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Collecting Soft Drink Cans: Bruce Giossi will collect your soft drink cans and give the money to ELC youth. Drop off your cans at Valley Rental, at 802 S. Madison, four blocks south of the Milbank Ford Garage, on the right side. The phone number is (605) 432-5854.
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 Orphan Grain Train is now collecting boxes of summer clothes, shoes, toys and dolls for the Lo family’s mission work (see next item). These boxes will be shipped as soon as possible.
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Missionary Family from Indonesia: The Rev. Fungchatou Lo and his wife, Kalia Lo, are a direct support missionary family from Indonesia. The Emanuel Lutheran Laymen’s Group is one of the Lo family’s supporters.
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TV Broadcast of the 10:30 a.m. Service: Worship services at Emanuel will be broadcast over ITC Cable Channel 1. These will be weekly broadcasts of the previous Sunday’s late morning service, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. each Tuesday. Customers of Midcontinent Communications may watch these same broadcasts each Monday at the same times on Channel 3.
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Pastor in Holy Land: While Pastor Bicknase leads a tour of the Holy Land from Feb. 9 until Feb. 20, the Rev. Larry Johnson will be our vacancy pastor. If there are any emergencies, call Tom Mueller at 467-1645, a church elder (listed in your bulletin), the church office at 432-9555 or Shirley Lundborg at 432-6634.
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Help Wanted in Kitchen: The church needs a kitchen supply coordinator. This worker will keep supplies for the kitchen: coffee, soap, cups, paper towels, etc. Connie Larson has resigned this position after doing it for the last year.
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New Youth Coordinator: Tom Mueller has been appointed coordinator of youth and lay ministry at Emanuel. His office is in the room across from the Fellowship Hall (previously the conference room). As this is a new position, job duties will be re-evaluated after six months and again after one year. Church youth are invited to visit Tom’s Facebook profile for youth meeting information, updates and pictures.
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Quilts for sale: Mission Sewing again has several quilts available at a reasonable price. If you want to buy a quilt, you may leave the money in the church office, or contact Camillus Mueller or any member of the sewing group.
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Preschool fund-raisers: The church preschool is engaged in two fund-raisers. You may purchase Tastefully Simple products or Pizza Hut discount cards. If interested, visit the preschool, call Karen Tillma or talk to any preschool family.
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Collecting Aluminum Tab Cans for Ronald McDonald House: The Tabitha Ladies Aid is collecting tabs from aluminum cans. The tabs are sent to the Ronald McDonald House in Sioux Falls, where the tabs are recycled for money to operate the house. The Ronald McDonald House is a temporary home for parents of young children hospitalized in Sioux Falls. The aid is also collecting bar codes from Our Family food products for Dakota Boys Ranch. The bar codes are exchanged for cash that is used to build up the ranch’s education department. Can tabs and bar codes may be left in the marked containers on the north counter in the church kitchen.
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Elderly and Disabled Residents: The Visiting Neighbor Program is designed to help elderly and disabled residents in Grant County. Services include personal care and light housekeeping duties. To learn more or to make a contribution, call Wanda Koepke at (605) 432-6236. Memorials may be sent to The Visiting Neighbor Program, c/o Grant County Treasurer, 210 E. Fifth Ave., Milbank SD 57252.
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Church Needs: We are looking for dressers and other household items for Hispanic families. If you have a dresser that you no longer need, call the church office at 432-9555. To donate a TV set, call Vicki Strege at 432-5931.
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