Announcements
Weekly Announcements
January 19, 2025
In five weeks, you will be celebrating the opening of your new buildings! Many of you have hoped for and worked toward this building project for 20 years. Many hundreds of you have supported the project through pledges, donations, prayers, and countless volunteer hours.
On Friday, February 21, we will hold our Open House from 4pm to 8pm. This will be a great time to showcase our ministries, our people, and our buildings. We need your help to spread the invitation to the community. Those of you on Facebook, please take a moment to share the Facebook event through the link below? Not on Facebook? That’s OK. Personal invitations work, too!
www.facebook.com/share/1Ar3BbGs1C/
Our weekend will continue on Saturday, as we dedicate our new buildings through worship. Our Dedication Service will take place on Saturday, February 22 at 3:30pm. Following the service, a catered meal will be served in our Mission Center at 5pm. We do anticipate a large number of people for the service and the meal. In order to adequately prepare, we are requiring reservations for the meal, and strongly encourage registrations for the service. Please sign up today through the link below.
immanuelrapids.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2690511
Adult Choir
Immanuel’s Adult Choir would like to invite you to sing with them for the Dedication Service on Saturday, February 22., as well as the first Sunday worship on February 23.
The first practice for these services is this Monday, January 20. Join them at 7:00pm in the Mission Center. If interested, please come and help the choir make our services extra special!
Building Help Needed This Week:
- All Hands Work Day – Saturday, January 25 from 8:00am to 2:00pm. Please come if you are available. We need many hands to turn the building from a construction site to a place for ministry. We need to thoroughly clean all surfaces. We will hang TV monitors, move some furniture, and assemble additional items. If you have a Swiffer Sweeper or small shop vac, consider bringing it along. (Make sure you put your name on it!)
- Organ work – The organ team assembled both organ cases and moved almost all the pipes to the sanctuary. This week will focus on installing speakers and wiring the console. We will assist the organ pros as needed throughout the week.
- Baseboards – The baseboard team sanded, stained, and sealed all of the boards. They installed about half the boards already. Installation continues Monday and again on Wednesday. Contact the group leader for times.
4k or Kindergarten Enrollment: Do you have a child, neighbor, friend, or relative who will be enrolling in 4K or Kindergarten next fall? Enrollment applications are now being accepted for spots in Immanuel Lutheran School for the 2025-26 academic year!
Contact Susan Cour, Admissions Counselor, at 715-423-0272 or scour@immanuelrapids.com, to schedule a tour.
www.immanuelrapids.com/tour/
Cash Calendar Fundraiser: Students from Immanuel Lutheran School are currently selling Cougar Cash Calendar Raffle Tickets. This fundraiser will be used to support the school ministry areas of student activities, technology costs, and student scholarships.
Our cash calendar will run for the month of February. Each day there will be a drawing to win a cash prize sponsored by a local business or private donor for that day. Individuals purchase $10 raffle tickets to be included in the drawing. There is no limit on how many tickets an individual can buy; more tickets mean a higher chance to win! Winning tickets are re-entered into the drawing the following day, so individuals can win multiple times in the month. The drawing starts on Monday, February 3.
Noodles & Company of Wisconsin Rapids is also hosting a Fundraiser Night for Immanuel Lutheran School on Thursday, January 30 from 4:00 – 8:00pm. Noodles & Company will be donating 25% of qualifying sales during this timeframe back to Immanuel Lutheran School. Invite your family and friends to enjoy a dinner at Noodles & Company on this night to help support Immanuel!
Check out the event flyer for details on how to qualify your purchase for this fundraiser. Noodles & Company Scrip is available in the school office.
immanuelrapids.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2723796
immanuelrapids.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2694325
Cass Family Baby Shower
Come celebrate with the Cass family as they await the arrival of their baby girl! Please RSVP today, so we can plan enough cake and snacks.
immanuelrapids.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2701652
Dedication Weekend
Last week, we told you that we would like to explore whether or not some of our members would like to help defray the costs associated with our catered food and beverages on Dedication Weekend. Through generous donations from our members, those costs are now covered.
If you still have a heart for giving toward this project, we still have many areas that could use your financial support. We will have new live streaming equipment to improve our online worship. We will have kids’ furniture for a Kids’ Zone. We need to buy drywall and insulation for our offices. If you would like to contribute to any of these areas, please speak with Pastor Tim or Jonathan Blum.
Polar Plunge! Immanuel is having a Staff vs. Student challenge for this year’s Polar Plunge. This February 1 fundraiser benefits the Special Olympics. If you would like to support staff or student, click the link below.
plungewisconsinrapids.funraise.org/team/immanuel-lutheran-church-and-school
Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert You are invited to join our friends from Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW) as their Symphonic Wind Ensemble holds a concert at St. Paul’s in Stevens Point.
CUW is an LCMS affiliated university in Mequon, Wisconsin. The concert will take place at 7:00pm on Saturday, March 1.
A free-will offering will be requested at the event.
immanuelrapids.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2708682