Immanuel's Annual Soup Supper & Raffle will be held on Saturday, October 28th from 4:00pm – 7:30 pm. Proceeds will be going towards helping with medical expenses for the Bolin family. Diane Bolin was recently diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma (malignant brain tumor).

Members of Immanuel: Please sign up to bring salads and/or pies. We will also need a lot of help with serving and clean up. Thrivent is contributing to this event. Thank you for helping with this event.
~Board of Stewardship

The voters meeting will be held Sunday, October 29th after the Divine Service.

Everyone is encouraged to take advantage of these opportunities to study God’s Word.

Sunday Morning (10:15am): Next week, we continue studying the Six Chief Parts of the Christian faith – a great introduction to Christianity, and a great review for all Christians. You can join in any time, and we hope to see you this week.

Tuesday Morning (9:30am): Matins (a service of scripture and prayer) begins at 9:00 am, followed by the Bible study at 9:30 am.

At Trinity (Murdock): The study over the next several months will be based on Bo Giertz’s delightful novel, The Hammer of God. The next meeting is October 22nd at 6:30pm (Chapters 4 & 5). From this novel; we will learn from Scripture what repentance is, what faith is, how God works in our lives to lead us to repentance and faith through His Word, how the liturgy teaches us the Christian faith, etc. Bo Giertz (1905-1998) was one of the last faithful Lutheran bishops in Sweden. His novel describes life in a Swedish Lutheran congregation over several generations. It is a delicious read! You will love it. For the class you will need to purchase the books yourself (available in paperback and Kindle edition through Amazon). For the July 16th class, please read chapter one “The Call.” If you have trouble obtaining the book please contact Pastor Kuhlman (402-867-4048).

The Youth Group is selling homemade bierocks (cabbage and meat filled buns). They will be taking orders Sunday (October 15th) after church. The bierocks will be available for pick up on Sunday, November 5th. The funds raised will go towards expenses for next summer’s Higher Things Conference.

The choir will not be meeting for practice on Wednesday (10/18). They will meet the next Wednesday (10/25) at 6:30 pm in preparation for Fall and Reformation. New voices are always welcome. If you have any questions, contact Suzanne Yelkin.

A Christmas Program Director is needed for our Christmas program this year. If you are interested in volunteering, we would like to talk to you. Please contact a Board of Education member.

Mark your calendars for 5:30 p.m. on October 29th. The ILMS will be having a movie night, showing a movie on Martin Luther in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Brats will be provided, and you are asked to bring a side dish to share.

The LWML voted to raise funds for the LCMS Lutheran World Relief to aid the hurricane victims in Texas and Florida. We will have a bucket at the back of the church for you to make a donation if you wish. If you make out a check please make it to Immanuel LWML. The bucket will be available for the remaining Sundays in October. Thank you in advance for your help.

The Oct-Nov-Dec Portals of Prayer are available on the Guest Registration table.

Today (August 27th), Ezra Si-Wei Tang (son of Adrian & Maren) is brought into the kingdom of God through the waters of Holy Baptism. His baptismal sponsors are Jim & Kati Yelkin, and Jeramy & Audra Yelkin.

Lincoln is privileged to host one of the LFL Regional Conferences on Saturday, October 21st at Redeemer Lutheran Church (Lincoln). The Nebraska Lutherans For Life is offering to pay the registration amount of $50 for adults or $25 for students. Contact NE LFL treasurer Kirk Goertzen (402-725-3592 or kirk.goertzen@nm.com). Visit their conference website to learn more about the conference.

Earlier this year if you remember we collected coins in baby bottles to help out the Pregnancy Center in Lincoln. Our congregation collected over $490.00. The combined efforts of participating churches since September 2016 was that over $26,000.00 was collected. Once again thank you for your participation.
 - Diane Johannes

If your family (or a couple of families) would be willing to mow the lawn on a particular week, please sign up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board. The church has two riding lawnmowers that can be used.
If you are not able to help by mowing the church lawn, you can help by donating to the Lawn Mowing fund. These funds are used to pay the lawn mowing service ($120/mowing, contracted for one week per month) and to supply gas for the church mowers.
If you have any questions, contact one of the Trustees.

Senior Dinners will be served at Immanuel on Tuesdays at noon. All seniors, age 60 and over, are welcome. Those younger than 60 are also welcome to join at a higher cost. Please call the Elmwood Center (402-994-2145) to let them know you plan to attend.

David Elliot Hollingsead was born to Andrew & Rachel Hollingsead, and received into God’s kingdom through Holy Baptism on February 28th. Mother and son are doing fine. Welcome to God’s family gathered here at Immanuel!

The Reverend Douglas & Carol Irmer are received as members here at Immanuel during the Divine Service. The Irmer’s come to us by transfer from St. Paul Lutheran Church (Beatrice). Welcome to Immanuel!

The thank you (below) is in response to the Fall Soup Supper proceeds that were sent to Our Redeemer (Feyetteville, NC) to be used to assist those impacted by the hurricane and flooding.

Below is a note and video link from the John Wolf Family. We have supported them and their work in Africa this past year.

Today we welcome Bill & Verda Umland as new members of Immanuel. They are received today by Profession of Faith.

Today, we receive Greg Daehling as a new member today by transfer from St. Paul Lutheran (Beatrice). Greg lives in Lincoln. Welcome to Immanuel, Greg!

Today, we welcome several new members to the family of God gathered here at Immanuel.

• Anna Hiebert is already a baptized member of the congregation, but today she becomes a communicant member through the Rite of Confirmation. Anna lives in Raymond, NE.
  
• Cammie Sindelar and her children, Grant and Brooke, are received as new members today by transfer from Faith Lutheran (Lincoln, NE). Cammie and her husband Doug, and children, live in Waverly.
  
• Ron & Charlene Miller have transferred their membership from Zion Lutheran (Wilton, IA) to Immanuel. They live just outside of Douglas.
  

Welcome to the family of God gathered here at Immanuel.  As your brothers and sisters in Christ, we rejoice in our fellowship with one another.

Today we welcome Brad & Rhonda Lahm to Immanuel. They have transferred their membership from Faith Lutheran (Lincoln). They live at Eagle Lake. Welcome to Immanuel!

We welcome Kaitlyn Christensen as a new member to Immanuel today. She has transferred her membership from Calvary Lutheran Church (Jacksonville, NE). Katie is the daughter of Rev. Lynn Christensen, former pastor here at Immanuel.