Welcome to Emmanuel!

Camp Registration

9:00 am Traditional Service in the Chapel

10:30 am The ReFresh Worship Service is in the Sanctuary in person, on zoom,

and recorded on Facebook.

If you would like to join us on zoom for the 10:30a.m. service,

please click the button below.

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Worship

Bible Study each Wednesday at Noon on Zoom

with Pastor Frank Langholf.

All are welcome.

To join our Bible Study group,

please click on the button below.

Bible Study

Upcoming at Emmanuel

Something for Everyone

Join Beth Campisi every Monday

for Cardio Drumming

Cardio Drumming 4:00-5:00 pm

Yoga with Claudette Pirrello

every Monday, 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm

Summer Solstice Celebration

June 20th, 6:00pm at Emmanuel

"Sanctuary"

Come and view the new art exhibit.

T/W/TH 8:00 - 1:00

Use north parking lot entrance.

WORLD GROOVE CAMP

July 7 - 11, 2025 - 9:00 - 12:30

Forest Preserve Hikes, times vary

See this page for the schedule.

Women's Interfaith Potluck

See article below.

Breathe Meditation Service

5:00 - 6:00pm

Breathe will start back up in September.

Spiritual Journeys Book Study

"The Seeker's Guide"

by Elizabeth Lesser

Tuesdays, 9:30 - 11:00am

MidTown Lutheran Parish Info.

All are welcome @ Emmanuel!!!

WORLD GROOVE CAMP

Monday thru Friday

July 7 - 11, 2025

9:00 - 12:30

Held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church

920 Third Avenue, Rockford

Kids 5 – 12.

Each day activities include… Drumming, Dance, Song, Story and Instrument Making. We divide into age and ability groups for the workshops. Some activities like drum include the whole group. Order the tee shirt at registration and we will have a Camp Tee made for your child.

COST: Camp fee is $100 for the first child, $50 for the second.

We can offer child sponsorship and family discount if you need help with the fee.

To register, click on Camp Registration button above or pick up a registration form on the table outside of the Celebration Room.

Questions: Call the church office at 815-963-4815

"Sanctuary"

All are invited to view the new Art

in the Gallery at Emmanuel

T/W/Th 8:00 am - 1:00pm

This is a mixed media art show. It highlights artists perspective of what the concept of sanctuary inspires. Sanctuary can represent a safe and protected place, whether a physical space or a metaphorical refuge, a place of worship, a wild life reserve, a garden or prairie, a forest or a personal haven of comfort. The concept of sanctuary also has roots in ancient religious traditions where it is referred to as a holy or sacred place.

Join Beth Campisi

for Cardio Drumming in 2025

Regular Cardio Drumming

Every Monday 4:00 to 5:00 pm ( one class only)

Cardio drumming combines cardio exercise and drumming to music to provide an easy but effective workout. Using an exercise ball, a bucket and drumsticks, cardio drumming is a fun, fast paced way to increase your heart rate, burn calories and improve your coordination. It even helps to improve brain function and you don't need to be a drummer to do it! Cardio drumming is fun, engaging and accessible to everyone. All fitness levels welcome!

Contact Holly Blair-Cascio if you would like to Cardio drum with us!

815-543-1191 hollyblair@mac.com

At Emmanuel's Breathe Meditation Service we gather for one hour to enter a sacred time -- the "thin place" between the worlds -- and Breathe. We listen to sacred scriptures and poetry from many traditions, we chant, and we sit in silence

as we open ourselves to the Great Mystery.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep

You must ask for what you really want.

Don't go back to sleep.

-Rumi

Breathe will take a break for the summer and start back on September 13th at 5:00-6:00 pm

Enter by the north parking lot entrance.

Breathe

The Church Council Members for 2025 are:

Karen Van Howe: President, Worship and Music

Holly Blair-Cascio: Vice President, Soul Garden

Kathlyn Wright: Secretary, Outreach, Food Pantry

Rich Lundin, Treasurer, Financial

Susan Hurley-Whitacre, Arts @ Emmanuel

Marcia Terrill, at Large

Taj Guzzardo, Care for Creation, Membership, Caring Connections

Sally Susan, at Large

Dan Goldberg, at Large

Kristie Heath-White, at Large

Join us for the

Summer Solstice Celebration

June 20, 6:00pm at Emmanuel.

During the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere experiences its longest day of daylight and shortest night of the year, as the Earth's axis is tilted most towards the sun.

Spiritual Journeys

Tuesday mornings 9:30 - 11:00am

we have chosen the book The Seeker’s Guide, by Elizabeth Lesser.

It is available on Amazon and from other sources.

We will be reading together and discussing it, so no need to read ahead.

Please join us with this Zoom link on Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. until

11 a.m.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89838350099pwd=O4Hu08ruXp2VHLOZLm9lsHyRKypPv9.1.

Join Zoom Meeting

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Winnebago County Forest Preserves Interest Hikes

Come hike with us.

Monday, June 16th, 9:00am

Nygren Wetlands Preserve

3714 West Rockton Road, 61072

Special Soul Garden Hike with special guest nature enthusiast and friend of Emmanuel Charles Johannsen. Charles will lead us through Nygren Wet Lands and describe the fauna of the area and his knowledge. Meet at 9:00 am in main parking at Nygren Wetlands.

Saturday, June 21st, 9:00am

Kishwaukee River Forest Preserve

6303 Mulford Road & 5757 Blackhawk Road,

CherryValley, IL 61016

Text Holly if you want to hike. 815-543-1191

Women’s Interfaith Potluck

UPCOMING WOMEN'S INTERFAITH POTLUCKS:

All women are invited to attend the interfaith potlucks, listed below, which start at 6:00 p.m. Please bring a dish to pass. Plates, silverware, and beverages will be provided, but you are always welcome to bring your own plate and silverware if you wish.

- Monday, June 30, 2025, at Phyllis Peterson's home, 7945 Coopers Haw kTrail, Machesney Park. Phyllis will speak about "The Expression of Feelings."

- Monday, July 28, 2025, at Christ Lutheran Church, 425 Riverside Rd., Belvidere. Christ Lutheran Church has a ministry called PATHWAYS https://www.seekthepath.org/

Karen Glavin will be the speaker and she will review the history of connecting to the Divine with prayer beads.

- Monday, November 24, 2025, at Inscape Collective, 201 - 7th St., Rockford.

ALSO: All are invited to register for the May 8th Eliminate Racism 815 Summit on Racism, "Embracing Differences for a Change."

Hope to see you soon!

Susan Goldberg

Serving the people who live, work, worship, and play in the neighborhoods of Midtown

Check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Midtown-Lutheran-Parish-101030175425386

Opportunities in MLP—ALL ARE WELCOME!

Katie’s Cup is open Tuesday thru Friday 8 am - 2 pm

Midtown Market—9 a.m.—1 p.m., Thursdays June 3 through September 25

Katie’s Walking Club—Thursdays at 9:15 a.m., weather permitting

Katie’s Choice Book Club—Second Thursday of the month, 10 am.—11:15 am. Check with Katie’s Cup for book selection

Katie’s Cup Conversations— noon (11:30 room open):

*June 7, 2025—PRIDE

Cars and Coffee—First Saturday April through October. 9-noon

(June Cars and Coffee is on 2nd Saturday) in the RPS parking lot.

Indoor Music at Cars and Coffee:

Jeff Layng—May 3, 2025

Sam the Saxophone Kid—June 14, 2025

140th Anniversary of Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Emmanuel celebrated its 140th anniversary on July 17, 2022 and the 100th anniversary of our second church building in November 2023. Emmanuel’s history and evolution began with the Swedish immigrants’ courage, boldness, and hard work, conserving some of their Swedish Lutheran traditions all while adapting, in a new context with a new language.

Emmanuel continues to evolve, enriching the Spiritual Life of the Community with the Arts including music, poetry, artwork, dance, communing with nature, retreats, and other expressions of our Spirituality. We meet you where you are on your journey.