Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Stratford, Wisconsin
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The Latest at Emmanuel:
A Door Offering will be gathered the first Sunday of April for our Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society.
Our Spring Rally will be held Saturday, April 26 at St. Paul’s, Wisconsin Rapids. All women of our congregation are welcome to attend. Husbands are welcome as guests.
Our April Council and Voters’ Meetings have been rescheduled to avoid conflicts with community events. Our Council will meet the first Sunday of the month, the 6th, after our second service, because Tuesday the 1st is election day and Tuesday the 8th is town meeting night. Our spring voters’ meeting will be held the fourth Sunday of the month, the 27th, after our second service, because the third Sunday, the 20th, is Easter.
Emmanuel’s 125th Anniversary:
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow! Our 125th Anniversary Celebrations continue this year! We were officially organized on Christmas Eve of 1899; we observed that date in our Christmas Eve service. This year we will hold special celebrations at the end of June for our Dedication Anniversary, at the beginning of October for our Mission Festival, and at the end of October for Reformation.
Our schedule for Sunday, June 29 features morning worship at 10:30, dinner at 11:45, and afternoon worship at 1:30. Pastor Jon Tesch will serve as our guest preacher in the afternoon service. A chart of items needed for the dinner has been placed by the kitchen.
If you have any contact information for former members among your family and friends, please give it to Pastor Wilde. We want to invite as many as possible to join in thanksgiving to God for all His blessings. We will also invite former pastors and their families, and our neighboring congregations. Those invitations will go out the week after Easter, with an RSVP of the end of May for the anniversary dinner.Commemorative sweatshirts and T-shirts can be ordered by registering on the list on the table in our front entry, next to the display of a sweatshirt from our centennial. All such items will be offered at cost.A Pictorial Directory will be produced this summer. Pictures will be taken Tuesday - Thursday, July 22-24, from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. each day. The finished directories will be delivered in fall. The directory will cost $20.00. Each individual or family will receive a free 5X7 of their portrait along with the directory; if you prefer not to purchase a directory, that 5X7 portrait is free. A directory is included at no cost with the purchase of various packages of family pictures.We thank an anonymous donor for a gift of $200.00 for anniversary expenses.Northland Lutheran High School News:
Over the last few years Northland has grown from 63 students to 83 to 111 to 123! With these blessings come even more opportunities for students and ministry. In the past year alone, we’ve been able to add Architectural Design and Accounting 2 (both for college credit) as well as Cross Country, Golf, and Drama. We’ve also welcomed new students and families into the Northland family and God’s family.
With these blessings also comes need for space. The Long Range Planning Committee shared with the NLHS Board of Directors the urgency of a building addition as early as 2026-2027. The woods west of the softball and baseball fields have been cleared to prep the land. God continues to bless our debt-reduction efforts. The debt is now down to $437,814. God willing, all of our past debt will be gone by 12-31-2025.
Our Annual Together We Shine Silent Auction & Soup Cook-Off will be held Sunday, April 27 from noon to 3:00 p.m. We are looking for event volunteers, donor solicitors, donations, soup chefs, bake sale items and more. Our Soup Cook-Off is adding Pies to the Silent Auction. We are looking for any variety of whole pies: fruit, pudding, meat, chicken pot pie, etc. fresh, refrigerated, or frozen. Event Sponsorships are also available with advertising benefits. Pies need to be delivered to NLHS prior to noon on Sunday, April 27. Please contact Brenda Kruncos at 715-571-4420 or brenda@mistylane.org for more information or to pre-register your pie for the auction. All proceeds raised will benefit Northland Lutheran High School.
Does anyone have space to store our canoes from winter through the summer? We use the canoes in the fall for PE and would like to keep them out of the elements.
We are looking for people willing to help us build and insulate walls in the chapel so we can repurpose that room for storage, offices, and a classroom. We are also looking to better insulate the gym.
