Sunday School Superintendents:
Janet Gordon and Deborah Hollrah
Hello, my name is Debbie Hollrah and I am proud to share with you some information about me. I am happily married to Dean and have two wonderful daughters, Kaitlin and Megan. I am a life time member of Immanuel and graduate of Immanuel Lutheran School and am employed at The Karafin School as a School Counselor for grades 9-12 for the past 8 years. Since January I have shared the responsibilities with Janet Gordon as Sunday School Superintendents. My goal is to increase the attendance and enthusiasm of the Sunday School program throughout this year.
Continue to look for exciting mission projects and events that will be occuring this school year. Please keep us in your prayers and feel free to visit the classrooms during the Sunday School/Bible study hour.
Teachers:
Katherine Wiegand
Mark Fisher
Born: Houston, Texas
Married: Shanna Fischer March 26, 1994
Children: Lilly 11yrs old & Aidan 8yrs old
Profession: Music Industry Executive
Owner, Chimney Point Music, LLC (2009- Present)
Senior Vice President, Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music Group (2006 to 2009)
Owner, ON- Entertainment, LLC (2004- Current)
GM, InDeGoot Entertainment/ McGathy Promotions (1996- 2004)
Senior Director, Atlantic Records (1991-1996)
Mark & Shanna Fischer moved to New York in the Spring of 1994 after being married in Dallas, TX. They first settled in Greenwich Village, New York. They were members of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in the Theatre District next to Time Square. The Fischer's were looking for a weekend place for the family when someone told them about Candlewood Lake. They drove up and around the lake and fell in love with the area. Soon after finding a place to live in February of 2000 they became members of Immanuel Lutheran Church. As a family they have been splitting there time between NYC and Connecticut. As of August of this year, they have moved to Riverside, Connecticut, where there daughter Lilly attends Eastern Middle School and there son Aidan attends Riverside Elementary. Mark has started a new Company called Chimney Point Music and Shanna continues to work in Manhattan where she is an Executive VP for Wind-Up Records.
Phil Wiegand
Rose Salazar
Carolyn Barrett
Heidi Harkopf
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Heidi was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel. She is married to Dirk Harkopf and has two children, Isabella and Rebecca and lives in New Fairfield. Since her own children have received for many years the love and talent of other teachers at Sunday School, Heidi was eager to share back with other families. This is her second year teaching grades 3 and 4 sunday school and she is loving it!