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Collecting Soft Drink Cans: Bruce Giossi will collect your soft drink cans and give the money to ELC youth. Drop off your cans at Valley Rental, at 802 S. Madison, four blocks south of the Milbank Ford Garage, on the right side. The phone number is (605) 432-5854.
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 Orphan Grain Train is now collecting boxes of summer clothes, shoes, toys and dolls for the Lo family’s mission work (see next item). These boxes will be shipped as soon as possible.
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Missionary Family from Indonesia: The Rev. Fungchatou Lo and his wife, Kalia Lo, are a direct support missionary family from Indonesia. The Emanuel Lutheran Laymen’s Group is one of the Lo family’s supporters.
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Summer Office Hours: From June 1 until Labor Day, the church office will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Prayer Chain: If you want to be on the email prayer chain, send your address to Shirley. She lost some of the names on her address list when the church office acquired its new computers.
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Produce Table: If you have any garden vegetables that you would like to share, you may leave them on the table by the south entrance to the church. We will accept freewill donations to be given to the Grant County Food Pantry.
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Thrivent Choice Dollars: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is launching “Thrivent Choice”, a new charitable grant program and benefit of membership. “Choice Dollars” will be designated to some Thrivent members when the program begins this summer. Eligibility for directing Choice Dollars will be based on Thrivent product ownership and leadership involvement. Eligible members will be contacted through direct mailings. We ask Thrivent members to consider the Emanuel church and preschool as they help direct Thrivent’s charitable funds.
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Searching for Summer Special Music: Kristy is looking for piano students, as well as players of other instruments, such as flutes, clarinets, saxophones, brass instruments and xylophones. She is also looking for solo singers, duets, family choirs or special singing groups. Call her at 949-1372 if you want to be added to the music calendar.
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Refrigerator Wanted: We have someone seeking a used refrigerator. If you have one to give away, call the church office.
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TV Broadcast of the 10:30 a.m. Service: Worship services at Emanuel will be broadcast over ITC Cable Channel 1. These will be weekly broadcasts of the previous Sunday’s late morning service, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. each Tuesday. Customers of Midcontinent Communications may watch these same broadcasts each Monday at the same times on Channel 3.
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Collecting Aluminum Tab Cans for Ronald McDonald House: The Tabitha Ladies Aid is collecting tabs from aluminum cans. The tabs are sent to the Ronald McDonald House in Sioux Falls, where the tabs are recycled for money to operate the house. The Ronald McDonald House is a temporary home for parents of young children hospitalized in Sioux Falls. The aid is also collecting bar codes from Our Family food products for Dakota Boys Ranch. The bar codes are exchanged for cash that is used to build up the ranch’s education department. Can tabs and bar codes may be left in the marked containers on the north counter in the church kitchen.
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Elderly and Disabled Residents: The Visiting Neighbor Program is designed to help elderly and disabled residents in Grant County. Services include personal care and light housekeeping duties. To learn more or to make a contribution, call Wanda Koepke at (605) 432-6236. Memorials may be sent to The Visiting Neighbor Program, c/o Grant County Treasurer, 210 E. Fifth Ave., Milbank SD 57252.
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