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Children:

9:00-10:00 am, on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month - Little Sprouts
Target Audience: Children 0-5 years old and their caregivers
Description: We’ll have stories, songs, take-home crafts, free play, sensory bins, and more!
Location: - Bethel Lutheran Church - Menasha
Contact: Email Mrs. Schoenbach at megan.schoenbach@svls.us for more information.

April 8, 2023 Check in: 8:45am Event: 9:00am - Easter For Kids
Target Audience: Families with young children
Description: Easter Devotion, Egg Hunt, Activities
Location: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 752 E. Grandview Hortonville - Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Hortonville
Contact: Please reserve your family spot by emailing Janet at jmvolunteer72 by April 3 with the Adult names and Children's names and ages.

Wednesdays at 9:30 am - Mornings with Mommy in the Park
Target Audience: Children ages birth to 5 and their caregivers
Description: Immanuel Lutheran Ministries "Mornings with Mommy" program is headed to the park this summer! Visit 6 different parks with us! "Mornings with Mommy in the Park" gives you the opportunity to spend quality time with your child ages 0-5 without the stress of finding activities to do. It's also a place to find a supportive community of people in the same season of life. Play sessions will start at 9:30 AM and are free! We would love for you to bring a friend and register to ensure we have enough snacks.
Location: Different local parks - Immanuel Lutheran Church - Greenville
Contact: Check locations and register online at https://www.immluth.org/page/mornings-with-mommy

1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month 6:00 p.m. - Lutheran Pioneers and Lutheran Girl Pioneers
Target Audience: Boys and girls grades 1-6
Description: Explore nature and God’s gifts
Location: Fellowship Hall - Mount Olive Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Dan Voss (954-6554) and Shari Graham (830-1268)

First and Third Friday of the month Sign in begins at 8:00 am Session begins at 8:15 am - Mornings with Mommy
Target Audience: Mothers with small children
Description: Pack your diaper bag and join in the fun! Introducing Mornings with Mommy… a unique blend of story time, play date, and learning center that combine to meet the needs of young children.
Location: The Fireside Room - Mount Olive Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Register at www.mountoliveappleton.com/mwm. The cost is $3/family/ session. Space is limited to 20 children. For more information, contact Kelly Schreiner at mwm@mountoliveappleton.com.

This group meets most Wednesdays during the school year from 9:30 - 11:00 am. - Mommy & Me
Target Audience: Woman and small children
Description: Mommy and Me invites moms to come for Christian friendship and support while their little ones play. There are often crafts or projects for the young children.
Location: Riverview Lutheran Church - Riverview Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Call our church office (920-733-3728) for schedule or contact information for this program's coordinator.

Select Tuesdays during the school year from 6:20 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. - Lutheran Pioneer Girls
Target Audience: Girls in 1st thru 12th grades
Description: Fellowship and Service Opportunities
Location: St. Luke's Church - Little Chute - St. Luke Lutheran Church - Little Chute
Contact: Kate Vosters - 788-0289

Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 3:30pm - Fox Folks Marionettes & Friends
Target Audience: All ages welcome!
Description: Easter presentation - it's not about a bunny or colored eggs
Location: - St. Luke Lutheran Church - Little Chute
Contact: Church Office - 920-788-4408

April 2nd from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm - Easter Egg Hunt/Art Show/Scholastic & NPH Book Fair
Target Audience: Everyone is welcome!
Description:
Location: - Trinity Lutheran Church - Kaukauna
Contact: Church Office - 920-766-3929

We meet every other Wednesday from 8:30-9:30 AM during the school year. - Mornings with Mommy
Target Audience: Children ages 0 - 4 and their caregivers
Description: Where story time, play dates, and learning centers combine… for ages 0-4 and their caregivers.
Location: Our own Mornings with Mommy classroom at the Oak St. Campus, 410 Oak St. Neenah. - Trinity Lutheran Church - Neenah
Contact: Register online at https://www.neenahlutheran.net/mwm

Teens:

Schedule varies - Grace Youth Group
Target Audience: Youth in 8th – 12th grade
Description: A chance for young people to gather in a Christian atmosphere for Bible studies, fun activities, and service projects throughout the year.
Location: Grace Church - Grace Lutheran Church - Neenah
Contact: Church Office - 920-722-5550

Varies - Trinity Lutheran Youth Group
Target Audience: 8th grade – 12th grade
Description: Offers fellowship and service opportunities to teens.
Location: Varies - Trinity Lutheran Church - Neenah
Contact: Pastor McKenzie (722-6712)

Adults:

Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - English Second Language Class
Target Audience: Adults wishing to learn the English language.
Description:
Location: ESL Classroom - Bethel Lutheran Church - Menasha
Contact: Church Office (725-1822)

Thursday evening, 6:30-8:00 p.m. - English Second Language Class
Target Audience: Adults wishing to learn the English language.
Description:
Location: ESL Classroom - Bethel Lutheran Church - Menasha
Contact: Church Office (725-1822)

March 16th at 2:00 pm - Organization of WELS Lutheran Seniors
Target Audience: The Organization of WELS Lutheran Seniors (OWLS) offers an active alternative to inactivity for people retired and/or 55 years old. To hundreds of members throughout the United States, this organization provides a sense of active purpose. Through involvement, fellowship, mutual support, life enrichment activities and service to others, OWLS members are encouraged and helped to be all that they can be.
Description: The Otter Lake OWLS (Organization of WELS Lutheran Seniors) of Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Hortonville), invites you to join them for their March 16th speaker at 2:00 in the fellowship hall of the church at 752 E. Grandview. Nathan Dahm from the Outagamie sheriff's department will talk with us about keeping safe and local fraud scams.
Location: Church Fellowship Hall - Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Hortonville
Contact: Questions to Peg Boettcher pgboet1@gmail.com.

April 20th from 2:00 - 3:30pm - Organization of WELS Lutheran Seniors
Target Audience: The Organization of WELS Lutheran Seniors (OWLS) offers an active alternative to inactivity for people retired and/or 55 years old. To hundreds of members throughout the United States, this organization provides a sense of active purpose. Through involvement, fellowship, mutual support, life enrichment activities and service to others, OWLS members are encouraged and helped to be all that they can be.
Description: You are invited to a Alzheimer's Presentation hosted by the OWLS at Bethlehem in Hortonville, on April 20 from 2-3:30pm. Hear from presenter Pastor Curt Seefeldt, author of "It's Alzheimer's-It's Time for Extraordinary Love"
Location: Church Fellowship Hall - Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Hortonville
Contact: RSVP/info 920-538-1394 or pgboet1@gmail.com.

Varies - Growth Groups
Target Audience: Adults
Description: Our new Growth Groups start in September! Groups of 8-12 adults meet weekly for about 7 weeks to meet new people, form Christian friends, and strengthen the bonds of our fellowship here at Immanuel. The group will meet wherever they choose for snacks, refreshments, and visiting. They will also consider discussion questions from the previous week’s sermon. Descriptions of the groups and sign-up is all online at www.immluth.org.
Location: Varies - Immanuel Lutheran Church - Greenville
Contact: For more details, contact Pastor Qualmann or Rob Hungerford.

Every other Thursday from 9:30 am - Noon - Fiber Friends
Target Audience: Adults
Description: If you enjoy doing handwork (knitting, crocheting, embroidery, tatting, hand sewing, etc.), please know that fellow Fiber Friends will be gathering in Immanuel's Emmaus Library every other Thursday beginning November 4. The library will be open from 9:30-noon so come stay for the entire time or any portion of those hours. This group will continue to supply Immanuel with handmade baby hats that are presented whenever a baby is baptized. They also have made prayer shawls that are given to shut-ins or whenever a need is expressed. The stock on both is just fine at the moment so please bring your own projects, your own drinks/snacks, and enjoy the fellowship!
Location: Emmaus Library - Immanuel Lutheran Church - Greenville
Contact: Church Office - 920-757-5639

Tuesdays, January 17, 2023, through April 11, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 PM - DivorceCare
Target Audience: DivorceCare’s life-changing support groups welcome people and guide them on the path of recovery after separation or divorce.
Description: DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce. At this 13-week, video-based support group program, you’ll find helpful counsel to manage the emotional turmoil and practical tools for decision-making.
Location: Emmaus Library - Immanuel Lutheran Church - Greenville
Contact: Register online at https://www.divorcecare.org/groups/158686

Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Sheep's Head Club
Target Audience: Adults
Description: A friendly game of SchafKopf, aka., SHEEP'S HEAD
Location: - Saint Matthew Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Allan Hess at (920) 749-0367 or ahess1@new.rr.com

2nd Thursday of the month 11:15 a.m. - Senior Fellowship
Target Audience: All seniors of the congregation
Description:
Location: Red Ox Restaurant - Saint Paul Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Church Office - 733-6701

Saturdays, 10:30am - 12pm - Depression / Anxiety Support Group
Target Audience: Adults
Description: A program designed to bring immediate and long-lasting results to the way a person thinks, feels, and acts. What Is Truth Therapy? Utilizing the resources of the Christian faith, the power of the truth and the Spirit of truth, truth therapy empowers people to break from the tyranny of anger, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, and other emotional difficulties. Those who attend will be enabled to identify their own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth. Based on the premise that people feel and act the way they think, freedom from emotional anguish and behavioral paralysis is possible if true thoughts replace the lies a person believes.
Location: Meeting at St. Peter Lutheran Church, N2740 French Road, Appleton - Saint Peter Lutheran Church - Freedom
Contact: For more information or to register visit https://922ministries.churchcenter.com/groups/life-groups/mental-health-focus-learning-to-tell-yourself-the-truth

Second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm - Card Making Ministry
Target Audience: Adults
Description: Join the fun in making greeting cards for our homebound members, those in the hospital, new babies, etc.
Location: 1910 Centre (historic school building across from the church) - Saint Peter Lutheran Church - Freedom
Contact: Contact Luella Kietz at (920) 731-1650 with any questions.

Tuesdays, 6 - 7:30 pm - Online Cancer Support Group
Target Audience: Adults
Description: Cancer is a journey, and a different way of life for each person living or dealing with it. The Cancer Journey Support Group is for anyone affected by cancer. Whether your the one living with it, a surviver, lost a loved one, or a care giver to a cancer patient you are welcome and encouraged to join. Our group will provide support, prayer, resources, and hope for all through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Location: Online - Saint Peter Lutheran Church - Freedom
Contact: Follow this link to join - https://922ministries.churchcenter.com/groups/life-groups/online-cancer-journey-support-group

Saturday, February 11 - May 6 from 10:00 am -12:00 pm - GriefShare Journey
Target Audience: Adults mourning the loss of a loved one.
Description: It hurts to lose someone. Find help with GriefShare. Your Journey from Mourning to Joy at St. Luke's consists of 11 (self-contained, stand alone) weekly meetings for those coping with the loss of a loved one.
Location: - St. Luke Lutheran Church - Little Chute
Contact: Register for this session online at https://www.griefshare.org/groups/162092

Wednesday 6:30 p.m. - Christian Recovery Support Group
Target Audience: Adults Struggling with an Addiction
Description: Christian Recovery supports those struggling with addiction....substance abuse, pornography, gambling, anxiety, etc. It is a combination of small group Bible study and fellowship. It is a Christ-centered 12-step program enhanced with Biblical references. It can be a start or help along the way to following the road to recovery. Christian Recovery will meet at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the CORE, a 922 Ministry. New faces are welcome!
Location: The CORE is located at 820 W. College Ave. in Appleton. - The Core (St. Peter Downtown Campus) - Appleton
Contact: Church Office - 920-364-0200

Women:

10 week fall session on Tuesdays from 5:15-6PM - FAITH FIT DANCE FITNESS
Target Audience: Women’s Fitness Class
Description: This super fun women’s fitness class encourages all ages and abilities to continue on their fitness journey, one step at a time! Faith Fit is back for a 10 week fall session on Tuesdays from 5:15-6PM beginning September 13, 2022 in the Praise Center at Our Shepherd Childcare/Bethany Lutheran Church's Lynndale Campus (3335 N. Lynndale Dr, Appleton) Childcare will be available (based on need - so please email churchoffice@bethanyappleton.org if you're interested) There's no need to pre-register, just come to class whenever it works for your schedule!
Location: Praise Center at Our Shepherd Childcare/Bethany Lutheran Church's Lynndale Campus (3335 N. Lynndale Dr, Appleton) - Bethany Lutheran Church - Lynndale Campus - Appleton
Contact: Church Office - 920-733-9561

Schedule Varies - Women’s Ministry
Target Audience: Women
Description: Offers fellowship and service opportunities to women
Location: Fellowship Hall - Grace Lutheran Church - Neenah
Contact: Bonnie Olsen 920-722-6964

Meets as needed - Sonshine Committee
Target Audience: All women (typically younger women and those still working, but all are welcome)
Description: Sonshine Committee provides fellowship opportunites for all members of the congregation and occasionally organizes church social events.
Location: - Saint John Lutheran Church - Kaukauna
Contact: Marilyn Kruse - 920-989-1962

Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Piecemaker Quilting Group
Target Audience: Women
Description: All interested are invited to join the quilting group which is currently meeting every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the church basement. This group makes quilts among other items and enjoys fellowship and fun. Even if you are not a quilter, you are welcomed to come and enjoy the fellowship and if interested, learning how to do some quilting.
Location: Church Basement - Saint Matthew Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Church Office - 920-733-0916

1st Monday of the month 11:15 a.m. - Saint Paul Women's Fellowship
Target Audience: All women of the congregation
Description:
Location: Mark's Eastside Restaurant - Saint Paul Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Church Office - 733-6701

2nd Tuesday of the month 6:30 p.m. - Saint Paul Ladies' Aid
Target Audience: All women of the congregation
Description:
Location: Room 13 in the school - Saint Paul Lutheran Church - Appleton
Contact: Church Office - 733-6701

Meeting on first Tuesday of month at 1:00 p.m. - Women's Fellowship
Target Audience: Women of any age
Description: Bible Study with desserts provided
Location: Fellowship Hall - Saint Paul Lutheran Church - Dale
Contact: Church Office - 779-6777

Thursday 9:00 am - Ladies Quilting Ministry
Target Audience: Women
Description: The St. Peter Quilting ministry is one that touches many people. Every new baby that becomes a part of our church family receives a quilt, as do members and friends who are homebound, in the hospital or facing treatments for cancer and other illnesses. You don't have to know how to sew, you can be taught different things that can help.
Location: 1910 Centre (historic school building across from the church) - Saint Peter Lutheran Church - Freedom
Contact: If you’re interested in helping the quilting ministry in any way, please contact Karen Peters at 739-2924.

Meeting date and time varies - Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society
Target Audience: Women
Description: Offers fellowship for women and support for missions.
Location: Fellowship Hall or Meeting Room - Trinity Lutheran Church - Neenah
Contact: Church Office - 722-6712

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