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This week we are reminded that Easter is not a day, but an entire season in the Christian church!

This Sunday's worship includes a hymn whose lyrics were composed by George R. Woodward, 1848-1934 and whose tune is a Dutch melody from the 1600's. We will sing ELW 391 "This Joyful Easter Day" as our opening hymn on May 14th.

Here is a sweet version of this hymn from the musicians at Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church, including organ, along with the voices of two women and one little girl.

May the sweet voices and proclamations of Alleluia fill your soul with joy!

Also, fill out the "What are Your Favorite Hymns" insert in your bulletin this Sunday and return it to us!

One of the most requested items of the homeless is socks.  Have you ever seen the commercial for buy a pair of socks with the company donating a pair of socks to the homeless? Well, Immanuel applied to Bombas for our Hand in Hand Ministry during the pandemic and was told that they did not at that point have any ability to increase their number of non-profits they were helping. However, a couple of months ago, we received word that we were now in line to be a partner with Bombas for socks. This week, through the generosity of Bombas, we received our annual allotment of 3000 pairs of socks at no cost to Immanuel!  These will be available to those in need, hopefully through the rest of the year. If you have a chance, check out Bombas for your next sock or underwear purchase.

We will collect diapers and wipes throughout May in support of St. Michael's Baby Steps program (a long-term, education-based incentive program for income-limited, pregnant parenting mothers.) Look for the wagon in the Narthex marked Baby Steps to drop off your donations. We will walk the filled wagons over to St. Michael's on May 28th after worship. Click on the yellow button below for more information on Baby Steps. 

Immanuel confirmand and pianist, Cora Holliday, has been accepted into the Lutheran Summer Music at Valparaiso University in Indiana. Thank you to all who donated so far to support her tuition and helped her receive the $500 matching grant from LSM! If you would still like to donate to help with the remainder of the $2495 tuition, please click the button below.

"Lutheran Summer Music (LSM) is the nation’s premier faith-based music academy for high school students. In addition to advanced musical instruction and numerous performance opportunities, LSM students form an intentional community, living together for four weeks on a Lutheran college campus. Since 1981, this unique and immersive program has guided the lives of young musicians, who credit LSM as the starting place for their future careers and vocations."

The Church Council approved upgrading the Immanuel sound system to improve sound quality throughout the sanctuary and be aesthetically pleasing. The system was installed this week! For more information about the new sound system, please contact Les Gieselman, Property Committee Chair. We still need about $3,600 to fully fund this project. If you are able to help us reach our goal, we encourage you to contribute to the 'Sound System Designated Fund.' Thank you.

Livestream is up and running. We need more volunteers to run the sound, camera and lyrics for our YouTube channel! No prior knowledge necessary. Please contact Cindy Holliday at office@ILCBoise.org or 208-344-3011 to volunteer.