Emmaus, Redeemer Youth to Hold 30-Hour Famine Lock-in; Revised Date Announced
The youth group’s 30-Hour Famine has been rescheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 19 at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 2417 Gilson Street. We will break our fast with pizza at 1:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Donations may be made to the participants, who will fast for 30 hours. All proceeds will go to combat world hunger through the 30 Hour Famine program.
For more information, contact Pastor Mary, or e-mail Georgine Kudrna. Further information on the overall 30 Hour Famine organization can be found on the web here.
Youth Group meetings are now on Wednesday evenings from 5:00 to 7:30. All sixth to twelfth graders are enthusiastically invited.
Souper Bowl of Caring Tops $9 Million
As of March 8, over $9 million has been reported through the 2010 Souper Bowl of Caring. Emmaus raised $61.54 through a "noisy offering" on February 6 and 7. The money collected at Emmaus has been donated to the Northside Food Pantry.
Holy Communion Youth Host Benefit Concert for Haiti
Middle school and high school youth are invited to a benefit concert for disaster relief in Haiti Saturday, February 20, featuring "The Ruckus." (Visit the band at its MySpace page.) Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. The benefit concert will begin at 6:30 p.m at Holy Communion Lutheran Church, 2000 W. Sixth Street, and end at 9:00 p.m.
Raffle tickets will be available for purchase. Raffle prizes include gift cards from local businesses among other prizes. Concessions, including pizza, soda, and snack items, will also be available for purchase. Tickets for the benefit concert are $3.00 and will be available for purchase at the door. All proceeds will be donated to Lutheran World Relief in memory of Ben Larson, a Wartburg Theological Seminary student who lost his life in the earthquake.
Holy Communion is located at the west end of Sixth Street. Please contact Andrea Godson for more information.
Congratulations, Class of 2009!
Congratulations to Emmaus high school and college graduates in 2008! We reached some of our graduating seniors, who shared their post-graduation plans:
- Caroline Crehan is graduating from Horlick High School in June. While at Horlick, she participated in soccer and cross country. She sang in the choir for two years and was in Spirit Club and student government. She will attend UW-Madison in the fall.
- Frank Williams graduates from Case High School and plans to pursue further study at Gateway, majoring in automotive studies.
- April Falaschi graduates from Gateway Technical College in June. She has been working as a server at the Olive Garden in Racine.
- Ashley Lamberton has graduated from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Business Administration. She is now seeking a Masters of Professional Accountancy and her C.P.A. at UW-Whitewater. Plans are to have these completed in Spring, 2010.
To these, and all the graduates we may have missed, congratulations, and best of luck with your plans for this summer and fall!
If we missed your graduation, please talk to Paul in the church office (634-5515, ext. 10). We’d be happy to congratulate you in the July-August Visitor!
Check out photos of past confirmation classes at our on-line photo album.
Check Out Lutheran Youth Web Site
The Lutheran magazine has established a web site for youth at http://www.theyounglutheran.org.
Features include "Shout Out" and "Piece of Your Mind" pages for sharing thoughts and ideas
and a "Hot Seat" quiz page.
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