LUTHERAN CHURCH
Immanuel Lutheran Church Crosby, August 2020
Vacation Bible School
by Jill DeCent
As Summer begins to wind down, we enjoyed a week long of VBS at home, which concluded with an outdoor celebration of fun! This year’s VBS theme was “Road Trip”, which was inspired by a camp style curriculum from Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry. We had approximately 13 families whom participated in this year’s VBS program.
Manna For Malawi Raffle
This year's Manna For Malawi event has been canceled. Manna For Malawi will return in 2021 at an undetermined venue with the Johnny Holm Band, food by Maucieri's, and beverages from Mixed Company, a Kava House.
The raffle will still be held. Tickets for the raffle are $5.00 each and will be available before, between and after worship services on a Sunday. They are also available in the church office during office hours. They are available at the following businesses:

  • The Woodtick Inn
  • The Bridge Tavern
  • The Courier
  • MidMinneosta Federal Credit Union, Crosby
  • Deerwood Bank
  • Unity Bank
  • Uplifted Wellness Studio

Please see the poster below for information about the prizes. The drawing will be held at the Woodtick at 6:00pm on August 23rd. You do not need to be present to win. You will have a last chance to purchase tickets from 5:00-6:00pm on the day of the drawing at the Woodtick.

Please consider buying raffle tickets or donating to this fundraiser as the need in Malawi is great. Any money raised will go towards food and education. You can also go to Immanuel's website and donate to this fund. Click on Manna For Malawi on the home page.
Meal With A Mission for Malawi

The August Meal With a Mission will benefit Malawi Orphan Care Project (MOCOP). Maucieri's and SuperOne will be providing the food and Mixed Company will provide beverages. The meal will be served from 5:00-7:00pm. This will a drive through or you may sit at tables provided outside at the church.
Please remember that the children at MOCP need our help and without our annual Manna For Malawi event this Meal With A Mission is very important.

For more information about MOCP check to their website. You may also wish to check out the video that was shared on Immanuel's Facebook page featuring children from MOCP with the song "Kings and Queens" by Audio Adrenaline. You may recognize some of the uniforms the children are wearing.
Handbell Quartet
by Judy Kirchoff, Director
Immanuel’s Bell Quartet played “O Morning Star” this past Sunday. It was great to ring the bells once again as a group. We played 3 octaves of bells and had a little bit of fun by wearing a smile face mask. Quartet members were: Sandy Twigg, LuAnn Henrichs, Nancy Heise and Judy Kirchoff.

We have updated safety measures for the bell choir members and hope to begin practices soon and then perform in the fall.
Back to School
The BACK TO SCHOOL sales are going on now. Once again, while you are shopping for your children and grandchildren, why not pick up some extra supplies for our School Donation Boxes? 
Here is a list of some supplies we could use for the general classes: 

2” wide - three ring binders in Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green 
Black & Blue Pens 
Pencils 
Colored pencils 
3x5 Note Cards 
Pocket Folders 
Spiral Notebooks 
Erasers, Extra Fine Black Sharpie 
Protractors 
Composition Book 
Loose, college-ruled notebook paper 
$10-$15 “scientific” or TI83/TI84 graphing calculator 
PENCILS ARE IN GREAT NEED. STUDENTS USE APPROXIMATELY 25 PENCILS PER QUARTER. 
Any help we can provide will be greatly appreciated. 
The boxes will be placed in the hallway and near the Food Shelf Donation Box in the Friendship Hall. Any questions please feel free to contact Brenda Hayes at 218-546-6010 or email at 
Youth Ministry
Text and photos by Tammy Freeburg
Hello Immanuel families! 
I pray that you have been enjoying the sunshine

I got to enjoy some quality time with our children’s ministry at VBS wrap up recently. Very fun to be part of a lively group, celebrating their love for Heavenly Father, family and friends! Making tye dye shirts was a hit! 

Then I took a kit of tye dye “on the road” to Crosslake and shared it with my children and grandchildren.  They loved it! Now we all have similar shirts and Immanuel is to thank for it. Thank you Immanuel. 
At our Youth Advisory Team meeting this past week we considered some positive options moving into the school year.  We are still praying about how to proceed as the guidelines are still being part of our gatherings. 

Upcoming: 
August 26th from 5:30-8:00-party at the parsonage for ALL youth current 7-12th grade 
September 9th @ 6:30-8:00 “kick off” for CREW/confirmation 
Families of youth keep watch in your mailbox for a bright sunshine yellow postcard announcing plans. I will be reaching out by phone to connect with your family as well. 

Please contact me me with any questions, concerns, comments, ideas 

Take care 
God bless 
Faithfully, 
Tammy Freeburg 
Youth Ministry coordinator
Meal With A Mission
The July Meal With A Mission on July 19th benefited Immanuel's Vacation Bible School. This meal was a cookout and will be served outside the church.

The September and October Meal With A Mission and the beneficiaries are undetermined at this




Worship Services
Immanuel resumed worship services in the sanctuary beginning Sunday, June 28th.There are services at 9:00am and 10:30am. All attendees are required to wear masks. Only 50% capacity is allowed at the worship services. If you have any questions about the procedures for worship, please call the church office at 218-546-6010.
Immanuel's Story
Immanuel's Story, Immanuel's print newsletter, is posted on Immanuel's website each month or you also have the option of having the newsletter mailed to you or placed in your church mailbox. If you would like to have the newsletter mailed or placed in your mailbox, please call the church office at 218+546-6010.

To read the newsletter on the website go to immanuelcrosby.org and click on News in the tabs. Choose Immanuel's Newsletter and it will take you to the page for the newsletter. You can read the past two month's issues of the newsletter, check the calendar that is a part of the newsletter or check the worship schedule to see if you are signed up to usher or greet during the month.

The newsletter will open in Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this app on your device, a link is provided to download it.