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Immanuel’s MESSENGER
January 2020
WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS MONTH AT IMMANUEL
Immanuel welcomes Pastor John Swanson
Greetings all at Immanuel,
I am Pastor John Swanson, and I am very excited to be joining you as your
Interim Pastor beginning Monday, January 4, 2021. My family and I live in
Madison and have for the past 26 years. I have served at Bethel Lutheran
Church in Madison as an associate pastor from 1994 until December 13 of this
year. My wife, Beth, is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin -
Whitewater and our two children, Lydia and Caleb, are 23 and 18 respectively.
I am a Packer fan, walker, and an avid reader.
Peace,
Pastor John
A bright, shiny new year, Another chance Another chance
empty, neat, pristine, to make a real effort to make a difference.
waiting, ready to give more than we get. A good new year.
for us to get it right. A Happy New Year!
Annual Meeting - January 24, 2021 - 10am
We will keep you informed as to how this meeting will take place.
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 1
STEWARDSHIP by Jean Kwapil
Stories are powerful
Think about how many times you have told a story. Maybe it was good news or sad news. When we are
excited about something we call and tell people about it.
Why don’t we get that excited about the Good news of Jesus and share it with as many as we can? Stories
are powerful, we experience God alive in Gods stories, the Bible. How might we be good stewards of God’s
story and our own stories of God’s work in our lives?
Read a passage from the Bible and listen for the places where your imagination is caught. If you do this as a
group or with a friend or spouse, listen to what they heard. This practice empowers each person to be an
interpreter of the Bible.
Perhaps after you listen to a sermon; do you ever wonder where did that come from? We have had many
pastors over the years that have shared their interpretation of the Bible. Sometimes it’s easier to listen to
the children’s sermon to understand the theme of the day.
I look forward to hearing Pastor John’s interpretation of Gods stories.
Stewards of Gods Love
Thanks to everyone that made a donation to Hometown Missions for our Thankofferring service.
Thank Remember when Jean Kwapil sent out a request of birthday cards for Violet Jones who was
celebrating her 100th birthday alone & away from family? Here is a thank you note from her
you
daughter . . .
Dear Jean,
I was overwhelmed by the amount of cards my mom received from the members of your church for Mom's
birthday.
If it is possible please tell everyone how much we appreciated their thoughtfulness and kind sentiments. The
beautiful cards made Mom smile and that was so nice to see.
We gave to the staff cupcakes, balloons, etc. to help celebrate the day. Even though these are difficult days
they tried to make it a special day for her and all of the beautiful cards were the icing on the cake.
Thank you,
Kim Rusch
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 2
PERSONAL ESSENTIALS PANTRY by Kathy Schuett
After being closed beginning in April due to the pandemic, the Personal Essentials Pantry (PEP) re-opened on
October 1. Some faithful volunteers have returned to help us and as of this writing we continue to be open.
To stay safe, we are following the same guidelines and procedures that the Food Pantry has been using
successfully throughout this pandemic.
We could use a few more volunteers willing to spend two hours from 1-3 pm on a Thursday afternoon at
PEP. Our guests remain in the hallway and we are protected by a shield barrier (made by Bob Eske) that is in
the doorway. The work is definitely not difficult. It consists of greeting our guests, marking the Shopping List
of the items they may need, then either reading items off a list or filling a grocery bag with those items to be
put on a cart and passed underneath the barrier. Therefore we never need to come in physical contact, nor
touch anything belonging to our guests. We wear masks the entire time, and since our new room is so
spacious, we manage to keep our distance from the other volunteers also. That does not keep us from
enjoying each other’s company however!
I realize this is a horrible time to be looking for volunteers, but if you have even an inkling of joining our
‘crew’ or could use an excuse to get out of the house for a few hours, we would love to have you join us.
Please call the church office (920) 261-1663 or my home (920) 261-9104 and leave a message. I will get back
to you as soon as possible.
On another note, some of the office chairs that we are presently using have definitely seen their better days.
If anyone has one available for us to use, that would be fantastic!
Kathy Schuett
PEP-Immanuel Coordinator
Parish Education *Happy New Year*
Thanks to your generous support of Parish Education in the last years, (memorials, coffee hour and Lenten
meal donations and Sunday School offerings), we are able to contribute $1000 toward the Immanuel's
Promise matching grant. May 2021 bring us all back together to learn and worship in the fellowship of our
Immanuel Family...and in our beautifully-renovated education and ministries building!! Together we will
grow in God's call to serve the world.
Scrip Update:
Please remember that our church has an account with AmazonSmile; and we receive a donation for
‘every’ dollar spent. To date 61 orders have been placed; and Immanuel has received $266.09. We
receive direct deposit payments from Amazon quarterly. We’re happy to report that the amounts
received continue to increase each time. Keep the great work!
If you haven’t already set up an account, it’s very easy to do. First of all make sure you sign into
“AmazonSmile” and not just Amazon. You then need to select your charity -- Immanuel Evangelical
Lutheran Church ELCA, Watertown, WI. Make sure when you scroll down the list you select the
correct church. That’s it.
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 3
MISSION WORK
MONTHLY REPORTS
November 2020
Hometown Mission Fund
Beginning balance: 11/01/2020 $ 4,382.88 Schedule for January. . .
Deposits $ 595.59 Bread & Roses is not open at this time.
17 checks written $ 2,291.39 Waiting for floors to be finished & new cooks to
Ending balance 11/30/2020 $ 2,687.08 be found.
22 contacts made in November Bread & Roses Report
20 family units were provided assistance
November 2020 Report
Community Laundry Beginning Balance 11/01/2020: $ 3,235.44
November Deposit: $ 683.75
Beginning balance: 11/01/2020 $ 3,571.48
November Donations $ 200.00 November Expenses: $ 76.00
Loose Cash Donation (not deposited) $ 160.00 Ending Balance 11/30/2020: $ 3,843.19
Operating Cost $ 539.50 Savings Balance: 11/30/2020: $ 3,538.52
Ending balance 11/30/2020 $ 3,391.98 Guests Served: 11/01 - 11/30/2020 -0-
Bank Balance 11/30/2020 $ 3,125.48 (Not serving until further notice)
Loose Cash on Hand 11/30/2020 $ 266.50
60 families served in November
166 washer loads - 166 dryer loads
Personal Essentials Pantry
W-ELCA & IMMANUEL’S CIRCLES
Beginning balance: 11/01/2020 $ 7,140.88
November Deposits $ 525.00 W-ELCA Board will meet on January 5th, 1:00pm in the
November Purchases $ 488.00 Conference Room. Quilter’s are working from home
Ending balance 11/30/2020 $ 7,177.88 temporarily.
Noisy Offering
Social Concerns will coordinate the Noisy Offering schedule. We will always (most usually) have the
Noisy Offering on the 3rd weekend of each month. If your group is interested in having a weekend
set aside please contact a member of the Social Concerns Committee.
January 17-18, our Noisy Offering will go towards the Hometown Mission Fund. This fund helps people with housing,
prescriptions, gas, etc. There is an even greater need this year due to the COVID pandemic.
Start saving your change for this worthy project!
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 4
Treasurer’s Report - October 2020
Actual Weekly Income
Other
Debt Building Mission Budgetary Other
General Retirement Offering Support Designated Designated Total
10/4 8,388.50 —- 130.00 195.00 969.00 4,855.00 14,537.50
10/11 8,052.00 —- 50.00 35.00 —- 11,321.00 19,458.00
10/18 9,510.50 —- 140.00 35.00 350.00 3,993.00 14,028.50
10/25 4,652.00 —- 85.00 45.00 128.80 2,648.20 7,559.00
PPP Loan 34,139.20 34,139.20
TOTALS: 30,603.00 —- 405.00 310.00 35,587.00 22,817.20 89,722.20
Average YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-TO-DATE
BUDGETARY NEEDS YEAR-TO-DATE OTHER DESIGNATED
(Week #43) BUDGETARY INCOME INCOME
$357,690.00 $366,719.00 $302,239.66
**Delivering Immanuel’s Promise…..Capital Campaign Offerings: $21,862.00
Memorials:
Maurine Ayers: Hometown Missions: $25 Linda Niemuth: Capital Campaign: $25
Russ Schaller: Capital Campaign: $720 Robert LaPoint: Hometown Missions: $45
Calvin D. Clark: Capital Campaign: $25 Cathy Chandler: Food Pantry: $25
Katie Heiden: Capital Campaign: $25 Howard Shackley: Capital Campaign: $25
Ruth Jones: Capital Campaign: $50
W-ELCA News
The W-ELCA board would like to thank everyone that purchased bakery items in November and December. We know
you missed our bake sale and kindermarkt. It will return next year! We are hoping we can offer soup for Super Bowl
Sunday and Pot Pies for March.
Thanks to Tom Lees for heading the jam sales. We were able to make jam in the kitchen before they removed the tile
in the fellowship hall. Thanks to the jam makers: Phyllis Turke, Tom and Ann Lees, Judy Schumacher, Bonnie Bohlman,
Sue Schramm and Jean Kwapil. Thanks to Steve and Char Andracek and Tom Lee’s for all the raspberries; Schramm’s
for blackberries and food pantry for blueberries. Thanks to Janis for making labels, taking orders for everything.
The Mary Circle and Others purchased and delivered Christmas presents to three families in Watertown.
This project was headed up by Gloria Poth who was and still is a member of our Mary Circle even though she is 2 hours
away. Thanks to everyone that helped with this project.
Even though we aren’t meeting for Bible study in person we can still read our Gather magazine and do the Bible
studies. There are extra copies of this magazine in the church office. Feel free to pick one up.
Quilters are working at home and a few have come in to reorganize their supplies. They surprised Pastor Todd with a
quilt to take to California.
Thanks to our W-ELCA board:
Wanda Udovich Jean Kwapil Mary Eckert Judy Schumacher
Sue Weihert Nancy Gillingham Char Andracek
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 5
Treasurer’s Report - November 2020
Actual Weekly Income
Other
Debt Building Mission Budgetary Other
General Retirement Offering Support Designated Designated Total
11/1 8,831.45 —- 120.00 125.00 190.00 1,252.00 10,518.45
11/8 6,482.00 —- 50.00 35.00 429.09 30,818.59 37,814.68
Simply Giving 3,669.50 —- 60.00 25.00 29.05 459.00 4,242.55
11/15
Simply Giving 897.00 —- 50.00 25.00 —- 311.00 1,283.00
11/22
11/15 & 22 9,078.00 —- 105.00 20.00 —- 32,671.00 41,874.00
11/29 4,742.00 —- 50.00 25.00 —- 9,911.00 14,728.00
TOTALS: 33,699.95 —- 435.00 255.00 648.14 75,422.59 110,460.68
Average YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-TO-DATE
BUDGETARY NEEDS YEAR-TO-DATE OTHER DESIGNATED
(Week #48) BUDGETARY INCOME INCOME
$399,542.00 $401,757.09 $377,662.25
***Delivering Immanuel’s Promise….. Capital Campaign Offerings: $47,988.00
Loan Expenses: Short-term loan: $0.00
Memorials:
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: Ruth Jones-$5,525.00; Linda Niemuth-$25.00; Howard Shackley-$25.00; Russ Schaller-$45.00;
Bob LaPoint-$45.00; Marge Schuett-$10.00; Jim Mack-$170.00; Arnold Neitzel-$20.00.
PEP: Marge Schuett-$25.00
WELCA: Ruth Jones-$100.00
MUSIC/CHOIR: Ruth Jones-$70.00
UNDESIGNATED: Bob LaPoint-$20.00
Membership Report - November 2020
Worship Attendance:
6:30 8:00 10:30 9 a.m. /
p.m. a.m. a.m. Special Total Average Info/Service
Deceased:
2020
David Ernst Witte,
April 4, 1945 – Nov 6, 2020 Nov. 1/2 16 50 66 33 All Saint's Sunday
James ‘Jim’ Richard Mack, Nov. 8/9 21 38 59 30
July 2, 1939 – Nov 20, 2020 Nov. 15/16 28 36 64 32
11am extra service for PT
Nov. 22/23 40 17 39 96 32 leaving
Baptized: Back to NO in-person
Molly Elizabeth Grochowske, Nov. 29/30 0 0 0 0 services
November 22, 2020 Totals 105 0 17 163 285
2019
Baptized: 830* Nov. 3/4 42 129 89 260 87 All Saint's Sunday
Confirmed: 694* Nov. 10/11 32 124 57 213 71
*These are the numbers that are
available through our current Nov. 17/18 38 118 62 218 73
Nov. 24/25 32 114 64 210 70
Totals 144 485 272 0 901
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 6
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES IN JANUARY
1 Austin Fuchs 15 Deborah Zabel
1 Gloria Jones 16 Taylor Foltz
1 Robert Weihert 16 Marlene Polenski
2 Douglas Heller 17 Tyler Gruenwald
3 Emma Hanson 17 Rebecca Iverson
3 Richard Henning 18 Sandra VanBeem
4 Xavier Quintero 19 Esther Gibbs
5 Jake Mueller 19 Heidi Schaller
5 Maria Villanueva 22 Jackson Barta
6 Antoine Dukes 22 Cary Gillingham
6 Kenneth Huehn 22 Katie Johnson
6 Diane LaPoint 22 Patti Schilling
6 Adam Morstad 23 Carmen Barta
6 Joe Skaar 23 Dennis Daley
7 Robert Poth 23 Al Schmidt
8 John Bucher 24 Donata Jacob
8 Kristen Korth 25 Katie Bast
9 Keenan Androff 25 Cindy Schubert
9 Katie Braunschweig-Behl 26 Aleece Reyna
9 Virginia Fries 26 Kris Travis
9 Dalton Kelman 27 James Kwapil
10 Kelly Surdick 27 Carol Lenius
11 Steven Baldwin 27 Dean Rauls
11 Ashley Lawson 28 Leah Grochowske 1 Evan & Laura Ferree
12 Steven Lueck 28 Parker Wheeler 6 Garry & Ann Schmitt
12 Gage Pickens 29 Grace Wegner 7 Mark & Dana Grosenick
13 Caroline Ferree 30 Gary Kemnitz 11 Rob & Denise Jacob
14 Landon Grosenick 30 Patrick Weihert 11 Josh & Missy Koehler
14 Larry Nehls 31 Ann Lees 20 Margaret & Wayne Steward
14 Steve Polenski 31 Heinz Vette 28 Jerry & Jayne Adams
15 Amanda Miller 31 Dick Wolff
15 Edward Wegner
15 Rebekah Wheeler
If your date is missing, please call the office.
Ministers: All the people of Immanuel
Pastor John Swanson (jswanson.immanuel@gmail.com)
Janis Shackley, Office Manager (jshackley.immanuel@gmail.com)
Dawn Westenberg, Financial Secretary (dwestenberg.immanuel@gmail.com)
Radio Broadcast: 10 a.m. on 1430AM WBEV. Services are delayed by one week/Sunday prior.
Notify Janis @ jshackley.immanuel@gmail.com if you would like to receive the Messenger online INSTEAD of U.S. Mail.
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 7
January 2021
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
NEW YEAR’S DAY Undecorate church
Look for more details regarding in-person services after HOLIDAY
the Congregational Council meeting on the 7th.
Office Closed
No Food Pantry
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
8:00a Online Service WELCOME 1:00p W-ELCA Board Confirmation 6:00p Congregational
Pastor John Swanson Zoom Meetings @ Council - Location TBD
3:00 or 5:00 pm
Worship Recording
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
8:00a Online Service 6:00p Food Pantry Confirmation
Board Conference Rm Zoom Meetings @
3:00 or 5:00 pm
Worship Recording
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
8:00a Online Service Confirmation
Zoom Meetings @
3:00 or 5:00 pm
Worship Recording
Noisy Offering for Hometown Mission
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
8:00a Online Service Confirmation
10:00a Annual Zoom Meetings @
Meeting - Details to 3:00 or 5:00 pm
follow Worship Recording
31
8:00a Online Service
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 8
CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
December 10, 2020
ATTENDANCE: D. Morstad, T. Thom, M. Morstad, R. Lessner, A. Nagle, J. Hedrick, B. Boxell, S. Weihert, D. Daley,
J. Kwapil, B. Konz
ABSENT: L. Avila Vette, M. Hedrick
1. The meeting was called to order at 6:03 PM by D. Morstad
2. Opening Devotion by Beth Boxell.
3. Approval of Meeting Agenda
● Motion: J. Kwapil Second: S. Weihert to approve the corrected agenda.
Motion carried by voice vote and raise of hands.
4. Vision Victories
● A generous and anonymous monetary gift was received for the Capital campaign fund in memory of the
giver’s parents. The giver wanted the gift made public and would like to see his $50,000.00 matched by
other contributions by the end of the year.
● Kati Enright-Deming, Carlton House Manager, sent a letter of thanks to Immanuel for the support and
dedication to people in need.
● Thanks to all who helped out with Children’s Christmas program; children and adults. “It is going to be so
cute.”
● The Candlelight virtual concert is this weekend. Thank you to the many hands and minds that made this
65th Annual concert be a part of our Christmas experience.
● We are blessed because Immanuel has many people among us who can carry on with what Immanuel does
well. Trevor, Rita, Beth Roxanne, Sue, David and Lauren and the many vocalists and musicians to enlighten
our worship services.
5. Building Update
● Flood repair update
● The installation of the new floor in the fellowship hall has begun
● Aiming for the project to be completed by the end of December.
● The deductible cost will be returned to us also by the end of the year.
6. Capital Campaign Update
● Pledges have been coming in after there was a new effort of the campaign committee to spark the
campaign.
● Continuity of the capital campaign won’t be as much of an issue during this time of pastoral transition.
Pastor John is very familiar with capital campaigns and specifically campaigns where Kairos was the
consultant. Dr. Elise Brown is also familiar with Pastor John and Bethel Lutheran Church.
● The Council President’s end of the year letter usually asks for financial gifts to lessen the line of credit debt.
That has been zero all year. The request this year will be to help bring down the balance of the building
expenses loan.
● Looking at developing a specific fund-raising committee to hold events to raise funds for the capital
campaign balance. D. Morstad will arrange a meeting with the Capital Campaign Committee and discuss this
issue and get a committee on its feet.
● There was a question raised about the possibility of member loans being used in the capital campaign.
● The short-term loan was designed to exist for the life of the capital campaign (3yrs) with the terms being a
payment of interest only and at that time the loan would turn into a mortgage. Currently we pay about
$13,000.00 a month in interest.
7. President’s Report
● Pastor interim update
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 9● The contract with Pastor John Swanson is in place.
● Jenifer and Beth have been in contact with Pastor Swanson about Confirmation classes.
● Pastor John would like to start bringing in some of his things and visit/tour Immanuel.
● There have been members who have shown interest in being on the call committee
● Pastor John will be working with the call committee so it will not be formed until after he joins us.
● Pastor Doug Anderson from Cross in Ixonia will provide emergency pastoral coverage until Pastor
John is on staff. We need to let our members know who and how to call for an immediate medical
emergency during off office hours. We can’t have people leaving a message on the phone that won’t be
heard for days. D. Morstad will discuss with Pastor John and Pastor Anderson for suggestions to cover
the next few weeks.
● Audit Committee
● Kelly Braunschweig has consented to fill Robert Poth’s vacated position on the audit committee.
● Motion: J.Kwapil Second: B.Konz to appoint Kelly Braunschweig to the audit committee to fill Robert
Poth’s vacated position on the audit committee for the remainder of fiscal year 2020.
Motion carried by voice vote and show of hands.
8. Nominating Committee Report
● There have been confirmed acceptances for positions on the Endowment Committee and for Synod
Assembly representatives.
● Still looking for nominees for Congregation Secretary, treasurer and Social Concerns.
9. Approval of Consent Agenda
● Acceptance of membership report
● Acceptance of council & committee reports
● Discussion: Annual committee reports, that summarize the years activities, need to be in Janis’ hands
by Dec. 25.
● Ryan Lessner, from Personnel Committee, received a resume from a gentleman that works at
Madison Country Day School, Even Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is a graduate from Luther College and held a
position in their top vocal choir, The Nordic Choir and is also an accomplished organist; playing in
churches since age 16.
● A former member of our congregation, Margaret Jones Stansfield, did suggest that Mitchell might be
a consideration for our vacated Director of Music.
● Samples of Mitchell’s vocal and organ accomplishments have been sent to the council. He has made a
good impression
● Concerns about building a position around a possible candidate versus posting an ad, recruiting and
hire around a job position.
● The staffing configuration committee is discussing our current staffing model versus part-time
positions with room for stipends for other areas in ministry.
● On the Organist guild website, there is a range of $150-300.00 for advertising a job posting. This is
budget allowance to cover search expenses for this type of position.
● Acceptance of financial reports
●Discussion: The October reports are still in question so can’t be approved. Income is accurate but
expenses paid do not tally correctly.
● We can accept November’s report.
Approval of November and special meeting minutes
Motion: R. Lessner Second: J.Kwapil to approve the consent agenda, with the exception of October’s
financial report.
Motion carried by voice vote and show of hands.
10. Unfinished Business
● Boiler update
● M. Hedrick is not available this evening. But the last information was that he had a contact that
worked in HVAC who might bring us better news on the boiler and cost of repair/installation.
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 10● Mike and Rocky Bohman and this contact did meet and his final report hasn’t been received yet.
● Waiting for Mike’s report.
11. New Business
● 2021 Operating Budget
● We’re unable to look at or bring to approval a preliminary operating budget for 2021 tonight because
two large pieces of information are missing from the proposed budget:
● We need more information regarding the projected income from the Capital Campaign for
2021.
● We need to know what the new loan interest is and that information isn’t available until next
week.
●Staffing expenses are the largest chunk of the budget
● Input from all committee chairs is helpful as a guideline for program expenses. The section marked
“programming” has helpful information regarding what each committee spent in the past years.
● Salary for Pastor John will be the same salary that Pastor Todd was paid in 2020 plus the cost of
family health insurance, pension expenses auto expense and education allowance (benefit package).
Health insurance was not an expense for Pastor Todd and this is a significant amount.
● Music director will need a salary and a benefit package as well.
● The salaries of the Office manager, financial secretary and cemetery Sexton were discussed.
● Our proposed budget needs to be in the hands of the congregation before the annual meeting.
Motion: S. Weihert Second: B.Boxell to recommend a 2% raise for the office staff and the cemetery
Sexton.
Motion carried on voice vote and show of hands.
● Question if the Cemetery Sexton could be paid out of the Cemetery Endowment Funds instead of the
Church budget. Because of the COVID, the policies and procedures for the cemetery endowment fund
have not been developed as of yet. But that’s a goal for 2021
● Motion: T.Thom Second: B.Boxell to move our regular scheduled Congregational Council Meeting to
January 7 at 6:00PM with the Budget and in-person worship the two discussion items on the agenda.
Motion carried by voice vote and show of hands.
● Christmas recognition for the staff will be taken care of by J.Kwapil.
12. Calendar Review
● December 13 at 4:00PM Virtual Candlelight Concert
● December 20 at 8:00AM Virtual Sunday School Christmas Program
● December 24 at 11AM &4:30PM on-line Worship services
● No Christmas Day Services
● December 27 at 8AM on-line Service of Lessons and Carols
● January 2 at 9:00AM Taking Christmas decorations down
● January 4 Pastor John Swanson arrives
● January 7 at 6:00PM Congregational Council Meeting
● January 24 at 10:00AM Annual Meeting
13. Closing Prayer by T. Thom
14. Adjourn: Motion: T. Thom Second: B.Konz to adjourn the meeting at 8:30PM. Motion carried by voice vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary Morstad
Congregation Secretary
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 11KEEP UP WITH IMMANUEL SERVICES IN Questions for 2021
ANY OF THE WAYS LISTED BELOW
Will the Packers make it to the Super Bowl on
Cable Broadcast
February 7, 2021?
Channel 985 & WatertownTV.com
Tuesdays at 12:00p & 7:00p
Sundays at 4:00p Will we celebrate Souper Bowl here at Immanuel?
Radio Broadcast Will we be able to bring cans of soup for the Food
AM1430 WBEV & DailyDodge.com Pantry in person to church services?
Sundays at 10:00am
Web Site: watertownimmanuel.org Will W-ELCA once again be selling that delicious,
homemade soup that we can take home and
FaceBook: Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church
enjoy?
So many unanswered questions.
We will keep you informed!
Go Pack!!
UPDATE from Seminarian Rita Argus
Hello people of Immanuel! It was wonderful to be able to worship with
you all during the month of December. I am heading back to school at
Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University in early January to begin
my last semester on campus and will then be moving to my
internship placement this summer for the next two years. I should be
finding out where that placement will be at the end of January and
appreciate your continued prayers and support.
This last semester was kind of strange as many things were pared down
because of the pandemic; however, despite it being a weird semester I
still enjoyed all of my classes. My favorite class this semester was
Introduction to the New Testament I or as my professor called it IN To
the Unknown! (all Frozen II references intended). In addition to classes,
I continued working at Nationwide Children's Hospital as a Support
Chaplain and helped put together some virtual or socially distant
community events for the other students at Trinity. I was excited to see
how much I have grown over the past year and I am looking forward to
Rita with her puppy, Jellybean.
seeing my continued growth into this call. Thank you again for your
support! Remember that you are loved and blessed by God.
Peace, Rita
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 12Donations for our Christmas/Winter display were made in Honor of:
Ryan & Krista Schuett, Thea & Jeremy Paxton by Rick & Kathy Schuett
Our grandchildren, Noah, Ava, Abbey & Ben by Don & Gloria Snow
My children & grandchildren by Janis Shackley
Our children & grandchildren by Gary & Sandy Kemnitz
Donations for our Christmas/Winter display were made in Memory of:
Charles Miller by Marie Miller
Bob & Katie Heiden and Bob & Lorraine Dunham by Mark & Julie Heiden
My husband, Linten Grabow by Shirley Grabow
My husband, Tom by Sally Smith
Ken Rolefson by Ruth Rolefson
Ken & Georgiann and Todd Kropf, Gary Klopstein by Jack & Holly Kuehl
Our parents by Jeff & Natalie Krause
Our parents by Steve & Carol Schroeder
ELCA World Hunger Appeal donations were made in Honor of:
Eliana & Alex Schuett, Lucas Paxton by Rick & Kathy Schuett
Our family on Earth and in Heaven by Paul & Linda Riesen
By Esther Uttech
Brooke, Lance & Kellen Wand by Jeff & Natalie Krause
By DeWayne & Anne Roberson
Don & Adam Smith by Charlene Berg
ELCA World Hunger Appeal donations were made in Memory of:
Arthur L Turke by Phyllis Turke
My parents, Joe & Dolores Magarich by Sally Smith
Howard Shackley by Janis Shackley
Herb & Pat Johnson by Mike & Jenifer Hedrick
My husband, Harvey Zoellick by Alayne Zoellick
Our son, Christopher by Don & Gloria Snow
Rich Stanke and my parents, Marvin & Lorraine Grunewald by Sharon Stanke
Clarence & Lucille Schumann by Nancy & Phil Buss
JAMFEST was a huge success. We made $1,465 in profit all designated for
the Building Project. A big THANK YOU to everybody who purchased jam
this year. We sold over 300 jars of jam and received a $250 grant from
Thrivent Financial and a $50 gift card from Walmart to cover almost all of
our expenses. Thank you so much!
Jamfest Committee-Jean Kwapil, Susie Schramm, Char Andracek, Phyllis
Turke, Ann Lees, Bonnie Bohlman, Judy Schumacher, Tom Lees
JANUARY 2021 MESSENGER 13IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL NON-PROFIT ORG.
LUTHERAN CHURCH U.S. POSTAGE
209 N. Ninth Street PAID
Watertown, Wisconsin 53094-3908 WATERTOWN, WI
PERMIT No. 182
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Phone: 920.261.1663
E-mail:
watertownimmanuel@gmail.com
Check out our website:
www.watertownimmanuel.org
IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Mission Statement
Celebrating God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Accepting all unconditionally.
Growing in God’s call to serve the world
Rev. John Swanson, Pastor
Janis Shackley, Office Manager
Dawn Westenberg, Financial Secretary &
Volunteer Coordinator
Phone 920.261.1663
Website watertownimmanuel.org
Email watertownimmanuel@gmail.com
Worship Services -
Stayed tuned for more information about returning to
in-person services.
All are Welcome!
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