Emmanuel's Gardens
June 15, 2018
Emmanuel families have adopted garden plots around the churchyard this spring. Our campus covers half a city block from 3rd Street to 4th Street along Markison Avenue (beside Southwood School). Dog walkers and neighbors enjoy passing our campus to view the garden displays. Below you may view just a few of the flower beds that have already bloomed. Imagine what may blossom next!
Emmanuel's churchyard is one of the larger green spaces in the area, where we host our annual Easter Egg Hunt, Vacation Bible School activities, and youth events.
Spring Photographs
Spring bulbs and boxwoods welcome visitors along the church's east entrance (parking lot side).
Creeping flox, irises, and narcissus blanket the west side of the church. Pansies were just beginning to peak along the walk way to the Sunday School entrance.
Pansies spring back from last year's planting, representing the colors of the Luther Seal. This bed was a youth project beautifying our campus while teaching the Faith. This display appears along the Markison Avenue sidewalk.
The parsonage's old lilac burst with fragrant blooms after a hard trimming last year.
Peonies added yet more perfume near the west entrance.
Early Summer Photographs
For members of Emmanuel, gardening is an act of worship, just as the Lord gave Eden to Adam and Eve. "The Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it" (Genesis 2:15).
Columbines, pansies, and shocks of tall grass surround the Ten Commandments and Beatitudes monument on the corner of Markison Avenue and 4th Street.
Snapdragons and dianthus border the ungulating boxwoods alongside the east side of the church where most visitors to Emmanuel park.
Beneath the shade of maple trees along Markison Avenue, mounding hostas and grasses flank the front step to the sanctuary.
The children's garden holds yellow daisies, white daises, and red roses beneath its hard cherry tree, which bloomed prolificaly in the spring.
Veriegated hostas prepare to bloom among the burning bushes along 3rd Street beside the office entrance.
Shade loving impatiens grow beneath dwarf lilacs and birch trees along 3rd Street near Luther Hall entrance.
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
- 2023 New Year's Eve Service
- 2023 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services
- 2023 Breakfast with St. Nicholas
- 2023 All Hallows' Eve Labyrinth
- Reformation Sunday and Dinner
- 125th Anniversary Services, History Presentation, and Banquet!
- August 29 Holy Smokers
- August 26 KIds' Night Out
- August 18 Game Night
- August 13 Softball Luncheon
- Emmanuel Gardening Event
- Keepers of the Kingdom VBS
- 2023 Easter Services
- 2023 Palm Sunday and Holy Week Services
- 2023 Community Easter Egg Hunt
- Conception of Jesus
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services
- 2022 Breakfast with St. Nicholas
- November Youth Overnight
- November Game Night
- All Saints' Day Observed
- All Hallows' Eve Labyrinth
- Reformation Day
- October Holy Smokers Fellowship
- August Holy Smokers
- August Game Night
- August Kids' Night Out
- August Gardening Event
- June 2022 Holy Smokers
- June 25 Cedar Bog Wildflower Walk
- June 2022 Game Night!
- 2022 Vacation Bible School
- 2022 VBS Carnival Kick Off!
- May 2022 Holy Smokers Event
- 2022 Ascension Day Services
- 2022 May Game Night
- Blanche's Garden Youth Activity
- Woodland Wildflower Walk
- 125th Sunday School Anniversary
- Game Night
- Palm Sunday and Holy Week Services
- Easter Sunday Services
- Community Easter Egg Hunt
- Baptism of Our Lord Sunday
- New Year's Eve Service
- Christmas Morning Service
- Christmas Eve Services
- Children's Christmas Program
- Breakfast with St. Nicholas
- Church and Community Celebration!
- Vacation Bible School!
- Grief Group at Emmanuel
- Fasting Seminar
- New Year's Eve Service
- Christmas Services in 2020
- 2020 Easter Services. NOTE CHANGES TO PLANS
- 2020 Ash Wednesday and Lenten Services
- April 4 Easter Egg Hunt POSTPONED
- March 28 Kids Night Out CANCELLED
- February 29 Kids Night Out
- February 14 Youth Overnight
- Mariokart Tournament and Kids Night Out
- 2019 Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Services
- December 14 Breakfast with Saint Nicholas
- October 31 All Hallows' Eve Labyrinth
- September 8 Homecoming Sunday and Rally Day Picnic
- Pentecost Color Sunday
- Attention Gamers
- Ascension Day Services
- April 21, 2019 Easter Services
- April 13, 2019 Easter Egg Hunt
- March 6 Ash Wednesday and Lenten Services
- February 16 Kids' Night Out Event
- Level 2 Snow Emergency Home Prayers
- Baptism of Our Lord Sunday
- New Year's Eve Service
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services
- Children's Christmas Service
- Breakfast with Saint Nicholas
- Thanksgiving Day Service
- All Saints' Day (Observed) November 4, 2018
- All Hallows' Eve Labyrinth October 31
- Reformation Dinner
- 120th Anniversary Celebration September 9
- Summer Bible Study
- 2018 Vacation Bible School Closing Service
- 2018 Vacation Bible School Carnival Kick Off
- Emmanuel's Gardens
- Memorial Day Weekend
- Pentecost Color Sunday
- Ascension Day
- Kids' Night Out
- 2018 Easter Egg Hunt
- Youth Service Project: Thank You Very Mulch!