LUTHERAN CHURCH
Immanuel Lutheran Church Crosby, June 2021
Graduate Recognition
Immanuel honored the graduating high school seniors on Sunday, May 23rd. The parents blessed their graduates and the graduates blessed their parents. Each graduate was presented with a tied fleece blanket in school colors by their parents. 

Pictured are Karli Nixon, Jocelyn Glomski, Gwen Rosecrans, Ean Hunter, Lily Peterson, Katie Kovatovich.
Manna For Malawi

Immanuel’s Manna for Malawi event will be held on August 15th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm at The Bridge Tavern Hwy 6 N, Crosby. Johnny Holm is booked! The Bridge will be providing a pulled pork meal. MOCP board members: Pastor Andy Jones, Joy Jones, Ken Ekegren and Penny Ekegren plan to attend.

The funds raised by this event will be used for food and education for the Malawi mission.
Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed to serve food and clean up during the event. There are volunteer sheets on the table in the bookstore area of the fellowship hall. Stop at this table and see if there is a time slot that will work for you. The time slots are for one hour at a time.
Raffle Items

Can you donate a silent auction item? We also need volunteers to solicit businesses for silent auction items or donations. If you can help with this, please call Terri Wisniak (218)546-2863.

There will be dinner, raffle and a silent auction again along with activities for children including a bouncy house, minnow races and a snow cone machine. Raffle tickets will be sold on Sundays during fellowship time.
Silent Auction Items
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Worship and Fellowship Time
Immanuel continues to have two worship services on Sunday mornings at 9:00 and 10:30am. Masks are no longer required and there are no social distance restrictions. The 9:00am service is now a full service while the 10:30 service is a family friendly service making it a shorter time for families with children since there is not Sunday School during the summer.
The worship services are available in the vicinity of the church on FM 88.1. The podcast of the scripture and message is posted on Immanuel's website on Sundays and the worship service is posted on Immanuel's YouTube channel on Mondays. There is a link for these on Immanuel's website.

Fellowship time between the worship services on Sunday has resumed along with coffee and donuts. Fellowship time is a great opportunity to connect with other members of the Immanuel family. All are welcome.
Children's Ministry
by Jill DeCent
Vacation Bible School
Chugga chugga, chugga chugga, CHOO CHOO! Vacation Bible School will be upon us before we know it! We are still looking for volunteers, so please prayerfully consider donating your time and/or talents. The blue connection card is a great place to show interest, or feel free to contact Jill DeCent by email or text-jilld@immanuelcrosby.org, (218) 851-2998. Registration forms are available at church, and on the ILC website, and are due by JULY 1ST. There is also a list of donation items on the website that are needed for VBS, and a collection bin at church, near the Children’s Ministry bulletin board in the hallway. The annual VBS Meal with a Mission fundraiser will be held on Sunday, July 18th-more details to come!


As a reminder, the nursery is OPEN and staffed with an attendant most Sundays! Feel free to drop your child off during the 10:30 service. This is available for ages 3 months to 5 years. 


Please continue to keep our Children’s Ministry in your prayers as we “Re-Open” and find our way to all the wonderful things our church has to offer. God is good and gracious, and we are so blessed!

The last day of Sunday School was May 23rd. The weather did not cooperate to have a totally outdoor party but some of the teachers and students did brave the elements while other chose to stay inside.
Youth Ministry
Bowling photos By Tammy Freeburg
The youth continue to meet every Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00. When the weather is nice they will be outside in nature. When the weather is inclement, they will have a project inside or some weeks will watch "The Chosen." Each evening a bag lunch is served and the youth can choose to eat inside or outside.

All students grades 6-12 are welcome to attend the Wednesday night gatherings.
On Sunday, June 6 the youth and families went bowling at Cuyuna Lanes.

On Wednesday, June 9 the youth learned about the five love languages. They took a quiz to see what their personal language is and then were able to take the quiz home to share with their families.

The youth also painted rocks using the theme of "Love."

There was a few minutes of rain at the beginning of that evening Wednesday, June 9th so some of the youth took the time to enjoy the refreshing rain drops.
Spirit of Christmas Bazaar

The Spirit of Christmas Bazaar will be held Saturday, November 13th. Please put this date on your calendars. It is time now to be thinking of projects that you wish to create for this event. The money raised by this bazaar is donated to many organizations both locally and worldwide. There was not a bazaar in 2020 so let's make this year's bazaar very profitable.

The cochairs of the bazaar committee are Nancy Nyvold and Karen DeBoer. Please contact them if you have any questions.
Meal With A Mission


There was not a Meal With A Mission in May. The June Meal With A Mission on June 20th from 10:00am to 12:00pm will benefit the Cuyuna Range Youth Center.



The July Meal With A Mission on July 18th will benefit Immanuel's Family Vacation Bible School.