In our culture we are tempted to find our identities in everything from the number of likes we get on Instagram to the expression of our sexuality. At best it has become confusing and at worst it has become damaging. Who am I? Where do I belong? And what is my purpose?
These are questions that we are going to attempt to answer in this new series as we explore why the resurrection of Jesus matters and how through it we are freed to live a better story in Him.
Today’s Worship
Song of Love
Rescue
Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
Scripture
1 John 3:1; Romans 8:14-17
Message
Cardboard Testimonies
(My Jesus)
Hosanna
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May Calling Team: Please call Mike J or Fred H with any special concerns or requests.
May Mission of the Month: RCA Church Camps: CranHill & Camp Geneva. Both of these camps are ministries through which God transforms lives through Youth Camps, Family Camping, Retreats and Adventure Experiences.
Flowers Provided By: Carrie B in celebration of her granddaughter Lilly B’s birthday on May 8. Lilly may God bless this day with more love than your heart can hold. Happy birthday beautiful girl.
Rummage Sale: Today is the last day to purchase items from the rummage sale, in the Family Life Center, from 12-2 pm.
Digital Members Directory and Church App: Immanuel will soon be offering a digital members directory and church app that will allow you to update your information for the church directory in real time. Please plan on staying in the sanctuary after the service today for a demonstration on how to download and use this app.
The ChurchPulse Assessment Survey: The deadline for completion is Next Sunday, May 14, at 11:59 p.m. If you did not receive the survey, please contact the church office at 517 321-2495.
Cumberland Game Night: Immanuel would like to come alongside Cumberland Elementary School teachers and staff to help out with a family game night on Friday, May 19, from 5-7 pm. This event will be at Cumberland Elementary School, located at 2801 Cumberland Rd, Lansing MI, 48906.
There are 2 volunteer opportunities for this event:
1. This Wednesday, May 10, at 6:30 pm., here at the church. If you would like to help us prepare and put games together, please come to the church during this time.
2. Next Friday, May 19, from 5:30-7:30 pm., 20-25 Volunteers are needed to help organize and run the games at the school.
To Sign up, please visit our website at www.icrclansing.org, and then click on the “Bulletin Board” tab.
Mobile Food Bank: We will be hosting another Mobile Food Bank here in our parking lot on Tuesday, May 23, from 5-7 pm. If you would like to help sort and put food into cars, please sign up by visiting our website at www.icrclansing.org, and then click on the “Bulletin Board” tab in the upper right hand corner.
Congregational Meeting: Our annual Congregational meeting will be held in the sanctuary, after the service, on Sunday, June 4. On the agenda will be a proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and the selection of two new deacons, and two new elders.
Giving
To support the ongoing ministry of Immanuel, please place your offering in one of the offering plates at the front of the sanctuary. You may also submit an offering online at www.icrclansing.org.
Local Needs:
Immanuel partners with Lansing Christian Services to provide personal hygiene items and household cleaning supplies to families in need right here in the community that surrounds Immanuel. This ongoing ministry is currently in need of laundry soap/pods, toilet paper, paper towel, and Kleenex. Please place donations in the baskets underneath the mailboxes outside of the sanctuary. If you are in need of help, please call Christian Services at (517) 394-5411.
Summer CONNECT
Meets once a month during the summer.
We begin with a meal that the whole family can participate in at 5:30 pm., and the kids activities begin at 6:00 pm.
Wednesday, July 12- Water Fun Slip n Slides, kiddie pools, water balloons, sprinklers, a dunk tank, and there may be a fire truck here as well from the Lansing Fire Department.
Life Groups
We have several Life Group options for adults. Our Life Groups get together to grow in their faith, pray together, serve together, and support one another. If you are interested in joining a Life Group, please email Bruce T at bterhaar@comcast.net.
Your Leaders are so thankful for your fervent prayers:
Thank you for praying for the ICRC staff and ministry team leaders
Friends with Health Concerns
Mark B, June B, John B,
Joe C, Howard J. C, Don F, Sandy F, John F, Carol G,
Kathy G, Roland H, Barb K,
Jack N, Marcia N, Dave N, Yvonne N, Wayne S, and Sandi S.
If you are in need of meals, or if you are willing to provide meals when needed,
please contact Kerri M.