Volume 51, Issue 1

JANUARY 2019

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN

CHURCH—LCMS 2565 Airline Drive

Bossier City, LA 71111 Phone: (318) 746-2215

ilc@immanuelbossier.org www.immanuelbossier.org

Rev. George Borghardt

Revborghardt @immanuelbossier.org

Office Staff

Claire Denton claire@immanuelbossier.org

Mike McKim mike@immanuelbossier.org

Preschool

(318) 747-8828 Preschool

@immanuelbossier.org

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School & Bible Classes

9:15 a.m.

Inside this issue:

Mission Outreach 1

Pastor Borghardt 2

Women’s Ministry 3

Ministering Among 4

Birthdays 4

Anniversaries 4

Calendar 5

Renesting 6

Immanuel’s Word Vision Statement

Dedicated to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the people whose lives we touch. Mission Statement

At Immanuel Lutheran Church we provide a home for: Worshipping God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;

Nurturing one another’s faith through Word and Sacraments; Cultivating connections and developing relationships;

Sharing faithfully Christ’s Gift of Salvation.

MISSION OUTREACH SEWING

Happy New Year. May 2019 be filled with peace, joy, and God's blessings for you and your family.

2018 was a "record breaking" year for our total number of Love Wrappers made and donated from Mission Outreach and the Quilt Queens (many participate with both locations and sew dates) Mission Outreach began in January of 2013 and turned in about 150 items to various charities (not all Love Wrappers). In 2018 you produced and donated over 316 Love Wrappers. Total for our 6 years is 1,280. Wow. Thank you for all the dedicated work and gifts of love to our community. You are amazing and it is an honor to work with you. You continue to break previous records on the number of projects you make. You continue to accept the challenges I give to you to stretch your ability levels and grow stronger and better in using your talents. You continue to be so very generous with your time and talents while providing items needed in our community AND your work provides community relationships...and it is all done with love and lots of fun time together, plus friendships are being made along with the quilts. THANK YOU!!!! May God Bless You!!!!

If you have not participated or have not come for a long time, know that you are very welcome. EVERYONE is invited.

Contact me (cathyHward@Bellsouth.net) to be sure your name is on the reminder list for email notifications/reminders.

If your name is on the list but you prefer to unsubscribe, just send me a message and I will delete your name/address.

Dates for Mission Outreach, 2019, are following: January 11-12, February 15-16, March 29-30, April 26-27, May 24-25, June 28-29, July 25-27 (3 day event), August 23-24, September 20-21, October 18-19, November 22-23. Mark your calendars but also know that dates may change due to needs of the church. We meet from 9:00-3:00 each day. Cathy Ward, 318-422-3177

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Immanuel’s Word

A Message from Pastor Borghardt

“A New Year’s Resolution from your Pastor”

“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

Merry Christmas! In the Name of Jesus. Amen. They called Him “Jesus,” the name given to Him by the angel before He was born. They called Him “Jesus" because He would save His people from their sins.

“Jesus” means “the Lord saves.” That’s what He does! He saves His people — He saves you. He saves you from death. He saves you from hell. And not just you — He saves all who believe in Him and call on His Name.

You don’t deserve Him saving you. You didn’t earn it. Jesus does what God promised by grace alone: He saves His people from their sins with His holy life and His bitter suffering and death on the Cross.

You have made some promises in the New Year. You resolved to make 2019 better than 2018. You’ll eat healthier. You’ll give up your foul language. You’ll work out. I’m sure what you resolved to do is great and I am praying that you will do all that you have resolved to do and more.

I’m going to add something to your list of resolutions. I’m your pastor, I can do that. It’s in my job description! I’m going to ask you to resolve to add more Jesus to your life in 2019.

Resolve to have more Jesus in 2019: More Church, more Bible Class, more Sunday school for your children and grand children. Volunteer more. Sing more. Chant more. Help with Walk with Jesus and the February Higher Things Retreat at Immanuel. Give more. Lift up your neighbor more. Spend more time at church soaking up the Lord’s gifts.

Jesus doesn’t need you. He doesn’t need anything. He’s God. He keeps His promises. He saves His people — He saved you.

But, you know what I mean and you know you want and you need more Jesus in 2019. You could use more forgiveness, more eternal life. You are hungry for more of the Lord’s Supper. You could learn more about Him in Bible Class. Your kids crave more Sunday School.

So, add more Jesus to your New Year’s Resolution. You need Him. For He will do His name for you. He will save you.

The Lord has brought us to another year. It’s the year of our Lord, 2019. Make His year be about Him: His Name, His saving you, His salvation won for you on the Cross and delivered to you more this coming year. Happy Jesus-filled New Year! Merry Christmas! In the Name of Jesus. Amen.

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Volume 51, Issue 1

LADIES’ THURSDAY LUNCH OUT

Our January lunch will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2019. We will be going to

Another Broken Egg at 11:30 a.m. They are located at 855 Pierremont Road . in Shreveport.

A sign-up sheet will be posted in the Fellowship Hall. Please sign up so we can let the restaurant

know how many to expect.

Also, if you are wanting more information, contact Vicky Cotton at (318)573-6976.

Mark your calendars and sign up to join us for food, fun and fellowship.

LWML

Our January LWML meeting is scheduled for January 15, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. David Mosteller of Kairos Prison Ministry will be our guest speaker. David is a member of our

congregation and will be speaking about the activities of this ministry.

All ladies of Immanuel are members of LWML and are welcome to attend. Please make plans to join us.

LADIES’ THURSDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY

If you are like me and make a New Year’s Resolution to be more faithful in my spiritual growth, we have the study for you!

We are ready to complete our Thursday Night Bible Study, “Your Strong Suit,” but it isn’t

too late to join in. We are doing a study of Ephesians 6:10-18. We will resume our study on lesson 6, verse 16, taking up the shield of faith.

We meet each week at 6:30 in the Gap Room.

I hope you join us.

If you need more information, contact Vicky Cotton at (318)573-6976.

WOMEN’S MINISTRIES

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Immanuel’s Word

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JANUARY BIRTHDAYS 4 David Ford

4 Mike McKim

6 Ann Engle

7 Dillan Russell

7 Eleanor Taylor

7 Cathy Ward

8 Lee Anderson

9 Cheryl Lyman

10 Evelyn Wolf

12 David Cotton

12 Ken Russell

12 Mark Stevens

13 Dustin Hooker

13 Blenna Robinson

14 Sara Halphen

14 Brenda Humphries

14 Charlie Mitchell

16 Mary Lou Tonjes

16 John Varilek

18 Meagan Hendricks

19 Eleanor Milan

19 Abigail Simantel

20 Glenda Kroll

20 Tamara Szekacs

21 Janie McKim

JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES

27 Al & Sandy Jones 28 Earl & Gayle Broyles

MINISTERING AMONG US IN JANUARY

6 13 20 27 Readers: 8:00 M. Stevens L. Kimball C. Johnson L.Stier 10:30 L. Stier T. Turnage G. Pearce J. Davis

Acolytes: 8:00 D. Hooker S. Engle T. Langston G. Krueger 10:30 A. Castanes C. Champagne P. DeBlieux E. Froehlich A/V: 8:00 L. Anderson C. Johnson M. Rath M.Stevens 10:30 M. Searing J. Castanes E. Broyles M. Searing

Power 8:00 B. Dunn G. Abraham S. Jones C. Johnson Point: 10:30 J. Voigt N. Sisemore J. Voigt N.Sisemore

8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Ushers: M. & E. Tonjes; J. Frederickson H. Mohrmann, A. Castanes, J. Castanes, S. DeBlieux

Greeters: S. Dean T. Schrader

Elders: D. Langston, D. Siebert E. Broyles, K. Krueger

Altar: C. Bull, D. Moorehead, A. Delong T. DeBlieux, A McCall

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Immanuel Lutheran Church

2565 Airline Drive

Bossier City, LA 71111

Phone: 318-746-2215 Fax: 318-746-8374

Email: ilc@immanuelbossier.org Website: www.immanuelbossier.org

Dedicated to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ

with the people whose lives we touch.

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newsletter at www.immanuelbossier.org

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Renesting is in desperate need of:

Twin Sheets

Full Sheets

Women’s Deodorant!

Giving to Renesting is a great way to start your year off right by serving others.

You can drop donations off in the Fellowship Hall and remember that THE NEST is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00-3:00.

You can always check the Renesting Website

for a full list of things that they accept and the ministries that they do for those in

our community.