Nine new members and friends  were welcomed by Immanuel's Session (governing board) this month. They were hosted by the Ministers and Session at a special Welcome and Orientation Event following worship on Sunday, January 11. The Immanuel was told and participants learned about the congregation's shared mission and ministry. The group will be welcomed by the congregation during morning worship soon. The next Welcome and Orientation Event  will be held later this spring. I

The final numbers are in, and this year’s market raised $88,563 to support the work of fourteen local and national mission partners. Since 1995, this special event has offered an alternative to the consumer culture that invades the Christmas season, raising nearly a million dollars! Thank you to all who shopped and volunteered to help make a difference for our neighbors, spreading the good news of Christmas to those who need it most. Special thanks to Connie Goggin and Susan

The worship service on November 23 included a report from the Session and Human Resources Committee on a new pastoral staffing model for Immanuel Presbyterian Church. A summary of the process and the subsequent Session recommendation to the congregation that Rev. Robert Ater and Rev. Teresa Larson be called as co-pastors in 2026 were shared with the church family in a Town Hall format that included time for questions and answers. If the way be clear, the congregation will vot