Celebrate the birth of our Savior at one of our Christmas Eve services! Our 1 o'clock family service lasts about 45 minutes and is especially for families for young children. Your little ones will love this interactive service led by Pastor Chris! The 4 o'clock traditional service is our most well-attended; we sing traditional hymns and there are performances by the choir and handbells. The late night 11 o'clock candlelight service is the only one held in the sanctuary; the format is very traditional and communion is given.

Note that there will also be a Christmas Day service on Saturday morning at 9:30 AM, but there will NO 5:30 PM Saturday NIGHT or Sunday Morning services on December 25th and 26th.
Bring a candle, any candle, to our New Year’s Eve service. It’s our tradition to set these candles on the altar and light them. This symbolizes Christ’s promise to be with us and our response to shine the His light into the New Year.
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Check out our new contemporary service! Worship leader, Jim O’Connell, joins our staff on January 9th and will lead us in re-defining contemporary worship here at Immanuel. Similar to many of the leading contemporary churches; the praise, prayer, and worship at the newly configured 10:45 service will be led by Jim, with Pastor Eric or Chris joining in to give the message and sacraments. Crafts will be distributed before the sermon to keep children entertained while parents listen; the kids will then be encouraged to show their creations when the sermon is done. The youth praise band will join the 10:45 service. We will continue to have a 10:30 service in the sanctuary, but it will now be in the same traditional format as the 8:00 service.
School Principal's Corner Blog
Check out our new school blog at ilsbatavia.org/blog. Principal, Donna Laughlin, gives a weekly update of what's going on at our school.
Mission and Ministry Council
The governing board of Immanuel Lutheran Church and School is the Mission and Ministry Council, comprised of four officers and seven at-large members. The current members are: Dan Nottke, Chairperson; Matt Hagar, Vice Chairperson; Larry Durrant, Treasurer; Nancy Radtke, Secretary; Keith Bartelmey, Erica Ciro, Paul Dauksha, Geoff Falk, Kate Kersten, Terry Rueffer, Bob Schmidt.

Reach out anytime to Congregation Chairman Dan Nottke at chairperson_mmc@ilcsbatavia.org.
To see a complete listing of current announcements visit immanuelbatavia.org/announcements.
For News and Notes archives see immaneulbatavia.org/news-archives.
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in ever-deepening faith and community in Christ.
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