Emanuel Lutheran Church
February 2019
Enlightener
Sunday School and Adult Forum 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.
Licensed Lay Minister Michael Holman
(231)824-6757 (cell)
Emanuel Lutheran Church: 906-942-7245
[email protected] www.be-Lutheran.org
Emanuel Lutheran Church of Skandia
125th Anniversary ~ Sunday, August 25, 2019
1950-s ~ The major building project of the fifties was the construction of a parish
hall in 1957. Members provided much of the labor involved in the construction.
Building expenses in 1957 totaled $3519.77. The Hannah Circle painted the interior
of the parish hall while the Luther League donated the light fixtures. The parish hall
was dedicated on October 23, 1957. Swanson funeral home donated 60 folding
chairs for the new hall. This parish hall served the people of Emanuel well until the
congregation again grew to the point where larger facilities were needed and a new
parish hall was constructed in 1979.
Council Members
Sandi Ruotsi
Mary Lou Behrens
Jolene Kokko
Betsy Koski
Jane Sims
Jesse Kainulainen
Dan Bahrman
Christian Education
Betsy Koski ~ Confirmation
Leah Kainulainen , Karen Maki ~
Sunday School
Sandi Ruotsi ~ Adult Forum
Office
Jolene Kokko ~ Office
Assistant
Licensed Lay Minister Michael Holman
(231)824-6757 (cell) Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Thurs. & Fri. 9AM-2PM
Committee Leaders
Sandi Ruotsi ~ Council
President
Barb Bach ~ Stewardship
Sarah Kimball ~ Outreach
Betsy Koski ~ Christian
Education
Betsy Koski ~ 125th
Anniversary Committee
Leah Kainulainen ~ Youth
Mission
Jane Sims ~ Worship &
Music
Roger Kimball ~ Building
& Property
Pam Bahrman~ Cemetery
Business Manager
The deadline for submitting
information for the March
Enlightener is Sunday,
February 17.
Emanuel Lutheran Church has both a
Face Book Page and website! Catch
up on upcoming and past events, our
monthly calendar and Enlightener
newsletters at:
www.be-lutheran.org
Congregational Leadership
Sunday Worship Service is at 11: 00 AM
with Sunday School and Adult Forum at 10:00 AM
through February. March thru June Worship
will be held at 9:00 AM.
Date Acolyte Ushers Lector
02/03 Luke Kainulainen Sandi Ruotsi & Donna Oliver Ronda Barr
02/10 Tiffany Ridolphi Jessie & Leah Kainulainen Betsy Koski
02/17 Hailey Ridolphi Dale Weingartner & Richard Cooke Patti Bergdahl
02/24 Luke Kainulainen Sandi Ruotsi & Donna Oliver Sally Weingartner
February 1~ Erick Thompson
February 6~ Kristina Thompson
February 7~ Carol Wolf
February 9 ~Sally Weingartner
February 10~ Jacob Mackey
February 14 ~Betsy Koski
February 15 ~Jon Berglund
February 17~Donna Oliver,
Vernon Haglund
February 18~ Herb Anderson
February 19~David Ridolphi
February 23~Sandi Ruotsi
February 25~Nina Ingalls,
Cindy Shelton
February 28~Patti Bergdahl
February 4~Dan & Pam Bahrman
~ Thanks to Those Who Serve~
Birthday Blessings
Anniversary Blessings
Thank you to Betsy Koski for sponsoring the
February worship bulletins in memory of
Eleanor Ingalls and Adena Burling.
~Pastor’s Reflections~
With Bishop Finegan’s appointment of Michael Holman as
Licensed Lay Minister for Bethany and Emanuel my time as adminis-
trative interim comes to an end. While it has added to my work
load, I have also enjoyed getting to know both congregations. At
Emanuel’s annual meeting I said that they were small but healthy
and I would say the same thing about Bethany. With solid leader-
ship in both places and the faithful proclamation of Pastor Chrys and
Virginia, my impression is that things have stayed remarkably steady
over the past year and a half. Often during pastoral vacancies there
is what I would call “slippage” as people get discouraged. Maybe
because you have been down this road before, that hasn’t
happened. There continue to be good things happening in both
churches! You are to be commended for your faithfulness!
I think that the appointment of a Licensed Lay Minister is a
good development at this time. It will provide you with a leader
dedicated to the two congregations which should help with all
aspects of your ministry. Having known Michael for a couple of
years, I think you will enjoy his presence among you and that he will
enjoy serving you.
You are very well acquainted with the challenges that smaller
congregations face these days. Despite the challenges I hope that
there will always be a place for congregations like yours because I
think it can be there that we get a better sense of what it is be the
church as a Christ centered group of people who know one another,
care about one another and witness to their faith in service to the
wider community. As I said, small but healthy!
Thank You for Supporting our New Roof!
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up online for our new roof! Please share it
with your friends and family via face book, twitter and email. You can do a search
on the website www.gofundme.com with the words “Skandia, MI” or you can use
the following link:
gofundme.com/h7rdwp-new-roof-for-church
As of January 31 we have raised $2125 thru GoFundMe!
It’s a small world when it comes to the Lutheran church
(especially in the UP!). I look forward to the times our paths will
cross again!
Pastor Warren Geier
Sunday, February 3 is Super Bowl Sunday!
Emanuel will participate in the Super Bowl
of Caring nationwide collection to help fight
hunger in America. Since 1990 over 90
million in money and food items have been
collected and donated to local hunger-relief charities. You are
asked to donate $1 and a can of soup. The soup will go to the food
pantry at Victory Church at Sawyer and the money collected to the
ELCA efforts for Hunger Relief. Thank you.
Emanuel’s food donation barrel known as the “Country Cupboard” is
located near the entry to the fellowship hall. We gladly accept non perish-
able food items, paper products, cleaning supplies and health/beauty aids.
Donations will be brought to our local St. Vincent’s in Gwinn or the Food
Pantry at Victory Church of Sawyer. So the next time you are grocery
shopping, why not pick up something extra to donate to Emanuel’s
outreach effort to help feed our community.
With our winter season now here, if inclement weather
ever causes our Sunday Worship services to be
cancelled, we will have a message on our phone
reflecting the cancellation, 942-7245. Please call if roads
are questionable before traveling.
Quilting for Lutheran World Relief has resumed at
Toni Peterson’s home, 214 Maple Grove Road, on
Tuesdays at 9 :30 a.m. All are invited to join; you need
no quilting experience! We always are in need of used
flat sheets and thread, both for sewing and tying the
quilts.
Remember in Prayer …
Our members, family, and friends who are ill, have health
concerns, are grieving, or are in need.
Our members who are absent from worship and unable to
attend … Herb Anderson
and prayers for Lori Linna-Cooke.
Our Thanks and Praise to God.
If you have a prayer request, please let the office know by
calling or by leaving a message at 942-7245.
~Council Update~
The council did not have a regular meeting in January since we had our
Annual Meeting on January 20. We also had a joint council meeting with
Bethany Church of Negaunee on January 9 with Bishop Katherine Finegan
about the possibility of having a Licensed Lay Minister serve both
Emanuel and Bethany Churches.
The Annual Meeting highlights include:
Reviewing and accepting the annual report of summaries for the year
2018 from all committees.
Reviewing and accepting the budget proposal for 2019.
Betsy Koski renewed another 3 year term for serving on the council
and we welcome Dan Bahrman who will begin serving on the council
in February.
Synod Assembly Voting Delegates in May are Sarah Kimball & Gisele
Duehring.
Extra Conference Delegates are Jane Sims & Karen Maki.
Next year’s Nominating Committee: Barb Bach, Jane Sims & Karen
Maki
Next year’s Auditing Committee : Patti Bergdahl, Laurie Beauchamp &
Sandi Ruotsi.
The complete minutes from the Annual Meeting are posted at both the
entry to the sanctuary and the fellowship hall.
The council held a brief meeting after fellowship on Sunday, January 27.
At this meeting Michael Holman was voted to serve Emanuel as our
Licensed Lay Minister with a one year contract. He will begin this position
February 1, 2019.
~Outreach Update~
Can you help us? With the winter sales in progress, we are always on the lookout
for items used in our annual bazaar! We need:
wreath ribbon (especially red, plaid & burlap) & artificial red berries,
natural looking artificial greens (or even artificial trees that we can take
apart) for centerpiece decorating,
if you have used calendars that have pictures of nature, we use them for
framed crafts,
picture frames and mat boards, especially larger frames,
candles; tapers, votives and small tea lights,
Christmas fabric for table runners, aprons, and quilts,
bird houses, or easy birdhouse plans to construct.
Coming in March, confirmation students and leaders are invited to the 2019
Marked! Event. These events include music, worship, learning, food, fun
and service projects. Each year participants compile kits used for Lutheran
World Relief. This year kits include:
Light-weight bath –size towel, dark color recommended
Bath –size bars of soap (8 –9 oz. size in original wrapper)
Adult-size toothbrush
Sturdy combs
Metal nail clippers attached nail file optional
We will collect these items and be sure they reach a site where a Marked! Event is
being held in March. Thank you!
Our next Outreach Committee meeting is Friday, February 22 at 10 a.m. All are
invited to attend.
~Sarah Kimball
Dear Friends at Emanuel Lutheran Church,
Greetings from Lutheran World Relief! We’re so thankful for your
partnership, and for your energy and enthusiasm for this ministry.
I’m excited to be able to share some details about where some of your
items traveled in the last year. You may already have spotted in your
online Tracker record that your Mission Quilts have gone to
Mauritania. Your donations departed our warehouse on November
23, 2018.
LWR’s partner, Lutheran World Federation/World Service, has been
working with 6 national NGOs through enhancing their institutional,
managerial and technical capacities to ensure sustainable develop-
ment and advocacy in Mauritania. This shipment of Quilts and Kits is
estimated to reach 60,000 individuals in various places, especially the
Mbera Malian Refugee camp on the periphery of Nouakchott.
To learn more about his shipment, visit quiltmap.lwr.org and click on
the country to view a report. We will provide updates as we receive
information from our partner. Thank you so much for your partner-
ship in bringing hope to our neighbors in around the world. We thank
God for you!
Continued blessings on your ministry!
Melanie W. Gibbons
Quilt & Kit Ministry Manager
February 2019
Office Hours~ Thurs. & Fri. 9am-2pm (Michael)
Wed. & Fri. 10am-2pm (Jolene)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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3 Sunday
School &
Adult Forum
10 AM
Worship
11AM
Stewardship
Meeting
4
AA-7PM
5
Quilting at
Toni’s 9:30
AM
Cemetery
Board Mtg.
6 PM
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7
Confirmation
5 PM
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10Sunday
School &
Adult Forum
10 AM
Worship
11AM
11
AA-7PM
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Quilting at
Toni’s
9:30 AM
13 14
Confirmation
5 PM
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17Sunday
School &
Adult Forum
10 AM
Worship
11AM
Council
1PM
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AA-7PM
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Quilting at
Toni’s
9:30 AM
20 21
Confirmation
5 PM
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Outreach
Meeting
10 AM
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24Sunday
School &
Adult Forum
10 AM
Worship
11AM
25
AA-7PM
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Quilting at
Toni’s
9:30 AM
27 28
Confirmation
5 PM
~125th Anniversary Update~
We are Celebrating 125 Years of Grace in 2019 and the planning continues
for this upcoming milestone for Emanuel Lutheran Church of Skandia!
Recipes have been compiled for the Anniversary Cookbook and is ready for
its first proofing before hard copies are printed. The wooden ornaments
made by Joe Erickson depicting our church, were sold at the bazaar along
with beautiful Christmas cards. We still have both for sale in the office.
We are hoping for additional greeting cards showing the beauty of the
different seasons at Emanuel. If you have any photos of Emanuel, please
share them for possible greeting cards! The next brochure being printed
and mailed will have the finalized dates of the upcoming events and the
important RSVP form for the 125th Anniversary Dinner and Program on
Saturday, August 24. We are still looking for some addresses of past
members. Please take a look at the list in the Fellowship Hall and if you
happen to know of any of the needed address it would be appreciated!
We want to be sure Emanuel is represented in the Skandia Day’s Parade in
July, and are looking for someone to coordinate our float. Roger still has
the replica of Emanuel to put on a trailer for the parade. Other events
planned are a Mother’s Day Tea, a music concert and an open house, a
historical cemetery walk and of course returning Pastors that will visit and
speak during worship at various times this anniversary year. You are
always welcome to help with the events planned or attend upcoming
meetings to ensure our 125th Anniversary is an enjoyable, meaningful and
well remembered event for all!
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