Pastor Kathee's motto is:

You are never too old to completely turn your life - and your husband, Eric's, life - Upside down when the Holy Spirit calls!With over 20 years working in manufacturing marketing in San Antonio, I felt the call to ministry in 2009. I graduated from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2015 through the DL program with both online and residency classes. What an experience to have classes in St. Paul in January - was it ever cold! Ordained in 2015 in my home congregation, Zion Lutheran Church in San Antonio, we moved from Texas to Nebraska as I was called to serve Holy Cross Lutheran Chuch in Beatrice for nine years. Leaving our new home, church family and friends, I retired June 2024 and my husband, a retired Air Force Bandsman, moved back to Texas to be closer to family. 

Pastor Kathee's Schedule

Office Hours will be Monday and Wednesday afternoons & every Sunday except the third Sunday of the month

June 2026 Newsletter

Dear people of Immanuel,

As I write this, we have celebrated a wonderful Pentecost Sunday, with red - the color of fire - the color we associate with the Holy Spirit. In Hebrew the word for the Holy Spirit is Ruach - (ROO ahkh - that last syllable is a guttural, breathy sound from the back of your throat, similar to the Scottish word Loch.) Just as we are always Easter people of resurrection hope, we are always Pentecost people, trusting in the Holy Spirit of the Living Jesus Christ to bring new life in us and through us. 

If you have a reader who enjoys graphic novels, I mentioned A Cartoonist's Guide to Acts by Steve Thomason in the Pentecost Sermon, available on Amazon or info at cartoonistbible.com. Thomason has graphic novels for the four gospels as well. A great way to encourage reading the Bible for the young people you love.

We continue to remember the Core Values of Immanuel identified at a congregational value setting workshop: PRAYERFUL, INCLUSIVITY, LITURGICAL EDUCATION and STEWARDSHIP. Here are prayers written by congregation members at the workshop for Stewardship.

Lord, we are very thankful for the history of the Lutheran Church. Devoted people have lived, worshiped, and served you in a manner that has been treasured and passed on to following generations. In Jesus name, thank you, Amen.

God please let us continue to be mindful of our present congregation. Keep us faithful and longing to be of comfort to our community. Amen.

May our church include all of varying backgrounds and experiences into your family. Lord, we thank you for the strength of this congregation and the gifts it provides to others. Guide us as we proceed to grow and provide for others who are less fortunate.

May you continue to bless the world you created. In the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.

May God open our eyes, ears, hearts to lead us in God's Kingdom work.

And finally, please join me in praying in this time of waiting and soaking in the Spirit's breath as the Immanuel congregation seeks God's guidance for the future and for your next called and settled pastor. I continue to pray this prayer for the congregation. Prayer is powerful!

O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

In Christ's Mission that we share,

Interim Pastor Kathee Forrest