Serving God in Worship This Weekend
Week of April 26, 2015
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY — CALL PASTOR YONKER @ 844-3320
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THIS WEEK AT IMMANUEL…
Wednesday
Thursday
WORSHIP AIDES—
6:00 p.m.— Ken Schuring (Captain),
Jerry Bartels, Kevin Smith, Curtis Pilson,
Mike Fritz, Wiley Emberton
8:00 & 10:45 a.m.— Dave Bartelt (Captain),
Tom Wisniewski, Jim Bruening, Jim Ikert,
Mark Boettger, Kelly Schuldt, Rich Myers
GREETERS—
6:00 p.m.— Ann Smith
8:00 a.m.— Chuck & Marilyn Koehlert,
Nancy Flynn
10:45 a.m.— Steve & Jan Weber,
Koshiol Family
ACOLYTES—
6:00 p.m.— Madisyn Reinke, Lauren Cogley
8:00 a.m.— Dereck Kelly, Eric Loome
10:45 a.m.— Olivia Beeks, J.D. Roty
5:30 p.m. Midweek Confirmation
7:00 p.m. PPP Worship
6:30 p.m. Stephen Ministry
The Retirement of
Mr. Barry Faga!
Sunday, May 31st
Serving God In Worship NEXT Weekend
THIS COMING WEEK May 2nd & 3rd
Wednesday —7:00 p.m. Piano, Prayer & Preaching
6:00 p.m. & 8:00 a.m. —Traditional Worship Service w/Holy Communion
10:45 a.m.—Contemporary Service of Praise
WEEKLY NEED: $22,100
WHAT CAME IN FOR: 4/15, 4/18 & 4/19 = $14,480
Simply Giving General Fund: $2050 Simply Giving Greater Things: $555
Designated: $7,793 Greater Things $7,243 Compassion In Action 550
Attendance: 52, 246, 142 & 199 = 639 Communion: 300
Thank you Immanuel members! Because of your generosity we were able
to send off a check to Lutheran Church Charities in the amount of $1,937
for tornado relief. God is good!
Upcoming Worship and Music Notes
WORSHIP AIDES—
6:00 p.m.— Virgil Dalfino (Captain), Mark Hill,
Jon Bartelt, Doug Hoyt, Rocky Hoffman,
Tim Sneed, Joe Prather, Cameron Hoyt,
Scott Lyon
8:00 & 10:45 a.m.— Steve Bartelt (Captain),
Jamie Bartelt (Co-Captain), Joe Heinz,
Chris Wahl, Steve Apke
GREETERS—
6:00 p.m.— Bob & Ann Block
8:00 a.m.— Steve & Cindy Geye
10:45 a.m.— Patrick & Brenda Hanson,
Cindy Meier
ACOLYTES—
6:00 p.m.— William Angelakos,
Della Angelakos
8:00 a.m.— Ben Bartelt, Riley Bartelt
10:45 a.m.— Jonah Koehlert, Nathan Koehlert
Things we can look forward to in our worship & church life
Upcoming Worship and Music Notes… Things we can look forward to in our worship & church life
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Next Week
(May 2-3)
Pastor William Yonker
“Striving for Obedience In the Desert Places”
Acts 8:26-27
PPP Midweek Services… PPP (Piano, Prayer and Preaching) services continue…THIS Wednesday, April 29th
And the next Wednesday - Pastor William Yonker will be sharing the messages:
“Spiritual Spelunking: Exploring the Cave of the Heart”
Please plan to join us for this informal worship. Holy Communion will be served this Wednesday.
PPP is at 7pm
Celebrations Services - Sunday, May 17th…In the spring, we like to dedicate a Sunday’s worship services in May, bringing
together many of our musicians - singers, bells, instrumentals - for a celebration of praise and worship. If you like to sing, have not
been able to commit to any regular choir schedule or praise ensemble, and would like to join our Sacred Choir and/or Praise Singers
for our special Celebration Praise & Choir Ensemble - please set these dates aside and come join us…Thursdays, May 7th and
May 14th @ 7 p.m. in the Music Room (lower level CLC) Music, information and sign-up will be available in the weeks ahead at the
Welcome Center.
If any Questions, please call Bill G @ 847.428.4477 x 227.
ILS School Music Concert - Coming: Next Week…Tuesday, May 5th, 7 pm in the school gym - All Welcome!
Immanuel Sermons can be found on I-Tunes…Go to I tunes and type key wor d of Immanuel Luther an Chur ch
You can also find our sermons on our Immanuel Lutheran Website:
(go to… Resources & Sermons / see… Sermons online )
www.immanuel-ed.org
(thank you Lark Sanders)
Hear the whole service live WRMN radio…. AM 1410
or
On your computer…streamed live
(from our Sunday morning 8 a.m. Traditional worship)http://radiotime.com/station/s_22500/WRMN_1410.aspx
Lark Sanders is also using “Livestream” for the 10:45 service - typically for the 2nd & 4th Sundays. Call Church Office 4 “d-tails“
WEEKDAY BIBLE STUDIES
Mission Mary’s
Mondays @ 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays @ 1:30 p.m.
Men’s Bible Study
Thursdays @ 9:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study
Senior Bible Study
Mom’s Bible Study
Wednesdays @ 9:00 a.m.
Saturdays @ 7:00 a.m.
“YOU CAN LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE” (Text: John 15:1-8)
Lutheran Hour Speaker: Rev. Ken Klaus
A life that is meaningful is one that is connected to Jesus.
Hear the message next Sunday on The Lutheran Hour at 6:00 a.m. on WGN-AM (720) and
at 9:00 a.m. on WRMN-AM 1410). The Lutheran Hour can also be reached on the internet
via “Wired With the Word” at http://www.lhm.org.
Immanuel Lutheran Golf Outing
Sunday August 9th
Golf Course of Illinois (GCI)
2:00 pm Shotgun start— plus Dinner!
8.22.15
Want to train to run the ‘Go FISH 5K’?
Looking to exercise with some devoted and fun fitness-minded folks?
Want your family to start exercising together to be healthy?
The Immanuel Lutheran Go FISH 5K is coming up on August 22nd.
It’s time to start training! We will exercise every Saturday from May 2ndAugust 22nd. Everyone is welcome to join to run, walk or participate in the
instructor-led ‘Couch to 5K’ program. The ‘Couch to 5k’ program can help
even the most inexperienced runners build their stamina to participate in a 5K.
Come join us! It’s a great way to start your weekend by exercising with friends and family.
Join us starting May 2nd at 8am. Meet at the south church doors for a prayer and workout. Bring the family
(bikes and strollers are okay for training runs). Hope to see you all on Saturdays!
Contact Sarah with questions. [email protected] or 630-677-6704
Immanuel Lutheran School & Church
Customer Pick-Up Date & Time: April 29th @ 3-4pm
Customer Pick-Up Location: Preschool Entryway
(lower level church building)
5th Annual Event of Volley for Africa
Volley for Africa is a series of volleyball events for kids and adults alike! This is a
charity event hosted at Immanuel Lutheran School in which participants (5 th grade and up) will
play a fun tournament of volleyball to raise money for the winning teams' choice of charity!
Kids (1st-4th grade) will also have the chance to join in the fun! There will be a Volleyball skills clinic culminating in an
actual game on the final night! To participate, please fill out a sign-up sheet that is available in the Welcome Center in
the back of church. Sign-up costs $15 and includes a Volley for Africa T-shirt! Sign up in the Welcome Center at church
starting May 10th. Deadline for signing up to participate in the tournament or clinic is May 17 th.
**Can’t participate but would like to help out? We would love donations of concessions or volunteers.
Questions? Contact Morganne Schmidt or Samantha Hoyt at [email protected] or call Morganne Schmidt
at 847-366-2851
● Kids' Clinic and Tournament (grades 1-4: June 9, 10, 11, 6-7:30pm)
● Teens/Adult Tournament (grades 5 and up): June 12-13 [possibly 14th if enough participation].
Lord God, our heavenly Father, give us shepherds who really care for Your sheep and protect them
from all hirelings, for Christ’s sake. A men