LENT SOUP SUPPERS

February 11, 2015
If your group would like to host a soup supper, please call the church office to sign-up. Soup suppers will be served Feb.18 – Mar.25 at 5:30 to help foster fellowship and to make it convenient for us all to come to our Lenten services.

 

SHORT-TERM MISSION OPPORTUNITY

February 11, 2015
This is your opportunity to be a missionary short term. Our LCMS Board of Missions is seeking  volunteers who will go to Poland for one week (July – August) to lead English Bible Camp. More info on the hallway table for those interested.



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Share Your Favorite Recipie

December 29, 2014
Danville Lutheran School,  along with Immanuel and Trinity churches,  are putting together a tasty cookbook. Please
submit your favorite recipes (whether main dish, specialty salad, appetizer, dessert, etc.) either on a recipe card {from the hall table} or a photocopy of your recipe. We have received some great recipes; please keep sending in your favorites. 


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CHRISTMAS TREE FOR OUR MORTGAGE

December 29, 2014
It is certainly not too late to give a special Christmas gift to our congregation this year! We want to pay down our mortgage! Please visit our beautiful tree in the Narthex entryway and take an ornament from our tree to yours! Pick an ornament with a tag that has an amount you could give to help us pay down the mortgage and keep the ornament as a reminder of your gift to our congregation.

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Still Time to Get Your Yankee Candle

December 11, 2014
Great news! Danville Lutheran School has made$1327.00 from their Yankee Candle fundraiser! If you didn’t get a chance to
order, you still can!

There is still time for you to order a candle for yourself or someone else. (They make great gifts!) Order now thru Dec. 31 at www.yankeecandlefundraising.com. Enter group number 990070451. DLS will still receive a percentage of the purchase.
 

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Nominate Someone for District Office

December 11, 2014
DISTRICT & CIRCUIT CONVENTION BUSINESS... We have forms in the church office from the Central Illinois District Nominations Committee. All members of the congregation have the opportunity to nominate individuals to serve in the
various district offices.

Please stop by the office to pick up a copy if you are interested in nominating someone for a district office. We also need a delegate and alternate to represent our congregation at upcoming Circuit Forum and District Convention. Thank you.
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Free Books & Videos to Help Christmas Focus

December 11, 2014
Christ lay in a manger. No decorations. Simple food. Yet that was the best Christmas some shepherds ever had! We too can focus on the One who came. Perfection is there -- not in anything we do.
  • Ideas for celebrating simply and well can be found in Unplug the Christmas Machine: a complete guide to putting love and joy back in the season, by Robinson and Staeheli, and Celebrate Simply: your guide to simpler, more meaningful holidays and special occasions, by Twigg. 
  • If grief haunts the season, c...

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Two Giving Trees This year!

December 11, 2014
Our Hat & Mitten Giving Tree is nothing new at Immanuel. Please joy us in decorating it with warm hats, gloves and scarves for children how could use an extra layer of warmth this winter. 

This year, we've added a new giving tree... this one to help our own church family. What we want for Christmas is to pay down our mortgage! Please visit our beautiful tree in the Narthex entryway and take an ornament from our tree to yours! Pick an ornament with a tag that has an amount you could give to hel...

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Caroling Party - Dec. 21

December 11, 2014
HERE WE COME A-CAROLING! Come to our Christmas Caroling party on Sunday, Dec. 21. We’ll meet at 3:00 pm at the church, and then visit the homebound with songs of cheer. We’ll plan to return to church by 5:30 to enjoy some soup. Look for a sign-up sheet on the chapel hall bulletin board.

Need a little inspiration to raise your voice in song? Check out Pastor's message for December! 


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Cookies for Home Bound - Need by Dec. 17

December 11, 2014
Remember our home bound and members with health concerns this season with a gift of Christmas cookies. Please sign up on the  hall bulletin board to bake cookies and/or deliver them. Bring cookies to the Multipurpose Room Dec. 16 or 17. 
For more info, contact Diana Pratt or Janet Terry.


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