Emmons Lutheran Church offers Christian Education programs for people of all ages to study the Bible and grow in our Christian faith and our understanding of God’s unchanging Word. Some of these opportunities are listed below. Keep watch on this page for new opportunities.
Sunday School
Emmons Lutheran Church offers Sunday School each Sunday morning at 10:15 am for children pre-school-8th grade. Our Rally Day for 2023-2024 is September 10th. Come and meet your Sunday School teacher and join us for carnival games following worship! Our Sunday School classes will resume on Sunday, September 17th at 10:15 am.
The Sunday School Christmas Program will be on December 17th, 2023 at 10 am. Please join us as we celebrate the coming of the Christ-Child with our students sharing with us the Christmas Story.
Youth Sunday will be May 12th, 2024. The youth will be sharing what they have learned throughout the year as well as leading us in worship.
Confirmation
The Confirmation ministry of Emmons Lutheran Church is a two-year program for youth in 7th and 8th grades which involves an intense study of the basic doctrines of Scripture and the Christian Faith. We utilize Luther’s Small Catechism and the Egermeier Bible Story Book as our guides. In addition to classwork, students are given opportunities to put their faith to work through service projects, activities, and fellowship in addition to service within the congregation by serving as acolytes in our worship services, Sunday School Classroom helpers, and in other areas in the life of the congregation.
We will kick off Confirmation this year on September 6th, 2023 at Java and Jesus from 7:30 – 9 pm at Swallow Coffeehouse. Classes will resume meeting on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm to 8 pm on September 13th, 2022 in the Confirmation Room, with Pastor Henkel and Mr. Nate Sletten co-teaching. We will also be incorporating a supper-time pizza option for any student that would like to attend from 6-6:30 pm on Wednesday evenings when we are in the classroom.
2023-2024 Confirmation Orientation will be on August 30th, 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Small Social Hall.
Faith Statement and Affirmation of Baptism Sunday will be April 21st, 2024.
High School Bible Study
The Alpha Youth Series is a series of interactive sessions that engage young people in conversations about faith, life, and God. The series is designed to help young people have open and honest conversations about some of the big questions of life.
The series includes short talks with discussion time in between to help participants share their thoughts and questions. The series features stories from around the world, from different contexts and cultures.
Beginning January 7th, we will be starting a new Bible Study Series on “Alpha Youth” We will meet on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm at the Parsonage for supper and Bible Study.
Adult Bible Study
Imagine what it would be like, and what Jesus would do through us in the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) if we collectively renewed our commitment to our Lord’s commission to make disciples, and if we together reaffirmed our desire to become the fulfillment of his commandment that we love one another as he Has loved us?
Imagine what might happen, if every pastor and every congregation and every member in our church body made this same personal commitment to be living witnesses to and for our risen Lord Jesus?
Our vision is that the NALC will reclaim the confessional Lutheran emphasis on ongoing catechesis and intentional faith formation in the life of all of its congregations. This same disciple-making identity will permeate every NALC congregation, be adopted by every NALC pastor, and become part of our church body’s DNA. Our vision also includes becoming known to the ecumenical community as a church body that takes seriously its calling to make disciples and intentionally cultivates a framework to do so in its congregations.
Starting January 2nd, the Tuesday Night Bible Study group will be diving into “NALC’s Life-to-Life Discipleship.” Join us for Supper starting at 6 pm and Bible Study starting at 7 pm. Childcare will be provided.
Download the NALC Life-to-Life Discipleship Guide Here: