Professional Ministry Team
Minister                             Pastor Dustin Krystowiak
Pastor Emeritus                  David J. Susan
Assoc Pastor Emeritus         Peter Brinkman
Chaplain - UW Hospital       Stephen B. Wenk
Director of Music                Rosemary Collingwood
Servants of Christ               Every Member

Pastoral Care and Emergency Contact: Pastor Dustin Krystowiak    414-467-5548

Office Hours: Monday through Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT IMMANUEL FOR:
THE WEEK OF   Feb 5 - 12

Wednesday                        4:00 p.m. Logos and Confirmation
                                         6:00 p.m. Trustees
                                         7:00 p.m. Mixed Choir
Thursday                            7:00 p.m. NA
Friday                                7:00 p.m. CODA
Saturday                             8:30 a.m. Women's Brunch and Bible Study
                                         7:00 p.m. NA
Sunday, Feb 5                     9:00 a.m. Communion Worship
                                                10:15 a.m. Nurture Hour
Wednesday                        4:00 p.m. Logos and Confirmation
                                        7:00 p.m. Mixed Choir
Thursday                            6:30 p.m. Board of Elders & Stewardship
                                         7:00 p.m. NA
Friday                                7:00 p.m. CODA
Saturday                             7:00 p.m. NA
Sunday, Feb 12                   9:00 a.m. Communion Worship
                                                10:15 a.m. Nurture Hour
                                                   4:00 p.m. Violin Recital

In Our Prayers We include the following members and friends of Immanuel: Diane Rinehart (friend of Romie and Nancy Rote), Betty Paul (dear friend of Claire Gensch, strength in dealing with her recurrence of cancer), Mae Hanson (recovering at Belmont Nursing Home), Dorothy Jones (recovering at home), Lynn Cordova (cousin of Linda Belz, battling cancer), Mary Tygum (friend of Jan Foss, gaining strength after chemo and radiation), Fred Dobbratz (for comfort and peace), Norma Thiede, Milo Swenson, Lucille Boeker (recuperating at home), Kathy Hoffman (Aunt of Jamie Jaeger, battling reoccurrence of cancer), Eleanora Theiss (recovering from a fall), Robert Rollins (Pastor's grandfather, recovering at home), Marg Iwen (undergoing cancer treatment), Bill Sterud (undergoing cancer treatment), Robert Bergmann (for healing)

Services & Sermons on the Web You will find our weekly services and audio sermons on this website: Click on - Audio Sermons and complete Services.

Worship Assistants    February  

Immanuel Announcements and Activities:

Women's Monthly Brunch & Bible Study   Women's Monthly Brunch and Bible Study, February 4. The group meets in the Lakeview Room from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m

Want to complete your degree in two years or less? Learn more on Sunday February 5, 2012 when a representative from Concordia University Wisconsin's Madison Center will be here to briefly address us on Concordia's options for degrees and degree completion. This is a great opportunity to meet with a representative face to face and find out what Concordia has to offer you to help you achieve your educational goals. Please visit our website, www.cuw.edu/madison, to view programs. Questions? Contact Linda Donoghue at 608-277-7900.

Youth Ice Skating will be held following Bible Class on Sunday, February 12, 2012, weather permitting. More details to follow.

Help Prepare & Serve the Spaghetti Dinner Saturday, February 18th Sunday, February 19th Your help is needed to prepare and serve (and do clean-up) for our annual spaghetti dinner.

Immanuel's Annual Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased after worship from members of Immanuel's youth group or by calling the church office at 257-5401.

Ash Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m. Feb 22 (no LOGOS or Confirmation)

A Special Voters' Meeting will be held following worship on Sunday, February 26, 2012 to discuss the proposed changes to the constitution. Copies of the proposed changes may be picked up from the counter near the entrance to the sanctuary or from the church office.

LWML (Lutheran Women's Missionary League, the LWML prayer service will be held Sunday, February 26th at St. Peters, Arlington, 2:30 p.m. Refreshments will follow. All prayer-ers are encouraged to attend. "Prayer is not a program but a dependent loving relations upon God through wich we empowered and filled by His Holy Spirit" Why Pray, John F. DeVries.

Mid-week Lenten Services 7:00 p.m. February 29th

Lent, Holy Week and Easter Worship Schedule

More thanks from The Road Home! Thank you to the cookie makers, those who carried all of the guests' bags and cots to load the truck, those who cleaned the rooms and the kitchen, the truck driver who rented and drove the truck, and those who are doing laundry for The Road Home. Thanks also to the Kiwanas for donating books for the children. This past week required the work of many people from Immanuel, Plymouth UCC, St. Paul's Lutheran, Messiah Lutheran, Christ Memorial, and City Church as well as some community volunteers. There are about 65 people involved in our week of hosting! Here is a note from one of our guests and her son: We would like to thank the congregation for all the support and hospitality you've shown us this week! God bless and we appreciate what you've done. Thank you.

Wish List   The items listed here are for your consideration as possible donations of cash or merchandise. The suggestions are from the staff and members of Immanuel.

Teen & Mixed Choir
Mixed Choir Rehearsals have Resumed each Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Please Come Join Us!
Teen Choir Rehearsals…and Singing Rehearsals will probably be 20 minutes during Sunday School (first and third Sundays)

Please remember to sign up for coffee hour. We are starting a new year and a new sign - up sheet. It is so helpful to spread the work around. Thank you to all those that signed up in 2011, your help is always greatly appreciated.

LOGOS … Its not just for children anymore!  Please join us for LOGOS on Wednesday evenings. This year's program will include Bible study for adults! For more information, please see Pastor Krystowiak.

Offering Envelope Pickup our 2012 offering envelopes have finally arrived. Please pick yours up today! Envelopes are arranged in alphabetical order and are located in the Narthex. Thank you for supporting Immanuel!

Homebound & Wish List

Attendance Last Week: 66

Emmanuel Bike-a-thon Pastor Dustin and Katelin Krystowiak and Amy Peterson completed the Emmanuel Bike-a-thon. Please check out the pictures on display in the narthex. Anybody who made a pledge can put a check in the offering plate with "Bike-a-thon" in the memo line. All funds raised from the bike ride will be used to pay off the principal of Immanuel's loan with the Lutheran Church Extension Fund. Photos

Photos from the South Wisconsin District's Youth and Family Day at Noah's Ark

Immanuel's Youth Group went on an epic bike tour of central Wisconsin. Began in Cottage Grove, WI and ended in Lake Mills, WI. Your youth cycled a total of 30.46 miles. Legs were made sore, much food and water was consumed, and fun was had by all!

Quarterly Statements. If you have made any financial contributions to Immanuel this year, please pick up your quarterly giving statement. Statements will be available in the narthex before and after worship. If you would like to pick yours up during the week, please see Pastor Krystowiak or Steve Mintz

Council minutes are in the narthex rack, along with the completed 2011 budget.

Simply Giving Program offered by Vanco
Immanuel Lutheran Church participates in the Simply Giving Program offered by Vanco. Would you find it helpful to have your offerings taken from your bank account as you do other transactions? At no cost to the congregation? Thrivent Financial for Lutherans sponsors a program called "Simply Giving" which offers this service for people who wish to have offerings transferred electronically to Immanuel. For those who travel, this is helpful for keeping up with pledged offerings. Please see, and fell free to use, the Authorization form - (PDF) or (DOC). Just complete and turn into the church office.

Hospice Care Grief Support Groups HospiceCare Inc. All of the sessions are open to the public and are provided without charge, unless noted otherwise. All groups require pre-registration and are held at the Don & Marilyn Anderson HospiceCare Center, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, unless otherwise noted. To register, call (608) 276-4660 and ask to speak with a grief counselor. ·

Oakwood Village News

2010 Directory Directories can be found in the narthex. Please take one per household.

Prayer Chain - Immanuel does have an active prayer chain. If you have a personal prayer request, concern or thanksgiving that you would like others to lift up in prayer, contact the prayer chain coordinator, Andrea Peterson at 222-5790. Confidentiality is respected on the prayer chain. If prayers are sought for a third party, please seek their permission before placing the request on the chain.

Thrivent Builds with Habitat... other volunteer opportunities You can sign up as an individual by calling 255-1549 or e-mailing volunteer@habitatdane.org

Remember Our Neighborhood Pantries   Donations are needed for the WilMar food pantry and for the Personal Essentials Pantry at Zion Lutheran. Canned vegetables, fruit, tuna, and dried goods such as rice, macaroni and cheese, beans, and noodles are all good food donations for WilMar. The Personal Essentials Pantry can use bar soap, shampoo, deoderant, dish detergent, cleaning items. Items can be placed in the grocery carts located in the church narthex.

Social Ministry Seeks Cash Donations Need knows no season. Requests for assistance continue to come to the church office. A small social ministry fund is available for pastor to use when they wish to assist someone in an emergency situation. Funds are very low. Donations to the social ministry fund should be made out to Immanuel but earmarked for "social ministry."

Blessings and Farewell to Deaconess Juanita






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