreck Chikoti Visit
Shadreck Chikoti, Executive Director Kanyenyeva Ministries (Malawi Orphan Care Project) in Malawi visited Imman
uel on Sunday, October 27th. He expressed his thanks and extreme gratitude for everything that Immanuel does for the Malawi Orphan Care Project. He especially expressed appreciation for the Christmas meal and the funds provided by Manna for Malawi which have helped purchase the farm, tractor, and truck.
While in Crosby Shadreck was able to go bowling for the first time ever when members of CREW and families went bowling.
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Thanksgiving Praise and Pie
Thanksgiving Eve worship will be at 6:45pm on Wednesday, November 27th. The worship service will be followed by pie in the fellowship hall. All are welcome.
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Meal With A Mission
Funds raised by the October Meal With A Mission on October 20th will be used for lunch bunch which is the program that provides food for school children during the summer.
The November Meal With A Mission on November 17th from 10:00am to 12:00 pm will benefit REC (Residents Encountering Christ).
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Care Kits
Judy
Running,
Melva Panitzke and Jan Doonan prepared and delivered 60 Care Kits for children at Cuyuna Range Elementary School.
The kits are loaded with mittens, gloves, stocking cap, two pair of socks, two bars of soap, shampoo-conditioner, brush, tooth
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paste, toothbrushes, floss picks, chapstick, deodorant, small toy, and a $5 DQ card.
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Quilt Blessing
Quilts made by Immanuel's quilters were blessed on S
 unday, October 27th.
The quilters have sent out 76 quilts so far in 2019. They are sent to Central Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, Mid-Minnesota
 Women's Shelter, Crosby's museum, and the Spirit of Christmas Bazaar raffle.
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| Lois Laughton, Karen Midthun, Nancy Nyvold, Mary Nagorski, Dotty Hayes, Pam Klopfleisch, Audrey Witnebel. Not pictured: Shelly Harker, Karen DeBoer, Jean Olson |
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Pastor Appreciation
October was Pastor Appreciation month. Bob Neros, council president presented Pastor Paul and Jill a gift from the congregation on Sunday, November 3rd.
Pastor Paul expressed his thanks in the TGIF email on Friday, November 8th:
Thank you for all those who contributed to the Pastor Appreciation gift, presented to Jill and I last Sunday. We a re truly grateful to be called to public Word and Sacrament ministry to/with/for the people of God at Immanuel and beyond. We are truly blessed! Thank you so much!
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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.
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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
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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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