7973 Highway 57, P.O. Box 115, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202
(920) 839-2224
We would be blessed if you can join us! We invite you to “Like” our Facebook page, by clicking here—thanks!
Office Hours
Monday 9 a.m. to Noon
Wednesday 9 a.m. to Noon
Thursday 9 a.m. to Noon
& by appointment
WORSHIP SCHEDULE:
Sunday Worship: Starting September Fall Worship is Sunday at 10 am through May 18, 2025
We are online Sunday starting at 9:55 a.m. on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/ImmanuelLutheranBaileysHarbor/. All are welcome!
You do NOT need to be a member of Facebook *or* Immanuel to watch!
At or near the top of our Facebook page, look for a box with a small red “LIVE” button in the top left. Click it, and you’ll be watching us.
Once the worship service is completed, it is available on our Facebook page for anyone who missed the live event; look in the Video section at the top of our page.
Again, just go to our Facebook page and look for and click the red LIVE button at or after 9:55 a.m. Sunday: www.facebook.com/ImmanuelLutheranBaileysHarbor/
See you Sundays!
News from Pastor Gary
September, 2024
Volume 1, Issue 81
“But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your
reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for He is kind to
the ungrateful and the wicked.”
(Luke 6:35)
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
During one of our Thursday night Bible studies we were watching The Chosen, Season 4, Episode 7:
It is when Jesus waits four days to return to Lazarus’ hometown after Lazarus has died. Jesus
purposely waits so that both His disciples and the people around the town can see the glory of God
with Lazarus being raised from the dead. It is quite moving and an emotional event. There is a lot
going on in this event. It also foreshadows about what will happen to Jesus in Jerusalem.
After the raising of Lazarus, everyone was amazed and gave glory to God. Some went and told the
Pharisees what took place. But soon the disciples and followers of Jesus started arguing and
fighting among themselves. They tried to understand why Jesus did this, but at the same time left
them to have pain and suffering among some of his faithful followers. In doing so they were
dishonoring Jesus in their arguing and fighting. They were forgetting what Jesus has been teaching
them both in words and in examples. They were forgetting what Jesus was telling them why He
was here. They were making it all about themselves.
How often do we forgot about all that God has done for us. We make it all about ourselves instead
of giving glory to God. Jesus teaches us that we need to think about others, including our enemies,
and think about what our actions will do to others. When making a decision we often think about
how it will affect us and our wellbeing instead of how it will affect others in a good or bad way. We
want it to benefit us first. This can be for simple or complex issues. It could be in big decisions in
electing officials for our government or calling a new Pastor or simple, trivial decisions like carpet
color or times and days of worship services. When making decisions we need to pray to God about
them and ask how it will affect others and will it give glory to God. We need not worry about how it
will benefit us now for our reward is great, we are children of the Most High.
We all have moments in our lives when we will have disagreements with others, but as children of
God, we still need to listen and love each other. We don’t have to agree with one another, but we
still need to love them, including our enemies. For if we don’t do this simple command, we are
dishonoring Jesus in our fighting and arguing. We forget what Jesus did for us on that cross. He
died for our sins and rose from the grave to give us the promise of eternal life. To have an
everlasting relationship with our Father in Heaven. Our reward is great.
So the question is, “Will we honor or dishonor Jesus in our decisions?”
God’s Peace & Love,
Pastor Gary
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Bridges Event at Immanuel
God blessed us once again—this time with good weather on Tuesday evening, August 6. That made for an
opportunity to share God’s Word and good old Door County friendship with some of the nicest foreign student
workers you can imagine. Our Church along with First Baptist of Sister Bay hosted and served 171 J-1 student
workers and volunteers at the Bailey’s Harbor Recreation Park that night. The menu consisted of an original Door
County fish boil with all the fixings generously donated and cooked by the Weborg families. The meal also included
Seaquist’s famous Cherry Crisp or Apple Crisp for dessert. This was followed by lots of fun for the young adults—
playing volleyball, softball, soccer, and corn hole.
Special thanks to all the willing volunteers from Immanuel who stepped forward to help out: Bill Becker; Gloria
Finnegan; Kinga Jacobson; Dale Jorgenson; Ken Kieliszewski; Gary and Carol Kreml; Ron Lawrence; Jim and
Nancy Marsho; Jerry Peil; Jane Pluff; Pastor Gary; and Bonnie Wolfe plus volunteers from First Baptist and the
Bridges organization. Much Thanks to All. We couldn’t have done it without you!!!
Bible School and Confirmation Class Notes
Bible School and Confirmation will be kicking off this year with Family Night on September 11th at
5:15pm. We will be sharing a meal, registering and having a short worship. We will be sharing the
evening with the Youth Group as well. We are looking forward to a great year ahead of us!
If you would like to volunteer your time or talent, please reach out! We are always looking for new ideas!
Snack is a must for these hungry kids after school, sign up sheet will be in the fellowship hall.
If you know of any children that may be interested in joining our Bible School, please have them reach
out to Pastor Gary or Jolynn. We would love to have them!
We’re excited to be growing our youth group program this year. It will be open to
any kids in 6th-12th grade. We’ll be meeting monthly for a time of fellowship, food
and fun! We had our first meeting in late August at Immanuel Woods and enjoyed
a campfire, dinner, s’mores and devotion. On September 25th we’ll be meeting at
Wilson’s from 6:30 – 8:00 pm for dinner, devotion and build-your-own-sundaes! If
you know of any Middle or High School students in our community that may be
interested in attending, please have them reach out to Pastor Gary or Jolynn.
Pastor Gary, Jeremy, Jolynn & Sarah
PS: Reminder
Please continue to save your Tadych’s register receipts and put them in the box by the coat rack. They give us a 1% rebate on the total amount. Thank You!
Snow Cancellation Information
If winter weather should cause a need to cancel worship or other church programs and events, here are some things to remember:
• On Sunday mornings a decision will be made by 7:30 am
• Information will be posted on our website www.Immanuel-
lutheran.org and our Face Book page Immanuel Lutheran Baileys Harbor
• TV channels 2, 5, 11 and 26 will be notified as well as Radio stations WDOR, WBDK
• Wednesday Bible School and Confirmation classes will follow the school’s decisions – no school or early dismissal means there will be No Bible School or Confirmation classes.
• If you would like to be notified by phone about cancellations, please contact the church office.
We make every effort to get the word out early and quickly.
Also, we generally operate on the side of caution not wanting to put people at risk unnecessarily.