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Emmanuel's first service was held September 23, 1990 at the Sunrise Funeral home in Prescott Valley.  For the first ten months, we were a satellite operation out of American Lutheran Church in Prescott.  During that time, pastoral leadership was provided by Rev. Myrus Knutson (7 months) and Rev. Don Fischer (3 months). 

In July 1991, the ELCA Division for Outreach placed Rev. Dan Kilts as full-time Mission Developer.    A charter was opened and over the next twelve months, 110 individuals signed the charter.  Emmanuel officially chartered as a congregation on September 20, 1992.

In 1992, the ELCA Mission Investment Fund purchased nearly 4 acres of land on the corner of Loos and Long Look from the Fain Group.  Emmanuel was encouraged to begin the process of purchasing the land from the ELCA in 1994. 

Emmanuel's first building committee was established in January 1996 and $105,000 was raised in May of that year to secure ownership of that land. 

Finally after 12 years, Emmanuel Lutheran broke ground on that land and begun building a new facility to worship in.  Emmanuel held it's fist worship service in the new facility on 2 March 2003.

 

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