Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Stratford, Wisconsin
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The Latest at Emmanuel:
Our Annual Sunday School Pot Luck Dinner and Matchbox Races will be held next Sunday, February 22nd after our second worship service. Everyone is invited to attend; please bring a dish to share. New this year is a coloring contest for the students, for which everyone is welcome to cast a vote for best picture. The pictures are on display on a table in our Education and Fellowship Hall.
"It Is Finished" is the theme of our worship services for the season of Lent, focusing on our Savior's fulfillment of prophecies from the book of Zechariah. We will follow our usual schedule of midweek Lent worship services at 1:00 and 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday from Ash Wednesday, February 18, through March 25. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, March 29 with our usual morning services. On Maundy Thursday, April 2, we will worship at 6:30 p.m. only, and on Good Friday, April 3, at 1:00 p.m. only. On Easter Sunday, April 5, we will follow our usual Sunday morning schedule. Holy Communion will be celebrated on Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Easter.
A Door Offering will be gathered on the first Sundays of March and April for our Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS), to be contributed at our Spring Rally on Saturday, April 18th at Grace, Ringle. All women of our congregation are welcome to attend; husbands are welcome as guests if they promise to behave.
Altar and Cleaning Volunteers for 2026 are welcome to sign up on the lists on the bulletin board in our kitchen. Our Ladies’ Aid organizes the work, but you don’t need to be a member, or even a lady, to volunteer.
Northland Lutheran High School News:
Save the Date! Together We Shine will be held Sunday, April 12th from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. Praise God our debt is gone! While we won’t have an auction or soups this year, please join us for a celebration worship service, hor d'oeuvres/fellowship and prayers for the next chapter of ministry at your Northland Lutheran High School.
Praise God! We are humbled and grateful to share that the remaining debt at Northland Lutheran High School has been fully eliminated. What an incredible blessing! Even greater than this financial milestone is the spiritual reality that, through Christ, we are redeemed and heaven is our home. We give thanks to God for this victory, and we thank our Christian family for recognizing the value of our mission and for collectively working TOGETHER as we prepare all students for this life and eternity through premier Christ-centered education. Soli Deo Gloria!
