A Mission of the North American Lutheran...

The Immanuel Chimes

June 2014

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IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

A Mission of the North American Lutheran Church

5955 South Elm Avenue Fresno, (Easton) California 93706

Church (559) 237-7909

Church Office E-mail [email protected] Pastor Kris’ E-mail: [email protected]

Memorial Day Service

5-26-14 at 9:00AM

at Washington Colony Cemetery

SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE BEGINS ON JUNE 15th AT 9:30AM

TRY THE NEW

MIDWEEK SUMMER SERVICE WEDNESDAYS

STARTING JUNE 18th AT 7:00PM IN GRACE HALL

Pastor’s Page

Summertime

Perhaps my favorite time of the year, summer is just around the cor-

ner: the weather is warm (hot), school is out, baseball is in full swing,

and every day is a good day to hit the golf course. For me, growing up

(and I imagine for many of you as well), summer was also a time for

making memories; families piling in the car for a little vacation time…

quality family bonding time. The Israelites (God’s people) were not

unfamiliar with this family bonding time; they got forty years of it as

the ‘traveled’ from Egypt to the Promised Land.

In the movies family vacations are caricaturized by fighting kids in the

back seat of the family car (National Lampoon’s Family Vacation),

everybody getting on the nerves of everybody else (RV), and in the

end families finally coming together. The same was true of the Israel-

ites: there was fighting and bickering and fingers pointing at everyone;

but all along the way they kept the Sabbath – they kept God in the

center of their travels – and by the end they grew together.

As we swing into summer mode, a few scheduling notes to highlight:

Sunday, June 8th (Pentecost Sunday… wear red to church) is the

last day of Sunday school.

Sunday, June 15th we begin our summer worship schedule. Like

in previous years, our Sunday morning worship will begin at 9:30am.

In addition, we will be adding a Wednesday evening service so if

you happen to be gone for the weekend, you can still make it to

church! The Wednesday evening service will be a guitar-led ser-

vice beginning at 7:00pm and will meet in the adult ed. classrooms

on the first floor of Grace Hall.

August 5th – 8th is Vacation Bible School.

A couple of additional thoughts as we enter the summer season:

1) Like the old Visa credit card commercials used to say, the church is

“everywhere you want to be.” Wherever this summer may take you,

there’s sure to be a church close by where you can remember and ob-

serve the Lord’s Day. And while you are wherever you’re going,

share a bit of your vacation with your church family: weather it’s a quick

trip to the coast, an old fashioned road trip, or travels overseas, send us a

postcard and we’ll put it up on the narthex bulletin board.

2) In the off chance that there is no church close by, remember the word

of our Lord in Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three are gathered in

my name, I am there among them.” In the Augsburg Confession (the

confession of the Lutheran Church), article seven states that the church is

that place where the Word is preached purely and the Sacraments are ad-

ministered in accordance with the Divine mandate: so grab your Bible,

some bread and some wine, and be the church together; Luther once

wrote that within the family is the place where we are most especially

called to be the church together, loving God and loving our neighbors.

I wish you all a happy and safe summer. May God’s traveling mercies

attend you.

Your partner in ministry,

Pastor Kris

Wednesday Evenings

Worship Services

Mid-Week

This Summer

Communion

served every

Wednesday

Starting

June 18th

at 7:00PM

College Graduates

Immanuel Family, I’m excited to announce that on May 16th, I graduat-

ed from Fresno State with a Bachelors of Science in Plant Science. I

chose a Plant Health focus and to specialize in ornamental horticulture.

My goal is to work in landscape design, but I’m excited for God’s plan

for me. Thank you to everyone’s prayer and support over the last few

years and especially during the last semester. This last semester would

not have been possible without support from loved ones! This summer

I’m continuing my work at Fresno State Floral.

Thank you again to everyone! Allyson Blayney

Amy Hansen will graduate from UC Davis in the top 10% of her class

on June 6th with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science. She

was accepted into the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and

will start the last leg of her dream to become a veterinarian in Au-

gust. Amy is the daughter of Jim and Fran Hansen, and granddaughter

of Dick and Gail Hansen and Jack and Bev Reed.

Timothy Pilegard (Timmy) will be graduating from UCLA in June

with a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Envi-

ronmental Sciences and a minor in Geophysics. He enjoyed being on the

UCLA sailing team and instructing sailing. He will continue completing

a research project at UCLA this summer while pursuing a career.

High School Graduates

Michael Pilegard (Mikey) graduated from University High School on

May 17, 2014. He participated in a variety of bands and played a variety

of instruments while at UHS. He also participated in Honor Commis-

sion, the Math Team, Chess Club, Cricket, and represented his school at

the American Legion’s California Boys State. While in high school, he

enjoyed being in the Youth Group, helping with Breaking Grounds and

the Easton Community Food bank, attending Breakaway, playing in the

Praise Band and Forgiven, and working the soundboard here at Immanu-

el. His summers were spent working with veterinarians. He will be at-

tending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the fall majoring in Dairy Science.

He hopes to be a large animal veterinarian.

Carissa Severin will be graduating from Washington Union high school

on June 6th. Through the AVID program at Washington Union Carissa

was able to tour many college campuses during the last four years. San

Jose State has always been at the top of her list. She is very excited to be

starting classes there this Fall. Carissa will be majoring in business, but

is also looking forward to enjoying the wonderful photography, and art

programs San Jose State has to offer. Go Spartans!

Robert Hollenbeck will be graduating from Washington Union High

School on June 6th. He has participated in many different activities in the

past 4 years. Robert has been instrumental in making Breaking Grounds

a success. When Breaking Grounds first started, Robert would come ear-

ly and move furniture from the library and set up for whatever activity

was planned for that day. He always went to Breaking Grounds and

made sure that everyone felt comfortable and welcome at his church.

Robert was in the marching, concert and jazz bands for 3 years. This

helped developed his love of music and helped prepare him for Immanu-

el’s Choir and Praise Band. Robert played football both his freshman

and senior years. He got to play in the new stadium which was exciting.

His class will be the first class to graduate in the new stadium, too.

Robert’s senior project was on law enforcement. He is also part of the

Law and Justice Program at school. As part of the Law and Justice Pro-

gram he got to see many different facets of Fresno County. He toured

the courts, the jail and even the coroner’s office. He especially enjoyed

the K-9 unit presentation and hopes to someday be a K-9 officer. In

May, the Law and Justice Program participated in the Stop, Think, and

Live program. This is a program designed to detour people from driving

while drinking, texting, or smoking marijuana. Robert did a number of

presentations on the problems of marijuana usage on driving. He also

was a fireman in the mock-up of a drunk driving accident that they did.

It culminated in an all night activity held at the school which involved

various presentations, games and food. The kids attending signed a pact

not to drive while drinking, texting, or smoking. Robert was part of the

leadership for that.

Robert plans on attending Willow International Community College in

the fall. He plans on getting his associate degree in criminology, after

which he will either attend the Police Academy or transfer to Fresno

State. He also plans to study auto mechanics.

Claire Johnson is graduating from Washington Union High School as

Valedictorian. Through out the years she has been involved in volleyball

and softball. She also was part of student government and Link Crew.

She will be attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the fall.

Journey

It seems to be a season of transitions.

The kids are graduating from school. Even if that is just from 3rd to 4th

grade, that comfort level is about to be upended again. The bigger transi-

tions, I suppose are from high school to college and college to job. I'm

sure there are those for whom it's no big deal but, both all of these were

big deals for me.

This time of year also has an increase in the transition from unmarried to

married. We have one making that transition in a couple of weeks. It's a

big deal going from, me first to what's best for us. There is a lot of poten-

tial for uncertainty in that step.

Then kids happen and if you have one you know that transition from run-

ning out the door at a moments notice to making sure you have all 200

pounds of equipment for that 10 pound baby - another huge change of

focus.

How about the transition from not having cancer to having cancer! That

one's fresh in my mind. You really have to stop and reevaluate every-

thing and hit reset.

Coming up for me within the next year is the transition from working to

retired. That will be a big one for me and frankly very scary. I've turned

into the same driveway in west Fresno for almost 43 years. Big transi-

tion.

For some of you going from being a wedded partner to a widow or wid-

ower, I can't even imagine. And how about from being independent to

having even your basic bodily needs cared for.

We always seem to be in transition! Someone said - the only thing that

never changes is change. And being a pure bred Dane I can tell you I just

don't like change.

Wait a minute there is one other thing that never changes. He is the same

yesterday today and tomorrow. From the beginning to the end, the

same. Through all the transitions and changes in life, God in the Spirit,

loves us always. Unconditionally. Forever. Even our church's name pro-

claims it, Immanuel, God with us!

When we pass through life's changes, let God embrace you in his loving

arms. It's made the difference in my life and it will in yours. You're not

alone, accept His love.

Love, John.

Sympathy Love and Prayers

Murray Johnson, former pastor at Immanuel from 1975-1983, passed

away on May 3 surrounded by his wife and 4 children. He was 89. Mur-

ray was born and raised in Irene, SD. After serving in the Air Force he

attended Augustana College in Sioux Fall, SD and then Luther Theologi-

cal Seminary. Following his ordination in June 1954, Murray faithfully

served congregations in Kelliher and Stephen, MN; Santee, Rancho Cor-

dova, and Fresno, CA; and Sun City, AZ, for 37 years.

After retiring in 1991, he and Marguerite enjoyed traveling in their RV,

visiting 48 states, and eventually spending summers at Star Valley Ranch

in Wyoming. Murray loved people and a highlight for him in the last 10

years was volunteering at the Lutheran Thrift shop.

He will be remembered for his beautiful smile and gentle manner. He is

survived by his loving wife, Marguerite; children, Julie (Steven) Tofte-

land, Joyce Johnson, Sandra (Jon) Marthedal, and Sam Johnson; 7 grand-

children , and 2 great-grandchildren.

Memorial Day Service

Washington

Colony

Cemetery

Memorial day

service

Monday,

May 26, 2014

9:00am

Lord, please pray for our members and family members

serving in the military...Austin Ackel, Tony Baker, Joey Brewer,

Manuel Contreras, Michael Hansen, Zachary Jensen, Cody Kagy, Leah

& Scott Linger, Zachary Macias, and Matthew Tigchelaar.

Lord pray for those in careers of Mission Work… for Taylor

Ewing, our member in Missionary preparations with Overland Missions.

Continued prayers lifted for Jan Kersgaard our retired missionary from

Tank, Pakistan.

Lord, pray for those unable to travel about… Lucille Abbott,

Elsie Hoff, Olga Hansen and Helen Mackersie.

Lord, hear our prayer for healing: Betty Daughtry, who is

Verna Koslan’s sister-in-law (recovering from surgery). Cindy Jensen,

(undergoing radiation for cancer treatment) Jacob Jackson, (recovering

from a motor cycle accident) Marie Johansen, (heart health problems)

Alex Kloety (Jenn Madsen’s cousin, being treated for a brain tumor),

Phil & Joan Laird, (heart health problems), Neil Marthedal,(undergoing

treatment for spots on his liver) Russell Noel, friend of Sharon Reyn-

olds, (he is a police officer recovering from heart surgery) Jacob Rodri-

quez, friend of Breaking Grounds Café, a high school student at WUHS

(undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer) Melissa Tarlton, (recovering

from a stroke) Gale Young friend of Barbara Petersen, (undergoing

brain and bone cancer treatments) and the family of Pastor Murray

Johnson (Sandy Marthedal’s father and former pastor at Immanuel

passed away on May 8th) and the family of Timothy Bennetts, (Mike

Bennetts younger brother who passed away unexpectedly at age 56)

News Notes

Glenn Nielsen continues to collect Aluminum Cans and California

Redemption soda bottles for the Women’s Ministry project. He and his

grandson, Robert Hollenbeck keep the tradition alive all year recycling

and donating the money for the Women’s Retreat Scholarships to help

keep the cost’s down. If you would like to help him with this ministry

you may bring recyclables to him at church; if that is a problem please

call him at 834-5041 and he will come pick up your collection.

Many thanks to our Fellowship Luncheon Crew, for all the delicious

meals you prepared for us hungry Seniors the past year. Enjoy your

summer and we will be back in October.

Congratulations to Brad Matsumoto, who was confirmed at Imman-

uel in 2001, he married Sara Moy on March 8th and graduated from

USC Pharmacy School in May. They live in Southern California.

The first May Day Celebration in the newly rebuilt John Ventura Sta-

dium was held May 3rd. CARLY JOHNSON was the Princess from

Pacific Union and NATALEE GANT was the Queen's flower girl

from Pacific Union. BREAKING GROUNDS CAFÉ sold Iced Cof-

fee and Iced Tea at the celebration. It was a beautiful evening. The

temperature was cool and comfortable. Everyone had a wonderful time

enjoying the new stadium.

The Perez Brothers, Joseph and Julius are selling $10.00 raffle tick-

ets to win $500.00 worth of fireworks from their Easton Panther Foot-

ball League. Joseph and Julius play on the pop warner mini teams and

would like your support to help the league buy new uniforms and safe-

ty gear. Their fireworks stand will at the Big Potato Parking Lot, July

1st –4th. You may purchase raffle tickets from the boys after church

on Sundays.

Conversation Circles continue through the summer. Join our team

and work with adults learning to speak and read the English Language.

We will be gathering in the social hall on Wednesday evenings for

the month of June due to the Church Service in Grace Hall. Come and

help as we work with the pronunciation of the English Language by

learning how to read and process all of rules in English. Betty Moore,

Sandy Marthedal, Velia Miranda, Victoria Salwasser, and Lois Ras-

mussen work with a group of 10-12 people each week. New volunteers

and new students are always welcome with this ministry that meets on

Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30PM.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 9:15AM Sunday School 10:30AM Worship for Everyone with Communion 11:30AM Fellowship 4:00 Youth Event JH & SH in Grace Hall

2 7:00PM NA in social hall

3 Easton Community Food Distribution 8:30-Noon

4 6:30PM Conversation Circles in Grace Hall

5 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study 10:00AM Women’s Bible Study

6 7

8 9:15AM Sunday School 10:30AM Worship for Everyone 11:30AM Fellowship 4:00 Youth Event at Immanuel Park


10

11 6:30PM Conversation Circles in Grace Hall


13

14

15 Fathers Day 9:30AM Worship for Everyone with Communion 10:30AM Fellowship No Youth Event


17 7:00PM Church Council Meeting in Grace Hall 6:30-8:30Easton Com-munity Water Meeting In Social Hall

18 6:30PM Conversation Circles in Social Hall 7:00PM Worship in Grace Hall


20 21 Fleeting/Harding Wedding

22 Blood Drive 9:00AM-Noon 9:30AM Worship for Everyone 10:30AM Fellowship 1:00-3:30PM Youth Event /Swim Party at the home of Mike & Laura Nielsen


24 25 11:00AM-8:30PM Photo Directory Pictures in Grace Hall 6:30PM Conversation Circles in Social Hall 7:00PM Worship in Grace Hall

26 6:00AM Men’s Bible Study 10:00AM Women’s Bible Study 7:00PM Easton Community Board Meeting in social hall. Photo Directory Pictures in Grace Hall 11:00AM-8:30PM 6:30PM Women’s Bible Study and Salad Potluck

27 10:00-5:00PM Photo Direc-tory Pictures in Grace Hall

28 10:00AM-5:00PM Photo Directory Pictures in Grace Hall Voelkel/Wolf Wedding

29 9:30AM Worship for Everyone 10:30AM Fellowship 4:00 Youth Event


July 1 2 6:30PM Conversation Circles in Social Hall 7:00PM Worship in Grace Hall


4 Independence Day

5

Summer Worship Schedule

Begins June 15th Worship at 9:30AM

Last Day of Sunday School is June 8th!

Mid Week Worship with Communion begins June

18th at 7:00PM in Grace Hall

Chimes Deadline

Wednesday 6-25-14

If you would like to submit an article for our July newsletter please see

that it gets to our office secretary, Victoria, by Wednesday, June 25th.

You can email her at [email protected] or put it in her

box in the entry hall of the church. Thanks so much for your submis-

sions on time!

Family Camp 2014

July 23-27th

Immanuel is planning another annual Family Camp trip. It will

begin Wednesday July 23 and end on Sunday July 27th at Loggers Flat

Group Campground in the Sequoia National Forrest. Please sign up

on the bulletin board in the church entryway if you are planning

on attending so that we know when to expect

you. Everyone is welcome, it’ s a wonderful way

to build friendships. Hume Lake was built to sup-

port a one-time commercial logging operation,

and sits in the Kings River Watershed, a region of

the Sierra Nevada Mountains. If you would like

more information about the campsite log on to the

website at: www.recreation.gov and search for

Logger Flat Group Sequoia National Forrest. It’s

always tricky to reserve the space for the fol-

lowing year. If you are interested in helping with that task please

call the church office at 237-7909.

Jams or Jellies for Country Store

If you like to can preserves please remember to make an

extra batch for our Country Store at the Smorgasbord. We

would also love to include any canned fruit, vegetables, syrup,

pickles, olives, salsa, etc.

http://www.recreation.gov/

Thank You Immanuel

Thank you to everyone in the prayer group who have been praying for

me. Also thanks to everyone who sent notes of encouragement via e-

mail and cards by mail. I am so grateful to all of you. The eye drops my

doctor prescribed this last time worked too.

Our prayers have been answered. My last eye doctor visit was very en-

couraging. The pressure in my eyes has gone down significantly. In fact,

I will not be needing glaucoma surgery at this time. There's nothing to

be done for the optic nerve damage but hopefully it will not worsen. I

am scheduled for cataract surgery on my first eye on June 16th. I'm

looking forward to that! It will be nice to get some glasses that really do

some good.

It's wonderful to be amongst my church family knowing you pray for

me and care for me.

God's peace,

Joan Wynn

Easton Churches offer fun for the

Summer of 2014

Easton Presbyterian’s 4th Annual

Sports, Arts, Music & Science Camp

Will be Tuesday, June 17th—Friday,

June 20th from 9am—11:30am for

kids going into1st-6th grades this Au-

gust. Register Early and Save! The

cost is $20 per child if registered by

June 6th and $10.00 for every addi-

tional sibling. The price goes to $25 per child if registered after June

6th. Register on Fridays at the Easton Presbyterian church office phone

#266-0695 or visit at 5895 S. Elm Ave. Located right behind Immanu-

el. St. Jude Catholic Church will host Vacation Bible School from

June 22nd-27th from 6:00-8:15PM. NewLife Community Church

will have VBS on July 20-25 from 6:00-8:40PM.

Women’s Ministries

On Thursday, May 15th a group of women

enjoyed a festive meal of delicious Mediter-

ranean food and viewed a travel documen-

tary of the Holy Land. We disbursed $5,000

from the profits of the smorgasbord dinner

and the fall and spring country stores to a

variety of ministries, as well as to camp

scholarships, youth, and needs within our

own congregation. We also collected toilet-

ries to share with the women at New Life for

Girls, a rehabilitation facility in Fresno

across from Bethel Lutheran Church.

Summer is here and we will once again enjoy getting together in the

cool social hall for salad potluck suppers at 6:30 P.M. on the last

Thursday of June, July, and August, followed by Bible study around

the theme of Of Many Generations: Mary, Elizabeth, and Lydia, print-

ed in Gather magazine. The Summer Bible study lessons may also be

downloaded free of charge at www.gathermagazine.org. All women

are invited to participate. Please join us on June 26th, July 31st, and Au-

gust 28th. Enjoy good food, fellowship, and some inspiration from Bib-

lical women.

Don’t forget!!! July 1st is the deadline for registration for the fall retreat

being held September 26-28 at St. Anthony’s Retreat Center in Three

Rivers. News anchorwoman Liz Harrison is the guest speaker. Regis-

tration forms are available in the

church entry. A deposit of $95

is due with the registration with

the balance due at the time of

retreat. St. Anthony’s is a

peaceful place to rest, relax, and

be refreshed. Glenn Nielsen

continues to collect aluminum

cans for us to help sponsor

someone to attend. Please con-

tact him if you have cans to con-

tribute.

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Easton Water Meetings

Have you wondered what the Easton Community Water Meetings have

been about? Below is a brief summary submitted by Sue Ruiz, President

of the Easton Community Service District. The last of these meetings

will be on June 17th from 6:30-8:30PM in our social hall.

Overall summary of all three community meetings:

Some of the Topics presented and discussed at

March, April, May meetings: Contaminants in wa-

ter, Options for filtering contaminants, If chlorina-

tion is required in water systems, Impact of

drought on wells, Water level history, Cost and

other issues of drilling new wells, Water rates from

other communities, Introduction to options of wa-

ter systems for Easton

Participants broke into Visioning groups to discuss

the following topics and how the presence or lack

of a water system impacts those topics: What

Easton looks like in 25 years, Schools, Businesses- current and new Hous-

ing- current and new, Recreation/parks/community center, Safety/well-

being/health, Growth, Community aesthetics, Potential impact from Fres-

no, Fire suppression, Sewer System instead of septic tanks

Easton Community Food

Distribution

Note the New Time!!8:30-Noon on the First Tuesday of the Month

June 3rd. This month it’s on Election Day and Easton Pres. is a Precinct

so the distribution will be on the north west end of Easton Presbyterian

Church under the shaded area.

Please sign up in the church entryway if you are able to help with this

food distribution. The collaborative efforts of members of the Easton

Community and the students at Washington Union have made this distri-

bution a success. Thanks for your help in the past and the future.

The Fresno Community Food Bank has agreed to deliver food to our com-

munity as long as we are willing to distribute it. There are no require-

ments for receiving food, if you need food bring a wagon or cart, it’s a

heavy load to carry. All are welcome.

In Celebration of Our Members’:

Birthdays 2-Barbara Hansen

Blair Hecker

Amy Jones

3-Dennis Wynn

7-Lynn Howell

12-Kendal Scheidt

13-Linda Wozniczka

Mitchell Tigchelaar

Phil Tews

14- Dean Gardner

Tom Howell

17-Diane Mehrten

18-Lee Terkelsen

19-Jennifer Cisneros

Jolene Petersen

20-Richard Baker

21-Keryn Geidner

23-Kayla Scheidt

24-Andrew Severin

29-Jeff Wood

30-Virginia Willis

Wedding Anniversaries

12– Robert & Joan Ascencio (21) 12-Chris & Michelle Pettitt (16)

19-Shane & Sue Johnson (21) 26-Fred & Gina Cogan (22)

Baptismal Birthdays 1-Adam Peterson

Kathy Tigchelaar

2-Renn Gutierrez

3-Kendal Anderson

3-Dick Hansen

5-Verna Koslan

9-Elaine Jensen

10-Florence Johnston

11-Kristi Hollenbeck

Khristopher Geidner

Keryn Geidner

12-Bonnie Terkelsen

Yvette Fries

14-Chris Pettitt

18-Cody Kagy

22-Lois Rasmussen

25-Elizabeth Petersen

27-Allen Hardy

29-Gaye Cissel

30-Mim Gould

We are inviting Friends and Family to

Our Church Directory Photo Event:

June 25th, 26th, 27th, & 28th

In Grace Hall

HOW DO I SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT?

Sign-ups will start May 25th. You can sign up

2 ways:

1) Before or after Service on selected week-

ends.

2) There will be a scheduling link on our

website:www.immanueleaston.com

HELP US MAKE THIS DIRECTORY COMPLETE!

IT WON’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT

YOU!

There is no sitting fee - just for participating, you will receive a

complimentary 8”x10" portrait and a free church directory!

And… Lifetouch has promised us that there will be no pressure to

order additional portraits!

YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PERSONALLY!

Lifetouch encourages you to bring

something that says who you are to

your portrait session. Perhaps a hat..

pin.. scarf.. musical instrument.. Bi-

ble.. sports gear.. whatever it is that’s

Don’t Forget…To

Bring Your Pet! Do you have a special little

furry friend at home? We

want to encourage you to

bring him/her with you for

your portrait session!

We Need Photos!!

If you have photos

of any church activ-

ities/events from

the last few years -

please drop them

off at the office. We

may use them for

the activity pages

at the beginning of

our new directory.

We can’t promise

to return them, so

be sure to keep a

copy!

Upcoming High School

Youth Activities!

The weather is getting nicer and it’s time to get some sun! The next

youth event will be on Sunday June 8th from 4:00-6:00PM! We will be

having an afternoon of jumbo board games on the Immanuel Lawn

across the street from the church. Bring comfy clothes and shoes you

can be active in.

Now that the school year is coming to a close, is it time to celebrate our

Graduating High School Seniors!! I would like to invite the families of

all high school graduates to our End of the Year Swim Party on Sunday,

June 22nd from 1-3:30PM at the Mike and Laura Nielsen’s home. We

will have food, swimming and a time for families to offer words of en-

couragement to their graduate. The Nielsen’s address is 10064 E. Ad-

ams Ave. Fowler, CA. 93625. If you need directions please contact Al-

lyson at (559) 708-9826 or Laura at (559) 917-7981.

As always if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Allyson!

NALC News

The Convocations and Theological Conference will be at The Citadel.

“Standing With...to Withstand” will be the theme for the 2014 Convoca-

tion of the North American Lutheran Church July 24-25 in Charleston,

S.C. The theme is based on Ephesians 6:10-20, where St. Paul describes

the whole armor of God, encouraging followers of Jesus to “put on the

whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day.”

The Convocation will focus on the persecution of Christians throughout

the world, and our hope to “stand with” these disciples as they witness

to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in spite of opposition and, in some places,

suffering.

Trustees Report

The work around the church never ends, just flows steady. Currently we

are still saving money to repair the roof on the sanctuary and the social

hall. Currently we have saved $15,761.00, we are about a third of the

way to our goal. The new sign was hung on Grace Hall and we continue

to use and improve our buildings as needed. Thank you to everyone for

your support and your donations towards the church and parsonage.

Special thanks to Tom Britter who managed the replacement fence

project on the parsonage. Pastor Kris and Jenn are very grateful.

Sunday School Hello Immanuel,

Sunday school has been going well. We will have our

last Sunday school lesson on June 8th. Sunday school

will then resume on August 17th. I would like to thank

all of the wonderful teachers that helped make this a

fabulous year. Stephanie Clarkson with preschool,

Sandy Marthedal with 2nd and 3rd, Victoria Salwasser

with 4th and 5th, Shane Johnson and Pastor Kris with Jr.

High, Fran Hansen with High School, and Josh Gardner,

John Jensen, and Mike Nielsen with the adult classes.

Vacation Bible School

Save the date: August 5-8th from 9:00AM-Noon.

Bring your agents for God to Immanuel’s VBS . All

kids Pre-Kindergarten through just finished 5th

grade are invited to the classes and Junior High &

High School students are welcome to help with the

fun! Contact Kristi Hollenbeck (559)974-4408 if you

would like any more information or would like to

help. Volunteers are always needed so please give

me a call if you have a heart for children and enjoy

sharing God’s love!

Kristi Hollenbeck

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