Sunday School Superintendents:
Janet Gordon and Deborah Hollrah
The Sunday School families are invited to end of the year pancake breakfast (on SundayMay 22nd in the cafeteria during the SS hour).
Also, last day of regular Sunday School classes will be on 6/12 and Summer Sunday School begins 6/19.
Summer Sunday School teachers needed. SS begins June 19. Please contact Pastor Walt for additional details.
Janet Gordon and Deborah Hollrah are resigning as SS co-superintendents on 6/12,and if anyone is interested in becoming the new SS superintendents, please see Pastor Walt."
Sunday School Calendar 2010-2011
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.
Latest information regarding Sunday School:
Our first Sunday School meeting is on Tuesday, 9/21 at 7:30. We will be having quarterly meetings.
Our Teachers This Year:
The 2’s program- Kat Wiegand, Pre K-Loretta Fox, Lori Hancock and Christine Banks, 1st and 2nd grade Carol Sanger (as we need an additional teacher), 3rd and 4th - Mark Fischer and Heidi Harkoff, 5th and 6th- Carolyn Barrett. Twyla Walter and Phil Wiegand. Celebrate Immanuel-September 12-Please stop by the Sunday School booth to register your child for Sunday School, meet your teachers and view Immanuel Lutheran School and Sunday School's October Mission Project on LCMS Initiative on Malaria. The proceeds will go toward purchasing medicated nets for the residents in Africa. The nets are $10 per net and our goal is to purchase 50 nets. We will also be utilizing a new curriculum, Buzz, from Group. This curriculum is Bible based and teaches the children the basic Bible stories through various media. The Sunday School staff will receive extensive training through our local Buzz trainer soon. Janet and Debbie continue to need additional people to assist, teach or oversee a quarterly activity.
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
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!