Immanuel Lutheran School-—Weekly Newsletter—February 19, 2016—Page 1

The Wolf’s howl

February 19, 2016

“HOPE IS THE ANCHOR” Hebrews 6:17-19

From the Principal’s Pen…

Hello Everyone! It’s Friday and the school has been strangely quiet this week. I mean quiet as compared to the noise when school is in session. There has been no chatter from the children, no lockers opening and closing, and no music being practiced. Where, oh where are the giggles and laughter? There has been noise from the men working. Their equipment makes noise and they don’t work in silence. In fact, some men talk more than ladies do! I took some days away from ILS this week. It was wonderful to spend time with my friends and family. I came in on Thursday and sorted through the mail. It was also time to start working on two picture boards to take to the Home Show. Mrs. Ryskowski helped me go through some photographs and today Miss Miller will help me put things to-gether. Once again I am amazed at all of the things that are done here. The children reach out to our neighbors at the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Zion Food bank, our Veterans, and the men and woman of our Fire and Police depart-ments. They reach out farther by work-ing with the Orphan Grain Train and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I cannot forget Music and Aca-demics. All three high schools have told us that our students are excellently pre-pared. Thank you to our staff of won-derful teachers. I know how hard you work and how much you love your stu-dents. I see this every day when I am here. I also know that I have said that

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:

February 19th to 20th—Pack 21 Sleepover in Old School Basement, 7pm to 7am

February 19th through 21st—Youth Group Retreat to Keene, New Hampshire

February 20th—Girl Scout Powderpuff Derby February 20th—Bristol Home Show, ILS

Booth, 11 am to 6 pm (BEHS) February 21st—Bristol Home Show, ILS

Booth, 11 am to 4 pm (BEHS) February 24th—LENTEN SERVICES, 10am &

7pm February 27th—WINTER BBQ, 4:30 to 6:30pm March 4th—PAINT NIGHT, 6 to 7:30pm, Old

School Basement March 5th—HARVEST PACK FUNDRAISER,

9:30 to 11:30 am (first session) or 12:00 to 2:30 pm (last session)

March 6th—ALL SCHOOL SING, 10:45 am March 20th—PALM SUNDAY March 20th—10:45 am—8TH GRADE CONFIR-

MATION March 24th—Maundy Thursday March 25th—GOOD

FRIDAY March 27th—EASTER

SUNDAY

before and I will continue to say it. I thank God every day because He is here with us and will be with us until the last day. Then we will all be togeth-er to praise our Lord.

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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND OUR

If you have any questions, please call 860-583-5631.

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Winter BBQ

Come join the Youth of Immanuel Lutheran in Bristol for our first annual – Winter BBQ.

Saturday February 27th

4:30pm-6:30 pm

Immanuel Lutheran School GYM

Tickets: Adult -$15.00 Children under 10- $10.00

Menu includes: Pulled Pork, Smoked Chicken, Winter Wieners, BRRR Burgers, Super Slaw, Major Mac Salad, and Bustin’ Baked Beans. Dessert: Brownies and Ice Cream Drinks: Iced tea, Lemonade, Water and Coffee

Beach ball volleyball And Silent Auction on Themed baskets

Proper BBQ attire requested

Monies raised will help our youth attend the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans this July.

Tickets will be sold in between services and in office.

Make checks payable to “ILS Youth”

Contact Michele T. for more information 860 585 1196

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Girl Scouts Immanuel Lutheran School

Troop #66072

Next Meeting: MARCH 2, 2016 Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm

Place: Old School Basement

Our Girl Scouts worked hard making 2 soups for our Lenten Lunches (1) Meatball Vege-

table; and (2) Chicken Noodle. We have frozen our soup and will have them ready to eat

at 11am on February 24th! Enjoy!

FEBRUARY 17th we were able to take a TOUR OF THE CONNECTICUT

LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, CAPITOL BUILDING, CONNECTI-

CUT HISTORY MUSEUM & Supreme Court and met Rep. Cara Pavalock!

THE POWDERPUFF

DERBY is FEBRUARY 20TH! Check your race times!.

Friday, APRIL 15, 2016 at Noon, Volunteer Appreci-

ation Lunch at Nuchies. Please let Mrs. Wells or Mrs.

Theriault know if you can attend. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN A GIRL SCOUT

WEEKEND AT ROCKING HORSE RANCH

(Highland, New York) MARCH 11TH –13TH, $129/PERSON/NIGHT (all inclusive). Please let

Mrs. Wells or Mrs. Theriault know ASAP! Please call Becky Wells 860-916-3621 or Trina Theriault 860-384-1530 with questions.

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Troop 21 Since our last update, in December the Troop held our Survivor Camp (Camp Mattatuck) in Plymouth. The boys were responsible for cooking their own food, map and compass work, several hikes, and of course a little man hunt in the evening. On January 9th, 6 boys at-tended Merit Badge College, held at Rhode Island Col-lege with approximately 1,000 scouts in attend-ance. The boys could take one full day or two half day merit badge classes.

Merit Badge College classes taken: Luke Foley - First Aid (Eagle Scout Required) Ben Jabs - Emergency Preparedness (Eagle Scout Re-quired) and Railroading Dan Lauretti - First Aid (Eagle Scout Required) Kyle Lauretti - First Aid (Eagle Scout Required) Nathan Roy - Personal Management (Eagle Scout Required) and Citizenship in the Nation (Eagle Scout Required) Oskar Tolmoff - Electricity and Search and Rescue

Robert Foley ASM Troop 21

Just a reminder that saving Box Tops helps

our church and school. The first $500.00 goes to PTO to fund things like school assemblies, field trips and the holiday fair for the kids. Be-yond the $500.00 the church gets to add to our budget, which also needs help. Box Tops are easily found on many cereals, soups, cakes, and even baby carrots!

ILS CONTEST: A February submission is coming up so another

contest is running. The class that brings in the most Box Tops by February 15th will win free Friday ice cream for 2 weeks. At this point 5th grade is WAY in the

lead with 1st grade being in 2nd place. Bring Box Tops to Mrs. Beaudoin in a baggie marked with the grade. Thank you for your help! Linda Beaudoin

NEXT WEEK’S HOT LUNCH MENU:

February 23rd Cheese Baked Ziti

Veggie Dessert

February 25th

Chicken Nuggets French Fries

Dessert

February 26th Hot Dog

Chips Dessert

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ILS SKI CLUB

HAS BEEN

HAVING A

GREAT TIME

ON THE SLOPES

AT

MOUNT

SOUTHINGTON!

WAY TO GO!!!

Brooke, Mr. Theriault, Maggie, Morgan, Jared, Hannah, Maggie, Mr. Theriault

Mrs. Dubois, Ethan & Alexandra Mrs. Krueger, Cole & Brooke

Members now shown in photos: Mr. Radcliff, Kurt & Gretchen.

Please remember to sign up for

the Tools for Schools program at your

local grocery store (Price Chopper, Shop

Rite and Stop & Shop). At no cost to the

shopper, points earned

allow our school to pur-

chase much needed

equipment and sup-

plies.

If you have any

questions, please contact Trina

in the office or Dawn Milano.

Thank you!

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CUB SCOUT PACK 21

PINEWOOD DERBY

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23RD

9:00 AM

ILS GYMNASIUM On Saturday, January 23, 2016 the Cub Scouts of Pack

21 braved the snow to com-

pete in their annual Pinewood

derby. There were a lot of

cool designs this year and

all cars made it down the

track (with the help of gravity

of course). The results for the

Tigers (first graders) are 3rd

Place-Anthony Keddy, 2nd

Place-Ethan Dubois, and First

Place-Chadd Wentland, For

the Wolves (2nd Graders),

Nicholas Dunn-Milkowski

finished 3rd, Cole Krueger finished 2nd, and Rocky Bo-

nin was the Champion. For the Webelos (4th and 5th

graders), DJ Cyr took 3rd, Logan Jackson took 2nd, and

Adam Krueger was the Champion. For the all Pack Race,

although Cubmaster Krueger's Canoe looked real fast, all

of the age group winners left him looking for his paddles.

Chadd Wentland was the fastest car followed by Rocky

Bonin and Adam Krueger. Thomas Madigan raced in his

last Pinewood derby as a Cub Scout and came away with

the Most Creative award.

The next Pack event will be a Gym sleepover in Febru-

ary.

If anyone would like more information on joining Cub

Scouts, please contact Jason Krueger at:

dj2hkrueger@gmail.com

BOTTLE & CAN DRIVE for HARVEST

PACK/KIDS AGAINST HUNGER: Im-

manuel will be having a Bottle & Can Drive with the

proceeds going towards the Harvest Pack/Kids

Against Hunger Project. Please bring your clean

bottles & cans and leave

them in the bin near the gym

entrance.

Thank you, in advance, for

your generosity.

Every word that comes out of your mouth should be like a gift wrapped in a silver box for the receiver.

Florence Littauer

ILS’s Spring Fundraiser is underway! Please check your child’s backpack for the

catalogs/order forms that were distributed last week. As you are

ordering/selling, think ahead to Easter, Mother’s Day, birthdays,

and graduations.

Candles make nice gifts and Butter Braids are delicious for

your Easter celebrations.

Any questions, please contact Cindy Jackson at 860-584-2804

or wacilolo@yahoo.com.

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CHAPEL OFFERINGS: Donations received during the months of January and February will be used for “Pennies for Patients” for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

GOD BLESS OUR OFFERINGS!

ILC Sunday School At 9:30 am

This week, the Elementary class (Grades K-5), will begin a

new series “Jesus Teaches about God’s Kingdom”. Our first

lesson will be the Sermon on the Mount. Because Jesus was

poor, hungry, hated and rejected for our sake, God forgives our

sins and blesses us with all good gifts, especially life with Him

forever.

In the Parish Center, Junior High (grades 6-8) and Senior

High (grades 9-12)will have Bible Study and the Adults Bible

Study will be in the gymnasium.

” {Jesus} has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. ”

Hebrews 4:15

LENTEN SOUP LUNCHES ON: February 24th (ILS-Girl Scouts)

March 2nd (ILS-PTO) March 9th

(Women of Immanuel)

March 16th (ILS Home Economics)

Since the Wednesday Ad-vent Lunch Soups were so popular, we will be continu-ing the Wednesday Soups during the Lenten Season after the 10:00 am worship service only. There will be 2 soups, bread, coffee and tea and lunch will be self-serve (gym). All are wel-come to enjoy lunch with us.

Thank you Members of Immanuel for your support of this fellow-ship opportunity!

NEW MEMBER ADULT

INSTRUCTION CLASS

Beginning Sunday, Feb. 28th

6:45 pm ILS Library

You are invited to join Pastor Karner as he leads our Adult Instruction Class. This class

will run for approximately 12 weeks.

Childcare will be provided (at no cost) for those who may be in need. Please con-tact Dee in our office with any

questions you may have a t 860-583-5649.

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Severe Weather Schedule:

If there is a chance that school may be canceled, have a late opening, or early dismissal listen to

WRCH 100.5 on the radio, or Channels 3, 30, or 8, all of which will give you this infor-

mation. We follow the Bristol Public School schedule.

Below is the delay schedule: Again, this year there will be a two (2) hour delay only. In the

event of a:

2 HOUR DELAY: School begins at 10:00 am and there is no morning preschool.

Afternoon preschool will begin at its regular scheduled time of 11:30 am.

Students may arrive at 9:25 am.

Please note: Extended Care is delayed, canceled, or dismissed early according to the School schedule.

One of the sweetest gifts of being a Christian—as well as one of the most important responsibilities, is to give

courage—to, literally, “in”-courage others through our words, our prayers, and our

support—it is an integral part of our calling as Christians.

Joanna Weaver

CHECK OUT THE

DIFFERENCE A

LUTHERAN SCHOOL MAKES

Immanuel is now accepting applications

for the 2016-2017 school year for Preschool — 8th grade.

If you would like to tour the school or know some who would like to see our great ministry, please call the school office (860-583-5631) or

email Mrs. Bishop at: claudia.bishop@ilcsschool.org

for more information.

TUITION ASSISTANCE —

It is our goal at Immanuel, that no child should be declined a Christ-centered ed-ucation because of finances. For over 117 years, our school has made Chris-tian Education a centerpiece of it’s minis-try. In order to make this possible, it is vital that we have resources available for tuition assistance. If you would like to contribute to this fund, you can make a donation by simply putting your gift in an envelope clearly marked for Tuition As-sistance. Like any other donation to Im-manuel, this gift is tax-deductible.

Thank you!

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Immanuel Lutheran Church

154 Meadow Street

Bristol, Connecticut 06010

PAINT NIGHT 14” x 18” Canvas Board/Acrylic Paint

FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016

6:00 TO 7:30 PM IN THE OLD SCHOOL BASEMENT

$20.00 per person (Prepaid)

Proceeds to be donated to the Harvest Pack/Kids Against Hunger event March 5th!

Call the office with any questions 860-583-5631 Learn to paint step by step...just bring your enthusiasm!

Space is limited (first come/first served)

Hummingbirds & Cherry Blossoms

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Bringing nutritious food to the tables of those in need, with the help of people who care.

HARVEST PACK EVENT SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2016

Immanuel Lutheran Church is having a food packaging event for Harvest

Pack/Kids Against Hunger. We have raised the funds to purchase food supplies

and supplements to package meals to send to starving families in Haiti. Now we

need volunteers to package the meals. The event will be held in the gymnasium at

Immanuel Lutheran Church, 154 Meadow Street, Bristol.

The packaging is easy, just measuring, weighing and sealing the bags. Please

volunteer with family or friends. You can sign up for session I from 9:30 – 11:30

and/or session II from 12:00 – 2:30. We need 8 – 9 volunteers for each table. At

some point, you will be able to sample the food we are sending. Each bag contains

enough meals to sustain 6 people for a day.

If you would like to join the fun or might need service hours, consider help-

ing us on March 5th. Please pre register by calling Pat Wollenberg at 860-584-

0587 or the church/school office at 860-583-5631 to sign up for a spot.

Thank you in advance for your consideration to help at this event.

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COLLEGE STUDENT

ADDRESSES NEEDED!!!

Our second annual Immanuel Lutheran Church COLLEGE STUDENT CARE PACKAGES are getting ready to be mailed out to our college students, but WE NEED YOUR HELP IN OBTAINING ADDRESSES! Please call the church office with the mailing address of your college student, so that they can know that we are keeping them in our thoughts and prayers. Last year’s packages were very warmly received and we look forward to reaching as many students as possible, with your help! Thank you.

Trina J. Theriault, Chairperson Evangelism Committee

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PREPARE BREAKFAST ON EASTER MORNING

HERE ATIMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

If you are interested in helping to prepare Easter Breakfast or clean up, please call or sign up in the church office. We will be preparing homemade

potato pancakes! Thank you for your consideration.

SAVE THE DATE:

APRIL 30, 2016 AT 12:00 NOON (GYM)

VICTORIAN TEA (LUNCH) WITH KANDIE CARLE

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN HELPING, PLEASE SIGN UP IN THE OFFICE.

PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO ILS TUITION ASSISTANCE

PRIZES FOR BEST HAT AND BEST DRESS

OUR OWN ILS GIRL SCOUTS WILL BE SERVING

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Immanuel Lutheran Church 154 Meadow Street

Bristol, Connecticut 06010 Telephone: 860-583-5649

Ilcs.org

LENTEN & EASTER WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

Mid-Week Lenten Worship (Lenten Soup Lunches following our 10 am services only)

February 24 – Lent 3 – 10 AM / 7 PM

March 2 – Lent 4 – 10 AM / 7 PM March 9 – Lent 5 – 10 AM / 7 PM March 16 – Lent 6 – 10 AM / 7 PM

PALM SUNDAY / March 20

8 AM – Worship with Holy Communion 10:45 AM – Worship with Holy Communion

(Please note that the 10:45 a.m. worship includes the Confirmation of our 8th grade students)

MAUNDY THURSDAY / March 24 10 AM – Worship with Holy Communion 7 PM – Worship with Holy Communion

GOOD FRIDAY / March 25 10 AM – German Worship with Holy Communion

7 PM – Tenebrae

HOLY SATURDAY / March 26 7 PM – Vigil of Easter / Service of Light

EASTER SUNDAY / March 27 6:00 AM SONrise service on Chippens Hill Hill Street (Water Dept. Property), Bristol

Easter Breakfast 6:30 to 10:30 am in our gym 8:00 AM – Worship with Holy Communion 10:45 AM – Worship with Holy Communion

GOD BLESS YOUR WORSHIP!