Announcements

This Sunday is the Sign-up Deadline for the Valleyfair Trip which is this Saturday (bad weather day July 28^th), leaving at 8 am. Sign-up sheets and waiver forms in the entrance. Call Mari Momberg with questions 641-420-0486.

50^th Birthday Open House for Julie Fredrickson, Saturday, July 27 from 1:30 to 4:00, in the church basement. Cards may be sent to Ken Fredrickson, 4188 Vine Ave., Kensett, IA 50448.

Deadline for College Students for the Erna Pagel Grant is August 31. Stop in the office for an application.

Golden Confirmation Deadline – Please RSVP or pay for the dinner by July 25^th.

Blood Drive – Monday, July 22, VFW Post 6779 in Northwood from 1:30 – 6:30. Bring your blood donor card or photo ID. Appointments 641-324-2302, walk-ins encouraged.

Polka Service, join us here next Sunday as we step outside our usual worship service to celebrate God with a different tune. Several of our members will be part of the Polka Band.

School Supply sales have started. One of our women’s ongoing projects is making School Kits for Lutheran World Relief. Supplies needed are Notebook-70 sheets, wide or college ruled; Ruler-30 centimeter, or cm on one side and inches on the other; Pencil Sharpener; Blunt Scissors; #2 Pencil with eraser; Ballpoint Pen-black or blue (no gel ink); Crayon-box of 16 or 24; Eraser-2 ½”. You may leave your items by the coat rack. Financial contributions are also appreciated.

The Lord brings many happy days to our family!

Our Kids know why it is important to go to church

†     Because it helps me to learn about Jesus.

†      Because it helps me to remember not to sin.

†      It makes me feel good because God knows that I believe in him and I learn about Jesus and God.

†      It is how we learn about Jesus and God.

†      We get to worship our father and make sure he knows we love him.

†      To learn about God and Jesus and to say prayers.

†      To learn about God because he died for our sins.

†      It is important to go to Sunday school to learn about God and Jesus.

†      It helps us learn what God does and we get to sing songs about him, too.

†      It is good to know the prayers and we get to practice in Sunday School.

†      It is fun to play games and do crafts about Jesus and God in Sunday School.

†      To learn about God and Jesus because that is who my dad lives with now.

Our kids tell us why Jesus and God are important to us

†     He is there for me, and helps me.

†      Because he made us.

†      Because they are the ones that let us live, and I love to
worship them!

†      Because he made me, the world, and forgives me of all my sins.

†      It makes me feel special because God gave his one and only Son for us.

†      Because he is there for me every second of the day and night.

†      So we can have eternal life.

The Lord brings many happy days to our family!

†   I think it is important to come to church so you can connect with God better. I also feel coming to church gives you a better look on things in your daily life. I think worshiping God is important because it helps you learn many good lessons and gets you closer to many of the stories of him. I think we worship God to learn about our faith even more. In the end I think we go to church and worship to learn even more about our faith.

†   It is important to find your faith. If your life is hard you have to talk to God for help. God will always forgive you and will always be there for you.

†   It is so important to come to church to show your faith and to have your sins forgiven. At this point in your life it should be a routine to show up for all the church activities. God has a huge role in your life, he is there for you when nobody else is, he listens to your problems but not because you are complaining it is because he trusts you and you trust him.

†   Going to church is so important, because it gives you a better connection with Jesus. Also you get to learn about Jesus and the parables he tells. Not only do you learn about Jesus you learn about the Gospels and all of Jesus’ disciples. You also learn about how the devil tempts you in all different ways. That is why it is important to go to church.

 

Thank you to the Youth and Sunday School Kids
for assisting in the service, sharing their thoughts
and encouraging their friends and family
to join us in worship today

This Week at Emmanuel

Office hours:  Tuesday – Thursday   9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tue, Feb 12

• 7:00 pm Council

Wed, Feb 13   

• 4:30 pm Confirmation
• 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Worship with Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes
• 8:15 pm Choir rehearsal

Thurs, Feb 14 

• 10:00 am Bible Study – Acts
• 6:30 pm Bible Study – Exodus
• Deadline for March Newsletter

Sun, Feb 17 

• 9:30 am Worship
• 10:30 am Sunday School
• 10:30 am New Member Reception

Coming Up

Wed, Feb 20

• 11:00 am Lenten Service & Brown Bag Lunch
• 5:30 pm Simple Supper
• 7:00 pm Lenten Service

Sun, Feb 24 

• 4–7 pm NALCW Soup Supper

Announcements

Call Committee Update: We have received several names and have interviewed two pastors. The committee did not feel that either of these people would be a good fit for us. We will be receiving more names in the near future and hope to have someone here very soon. Please continue to keep our church in your prayers that we will find a good leader and just the right pastor for us in the near future.

Transfers out:  Chris Dobel to St. John Lutheran, Corwith IA
Neil, Laurene, Travis & Shea Kruger to St. John’s Lutheran, Osage, IA

I want to say “thank you” to all who are thinking of me. I fell twice, went to the hospital, Good Shepherd and am back home at Kentucky Ridge.
Mary Rohlfsen

Thank you – Thank you to everyone who helped with the Lutheran World Relief projects this past year. It has been a very productive year at Emmanuel. To Dorothy Bublitz for allowing us to use her van to transport a load to Manly for shipment along with Liz Backhaus, Mary Momberg and Charlotte Cole. The following is what was shipped to Lutheran World Relief on April 28th: 71 quilts, 18 layettes, 70 school kits, 28 personal care kits and 18# soap. The following were given to: Salvation Army – 5 quilts, American Red Cross – 5 quilts, Trinity House (women’s & men’s shelters) in Mason City – 5 quilts, Bremwood/LSI – 5 quilts, Northwood Lutheran Retirement Home – 1 quilt for Fall event, Spring Supper for raffle – 1 quilt, saved for emergency purposes – 5 quilts and VA – 20 lap quilts. THANKS AGAIN!!!!

Thank you to the Dick Neeley Family for sponsoring “Bubbles” the clown on April 15th.

Graduation Open House for Marena Bartz at her home, 2081 410th Street, Grafton, on Saturday, May 19th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.

Thanks to Randy Hanna, Gary Schotanus and Mike Momberg for mowing the church and parsonage lawns.

Emmanuel Lutheran, Sunday School and Church Women – Thank you for the wonderful gift! It made my confirmation day very special.        Jacob Hyde

Guest Night at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Manly on Wednesday, May 16th at 7:00 pm with Marilee Patterson, Gilman, IA presenting The History of Toilet Paper.

On behalf of the Des Moines VA CIHS patients and staff, we would like to extend our appreciation to you for your donation of lap quilts for Mason City VA Clinic. Your thoughtfulness reflects the concern that you feel for our veterans and for the service they provided to all of us while in service to our country. Without your support, we could not provide for the smaller niceties that make hospitalization more bearable. Your thoughtfulness also reflects the concern and compassion that our community feels for our veterans. Thank you for your continued support.
Bart Quick – Chief, Voluntary Service

Items Needed – school kits

We are now working on the LWR projects, which will be shipped in the spring.  Items needed for the school kits are 70 sheet notebooks of wide or college ruled paper, pencil sharpeners, blunt scissors, unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers, ballpoint pens (no gel ink), box of 16 or 24 crayons, and rulers with centimeters on one side and inches on the other.  These items are now on sale if you would like to purchase and donate them for this project.  If you are interested in helping with this project and do not want to shop, a donation can be made.  Thank you!