Newsletter - Immanuel Lutheran Church

Immanuel Lutheran Church
W61 N498 Washington Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012
2016
PICTURE TAKING DATES
OCTOBER 5TH—8TH
If you do not already have your
appointment time, please contact
Coleen Steffen at 414-254-4951 or
email at
[email protected]
to arrange for a time to have
your picture taken for our new directory.
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W61 N498 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg, WI 53012
Phone: (262) 377-4484
Office Hours: M-F 9:00 am—1:00 pm
www.immanuelcedarburg.org
Church Council:
Executive Committee:
President: Eric Hackert (2017) – 262-707-6732
Vice President: Holly Hupfer (2019) - 262-375-7077
Treasurer: Jeff Zahn (2017) – 224-558-3783
Secretary: Lisa Quick (2018) - 262-375-5535
Members at Large:
Tom Anderson (2018) – 262-375-0447
Gail Andree-Kjell (2019) - 262-488-0668
Shirley Burmeister (2017) - 262-377-3491
Mark Haas (2019) - 262-227-5768
Joel Hoerchner (2018) - 262-483-0556
Cindy Larson (2019) - 262-376-0298
Wendy Lopez (2018) - 414-331-5560
Steve Proefrock (2017) — 262-377-8651
Council email addresses:
(their first name).(their last name)
@immanuelcedarburg.org
To email the whole council:
[email protected]
Church Staff: 262-377-4484
Pastor: Vicki Simon (920) 716-0661
[email protected]
Church Secretary: Sandy Arndt (262) 377-6259
[email protected]
Special Events Coordinator: Sandy Arndt (262) 377-6259
[email protected]
Financial Secretary: Shirl Burmeister (262) 377-3491
[email protected]
Custodian: Terry Proefrock
Organists: James & Lisa Quick
Pianists: Gretel Pitre, Lisa Quick
Praise Band Director: Rob Anderson & Gretel Pitre
Chancel Choir Director: Gretel Pitre
[email protected]
Handbell Choir Director: Debbie Donovan
[email protected]
BUILDING USAGE REMINDERS
all events should be put on the
MASTER CALENDAR on the wall in the
secretary’s office, or by leaving
an email message at
[email protected]
as soon as you schedule them.
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PLEASE make certain all doors
are locked as you leave.
If you are one of the last ones out of the building, at any time, please make sure the door
locks behind you by pulling on it.
Thank You!
Our Newsletter Deadline
is the 22nd
of every month.
PLEASE make certain that all
schedules, articles, items of interest for our newsletter and Calendar Dates for events and meetings
are turned into the Church Office or emailed, on
or before the 22nd for them to be included!
Your timely cooperation in making our newsletter
complete helps us keep our members informed
and involved!!
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Please check our website for
updates to the calendar.
Since our calendar is continuously updated you can
check it out at any time for new event times, etc.
Immanuel’s website is:
www.immanuelcedarburg.org
If you would like to
receive the newsletters
by email, please call or
email the office.
PEOPLE OF GOD’S GRACE. BUILDING ON THE PAST. GROWING IN THE PRESENT.
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE — IN JESUS CHRIST
As I write this entry, it has just turned “autumn-o’clock!” That’s right, today is
the Fall Equinox, when we bid farewell to our beloved summer! In many
ways, I so dearly cherish this time of year! I love wondering which tree will
have its “first blush” and when the others will catch on, until the world around
us is a burst of color! We call it the dying of the year, and yet it is so filled with beauty and glory, and our
senses are filled with it! Our eyes take in the vibrant reds, oranges and yellows! Our feet can feel the crunch
of the leaves beneath them! Our ears tune in when the geese fly overhead. With their honking! Our noses
delight in crisper earth smells and first inside fires. Our mouths water at pumpkin spice and apple flavored
everything! Our days are filled with moments, even in their haste, that we can pause and take a deep breath
and delight in God’s creation around us! Thanks to the group of mutual ministry meditators who gathers
weekly for intentional pause and savoring of these gifts! You are welcome to join us Thursdays for a ten minute practice, conversation and sharing, devotion and Bible reading!
Fall also brings a turning of an unofficial season in church! This past Sunday we resumed our two service
schedule! Join us for traditional worship at 8am or contemporary Praise worship at 10:30am. Sunday school
begins again! Last Sunday we handed out Bibles for children, blessed the backpacks and registered kids for
Sunday school with a culmination celebration with a tailgate party and Packer game! If you weren’t able to
attend and have a child who needs a Bible please see Pastor Vicki or a child/children who need to register
for Sunday school, please see Wendy Lopez!
As we are heading into the year of the 500th celebration of the Reformation, we also handed out Luther’s
Small Catechism to all the adults! (If you didn’t receive one, we have stations at the entrances of the churches where you can pick one up). It has been a long time since many of us were confirmed, or perhaps some
were confirmed in other churches or never had the opportunity to go through the process of confirmation, so
as mutual ministry churches, we decided to offer you an opportunity to refresh your faith learning! We’ll be
having “Throwback Thursday: Confirmation Reboot” classes using the topics of Luther’s Small Catechism
during the month of October! Each pastor is taking a topic and sharing a lesson at our home churches! We
thought this would be really fun, as we all have different teaching styles, that in teaching confirmation together, we’ve realized complement one another really well! See the full page insert in this newsletter or
posted at the churches for dates, host church/pastors and times! We’ll be culminating the whole event All
Saint’s week on Thursday November 3 with a hymn sing and BYOB at Immanuel! Our council president,
Eric Hackert, was blessed to experience one of these at the national ELCA gathering this summer, and has
brought it home to us to encourage faith, fellowship, fun and a beer (or beverage of choice)!
Speaking of confirmation, we had our registration and informational meeting last week and begin classes
this week! We currently have four Immanuel students enrolled! Confirmation is one of my favorite parts of
my job. Our 6th, 7th and 8th graders have such fantastic faith questions and keep us fresh in how Christ is
speaking to us today as church!
Join us also for our first annual Pumpkin Walk loving kindness event! Your council members worked hard
early this summer planting pumpkins for the event! We’ll also be sharing loving kindness balloons for kids,
loving kindness blessing cards and of course, candy, with the children during Cedarburg’s annual pumpkin
walk! See Holly’s article for more details and ways you can participate! Special thanks to Polzin farms for
letting us use some of their fields to grow our pumpkins!
Finally, our mutual ministry group of eight heads to Pink Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota this
week for our annual learning and serving trip. We would appreciate your prayers for the journey and we
thank our quilters and knitters of our churches for representing us all with their work that will help keep people warm this winter! We are extremely excited that Steve Proefrock will have a reunion with elder Basil
Braveheart, who was pivotal in positively impacting Steve’s life during times of growth and change, and
through Steve’s story of that impact, our church, through our touchstones of God’s love. Please pray that
God removes all obstacles from our path so we may best serve Basil and his people he so dearly loves!
Blessings and love in Christ, Pastor Vicki
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Immanuel Lutheran Church Council Members approved the following at its monthly meeting:
Proceeds of the monthly Noisy Offering plus the weekly children’s offering will be used to purchase
animals through “ELCA Good Gifts,” beginning October 9.
Estimates will be obtained concerning the urgent need to clean up the black mold in affected areas
of the church basement; the bill will be paid using undesignated funds.
Service arrangements for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day: One 9:00 am service each on the consecutive Sundays of December 25, 2016 and January 1, 2017.
Half of the donations from parking cars at Wine & Harvest Fest will be given towards the needs of
the Pine Ridge Retreat Center.
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:
WaTeR Board: The board is encouraging a representative from each of the congregations to join the group
and participate in the decision-making process.
OLD BUSINESS
Mercury Marine Proposal – As required by the EPA, Mercury Marine will remove contaminated sediments
and soils in Ruck Pond Raceway, which will affect Immanuel’s property. The remediation will involve the
creek bed around the footbridge. The soil taken from the creek bed will be restored with fresh soil and
grass re-seeded. This action will require the removal of brush and trees, which will be replaced in the fall or
next spring. Mercury Marine plans to replace the trees in accordance with the wishes of the church, as long
as they are native tree types. There will be no charge to Immanuel.
Buddy Benches – A Buddy Bench will be purchased for Immanuel to kick off the project. Christine Esser will
speak with principals at each of the three public elementary schools in Cedarburg for confirmation to install
the bench as a gift from Immanuel.
Window Replacement, Memorial Hall – The window replacement is slated for completion by end of Sept.
September 25 Activities–
RALLY DAY: Pastor Vicki will bless the backpacks and children’s bibles will be distributed.
PACKER PARTY: The party will follow second service.
Basement Flooring – The project was put on hold because the contractor found black mold in the church
basement from prior flooding. Neither Sunday School nor the nursery will operate in the basement until
the area has been cleaned; both will be relocated to Fromm Hall until the area is safe.
Fire Escape Ladder – A box will be constructed around the ladder above the fire escape to prevent the ongoing problem of kids climbing up the ladder above the fire escape and onto the roof.
Organist Status – Eliza Wertenberger will join Immanuel as the new lead organist. Her first Sunday is 9/25.
Eliza is an experienced organist who is currently serving as a chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Milwaukee.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT
MONTHLY BUDGET: $18,962.25
AUGUST 2016 Contributions:
August 2016
In Memory of:
Current Fund
$
9,834.33
Misc. Funds
$
52.51
Plate
TOTA L
$
$
130.93
10,017.77
Vi Wittig
$125 Roof Replacement
Harold Moldenhauer
$ 60 Quilters
$175 Candelabra Fund
Delores Kasten
(Jewelry Sold)
$190 Church Banners
Our giving in August of 2016 was as follows:
CURRENT
BENEVOLENCE
2014 (5)
$ 12,459.73
1,211.27
$ 13,761.00
2015 (5)
$10,359.82
956.43
$ 11,316.25
2016 (4)
$ 9,834.33
1,377.67
$11,212.00
NOTE: Numbers in brackets behind year indicates the number of Sundays or deposits
in that month. These figures include only contributions to the General & Benevolence Funds.
October 5th—8th — Church Directory Picture-taking Dates
October 6, 13, 20, 27, & November 3 — THROWBACK THURSDAYS
October 30th—Pumpkin Carving, Potluck & Packers
October 31st—Cedarburg’s Pumpkin Walk from 5 to 9 p.m.
November 8th — Sign Making Craft Event
November 23rd — Thanksgiving Eve Service at Trinity
December 4th — Young at Heart Dinner
Early 2017 — Pig Roast (Date TBA)
PUMPKIN WALK FESTIVITIES are being planned for October
30th & 31st. The City of Cedarburg celebrates Halloween
with an evening full of carved pumpkins & Trick or Treating
and this year we will join in on the fun on the 31st. We will
be tying in our Loving Kindness theme. Please consider donating candy for the Trick or Treaters which can be left in
the office.
Watch for more information throughout the month until we celebrate on the
30th with the Triple “P’s” — Pumpkin carving, Potluck & the Packers!!
MOVIE TIME RETURNS
Come join us on Tuesday, October 25th, for our movie following Bible Study — “Me Before
You”. A wealthy London man’s life is turned upside down when he is paralyzed in a car accident. When a young woman from a small town is hired to be his caretaker, the two form an unlikely bond. Lunch will be served.
ILC MEN’S BREAKFAST CLUB
Come join the fellows at 8:15 a.m. on Monday, October 3rd, for the
Men’s Breakfast Club at PJ Pipers right down the block from the
church. All men are welcome and encouraged to join us whenever
they can!!
IMMANUEL’S
We will not be meeting yet in October, however, we will be meeting on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st to discuss the book “Accidents of Marriage” by Randy Susan Meyers. Following are
the titles of this year’s selections (with the meeting dates in parenthesis):
December (1st) — “Still Life” by Louise Penny
January (5th) — “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman
February (2nd) — “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford
March (2nd) — “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah
April (6th) — “Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier
May (4th) — “The Middlesteins” by Jami Attenberg
SUMMER READING — “The Good Thief” by Hannah Tinti
The reading selection list, complete with brief descriptions of the books, for the 2016-2017 year
are available on the shelf in the “Positively Immanuel” bulletin board area.
Join us on the first Thursday of each month (starting in December) if you find a book that is of
particular interest to you. The Cedarburg Library will have copies of these books available for
us each month, however, you must indicate that you are a member of the Immanuel Book Club.
Welcome Eliza Wertenberger — our new Organist!!
We’d like to welcome Eliza to Immanuel. She has spent most of her life in Ohio and moved to Milwaukee last October to take a chaplain position at St. Joe’s in Milwaukee. Her family is in Ohio and
Tennessee and they are a very musical group with singers, organists, and a guitarist among their
ranks. She loves most things music, dance and theatre related. She studied both education and music in college and picked up organ as a way to fill some required credit hours and loved it. She attended Trinity Lutheran Seminary as well as a Mennonite seminary (they’re related to the Amish)
and used those organ skills to play for worship in ELCA, Presbyterian, and UCC congregations. She
is part of the Mennonite church in Milwaukee but since they worship in the afternoons she is
thrilled to be able to worship with us in the morning from the organ bench.
Small catechisms are available at both entrances to the sanctuary
OCTOBER’S MISSION OF THE MONTH
REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH
Repairers of the Breach provides Greater Milwaukee’s only daytime refuge and resource center for homeless adults — “a place to learn to fish”.
Their daytime sanctuary is an empowering place where homeless and at-risk men and
women create community and a sense of “ownership” in their center. They work together to find solutions to homelessness using our “constellation” of free resources —
all in a nurturing and non-judgmental context emphasizing “homeless helping homeless”. Needed items include:
Travel-sized toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.)
Kleenex
Toilet Tissue
Coffee, sugar & creamers
Paper Towels
Clean blankets
Socks
Disposable plates and cups (8 oz size)
Individual packets of instant oatmeal, cereals, and hot chocolate
Donations can be left in the bin outside the office
MISSION QUILTERS UPDATE
We'd like to take this opportunity to once again thank everyone who helped in any way to make
Immanuel's quilting ministry this past year such a success. We appreciate everyone who made
monetary donations or memorials to this program; brought in thread, sheets, fabric, batting, blankets, mattress pads, tablecloths, and crochet cotton; cut squares; sewed at home; or joined us to
help with quilting at Church. Your generous donations and the many hours everyone helped enabled us to produce almost 120 quilts this year.
The end of September, 50 of the quilts made by Immanuel's Mission Quilters
during the past year will be taken to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South
Dakota. In mid-October the rest of the quilts will be displayed in Church and
blessed. Afterwards they will be packed up and on Saturday, October 22, they
will be transported to the drop‑off site in Sheboygan by volunteers from our
congregation. From there the quilts will be shipped to Lutheran World Relief warehouses for distribution all over the world. These gifts of comfort will be appreciated by so many needy people
around the world.
If you'd like to join our dedicated group of ladies in this very worthy cause, our next quilting days
are scheduled for October 17 & 18 at 9:00 a.m. upstairs in Fromm Hall. Please join us then!
Collection boxes are in Memorial Hall for
the following missions:
Milwaukee Homeless Veterans
Initiative
Incarnation Food Pantry
Between
Service
Fellowship
Oct. 9th — 12:30—1:30 pm — Confirmation
Object Lesson at Faith
Oct. 13th — Game Night at Trinity
Oct. 23rd — Leaf Raking Service Event
11:30 am to 2 pm — followed by pizza at Trinity
at about 2:30. The whole family is encouraged
to walk the neighborhoods with us and rake
leaves for people who would like it. Please bring
your own rake and gloves.
Nov. 11-13 — Sounds Like Love in Minnesota
Check the WaTeR website for the entire calendar of events.
A sign-up sheet has been posted on the
“Positively Immanuel” bulletin board for anyone
interested in participating in our “betweenservice” ministry. Please sign up to bring treats of
some kind to go along with the coffee and juice
that will be supplied. These could include cookies,
bars, coffee cake, or any other type of “finger”
snack.
Please be sure to have all treats here by the end
of the 8:00 service. Thanx in advance for your
help.
Also, if anyone is interested in donating coffee we
will be more than pleased to accept that also.
This coffee can be left in the office any time.
ON-LINE GIVING
As a reminder, we now have an “on-line” option for
our contributions. Just check out our web site
www.immanuelcedarburg.org and go to the “OnLine Giving” link for additional information.
Needed: Bread Bringers
for Praise Services
We need volunteers to bring an unsliced
loaf of bread for our weekly Sunday
Praise communion services. Please bring
it to church anytime, date it and put it in
the freezer in the kitchen. A loaf can
then be taken from the freezer each Friday for use on any given Sunday.
Thank you in advance.
The following members are celebrating
OCTOBER birthdays:
10/1
10/4
10/6
10/9
10/10
10/12
10/13
10/18
10/19
10/20
10/22
10/27
10/29
10/30
Barbara Krause 10/3 Wally Grube
Brian Kjell
10/5 Meg Anderson
Aaron Haefner 10/9 Eric Aspenson
Lynn Neumann 10/9 Nancy Tucholka
Chris Steffen
10/12 Lindsey Gall
Spencer Kletzien 10/13 Oliver Krause
Samuel Krause 10/15 Anna Lueder
Julie Bonk
10/18 Rob Anderson
Tom Geiser
10/19 Todd Natzke
Nancy Meinert 10/22 Ashley Gallun
Connie Natzke 10/24 Mike Apel
Gavin Dennhof 10/27 Carol Hoffmann
Roger Miller
10/30 Elliot Kloss
Gavin Rogahn 10/31 Alyssa Buck
The following members are celebrating
OCTOBER anniversaries:
David & Megan Gold Miller
Chris & Jenna Schulz
Edgar & Gerry Juedes
Scott & Emily Carpenter
Jim & Coleen Steffen
Wendy & Miguel Lopez
David & Jennifer Paulmann
Andrew & Julie Bonk
Mike & Anne Roth
Wilmer & Joanne Brandt
David & Barbara Krause
Scott & Janice Tucholka
Steve & Michele Kowalkowski
Eric & Christa Hackert
Mike & Sue Flanders
Steve & Nancy Schoessow
Oct. 1, 2011
Oct. 3, 2016
Oct. 5, 1973
Oct. 6, 2001
Oct. 7, 1989
Oct. 8, 2005
Oct. 12, 1991
Oct. 12, 2002
Oct. 13, 2003
Oct. 14, 1961
Oct. 19, 1991
Oct. 21, 2000
Oct. 23, 1999
Oct. 25, 1986
Oct. 28, 1995
Oct. 30, 1999
If your birthday or anniversary is omitted or
listed in the wrong month, please notify the
church office so we can correct our computer
records. Thank you.
Greeting Card Rack in Library
We have 50¢ greeting cards
available to purchase.
We have also added a new
variety of cards to the rack
so stop in and take a look!
What a great way to brighten someone’s day, send
them a card. A thank you,
congratulations, or just
thinking of you. It’s so much
warmer than email.
Please remember these brothers and sisters in Christ in your prayers, along with
others that we name in our hearts.
Sarah Biene, Devonte Schwartz, Lois Burdick, Lori
Bessey, Jim Steffen, Lyman Weber, Jace Burke,
Frieda Doyle, Nancy Tucholka, Willard Niemann,
Kathy Portz, Art Filter, Ray Brandt, Wally Grube,
Dorothy Karrels, Bishop Paul Erickson and the
Greater Milwaukee Synod, and our partner
churches - Incarnation, Faith, Trinity, St. John/
Lakefield & Advent.
OCTOBER 2016
LECTORS (1)
Oct. 2nd
ALTAR
SERVICE (2)
8:00 am
Sandy Stoffel
8:00 am
Lila Schwan
10:30 am
Ray Jacques
10:30 am
Rachel Balde
COMMUNION
ASSISTANTS (1)
8:00 am
Lila Schwan &
Sandy Arndt
HOSPITALITY
GREETERS (3) MINISTERS (4)
8:00 am
Miguel & Wendy
Lopez
8:00 am
Lisa Quick
8:00 am
Bryan & Rachel
Balde
8:00 am
Roger & Jane
Miller
10:30 am
Sheri Hoerchner &
Holly Hupfer
Oct. 9th
8:00 am
Karen Anderson
8:00 am
Diane Brandt
10:30 am
10:30 am
Emily Carpenter
8:00 am
Karen Anderson &
Sandy Arndt
10:30 am
Coleen Steffen &
Gail Harvancik
Oct. 16th
8:00 am
Karen Anderson
8:00 am
Karen Anderson
10:30 am
Eric Aspenson
10:30 am
Christa Hackert
8:00 am
Karen Anderson &
Lila Schwan
10:30 am
Sheri Hoerchner &
Christa Hackert
Oct. 23rd
8:00 am
Art Filter
8:00 am
Linda Spatt
8:00 am
Ray & Linda Spatt
10:30 am
Jen Wendorf
10:30 am
Emily Carpenter
10:30 am
Sylvia Fischer &
Oct. 30th
8:00 am
8:00 am
Shari Muck
10:30 am
Ray Jacques
8:00 am
Sandy Arndt &
10:30 am
10:30 am
Christa Hackert
10:30 am
8:00 am
10:30 am
Steve Proefrock
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
2016
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sat.
1
2
8:00 AM Traditional Worship Service
w/Communion
10:30 AM Alternative Fuel Praise
Band Service w/
Communion
9
8:00 AM Traditional Worship Service
w/Communion
9:15AM Bldg &
Grnds meeting
10:30 AM Alternative Fuel Praise
Band Service w/
Communion
16
8:00 AM Traditional Worship Service
w/Communion
10:30 AM Alternative Fuel Praise
Band Service w/
Communion
3
5:30 PM TOPS
Meeting (Library)
6:30 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
7:00 PM Dartball
vs South Mequon
7:30 PM Praise
Band Practice
4
9:30 AM Bible
Study Class
10
5:30 PM TOPS
Meeting (Library)
6:30 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
7:00 PM Dartball
at Freistadt
7:30 PM Praise
Band Practice
11
9:30 AM Bible
Study Class
17
5:30 PM TOPS
Meeting (Library)
6:30 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
7:30 PM Dartball
vs David Star
7:30 PM Praise
Band Practice
23
24
8:00 AM Tradition- 5:30 PM TOPS
al Worship Service Meeting (Library)
w/Communion
6:30 PM Chancel
10:30 AM Alterna- Choir Practice
tive Fuel Praise
7:00 PM Dartball
Band Service w/
at 1st Immanuel
Communion
7:30 PM Praise
Band Practice
30
8:00 AM Traditional Worship Service
w/Communion
10:30 AM Alternative Fuel Praise
Band Service w/
Communion
NOON—
P
UMPKINS
OTLUCK &
ACKERS
5
Church Directory
Photo Day -- 2 to
8:50 pm
10:00 AM Knitting
Group Meets
6:30 PM Handbell
Practice
12
10:00 AM Knitting
Group Meets
6:30 PM Handbell
Practice
6
Church Directory
Photo Day -- 2 to
8:50 pm
6:00 PM Meditation
& Devotions
7
Church Directory Photo Day -- Church DirecNoon to 6:50 pm tory Photo
Day -- 9 am
to 3:10 pm
13
14
6:00 PM Meditation
& Devotions
15
18
9:30 AM Bible
Study Class
6:30 PM Exec
Team Meeting
7:00 PM Council
Meeting
19
20
21
10:00 AM Knitting 6:00 PM Meditation
Group Meets
& Devotions
6:30 PM Handbell
Practice
22
Hoerchner/
Harper Wedding
25
9:30 AM Bible
Study Class
10:30 AM Movie
-- "Me Before
You"
26
27
28
10:00 AM Knitting 6:00 PM Meditation
Group Meets
& Devotions
6:30 PM Handbell
Practice
29
31
Pumpkin Walk
Monday 5-9 pm
5:30 PM TOPS
Meeting (Library)
6:30 PM Chancel
Choir Practice
8
SUNDAY SCHOOL
HELD DURING OUR
10:30 SERVICE
31 Continued
7:30 PM Dartball
at St. Paul
7:30 PM Praise
Band Practice