Emmanuel Lutheran Church

April 27 and 28: Chaplain Linda Weidenbach on Saturday at 4:00 - no communion; Chaplain Linda Weidenbach on Sunday at 8:00 and 10:30 - no communion.

May 4 and 5: Pastor Jeremy Hollingshead on Saturday at 4:00 with communion; Pastor Dawn Richie on Sunday at 8:00 and 10:30 with communion.

May 11 and 12: Rev. Dr. Sandra Selby - no communion; Pastor Richard Seaks on Sunday at 8:00 and 10:30 with communion.

The Banquet - Emmanuel Lutheran will be preparing and serving the Banquet of Salem on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Workers will be needed at 1:00 to make PB & J sandwiches, package vegetables and brownies and help with food preparation. Servers, runners and dishwashers are needed at 4:15 until we finish serving. Donations of unfrosted brownies are needed for dessert. Contact Diana Nordquest or Sharon Walker if you are available to help with this important outreach.

Free Donuts! Emmanuel will be participating in the Adopt a City Street program on Saturday, May 11 at 9:00 a.m. (weather permitting). Please sign up on the sheets near the church entrances. Come and help clean up our street and enjoy some donuts!

Volunteers Needed! The Property Division is asking for volunteers to help with spring cleanup of the church property. This would consist of picking up sticks that have fallen, trash that has blown onto the property, raking and refreshing the mulch in the gardens. We will be joined in this task by the Boy Scouts. Please bring rakes, wheelbarrows and shovels to help with the mulch. The date is Saturday, April 6 with a rain date of April 20. Time 9:00 a.m. to completion. Hot dogs and chips will be provided for lunch. There are sign-up sheets at the entrances. Contact Allan Wolfgang with any questions.

Continued Prayer List– In an attempt to make the Continued Prayer List in the bulletin current and an essential part of our prayers, the Prayer Ministry requests that if you know anyone on that list who still needs prayer, please contact the church office confirming that need. Those names that have not been confirmed will be removed from that list at the end of April. From that point all names on the Continued Prayer List will remain for three months unless there is a request to remain. Names on the Please remember in your prayers this week list will remain on that list for thirty days.
The Prayer Ministry Team

Volunteers are needed to help with Kids' Club! - Can you give just one or two hours a month? Do you have craft skills? Can you serve a snack or lead a game or song? Monitor free play? Contact Janie at ELFaithformation@gmail.com. Emmanuel will host on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Volunteer sign-up sheets are in the narthex. You may sign up to greet, or help with communion or be a reader. Please sign up if you can help out.

RightNow Media - Members of Emmanuel have unlimited access to RightNow Media—the world’s largest streaming library of video Bible study resources. This extensive library has more than 20,000 videos. In addition to series on books of the Bible, RightNow Media has videos for everyone in your family on a variety of topics like marriage, parenting, personal finances, mental health and more. There’s also a library just for kids with over 2,000 safe, entertaining videos. You can text the code ELC to the number 49775 to receive a text with the “Invite Link” to sign up for your free RightNow Media account or click on the link on our website: www.elutheransalem.com. Also, you may receive an email invitation for access to RightNow Media . . . please don’t ignore it!

Help us help them! The Salem Police Department gives out $10.00 McDonald’s gift cards to people who stop in and are in need of a meal. Emmanuel can help out both the Salem Police Department and people in need by collecting the gift cards. $10.00 McDonald gift cards may be placed in the offering plate or dropped off at the church office.

Facebook - Emmanuel now has an active Facebook page for church members to follow. You will find service schedules, links for YouTube weekly services videos and Pastor Alan’s sermon each week. Be sure to use the Facebook page with Jesus’ face as the profile picture. (There are two other Emmanuel Lutheran Salem Facebook pages that are not active.)

Your monthly Benevolence envelope supports the following ministries:
♦ Mission Support ♦ The Banquet of Salem ♦ Camp Frederick ♦ Brightside Project ♦ The Salem Community Food Pantry ♦ Mobile Meals ♦ The Tobin Center ♦ The Salem Salvation Army ♦ Wernle Youth and Family Treatment Center ♦ World Hunger ♦ Humane Society