NIC NEWS

Febuary 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


Upcoming Events:

Augustana Spaghetti Dinner

Augustana Members: sign-up sheets are in the narthex

MN Valley Conference Assembly Meeting

February 15th beginning at 1:30 pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gaylord. We would like one representative from each of our 3 congregations to attend.

Lutheran World Relief Quilting &

Mission Projects

At Augustana Fridays @ 1 p.m.

Quilting for Lutheran World Relief and various mission projects will be worked on at Augustana every Friday, January through March, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending with potluck snacks at 3:45. These mission projects are life-sustaining to many. Join us and reap the rewards of helping those in need across the world. All are welcome!

NIC WOW:

NO WOW classes February 11th due to GFW Break

 

WOW education schedule for Lent will follow the same worship schedule. Classes start at 6pm at the following churches:

     2-18-26 First Lutheran           

     2-25-26 First Lutheran

     3-04-26 Augustana - WOW singing                 

     3-11-26 Augustana - WOW singing

     3-18-26 St John’s                   

     3-25-26 St John’s

 

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

Council & Committee Mtg Dates:

* Feb  4th– Augustana Council Mtg - 6pm

* Feb 10th - St John's Council Mtg - 7pm

* Feb 11th – NIC Council Mtg at ALC - 7pm

* Feb 17th – First Lutheran Council Mtg - 7pm

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.


Prayer List & Important February Dates

Prayer List

Arlys Schiltz Family

Barb O’Brien

Charlotte Pagel

Christy Johnson

Dale & Pat Ericson

Dean Dilger

Dean Schreiner

Earl & Marge Lindstrand

Felesha Driemeyer

Jerome Sabo

John Johnson

Neil Burns

Noreen Beranek

Pastor Cathy Hoffbeck

Reiden Cichoski

Steve Bruns

Steve Saxton

Tom Rabe

Wyatt Fischer

Anniversaries

 2 – Earl & Marge Lindstrand - 53 years

Birthdays

 

 2 - Marjorie Lindstrand & Stacy Johnson

 3 - Kari Fritz

 4 - Mindi Pagel

 9 - Ben Beranek

10 - Bradley Wersal & Dianne Gehrke

12 - Jordon Halstead

15 - Nate TenEyck & Jim Berger

16 - Emily Zins, Kristin McCue & Noah Bue

17 - James Evenson

18 - Ann Seeboth

20 - Grant Burgstahler

21 - Aaron Humphrey

22 - Steve Saxton

23 - Sandra Ulrich

24 - Mary Roberts & Brooke Neuman

25 - Gregory Woods

26 - Lincoln McCue

27 - James Sallstrom & Roxann Sabo

 

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.