NIC NEWS

May 2026

Current Weeks News & NIC Newsletter information


Click the buttons below to see our worship times, calendars & much more!

Worship Times

Sunday: 8:30 AM | 10 AM

Joint Worship: 9:30 AM

Calendar

Click the More link below to view the NIC Parish calendar and view all scheduled events

Meet the Team

Meet the NIC Pastor & Council members. 

WOW

Our NIC Youth Education Program - check out what's new!

WOW

Pastor's Message

View Pastors Monthly message

Easter Series

See the Easter message,  worship schedules, songs & a few mini movies


Council & Committee Mtg Dates:

* May 11th – Augustana Council Mtg - 6pm

* May 12th - St John's Council Mtg - 7pm

* May 13th - NIC Council Mtg - 7pm SJB

* May 19th – First Lutheran Council Mtg - 7pm

NIC WOW:

Click this WOW News link to see more information about the WOW program

 

NIC WOW is coming to a close on May 6th - Thank you to all who participated and made this possible.

 

Wed. May 6th 6:30 pm - Alex & Elias Wiley Baptism

HEADSTONE MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITY  AT AUGUSTANA                                                   

“Headstone Revival”, a gravestone cleaning and washing company owned by Matthew Mickelson in Nicollet, will be in Gibbon this summer to lift headstones that have sunken into the ground and to wash any needing cleaning.  If you or anyone you know would like to get more information on this service, please contact any of the Augustana cemetery board members (Otto Hartmann, Curtis Olson, Mark Turtle, Bob Sievert or Jim Berger).  


Upcoming Events:






NIC CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS

Congregational meetings will be held to amend the NIC Parish agreement, removing the last line of “Article IX Pastor”.  Copies of the Parish Ministry Agreement can be found in your church narthex. 

The congregational meetings will be held following worship as follows:

Sun May 3rd - St. John’s & First Lutheran

Sun May 10th - Augustana

Results of the vote will be announced on Sun, May 17th

NIC JOINT WORSHIP

Starting May 24, 2026 - NIC Joint Worship services will be held on a rotational basis Please refer to the worship schedule for locations. Worship will be at 9:30 am

SENIOR RECOGNITION - MAY 24th

Senior Recognition Sunday is May 24th honoring Preston Johnson. Fellowship in his honor will follow worship at ALC

FIRST LUTHERAN CLEAN-UP

MONDAY, MAY 11 AT 4 P.M.

Church, parsonage, and yard clean up is scheduled for Monday, May 11, at 4:00 pm, weather permitting.  

Contact & Communication Info:

Pastor Leonard's Contact Information

Email:  leonard.hummel@gmail.com

Cell # 410-949-0060

 

Send Announcement Requests to:

Email:  nicparish1@gmail.com

OR Email one of our Church Secretaties

Amy TenEyck - sjbismarcksecretary@gmail.com

Sue Bentz - augustana.secretary@gmail.com

OR click this Contact link, create your message & select submit.

Text & Email Communications:

If you are not currently, but would like to receive text messages or emails regarding important Church announcements & updates, please contact one of our Church Secretaries

Weather related announcements:

We will communicate event cancelations by text & email messages and post that communication on our website home page.

MOTHER'S DAY - MAY 10th

Honoring all Moms on Sunday May 10th

 

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. Deut 5:16


Prayer List & Important May Dates

Prayer List

Barb O’Brien

Charlotte Pagel

Christy Johnson

Dale & Pat Ericson

Dean Dilger

Earl & Marge Lindstrand

Felesha Driemeyer

Jerome Sabo

JoAnn Collins

John Johnson

Reiden Cichoski

Steve Bruns

Steve Saxton

Tom Rabe

Wyatt Fischer

  Happy Anniversary!

  

2017 5 13 Jesse & Abbi Ahlbrecht-Bue  9 Years

1991 5 18 Butch & Lauri Stark              35 Years

1979 5 26 Carroll & Joyce Woods        47 Years

1977 5 28 Don & Sue Bentz                 49 Years

 

 

Birthdays

5  1 Philip Hartmann

5  3 Linda Martin, Anne Pagel

        Claire & Charolette Pagel

        Tom Rabe

5  5 Jean Kent

5  7 Doug TenEyck

5  9 Lynette Froehlich

5 10 Dylan Sabo

5 11 Chaz Sievert

5 12 Paul Woods, Shelly Neville

          Peter Hahn, Robert Larson

5 16 Kevin Taralseth, Roger Schiro

5 17 Catherine Schiro, Patricia Edlund

5 19 Taylor Olson

5 21 Arden Sjogren, Carrissa Crain

5 22 Carol Forst

5 23 Steve Martin

5 25 Curtis Olson, Steve Cole

5 27 Beth Magnusson

5 29 LuAnn Weber, Wanda Lange

5 30 Beverly Woods

5 31 Charlotte Sievert

THANK YOU

Thank you to all the behind the scenes volunteers for keeping our churches warm, repaired and prepared for all of our events - we wouldn't be successful without all your help and support!

 

Thank you to all for sharing your time and talents - you are all gifted children of God.

 

Thank you to all our youth for your participation in our Church events and programs - you are our future!

 

God bless.