Emanuel Lutheran Tiger Talk

We use the word “integrity” to refer to something being in good condition. We use "integrity” in reference to people too. Generally, if we speak of someone having integrity, we mean that there’s a wholeness to their character. The final four commandments get at the question of personal integrity. When someone steals, lies, or covets, it is a clear indication that their values and desires are highly improper. They say and do bad things because they are bad. Thus, when we break one of these commandments, it is pointless to make excuses. Let us simply cry out, “Lord, have mercy, for failing to live with integrity!” Join us for our upcoming midweek Lent series: Lord, Have Mercy. Special Midweek Devotions are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening during Lent. Join us for our Lenten suppers, available in the Fellowship Hall, from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. 

Emanuel Events This Week Monday Butter Braid orders and payments due Track practice at 3:15 pm Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Tuesday Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Wednesday 7th-grade field trip to FVL at 9:00 am Lenten worship at 3:30 pm Lenten meal at 4:30 pm Track practice at 4:30 pm Lenten worship at 7:00 pm Crossroads Youth Group (Grades 5-8) at 7:00 pm Thursday 5th-grade field trip at 8:45 am Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm School Board at 6:00 pm Hunter’s Safety registration at 6:15 pm Friday School chapel at 8:05 am Saturday FVL band rehearsal at 8:00 am Musical set-building at 1:00 pm Worship at 5:15 pm Sunday Worship at 8:00/10:30 am 7th/8th grade sing at 10:30 am service Sunday School/Bible study between services at 9:15 am Open gym for adults at 5:00 pm Bells Alive practice at 6:00 pm

From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, or email Anytime 920-407-3000 mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events:  3/29/2025 - 5:15pm - Worship Opportunity 3/30/2025 - 8:00 or 10:30am - Worship Opportunity  4/2/2025 - Lenten Supper Serving - Sign up below! 4/12/2025 - 9:00-11:00am - Easter JAM!  Plan to join us!  Invite friends! 4/17-21/2025 - No School - Easter Celebration 5/19/2025 - Farm Field Trip - More info coming or by request This week we learned the Bible lesson, "Jesus Blesses the Children."  We learned that the disciples tried to turn away small children and their families and this angered our Savior.  He said, "Let the children come to me."  Jesus showed his disciples that even the smallest children were important to him.  We want you to know that he says that to you too!  Bring your children to Jesus at church, school, JAM, and devotions at home.  Jesus wants them around e...

Jesus needed to remind Israel of the risks they were running in relationship to God. At times, they reveal the traits of both sons in the story. First, taking the goodness of God for granted, and then, pathetically pleading their goodness to God based on their own self-righteousness. Jesus' lesson is a painfully powerful one: God at all times revealed the traits of the father to them: forgiveness, correction, and an outpouring of love. Such is the kind of rejoicing that the angels witness whenever a sinner is brought past the grief of their guilt to the gracious forgiveness of God.  Want to hear more? See you this weekend: Saturday at 5:15 p.m. • Sunday at 8 a.m. • Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

God’s intent was that being made in his image, we would reflect his love and care in our dealings with each other. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Commandments are all about different aspects of healthy human relationships. Yet, in virtually every type of relationship that can exist, we invent new ways to hurt one another. This week we see that Jesus is the only one who lives up to God’s expectations of how we should treat each other. So, in Lenten faith, we cry out to him, “Lord, have mercy for treating others like trash, not treasure!” Join us for our upcoming midweek Lent series: Lord, Have Mercy. Special Midweek Devotions are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening during Lent. Join us for our Lenten suppers, available in the Fellowship Hall, from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. 

  From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, or email Anytime 920-407-3000 mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events:  3/22/2025 - 5:15pm - Worship Opportunity 3/23/2025 - 8:00 or 10:30am - Worship Opportunity  3/28/2025 - 8:15am - JAM! Time - Last one for the school year! 3/24-4/4/2025 - By appointment - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4/2/2025 - Lenten Supper Serving - Sign up below to join us! 4/12/2025 - 9:00-11:00am - Easter JAM! 4/17-21/2025 - No School - Easter Celebration 5/19/2025 - Farm Field Trip - More info coming or by request Sign up! Sign up! Sign up! We have an opportunity to serve!  We are serving a Lenten Supper to serve our church family during the Lent season.  Our church family does so much for us from providing supplies and volunteering in our room, to praying for us.  This is a way that we might give back!  This opportunity is April 2 from mid-afternoon until mid-evening or whatever y...

Emanuel Events This Week Monday Miss Wisconsin visit at 1:30 pm Track practice at 3:15 pm Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Tuesday Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Wednesday Track practice at 3:15 pm Lenten worship at 3:30 pm Lenten meal at 4:30 pm Lenten worship at 7:00 pm Crossroads Youth Group (Grades 5-8) at 7:00 pm Thursday 1st-grade field trip at 12:45 am Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Friday School chapel at 8:05 am JAM! at 8:15 am Saturday FVL band rehearsal at 8:00 am Musical set-building at 1:00 pm Worship at 5:15 pm Sunday Worship at 8:00/10:30 am 5th/6th grade sing at 8:00 am service Sunday School/Bible study between services at 9:15 am Open gym for adults at 5:00 pm Bells Alive practice at 6:00 pm

“Why does this happen?” “What will happen to me?” What is God’s Plan?” “Why does our world suffer in such ways?” These are just a few of the questions running through the minds not only of men like Moses but also those who witnessed the casualties of the collapse of Siloam’s tower. “God, what are you up to up there?” He replies. “I AM WHO I AM.” I am present and I am patient. It is God “whose glory it is always to have mercy.” And so we pray, “Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word.” (Prayer of the Day)   Want to hear more? See you this weekend: Saturday at 5:15 p.m. • Sunday at 8 a.m. • Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

The Second and Third Commandments both relate to how our merciful God saves us. The Second Commandment deals with God’s name. The Third Commandment deals with the Sabbath rest God wants his children to enjoy. Disobedience of these commandments are attempted acts of spiritual suicide. If we continue in this rebellion, we are guaranteeing that hell is our eternal home. So, this week, we ask the Spirit to give us the ability to sincerely pray, “Lord, have mercy, for demonstrating irreverence for your name and despising your Sabbath rest.” Join us for our upcoming midweek Lent series: Lord, Have Mercy. Special Midweek Devotions are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening during Lent. Join us for our Lenten suppers, available in the Fellowship Hall, from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. 

  From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, or email Anytime 920-407-3000 mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events:  3/15/2025 - 5:15pm - Worship Opportunity 3/16/2025 - 8:00 or 10:30am - Worship Opportunity  3/17-21/2025 - No School - Happy Spring Break! 4/2/2025 - Lenten Supper Serving - Sign up below! 4/12/2025 - 9:00-11:00am - Easter JAM! 4/17-21/2025 - No School - Easter Celebration 5/19/2025 - Farm Field Trip - More info coming or by request Jesus showed us his power again this week.  He came along the road to find 10 men with leprosy.  This terrible disease had sentenced these men to a life of solitude.  When Jesus walked close enough to hear them, they called with all their faith!  They called for Jesus to heal them.  He sent them to the priest who could determine if they could rejoin society.  The men were so excited they took off and were healed on the way!  One man turned ar...

Jesus was profoundly disappointed by what the religious leaders offered to him: “Take the easy way out, Jesus, or you’re going to end up getting hurt.” His response: “Oh, Jerusalem, why are you so stuck in this way of thinking!” So often, God sought to bind his people to himself in covenant love, but like a harried hen chasing after her chicks, Israel was not willing. They looked for carnal security everywhere and anywhere else. Instead of their same stupidity, we consider the words of the psalmist, “Why are you so downcast my soul? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him!”  Want to hear more? See you this weekend: Saturday at 5:15 p.m. • Sunday at 8 a.m. • Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made our January 2025 Pizza Fundraiser a delicious success! Your support—pizza making, purchasing, and prayers—helped us raise over $28,000 and deliver 6,289 pizzas. We're thrilled to announce the 15 new cafeteria tables have arrived and are being set up this week for our students to enjoy! A special thank you to Dennis Glocke, our head of maintenance, and volunteer Lee Steingraber for their hard work unpacking and assembling the tables. Your collective efforts have truly made a difference. Mark your calendars for next year's pizza extravaganza on January 17, 2026. We look forward to seeing you there!  

When God tells us not to have any other gods, our sinful nature’s first inclination is to think it is because God is a narcissist who craves attention. That is projecting what we are often like onto him. But God commands us to have no other gods, not because he seeks attention, but because he knows no one loves us as much as he does, no one who can care for us anywhere close to us as well as he can. It is he, by an infinite margin, who can best care for us. Therefore, when we love or trust anyone or anything else more than God, the sin doesn’t simply offend him. It is incredibly self-destructive. As we begin our worship series on the Ten Commandments, by the Spirit teach us to say, “Lord, have mercy, for our incessant idolatry.” Join us for our upcoming midweek Lent series: Lord, Have Mercy. Special Midweek Devotions are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening during Lent. Join us for our Lenten suppers, available in the Fellowship Hall, from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. each Wed...

  From the desk of Mrs. D :) A happy heart makes the face cheerful! Proverbs 15:13 Call, text, or email Anytime 920-407-3000 mdobberstein@emanuelnl.org Upcoming Events:  3/8/2025 - 5:15pm - Worship Opportunity 3/9/2025 - 8:00 or 10:30am - Worship Opportunity  3/10/2025 - Please use Funeral Pick up and Drop Off on Pine St. 3/17-21/2025 - No School - Spring Break 4/2/2025 - Lenten Supper Serving - Info next week! 4/12/2025 - 9:00-11:00am - Easter JAM! 4/17-21/2025 - No School - Easter Celebration 5/19/2025 - Farm Field Trip - More info coming or by request "Serve one another in love." Jesus teaches us this lesson with his parable(story) of the Good Samaritan. In his story, Jesus shows a man who showed love even when he wasn't "supposed to."  Two men who outwardly said they loved the Lord didn't stop to help the man who had been beaten. The Samaritan not only stopped when he was the least likely candidate, but also helped and cared for the beaten man. Jesus tel...

Emanuel Events This Week Monday Butter Braid sales begin Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Tuesday Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Wednesday Lenten worship at 3:30 pm Lenten meal at 4:30 pm Lenten worship at 7:00 pm Crossroads Youth Group (Grades 5-8) at 7:00 pm Thursday 3rd-grade field trip at 9:45 am Musical rehearsal at 3:30 pm Friday School chapel at 8:05 am JAM! at 8:15 am Saturday Worship at 5:15 pm Sunday Worship at 8:00/10:30 am Sunday School/Bible study between services at 9:15 am Open gym for adults at 5:00 pm Bells Alive practice at 6:00 pm

There are few things that crush the human soul more than the realization of helplessness. Such was the reality confronting the demoralized army of Israel and their disgraced king, Saul. Every day, the evil threats of their giant enemy echoed across the valley and into their ears. But one day, a new champion stood up in their defense. David defeated Goliath and left us a great story of the triumph of good versus evil. But it is more than a story. It is a picture of the greater battle fought and won by Christ on behalf of the Church opposed by her mortal enemy, Satan. The relief we need desperately is not found in ourselves but in the sinless substitution of Jesus.   Want to hear more? See you this weekend: Saturday at 5:15 p.m. • Sunday at 8 a.m. • Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

SCHOOL In coordination with the New London School District, Emanuel Lutheran School will be CLOSING EARLY AT 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. AFTERNOON PRE-K IS CANCELLED. Buses will pick students up at 1:00 and run normal routes. TIGER CUB CARE WILL REMAIN OPEN. If your care needs have to be changed or added, the drop-in fee will be waived; regular hourly rates still apply. Limited spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. IF YOU NEED TO ADD OR CHANGE CARE, YOU MUST CONTACT MRS. D DIRECTLY AT (920) 407-3000. CHURCH To keep all our parishioners safe, please note the following cancellations for tonight’s activities: Ash Wednesday worship service with Holy Communion at 3:30 PM will proceed as planned. However, if you feel travel is unsafe, you can join us online at www.youtube.com/@emanuelnl/streams . Church choir members who are comfortable attending are still invited to sing in this service. The Lenten supper, scheduled from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, is canceled. The 7:00 PM Ash...