Phone Number Change?: If you change your home phone number and switch to a cell phone, please call the church office.
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Lunch with God: This weekly Bible study is held at 12:05 p.m. every Friday.
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Volunteers Needed: Golden Living Center and Park Place Assisted Living are seeking volunteers to do manicures, play table games, lead a discussion group, help residents shop. ride along to appointments or visit. If you would consider one hour a month, any time or day, to enrich our residents, call Karen Rufer at 432-4556 or Dan Fernholz at 432-5695.
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Locked Church Doors: As of Sunday, Jan. 1, all the church doors, except that by the church offices, will be locked at 5 p.m.
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Teacher Needed: We need a seventh-grade Sunday school teacher to succeed Kelly Hilbrands, who has been promoted to superintendent. If you are interested, talk to Kelly.
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Notice from the Trustees: The building repair project is under way. Because of construction hazards and limited space, all activites not related to worship, such as youth and adult music group rehearsals, are suspended. There will be no access to the main floor until the remodeling work is finished. Also, the west and north doors of the church will be locked. Thank you for understanding.
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Thrivent Members: Have you directed your Choice Dollars to the organization of your choice? You may do so online or by calling (800) 847-4836. When prompted, say, “Thrivent Choice.” Enter or speak your Social Security number and press 1 to direct Choice Dollars. Let your dollars help Emanuel Lutheran Preschool. Orphan Grain Train or one of many other organizations! If in doubt about Thrivent Choice Dollars, call Wallace Hammann at his office.
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Training on Sharing Your Faith: Lutheran Hour Ministries is offering MIssion U, a series of six sessions, five hours each, that teach the fundamentals of sharing your faith with others. Training will be held monthly at Zion Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the third Saturday of February, March and April 2012. More information is posted on the north bulletin board at Emanuel Church.
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Worship Opportunity: If you are unable to attend worship on Sunday morning or Wednesday evening, you are welcome to join us for worship with Holy Communion on the first Thursday of each month at St. William’s Care Center (2:30 p.m.), Golden Living Care Center (3:30 p.m.) or Park Place Assisted Living (4:15 p.m.).
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Pastor’s Weekly Email: Pastor Bicknase is sending a weekly email with a different theme each week. To be included on the list, send the pastor an email.
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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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