I have a bit more time to share what happened with Emmanuel's 125th anniversary. Celebration began with the youth outing/overnight. Rev. Dr. John Pless led us in devotion. I took the kids to the church lawn for a few service activities.
We needed the youth to hit the sack early so we could rouse them for church. So we took them skating for three hours to wear them out and turned in at c. 10 pm. Twenty-three youth participated, nine being non-member friends. Only two of them had a congregation. Wonderful sharing the Word with them. My wife and I helped a colleague set up a grand history display and got to bed sometime after midnight.
Up at 5 to pray and finalize preparations. Youth up at 8 for breakfast; clergy to lead service at 8:30. Between services, people took in the history display and participated in a drone photograph. (We were trying to depict a living Luther Seal.) Thankful for our musicians. After the 11 am service, we enjoyed a catered banquet. Attendance for the day was very good, though not as high as Christmas and Easter services. Overall a very successful event prepared by our history committee. Thanks be to God! Thankful that Dr. Pless could preach and participate. He served at Emmanuel as a student pastor, 1978--79.
Here are pictures:
https://www.facebook.com/100071429681870/posts/pfbid02NXpVeJRU5se5E83MdYt7oGUR4L2zcghxr3RDiBkqtEX4ijvq2AgSrFCDgzKazaD8l/?mibextid=Nif5oz
Here is the 11 am service:
https://youtu.be/q0F14R8zRb4?feature=shared
We needed the youth to hit the sack early so we could rouse them for church. So we took them skating for three hours to wear them out and turned in at c. 10 pm. Twenty-three youth participated, nine being non-member friends. Only two of them had a congregation. Wonderful sharing the Word with them. My wife and I helped a colleague set up a grand history display and got to bed sometime after midnight.
Up at 5 to pray and finalize preparations. Youth up at 8 for breakfast; clergy to lead service at 8:30. Between services, people took in the history display and participated in a drone photograph. (We were trying to depict a living Luther Seal.) Thankful for our musicians. After the 11 am service, we enjoyed a catered banquet. Attendance for the day was very good, though not as high as Christmas and Easter services. Overall a very successful event prepared by our history committee. Thanks be to God! Thankful that Dr. Pless could preach and participate. He served at Emmanuel as a student pastor, 1978--79.
Here are pictures:
https://www.facebook.com/100071429681870/posts/pfbid02NXpVeJRU5se5E83MdYt7oGUR4L2zcghxr3RDiBkqtEX4ijvq2AgSrFCDgzKazaD8l/?mibextid=Nif5oz
Here is the 11 am service:
https://youtu.be/q0F14R8zRb4?feature=shared